Opportunity Information: Apply for M21AS00387
AK-21-04 (Funding Opportunity Number M21AS00387) is a Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) discretionary grant offered as a cooperative agreement focused on understanding how rapid environmental change is affecting bowhead whale migration along the Alaskan Beaufort Shelf. The core premise is that shifting ocean and ecosystem conditions on the Beaufort Shelf may be changing how bowhead whales use the shelf during migration, with evidence suggesting the migration corridor could be moving farther offshore. The project is designed to connect observed whale behavior changes to the underlying physical oceanography and prey dynamics that whales encounter as they travel through the region.
The study aims to generate new baseline and process-level information about the Beaufort Sea ecosystem, especially the hydrography (water properties and structure), circulation (how water moves across the shelf), and zooplankton prey fields that are relevant to feeding opportunities for migrating bowheads. A major emphasis is on characterizing conditions in the western and central Beaufort Shelf and documenting mechanisms that may concentrate prey, including upwelling processes that can introduce krill onto the shelf through shelf-edge depressions. In practical terms, the work is meant to describe what the water column and currents are doing, what prey is available and where, and how those features line up with the pathways whales are actually using.
The opportunity lays out three main scientific objectives. First, it calls for quantifying the biological and physical environment across key parts of the Beaufort Shelf, explicitly including the role of upwelling and krill transport pathways. Second, it seeks to assess linkages between the observed environmental conditions and their physical drivers at both local and regional scales, meaning applicants are expected to tie measurements and observations to the forces shaping them (for example, winds, shelf-break dynamics, broader circulation patterns, and other drivers that influence upwelling and prey aggregation). Third, it asks investigators to examine longer-term trends and evaluate whether the kinds of recent conditions believed to be influencing bowhead behavior are likely to become more frequent, which implies using historical records, time series, or other retrospective analyses to put recent years into a broader context.
Eligibility is primarily aimed at higher education institutions, including public and state-controlled universities and private institutions of higher education. The project is also tied to the Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units (CESU) network, with the specific project in Section A2 intended for eligible applicants identified through the Alaska, North Atlantic Coast, and Pacific Northwest CESUs (as referenced at cesu.psu.edu). Even with that CESU focus, the announcement encourages collaborative, team-based research and allows applicants to include subcontracts to a wide range of non-federal partners such as non-profit organizations, private universities, private companies, and public or state-controlled institutions of higher education.
A key administrative requirement is that the applying organization must provide a staff member to serve as the Principal Investigator (PI), ensuring the lead responsibility remains with the recipient organization. The announcement also supports multi-organization cooperation, including partnerships with state agencies, public universities, and non-profits in affected states. Federal entities may participate as partners, but any tasks performed by a federal partner and the associated budget must be presented separately by that federal partner, while tasks and budgets for other non-federal partners should be included within the applicant’s proposal.
In terms of funding and timing, the award ceiling listed is $3,000,000, the original application closing date was June 22, 2021, and the opportunity was created on April 22, 2021. The funding activity category is Environment and the CFDA number is 15.423. For procedural or eligibility questions, the announcement directs applicants to contact only the designated point of contact listed under “Program Announcement and Cooperative Agreement Questions” in Section G, indicating BOEM’s preference for routing all official inquiries through the named channel.Apply for M21AS00387
- The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management in the environment sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "AK-21-04: Bowhead Whale Migration Patterns along the Alaskan Beaufort Shelf During a Period of Rapid Environmental Change" 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 2021-04-22.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2021-06-22. (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 $3,000,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education.
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