National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) and Interagency Committee on Ocean Science and Resource Management Integration (ICOSRMI)

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On behalf of the National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) and The President's Interagency Committee on Ocean Science and Resource Management Integration (ICOSRMI), the Office of Naval Research (ONR) solicits research proposals meeting the goal and purpose of the Partnership Program outlined in Title II, subtitle E, of Public Law 104-201. Any NOPP member agency may fund research in response to this solicitation. Research proposals are solicited for two topics: TOPIC 1: Improving Attachments of Electronic Data Loggers to Cetaceans, which includes two subtopics: SUB-TOPIC 1a. Determining Causes of Tag Attachment Success and/or Failure, and SUB-TOPIC 1b. Case Studies to Determine the Short- and Long-term Physical, Physiological, and Behavioral Effects of Tags on Animals; and TOPIC 2: Improvements in High-Resolution, Tide-Resolving Global Ocean Predictions. Up to $8 Million over four years may be available for this solicitation, subject to appropriation and final approval by the Interagency Working Group on Ocean Partnerships (IWG-OP) of the ICOSRMI. Team efforts are required among at least two of the following three sectors: • academia, • industry (including Non-Governmental Organizations - NGOs), and • government (including State and Local) Foreign institutions are eligible to apply for support under this BAA. Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs), Federal Laboratories and other Federal Entities may not be the Principal Investigators on proposals.

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