Opportunity Information: Apply for M22AS00361
PC-22-02: Seafloor Condition OCS Monitoring: BIGHT'23 (Funding Opportunity Number M22AS00361) is a Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) cooperative agreement focused on understanding the ecological condition of the seafloor near offshore oil and gas platforms in federal Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) waters. BOEM, within the Department of the Interior, is responsible for overseeing leasing, development, and production activities for both conventional and renewable energy on the OCS. This grant opportunity is rooted in BOEM's legal obligations under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA), specifically 43 USC 1346, which requires BOEM to carry out environmental studies needed to assess and manage impacts on the marine environment from existing and potential offshore energy activities.
The practical goal of the award is to support scientists at the Southern California Coastal Water Research Project (SCCWRP) in evaluating seafloor disturbance and overall benthic condition adjacent to OCS oil and gas platforms in the Santa Barbara Channel off southern California. The work is associated with BIGHT'23, which refers to the Southern California Bight regional monitoring context where multiple agencies and partners often coordinate to assess coastal and offshore environmental conditions. Under this cooperative agreement structure, SCCWRP will apply and leverage specialized tools and assessment approaches they have developed to examine seafloor conditions near these platforms. In other words, the project is not just collecting samples for their own sake; it is applying established regional methods designed to detect and interpret patterns of seafloor condition and disturbance in a way that can be compared across sites and over time.
A key emphasis of the opportunity is how the findings will be used. The information collected is intended to directly inform public decision-making and to support the development and refinement of state programs and policies tied to OCS platform operations, including planning around decommissioning. That makes the work relevant not only to federal offshore management, but also to California's broader coastal and ocean management priorities, where decisions about platform operation, environmental performance, and end-of-life options depend on credible, regionally consistent environmental data. The stated beneficiaries are broad and explicitly public-facing: public stakeholders, local government agencies, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the State of California are all expected to gain value from the results, since seafloor condition data can influence permitting perspectives, environmental assessments, and long-term management strategies.
Administratively, this is a discretionary opportunity using a cooperative agreement funding instrument, which typically signals a more hands-on federal partnership than a standard grant, with BOEM likely remaining actively involved in coordination, technical input, or oversight. The funding activity category is Environment and the CFDA number listed is 15.423 (a BOEM-related assistance listing). The opportunity was posted on 2022-07-07 with an original closing date of 2022-08-09, and it listed an award ceiling of $300,000. The description also makes clear this is a single-source cooperative agreement between BOEM and SCCWRP, citing authorities at 43 USC 1346 and 43 USC 1457b, meaning BOEM is not running this as an open competition among many applicants but instead is directing the award to a specific partner.
The justification for SCCWRP as the recipient is also explicit. California, through SCCWRP, has already made significant investments in building capacity for regional assessments and in evaluating cumulative impacts from multiple stressors and sources. BOEM is essentially leveraging that existing infrastructure, expertise, and toolset rather than duplicating it. The notice states SCCWRP is uniquely qualified because it is the sole entity in southern California responsible for coastal water management in the way contemplated here, positioning SCCWRP as the region's central scientific organization for coordinated coastal and offshore environmental monitoring and assessment.Apply for M22AS00361
- The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management in the environment sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "PC-22-02: Seafloor Condition OCS Monitoring: BIGHT’23" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.423.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2022-07-07.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2022-08-09. (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.
- Eligible applicants include: Others.
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