Opportunity Information: Apply for M17AS00011
The BOEM 2017 Renewable Energy opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number M17AS00011) is a discretionary federal funding program offered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), through its Office of Renewable Energy. It uses a cooperative agreement funding instrument, meaning BOEM expects to be actively involved with recipients during the project period rather than simply issuing a grant with minimal federal participation. The overall purpose is to generate practical, decision-ready information that helps BOEM and partners better understand how offshore renewable energy development interacts with the marine environment, particularly in ways that affect environmental review, monitoring, and management of offshore wind activities.
BOEM structured the funding around three specific project areas. First, the agency seeks development of a statistical method to perform cost-benefit analyses for site geotechnical investigation plans. In practice, this aims to improve how offshore wind site investigations are designed and evaluated, balancing the costs of different investigation approaches with the value of improved subsurface information that can reduce uncertainty, engineering risk, and downstream impacts. Second, BOEM intends to validate and calibrate an autonomous whale detection buoy. This includes working with existing acoustic datasets to support detection and classification, and characterizing the buoy system's detection range so that real-world performance is understood under operating conditions. This type of work supports mitigation and monitoring strategies meant to reduce risks to marine mammals during offshore activities. Third, the program supports installation of automated receivers to track nanotagged birds and bats near operating offshore wind turbines near Block Island, Rhode Island. The goal is to integrate these receiver data with other regional wildlife tracking efforts so that movement patterns around offshore turbines can be described across different turbine operating conditions, strengthening the evidence base for assessing potential impacts to avian and bat populations and improving monitoring strategies.
Eligibility for this particular announcement is narrowly limited. BOEM indicates that applications are only requested from specific state offices and public universities in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, specifically referencing the Massachusetts Clean Energy Technology Center and the University of Rhode Island. While the broader eligibility categories listed include state governments and public/state-controlled institutions of higher education, BOEM makes clear that no other applications are being solicited under this notice, though it leaves open the possibility of future related opportunities.
The legal foundation for the program is tied to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA). Section 1346 directs BOEM to conduct environmental and socioeconomic studies needed to assess and manage impacts on human, marine, and coastal environments that may be affected by offshore energy development. Section 1345 authorizes BOEM to use cooperative agreements with affected states to meet OCSLA and other federal requirements, emphasizing collaboration such as sharing information, leveraging expertise, facilitating permitting, joint planning and review, and coordinated monitoring and surveillance arrangements that support compliance with federal and state laws and conditions for outer continental shelf operations.
In terms of basic award details, the opportunity was created on March 13, 2017, with an original application closing date of May 12, 2017. BOEM anticipated making three awards, with an award ceiling of $300,000. The funding activity is categorized under energy and environment, and it is associated with CFDA number 15.408. Overall, the announcement reflects BOEM's applied research priorities for offshore wind in the region: improving geotechnical planning methods, advancing operational tools for whale detection, and strengthening wildlife movement monitoring near an operating offshore wind facility.Apply for M17AS00011
- The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management in the energy, environment sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "BOEM 2017 Renewable Energy" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.408.
- This funding opportunity was created on Mar 13, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by May 12, 2017. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $300,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 3 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education.
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