[SEMCO] MIT Sea Grant FY2021 RFP Open House - January 23rd 12-2 pm

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Good afternoon,

MIT Sea Grant provides competitive funding opportunities through our core Request For Proposals (RFP) for Massachusetts university-based research scientists who seek to address marine issues in ways that benefit the Commonwealth.

We will hold an informational Open House on our FY2021 RFP on Thursday, January 23, 2020 from noon to 2 pm to provide guidance for interested applicants. A detailed RFP announcement will be available on our website on Tuesday, February 4, 2020.






MIT Sea Grant FY2021 RFP Open House | Thursday, January 23, 2020 | 12-2 pm

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MIT Sea Grant will focus our funding resources on the following three specific areas of marine research:

1.     Offshore aquaculture: The focus is on novel technologies to enable offshore installation and operation. We particularly encourage submissions within three topic areas:

·         Flexible surfaces with embedded sensors and actuators that can be used as “intelligent” nets, capable of sensing the environment and controlling flow and fish
·         Autonomy for surface and underwater craft for inspection and maintenance of offshore farms – autonomy algorithms should be open, extensible, and applicable to a wide variety of platforms and missions
·         Very low power physical, chemical, or biological sensors for farm monitoring

2.     Ocean acidification: The focus is on ocean monitoring using physics-based data inference, fusing diverse sources of data, e.g. at least two of satellite data, data from drifters, and buoy data. The target is to demonstrate such a computer monitoring system for the Boston Harbor or the Gulf of Maine.

3.     Technology for observation and underwater manipulation: Focusing particularly on shallow water applications, this area builds on past topics in underwater wireless power transmission and data communication. Principal obstacles in underwater monitoring and manipulation include:

·         Re-charging rapidly and effectively
·         Transferring data reliably at high rates
·         Equipping underwater and surface vehicles with manipulation capabilities targeting aquaculture applications



Basic requirements for MIT Sea Grant funding: The PI must be a university-based, Massachusetts scientist who is eligible for Principal Investigator status at their home institution. If the PI is receiving any other MIT Sea Grant project funding during the FY2021 period (2/1/2021 to 1/31/2023) s/he is not eligible to apply in this round. Projects are generally funded for two years at a maximum of $100,000 per year, with a 50% match requirement. A detailed RFP announcement and more information about the selection process will be available on our website on Tuesday, February 4, 2020.

Pre-proposals are due by 5 pm on Wednesday, March 4, 2020 that will be evaluated, and the comments will be provided to the applicants. A pre-proposal submission is required before a full proposal can be submitted. Full proposals will be due by 5 pm on Monday, June 1, 2020.

Please feel free to email us at seagrantinfo at mit.edu<mailto:seagrantinfo at mit.edu> for more information.


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The MIT Sea Grant College Program<https://seagrant.mit.edu/>








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