The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is offering the Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program (BREP) grant. This grant is specifically for supporting the development of technological solutions and changes in fishing practices. Its primary purpose is to minimize the bycatch of fish and protected species, including Endangered Species Act-listed marine life, and reduce adverse impacts on invertebrates like deep-sea corals. Furthermore, the program seeks to fund projects that quantify post-release mortality and identify methods to minimize injury and death of bycaught species. Projects must generate outcomes directly beneficial to managing federally managed living marine resources. NMFS anticipates approximately $2,500,000 in funding for this research in Fiscal Year 2021.
Opportunity ID: 330398
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | NOAA-NMFS-FHQ-2021-2006745 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | 2021 BREP |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Environment Natural Resources Science and Technology and other Research and Development |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 25 |
| Assistance Listings: | 11.472 — Unallied Science Program |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Dec 15, 2020 |
| Last Updated Date: | Dec 15, 2020 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Apr 01, 2021 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Apr 01, 2021 |
| Archive Date: | May 01, 2021 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $2,500,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $250,000 |
| Award Floor: | $50,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Eligible applicants are individuals, institutions of higher education, other nonprofits, for-profit organizations, foreign public entities or foreign organizations, and state, local and Indian tribal governments. Federal agencies or instrumentalities are not eligible to receive Federal assistance under this notice. The Department of Commerce/ National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (DOC/NOAA) is strongly committed to broadening the participation of historically black colleges and universities, Hispanic serving institutions, tribal colleges and universities, and institutions that work in underserved areas. If the applicant is a university that has a NOAA Cooperative Institute (CI), the institution is encouraged to submit an application that will be associated with the CI. The application must specify the name of the CI, its most recent award number, and the NOAA-approved research theme applicable to the work to be performed in the Project Narrative. The application will use the facilities and administrative rate (F&A or Indirect Cost Rate) associated with the most recent CI award. If the CI-related application is selected for funding, NOAA will notify the university that a separate competitive award will be issued with its own award grant number. However, the BREP competitive award will include a Special Award Condition (SAC) that evidences the link between it and the CI award. The SAC will provide: (1) that the university has submitted the proposal to be associated with the CI; (2) that any existing University/NOAA memorandum of agreement (MOA) will be incorporated by reference into the terms of the BREP competitive award; and (3) that any progress report(s) for the BREP competitive award must follow the timetable of and be submitted by the CI directly to the funding program. Copies of these progress reports will be attached to the CI’s performance report as an appendix. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Department of Commerce |
| Description: |
The mission of the National Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program (BREP) is to support the development of technological solutions and changes in fishing practices designed to minimize bycatch of fish and protected species (including Endangered Species Act-listed fish, marine mammals, seabirds, and sea turtles) and to reduce impacts to invertebrates (including sponges, deep-sea corals, and shallow (tropical) corals.) In addition, BREP may support projects that quantify post-release mortality and identify ways to minimize mortality and injury of bycaught species (including post-release injury and mortality). Projects should produce outcomes that can directly influence management needs of federally managed living marine resources. For Fiscal Year 2021, NMFS anticipates that approximately $2,500,000 could be made available for projects that address bycatch research as identified in the Program Priority Section (I.B.1 – I.B.4) |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Kathryn Frens 301-427-8523
1315 EAST WEST HWY, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3282 Email:kathryn.frens@noaa.gov |
Version History
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Related Documents
Folder 330398 Full Announcement-Full Announcement -> NOAA-NMFS-FHQ-2021-2006745 NOFO Report (1).pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Kathryn Frens 301-427-8523 1315 EAST WEST HWY, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3282 Email: kathryn.frens@noaa.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11.472 | 2933407 | 2021 BREP | PKG00264492 | Dec 15, 2020 | Apr 01, 2021 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
330398 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf
330398 ProjectNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
330398 CD511-1.1.pdf
330398 BudgetNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
330398 SF424B-1.1.pdf
330398 SF424A-1.0.pdf
Optional forms
330398 SFLLL_1_2-1.2.pdf
330398 OtherNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
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