Assistance program
Marine Minerals Activities
$19.9 Million committed in FY2018–FY2026
- Agency
- Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Interior, Department of the
- Assistance
- Cooperative Agreements
- CFDA number
- 15.424
- What it does
- BOEM provides financial assistance to qualified partners to identify and evaluate OCS sediment for potential use in coastal restoration and beach nourishment projects or programs and to foster capacity building and working relationships with coastal States to address coastal erosion, coastal resilience, and climate adaption. BOEM funds activities such as conducting state-based needs assessments; geophysical and geological data acquisition in specific areas on the OCS; analysis and interpretation of existing or new geophysical and geological data to delineate sediment resources or benthic habitat; development of regional stratigraphic interpretations or models; modeling to describe or understand geologic processes that affect sediment resources; feasibility and related technological or operations studies; and cultural resources or shallow hazards identification. BOEM also provides financial assistance to qualified partners to assist in the identification and assessment of other potential OCS mineral resources such as critical minerals (as defined by Executive Order 13817 – “A Federal Strategy to Ensure Secure and Reliable Supplies of Critical Mineralsâ€). BOEM funds activities such as geophysical and geological data acquisition in specific areas on the OCS, as well as analysis and interpretation of existing or new geophysical and geological data to delineate marine minerals.
- Who benefits
- State agencies and organizations participating in the project, as well as the general public.
- Who applies
- State agencies, public universities, and non-profits in affected states may apply. More than one institution may collaborate in the preparation of an application for assistance. BOEM welcomes proposals from qualified partners to address resource demand, resource identification, regional sediment management, and other information needs related to OCS marine minerals.
- Authorized by
- Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Lands Act, 43 U.S.C. 1331.
- Program site
- https://www.boem.gov/Marine-Minerals-Program/ ↗
Committed by fiscal year
* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
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