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Opportunity Summary:

The National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number ONRBAA13-011) is a federal research funding announcement led by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to support ocean science and technology work through partnerships. The program is framed around applied research and broader interagency collaboration, with the intent of improving predictive capabilities for the global coupled environment (the interconnected ocean-atmosphere-land-ice system). While ONR is a primary contributor for the applied research portion, the announcement makes clear that NOPP is designed to pull in additional participating agencies, meaning selected projects may leverage not only direct dollars but also partner-provided infrastructure, resources, and other in-kind support.

From a funding standpoint, ONR indicates its contribution to this Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) is approximately 6.7 million dollars for applied research. Beyond ONR, other NOPP member agencies may fund additional research areas, bringing the estimated target funding to as much as 15 million dollars spread across a five-year period. That 15 million figure is not purely cash; it explicitly includes partner contributions that can be direct funding or in-kind resources and infrastructure, which is often important for oceanographic work where ships, sensors, models, observing networks, and specialized facilities can represent a major share of the true project value.

For near-term awards under this solicitation, the announcement states an expected availability of about 1.25 million dollars (or more) per year over a three-year period, contingent on appropriations and final approval by the Interagency Working Group on Ocean Partnerships (IWG OP). Individual awards are expected to vary based on the proposals received, but the typical range is projected at 100,000 to 500,000 dollars per year for three years. The solicitation also leaves room for a larger, multi-institution partnership by setting an upper bound that can accommodate bigger team efforts, and it includes the possibility of an additional two-year option beyond the base period. In practical terms, that structure allows projects to start with a 1-to-3-year performance period and potentially extend to a total of five years if the option is exercised and the program decides continued work is warranted.

The opportunity anticipates making roughly 4 to 8 awards, and applicants are permitted to submit proposals to more than one topic area if the BAA includes multiple topics. The funding instrument types listed cover a range of mechanisms, including grants, cooperative agreements, and potentially other procurement approaches, which signals that the government may choose an instrument depending on the nature of the collaboration and the level of federal involvement anticipated during execution. The program is categorized under Science and Technology and other Research and Development, and it is associated with CFDA 12.300 (Basic and Applied Scientific Research). No cost sharing or matching requirement is indicated, meaning applicants are not required to contribute matching funds as a condition of eligibility, though the overall NOPP model encourages partnership contributions where appropriate.

Eligibility is described as unrestricted, meaning the competition is generally open to a wide variety of entity types (such as universities, nonprofits, private industry, and potentially state or local government organizations), subject to any clarifications contained in the full announcement text. The posting date for the opportunity was February 26, 2013, with an original and current closing date of April 12, 2013, and an archive date of May 12, 2013, indicating it was a time-limited competition in that cycle.

Administrative support and point-of-contact details are provided through ONR, with a named contracting/grants official for access issues: Vanessa Seymour, Senior Contracting Officer, phone 703-696-4591. The announcement also references an additional information link directing applicants to the broader set of ONR BAAs, which is typical for ONR-managed research solicitations where detailed topic descriptions, proposal preparation instructions, evaluation criteria, and submission requirements are contained in the full BAA document rather than the summary record.

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