Fisheries and Offshore Wind Interactions Request for Proposals Grant

The Northeast Sea Grant Consortium and NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center invite proposals to explore the interactions between fishing communities and offshore wind development in the U.S. Northeast. This initiative aims to enhance understanding of community resilience and economies, while fostering collaborative research that informs decision-making. Proposals should utilize qualitative and quantitative methods and involve at least one Co-PI from the six states of the NESGC, with a requirement for a 25% non-federal match.

The Northeast Sea Grant Consortium, in partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center is seeking proposals to improve understanding of fishing community interactions with offshore wind development in the U.S. Northeast from the New York Bight through the Gulf of Maine.
Through this Request for Proposals (RFP), the NESGC and NEFSC are continuing to advance a regional approach and seek to enhance existing and catalyze new human dimensions research in the Northeast that will:
Further understanding of the interactions between fisheries and offshore wind development, including connections to fishing community resilience and economies;Build actionable science that bridges research, fishing community, and management needs;Build capacity for ongoing collaborative, inter- and transdisciplinary human dimensions research.
The focus is on advancing needed social, cultural, historical, and economic research to inform communities, developers, and other decision-makers with an emphasis on research that is conducted “with and by” affected communities and not “on and for.” Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches from across the social sciences and humanities are encouraged.
Project teams do not need to be based in the Northeast but must include at least one Co-PI from one of six states of the NESGC (i.e. NY, CT, MA, NH, ME, RI). A 25% non-federal match is required for all proposals.