Opportunity Information: Apply for M23AS00399
This funding opportunity is a Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) cooperative agreement focused on finding, characterizing, and mapping offshore sand and gravel resources in Long Bay, off the coasts of North Carolina and South Carolina. BOEM, part of the Department of the Interior, manages energy and mineral resources on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) and, through its Marine Minerals Program (MMP), helps make OCS sediment available for beach nourishment, shore protection, and broader coastal restoration efforts. The central idea is to improve the quality and accessibility of information about offshore sand resources so coastal resilience projects can be planned earlier, designed more efficiently, and supplied with compatible material at the best value while still meeting environmental protection requirements.
The grant is grounded in the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA). Section 1346 requires environmental and socioeconomic studies that support assessment and management of impacts associated with offshore energy or other mineral development. Section 1345 allows BOEM to enter into cooperative agreements with affected states to share information, coordinate expertise, and develop practical stipulations relevant to OCS operations. BOEM has a long track record of using these state partnerships (often with state agencies or universities) to conduct marine minerals investigations, with similar efforts dating back to 1994.
The specific technical purpose in Long Bay is to evaluate how subsurface geologic units influence where OCS sand resources form, how they are distributed, and which areas are likely to contain beach-nourishment-quality sand (or areas worth investigating further). In practical terms, the work supports BOEM and coastal partners in distinguishing usable sediment deposits from areas that may be unsuitable due to grain size, composition, thickness, burial depth, or other geologic constraints. It also supports the early identification and potential reservation of the most compatible, cost-effective borrow areas for future coastal resilience and restoration projects.
A key driver for this effort is the increasing competition for offshore space and resources in the region. Long Bay already has multiple federal projects that use OCS sand, and the pace of offshore development is rising due to wind energy activity, including recently awarded wind energy leases offshore North Carolina and a wind call area offshore South Carolina. As offshore wind development and associated transmission routing accelerate, BOEM is emphasizing the need to map sand resources in advance so beach nourishment and resilience needs can be balanced with renewable energy development, and so conflicts among ocean users can be reduced. The opportunity explicitly frames this as multi-use conflict mitigation: better resource identification early on helps planners avoid siting conflicts, reduces the risk of later project delays, and supports more coordinated ocean planning.
From an administrative standpoint, this is a discretionary funding opportunity using a cooperative agreement, meaning BOEM expects substantial involvement and coordination during the project rather than a hands-off grant. The activity category is environment, and the assistance listing is CFDA 15.424. Eligible applicants are state governments, reflecting the OCSLA emphasis on partnering with affected states. The funding opportunity number is M23AS00399, the posting date is 2023-07-27, and the original closing date was 2023-08-28. The listed award ceiling is $300,000, and the opportunity indicates an expected award count field but does not clearly state the number in the provided text.
Overall, the opportunity is aimed at improving the offshore sand and gravel knowledge base in Long Bay so that BOEM, North Carolina, South Carolina, and other public partners can plan coastal nourishment and restoration projects with fewer surprises, lower costs, and fewer conflicts with other offshore uses, while also supporting the environmental review and impact minimization obligations BOEM must meet under laws such as NEPA and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.Apply for M23AS00399
- The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management in the environment sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Sand and Gravel Resource Identification and Mapping in Long Bay, Offshore North Carolina and South Carolina, for Coastal Resilience Projects and Multi-use Conflict Mitigation" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.424.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2023-07-27.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2023-08-28. (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 $300,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: State governments.
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