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<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><b>Funding Opportunity: $1 Million for Research on Fishing Community Interactions with Offshore Wind Development</b></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;">The Northeast Sea Grant Consortium, in partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center, announces a research funding opportunity
to improve <b>understanding of fishing community interactions with offshore wind development</b> in the Northeast U.S.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Through this
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Request for Proposals (RFP)</a>, the Northeast Sea Grant Consortium and NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center are continuing to advance a regional approach and seek to enhance existing and catalyze new human dimensions research with results that bridge
fisheries science, fishing community, and management needs. Approximately $1 million will be available to support projects in three topical research areas:<br>
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<li style="color: black; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Offshore Wind Development Planning and Engagement</span></li><li style="color: black; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Understanding Fisheries and Offshore Wind Development Interactions</span></li><li style="color: black; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Monitoring of Offshore Wind Development and Fisheries Interactions</span></li></ul>
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<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Budget requests may not exceed $400,000 in federal funds throughout the duration of the project (up to three years). A 25% non-federal match is required.
<b>Letters of intent are due February 15, 2024, by 5:00 p.m. ET</b>, with full proposals due April 1, 2024. An informational RFP webinar will be hosted on January 24, 2024 at 3:00 p.m. ET. </span></p>
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Full RFP details and eligibility information</a></span></p>
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Register for the January 24</a></span><span style="font-size: 7pt; color: black;"><sup><a href="https://www.northeastseagrant.com/initiatives/offshore-wind-interactions-2024" id="OWAf3cc0c07-a61a-7c3d-11b9-0ee8f81ee1d8" class="OWAAutoLink" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" shash="KTwYHVtMPuYgAMcpcxpQy9GYjsYWeSrRA6kpcWHm/Bu+0o1U0zM7q/Mpb2xV82Sf3CyrKgIkT+jQENry+6w0jilUHCOGJUZ/miqJO0MjRVIMz3+3toCVU1qemmxFyFt7d9SVlN5TjVgrIUqp5aUFrJuiCr24/2JmhWzcpfZ0ux4=" originalsrc="https://www.northeastseagrant.com/initiatives/offshore-wind-interactions-2024" data-auth="VerificationFailed" data-loopstyle="linkonly">th</a></sup></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><a href="https://www.northeastseagrant.com/initiatives/offshore-wind-interactions-2024" id="OWAb0eb3326-8ed5-50f2-140f-1c1e5a30af3f" class="OWAAutoLink" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" shash="KTwYHVtMPuYgAMcpcxpQy9GYjsYWeSrRA6kpcWHm/Bu+0o1U0zM7q/Mpb2xV82Sf3CyrKgIkT+jQENry+6w0jilUHCOGJUZ/miqJO0MjRVIMz3+3toCVU1qemmxFyFt7d9SVlN5TjVgrIUqp5aUFrJuiCr24/2JmhWzcpfZ0ux4=" originalsrc="https://www.northeastseagrant.com/initiatives/offshore-wind-interactions-2024" data-auth="VerificationFailed" data-loopstyle="linkonly"> RFP
webinar</a></span></p>
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Read the joint announcement about this funding opportunity</a></span></p>
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