2019 Ecological Effects of Sea Level Rise Program

The purpose of this document is to advise the public that NOAA/NOS/National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS)/Competitive Research Program is soliciting proposals for the Ecological Effects of Sea Level Rise Program (EESLR). This solicitation is to improve adaptation and planning in response to regional and local effects of sea level rise and coastal inundation through targeted research on key technologies, natural and nature-based infrastructure, physical and biological processes, and model evaluation. The overall goal of EESLR is to facilitate informed adaptation planning and coastal management decisions through a multidisciplinary research program that results in integrated models and tools of dynamic physical and biological processes capable of evaluating vulnerability and resilience under multiple SLR, inundation, and management scenarios. 

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Eligible applicants for Federal financial assistance in this competition are institutions ofFederal Funding Opportunity Page 14 of 41higher education, other non-profits, state, local, Indian Tribal Governments, for-profitorganizations, U.S. Territories. Federal agencies that possess the statutory authority toreceive transfers of funds are eligible to submit applications for intra- or interagency fundstransfers through this competition. DOC/NOAA supports cultural and gender diversity andencourages women and minority individuals and groups to submit applications to theNCCOS programs. In addition, DOC/NOAA is strongly committed to broadening theparticipation of historically black colleges and universities, Hispanic serving institutions,tribal colleges and universities, and institutions that work in underserved areas. DOC/NOAAencourages applications involving any of the above institutions to apply.Please note that:(1) Principal Investigators should be employees of an eligible entity listed above; andapplications should be submitted through that entity. Non-Federal researchers should complywith their institutional requirements for application submission.(2) Non-Federal researchers affiliated with NOAA-University Cooperative/Joint Instituteswill be funded through cooperative agreements.(3) Foreign researchers must apply as subawards or contracts through an eligible USentity.(4) Federal applicants are eligible to submit applications for intra- or interagency fundstransfers through this competition. Non-NOAA Federal applicants will be required to submitcertifications or documentation showing that they have specific legal authority to acceptfunds for this type of research.(5) An eligible U.S. entity may propose Federal agency researchers as funded orunfunded collaborators. If Federal agency researchers are proposed as funded collaborators,the applicant should present the collaborator's funding request in the application in the sameway documentation is provided for a subrecipient for purposes of project evaluation, eventhough intra- or interagency funding transfers will generally be used if the project is selected.(6) NCCOS researchers may apply through an eligible U.S. entity as funded or unfundedcollaborators, but cannot be the lead PI on the application.

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