<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The National Sea Grant Office announces the release of a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the American Lobster Research Program as continues to support research in FY21 to address critical gaps in knowledge about how the American Lobster and its fishery is being impacted by environmental change. It is informed by listening sessions with regional fishing industry stakeholders, state and federal fisheries managers, and university, state and federal fisheries researchers.</div><div class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></div><div class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Research topics suitable for study on American lobster under this Federal Funding Opportunity (FFO) should have a geographic focus of the Gulf of Maine, Georges Bank and/or southern New England and address one or more of the following: (1) life history parameters, including but not limited to impacts of ocean acidification; (2) distribution and abundance, including but not limited to ecosystem shifts; (3) species interactions; and/or (4) bait alternatives.</div><div class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></div><div class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Pending appropriation of funds, Sea Grant anticipates awarding between 5-10 research projects totaling between $1 million and $2 million in FY2021. Projects must have a maximum duration of two years.</div><div class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></div><div class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Proposals are due in <a href="http://Grants.gov" class="">Grants.gov</a> on April 20, 2021.</strong></div><div class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><br class=""></strong></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""></div><div class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Complete information can be found <a href="https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=331627" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(39, 102, 143); text-decoration: none;" class="">here</a>. The project number is <span class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">NOAA-OAR-SG-2021-2006808</span></div><div class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><br class=""></span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""></div><div class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Direct questions to <a class="" href="mailto:oar.hq.sg.competitions@noaa.gov" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(39, 102, 143); text-decoration: none;">oar.hq.sg.competitions@noaa.gov</a>.</div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><br class=""><div class="">
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