The grant could provide up to $2,000,000.
The purpose of this document is to advise the public that the NOA Ocean Acidification Program on behalf of the National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOP) is soliciting proposals focused on expanding understanding of various aspects of marine Carbon Dioxide Removal (mCDR) to reduce uncertainty about the extent and durability of carbon removal, asociated co-benefits/risks, and contribute to regulatory frameworks neded for both testing and implementation of aproaches. This knowledge wil asist in the verification or invalidation of hypotheses regarding mCDR, in order to make informed decisions regarding a potential scaled negative carbon ocean industry. The agencies and entities participating in this multi-agency request for proposals include: NOA (Ocean Acidification Program, Global Ocean Monitoring and Observing Program, US Integrated Ocean Observing System/US IOS), the Department of Energy (Fosil Energy and Carbon Management, Water Power Technologies Ofice), Department of Navy (Ofice of Naval Research), the National Science Foundation (Chemical Oceanography Program) and philanthropies including ClimateWorks. Other agencies, sub-entities and philanthropies may also join after the NOFO release.This NOFO is focused on various aspects of mCDR implementation and the research required to sucesfuly execute and understand the impacts of mCDR. A separate and complimentary Funding Oportunity Anouncement (FOA) focused on Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) technology development wil be isued by ARPA-E in the near future. Aplicants are encouraged to consider how responses to this NOFO could dovetail with a more focused program on transformative MRV technology development that may run in paralel with research toward mCDR implementation. More information on the ARPA-E MRV program wil be available on the ARPA-E oportunities website, htps:/arpa-e-foa.energy.gov.Electronic Aces: Proposals should be submited through Grants.gov. Sign up to receiveany potential amendments to this Anouncement via w.grants.gov.
