BOEM’s Environmental Studies Program is offering this grant to investigate substrate-borne wave disturbances arising from offshore wind project installation and operation. This study aims to understand the physical properties of these disturbances as they propagate through sediment and predict their potential effects on benthic fauna. This grant is for addressing a critical research gap, as existing studies on vibroacoustic impacts from pile driving on marine organisms are notably limited. The proposed research aligns with ESP’s commitment to being a leading research program within BOEM’s mission. Furthermore, while focused on offshore wind, the findings will have broad applications for various seabed-coupled marine engineering activities, including subsea drilling, dredging, offshore structure removal, and UXO detonation, enhancing overall environmental impact assessments.
Opportunity ID: 339700
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | M22AS00274 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | AT-22-08: Sediment-borne Wave Disturbances and Propagation and Potential Effects on Benthic Fauna |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Environment |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | – |
| Assistance Listings: | 15.423 — Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Environmental Studies (ES) |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Apr 21, 2022 |
| Last Updated Date: | Apr 21, 2022 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | May 23, 2022 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m., EDT, on the listed application due date. |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | May 23, 2022 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m., EDT, on the listed application due date. |
| Archive Date: | Jun 23, 2022 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $500,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $500,000 |
| Award Floor: | $450,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | This project is intended to be a single source Cooperative Agreement with the University of Rhode Island. This is not an open solicitation for proposals. This announcement is specifically to announce intent to undertake the project "AT-22-08 Sediment-borne Wave Disturbances and Propagation and Potential Effects on Benthic Fauna".
Research projects are required to have a staff member of the applying organization as the Principal Investigator (PI). However, cooperative research between interested organizations—i.e., state agencies, public universities, and non-profits in affected states—is always encouraged. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Bureau of Ocean Energy Management |
| Description: | The purpose of this study is to investigate the physical properties of substrate-borne wave disturbances and propagation through the sediment from offshore wind project installation and operation, and to predict the potential effects on benthic fauna. Although environmental impacts from substrate-borne particle motion from pile driving have been widely recognized as potential major effects on marine benthic organisms, very little research has been conducted to address these types of vibroacoustic disturbances (Popper & Hawkins, 2018; Hawkins et al., 2021). Therefore, the proposed study reflects ESP’s vision statement to be “first in class” in being the best research program possible in the context of BOEM’s mission and constraints.
In addition, though this study is proposed to address substrate-borne vibroacoustic characteristics and propagation from offshore wind farm construction (pile driving), results from this study have wide application for many marine engineering activities that are coupled with seabed, such as subsea drilling and dredging, offshore structure removal, and UXO detonation. |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Christy Tardiff
christy.tardiff@bsee.gov Email:christy.tardiff@bsee.gov |
Version History
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Related Documents
Folder 339700 Full Announcement-Full Announcement -> M22AS00274_Full Announcement.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Christy Tardiff christy.tardiff@bsee.gov Email: christy.tardiff@bsee.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15.423 | M22AS00274 | AT-22-08: Sediment-borne Wave Disturbances and Propagation and Potential Effects on Benthic Fauna | PKG00273578 | Apr 21, 2022 | May 23, 2022 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
339700 SF424_4_0-4.0.pdf
339700 SF424A-1.0.pdf
339700 SF424B-1.1.pdf
339700 BudgetNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
339700 ProjectNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
339700 GG_LobbyingForm-1.1.pdf
Optional forms
339700 SFLLL_2_0-2.0.pdf
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