Opportunity Information: Apply for M19AS00004
The BOEM FY 2019 Archiving BOEM's Meteorological Data in GCOOS website opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number M19AS00004) is a discretionary Department of the Interior Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) cooperative agreement intended to improve public access to a key meteorological dataset used in offshore energy-related air quality analysis. The award is structured as a cooperative agreement issued through the Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units (CESU) network, with Texas AandM University (TAMU) identified as the eligible applicant. The central idea is straightforward: BOEM has large meteorological data files generated and used for air quality studies in the Gulf of Mexico, and the agency wants those files hosted online in a practical, stable way so they can be accessed and used by operators, stakeholders, and the broader public.
The project focus is on BOEM's Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Region 5-year meteorological dataset (or an updated version of it) that supports BOEM's air dispersion modeling needs. BOEM relies on air dispersion modeling to evaluate whether emissions from proposed offshore activities in a plan could create significant air quality impacts for onshore areas. Having the underlying meteorological inputs readily available is important because they are a foundational requirement for consistent modeling, review, and replication of analyses. In short, this opportunity is less about creating new science and more about data stewardship, distribution, and long-term accessibility for a dataset that has ongoing regulatory and analytical value.
The grant supports hosting these meteorological datasets on the Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System (GCOOS) platform, with the objective of maintaining availability for up to five years. By placing the dataset within GCOOS, the project leverages an existing regional observing and data access system that is already oriented toward organizing, serving, and sharing coastal and ocean data. The expected public benefit is improved online access to data associated with BOEM's Air Quality Modeling in the Gulf of Mexico Region study (identified in the synopsis as M14PC00007). That means external users who have a reason to review or reuse these meteorological inputs, such as regulated operators conducting or supporting air dispersion modeling, researchers, and other stakeholders, can obtain the information without having to navigate ad hoc distribution methods for very large files.
From an administrative standpoint, the opportunity was posted with a creation date of December 18, 2018, and an original closing date of February 14, 2019. The synopsis notes the closing date was adjusted to avoid confusion related to February 15 appearing as a non-submission day in the Grants.gov interface and to ensure applicants could locate the opportunity in posted status until the application package closed. The funding ceiling for the single anticipated award is 30,000 dollars, with one expected award. The CFDA listing provided is 15.423, and the eligible applicant category is public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, which aligns with TAMU's eligibility and the CESU-based cooperative framework described.
A notable element of the synopsis is the emphasis on coordination: while TAMU is the eligible applicant under this announcement, collaboration between TAMU and GCOOS is explicitly encouraged. That signals BOEM's intent that the work be integrated with GCOOS data management practices and user-facing services, rather than simply uploading files without a plan for discoverability, usability, and sustained access. Overall, the opportunity is a targeted, relatively small cooperative agreement designed to solve a practical problem: ensuring that a large, operationally important meteorological dataset used for Gulf of Mexico air quality dispersion modeling is reliably hosted and accessible online for multiple years.Apply for M19AS00004
- The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management in the environment sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "BOEM FY 2019 Archiving BOEM¿s Meteorological Data in GCOOS website" 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 Dec 18, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Feb 14, 2019 Synopsis Closing Date changed due to at final publishing via grants.gov the 15th was a low (Coded in Red) indicating applications should Not submit on February 15, 2019. Also to allow Applicants to Find the Opportunity in Posted status until the Package closes. (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 $30,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education.
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