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Fiscal Year 2019 National Oceanographic Partnership Program Broad Agency Announcement

The Office of Naval Research, on behalf of the National Oceanographic Partnership Program agencies, recently posted the NOPP Fiscal Year 2019 Broad Agency Announcement solicitation. Three of the seven ocean research and technology topics identified in the announcement are of specific relevance to the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research.

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Synthetic Aperture Sonar imagery of the German U-853, showing that the submarine is largely intact.

Mapping and Assessing Rhode Island’s Historic Submarines Using Synthetic Aperture Sonar

From October 1 to October 24, NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer will conduct a 24-day exploratory mapping expedition to collect critical data for the U.S. Extended Continental Shelf Project. These operations will target three adjacent priority areas east of the Blake Plateau, northeast of the Bahamas.

Mapping Deepwater Areas off the Southeast U.S. in Support of the Extended Continental Shelf Project

On the third dive of the expedition, the DEEP SEARCH team discovered thriving Lophelia pertusa reefs in a region further offshore and in deeper water than other known Lophelia reefs in the U.S. Atlantic.

Mapping Deepwater Areas Southeast of Bermuda: Mission Summary

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Ocean Exploration Funding Opportunity

OER has published its 2019 Notice of Funding Opportunity for Ocean Exploration.

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