Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research (CSCOR)

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Northern Gulf of Mexico Ecosystem Research Program (NGOMEX)

Closed 3:00 PM EST August 24, 2005

(Above is a direct link to Full Announcement of Federal Funding Opportunity posted on the Grants.gov website as part of the NOAA FY 2006 Omnibus Federal Register Notice)

AGENCY: National Centers for Coastal Ocean Sciences/Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research/Coastal Ocean Program (NCCOS/CSCOR/ COP), National Ocean Service (NOS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Funding Availability for financial assistance for project grants and cooperative agreements.

Summary Description: NCCOS/CSCOR is soliciting proposals to support 1 to 3 year studies of coastal ecosystem research related to hypoxia over the Louisiana continental shelf in the northern Gulf of Mexico . Through these multi year, interdisciplinary research projects, NCCOS/CSCOR seeks to develop a fundamental understanding of the northern Gulf of Mexico ecosystem in the region affected by Mississippi River inputs with a focus on the causes and effects of the hypoxic zone over the Louisiana continental shelf and the prediction of its future extent and impacts to ecologically and commercially important aquatic species.