Marine Debris Research (DOC)

• Date: 08 October 2020
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/fgc.31321
• Published date: 08 October 2020

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Grants alert (cont.)

Research on Emerging Technologies

for Teaching and Learning (NSF)

Scope: The National Science Foundation seeks

applications for the Research on Emerging Technologies

for Teaching and Lear ning announcement to fund

exploratory and synergistic research in emerging

technologies.

Deadline: Jan. 25, 2021.

Funds: $19 million for awards of up to $850,000.

Eligibility: Unrestricted.

Areas: NSF said funding supports research that

includes but is not limited to articial intelligence,

robotics, and immersive or augmenting technologies

for teaching and learning in the future. The program

accepts proposals that focus on learning, teaching or

a combination of both. The scope of the program is

broad, with special interest in diverse learner/educator

populations, contexts and content, including teaching

and learning in science, technology, engineering

and mathematics (STEM) and in foundational

areas that enable STEM (e.g., self-regulation,

literacy, communication, collaboration, creativity and

socioemotional skills). The program also encourages

projects that investigate teaching and learning related to

futuristic and highly technological work environments.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# 20-612

Marine Debris Research (DOC)

Scope: The Commerce Department’s National Oceanic

and Atmospheric Administration seeks applications for

the FY2021 Marine Debris Research announcement

to support eligible organizations to conduct research

directly related to marine debris through eld, laboratory

and modeling experiments.

Deadline: Letters of Intent, Nov. 5, 2020; proposals, Feb.

8, 2021.

Funds: Up to $2 million in FY2021. Typical awards will

range from $150,000 to $300,000.

Eligibility: Colleges and universities; for-prot

organizations; nonprot organizations; and state, local

and Native American tribal governments; among others.

Areas: DOC said applicants should propose research

that investigates and identies the critical input

pathways for marine debris introduction into the coastal

zone (shoreline or nearshore), including evaluation of

appropriate simultaneous pathways of riverine transport

downstream, surface runoff, stormwater discharge

and wind-driven transport, as well as degradation and

fragmentation of debris during transport.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# NOAA-NOS-

ORR-2021-2006620

CZM Projects of Special Merit Competition

(DOC)

Scope: The Commerce Department’s National Oceanic

and Atmospheric Administration seeks applications for

the FY2021 CZM Projects of Special Merit Competition

announcement to develop innovative projects that

further their approved enhancement-area strategies and

focus on national priorities.

Deadline: Jan. 15, 2021.

Funds: Approximately $1.5 million for ve to 10

proposals ranging from $50,000 to $250,000. The

maximum project period is 18 months.

Eligibility: Any coastal state or territorial coastal

management programs.

Areas: DOC said proposals must focus on one or more

of the following priority enhancement-area objectives:

Coastal Hazards—preventing or signicantly reducing

threats to life and property by eliminating development

and redevelopment in high-hazard areas, managing

development in other hazard areas, and anticipating

and managing the effects of potential sea-level rise and

Great Lakes–level change; Ocean and Great Lakes

Resources—planning for the use of ocean and Great

Lakes resources; and Public Access—planning to

improve public access to the coasts.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# NOAA-NOS-

OCM-2021-2006621

Eects of Sea Level Rise (DOC)

Scope: The Commerce Department’s National Oceanic

and Atmospheric Administration seeks applications for

the FY2021 Effects of Sea Level Rise announcement.

Deadline: Letters of Intent, Oct. 16, 2020; proposals,

Jan. 7, 2021.

Funds: Approximately $1.2 million may be available in

FY2021 for two to four awards ranging from $200,000 to

$400,000 per year per proposal.

Eligibility: Colleges and universities; for-prot

organizations; nonprot organizations; and state, local

and Native American tribal governments; among others.

Areas: DOC said here are two distinct focal areas for

this solicitation: (1) coastal resilience and (2) surface

transportation resilience. Coastal resilience priorities

include but are not limited to: quantifying the vulnerability

of coastal communities, infrastructure and ecosystems

due to sea-level rise (SLR) and inundation, based on

shoreline condition through the advancement of existing

predictive approaches, eld-based studies and/or

dynamic models; and quantifying the social, economic

and/or ecological benets that natural and nature-based

features (NNBFs) provide for communities, infrastructure

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