OpportunityTitle: Joint Hydrographic Center 2025
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Eligible funding applicants are institutions of higher education in the United States.  To be eligible to apply or receive an award, applicant organizations must complete and maintain three registrations;SAM.gov, Grants.gov, and eRA Commons. For each, the complete registration process can take 4 to 6 weeks, so applicants must begin this activity as soon as possible and well before the proposal due date. For more information on how to meet these registration and application submission requirements without errors, we advise all to carefully review relevant Applicant and Grantee Training modules: https://www.commerce.gov/ocio/programs/gems/applicant-and-grantee-training.
Description: The purpose of this notice is to solicit proposals for a single cooperative agreement between NOAA and an institution of higher learning to operate and maintain a Joint Hydrographic Center as authorized in the Ocean and Coastal Mapping Integration Act and the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act. Additional supportive policy statements for the guidance of activities at these centers include the November 2019 Presidential Memorandum on ocean mapping, which calls for mapping, exploring, and characterizing the U.S. EEZ to improve our Nation&#8217;s understanding of our vast ocean resources and to advance the economic, security, and environmental interests of the United States. Proposals submitted in response to this announcement should advance the purposes of the Acts and the Presidential Memorandum by addressing the Program Priorities described in this announcement.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Work
GrantorContactText: Andrew Armstrong &lt;br/&gt;NOAA Office of Coast Survey &lt;br/&gt;Joint Hydrographic Center 24 Colovos Rd, &lt;br/&gt;Durham, NH 03824