National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) and Interagency Committee on Ocean Science and Resource Management Integration (ICOSRMI) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DON/ONR/ONR/09-037/listing.html AND http://www.onr.navy.mil/02/baa/ On behalf of the National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) and The President's Interagency Committee on Ocean Science and Resource Management Integration (ICOSRMI), the Office of Naval Research (ONR) solicits research proposals meeting the goal and purpose of the Partnership Program outlined in Title II, subtitle E, of Public Law 104-201. Any NOPP member agency may fund research in response to this solicitation. Research proposals are solicited for two topics: TOPIC 1: Improving Attachments of Electronic Data Loggers to Cetaceans, which includes two subtopics: SUB-TOPIC 1a. Determining Causes of Tag Attachment Success and/or Failure, and SUB-TOPIC 1b. Case Studies to Determine the Short- and Long-term Physical, Physiological, and Behavioral Effects of Tags on Animals; and TOPIC 2: Improvements in High-Resolution, Tide-Resolving Global Ocean Predictions. Up to $8 Million over four years may be available for this solicitation, subject to appropriation and final approval by the Interagency Working Group on Ocean Partnerships (IWG-OP) of the ICOSRMI. Team efforts are required among at least two of the following three sectors: Foreign institutions are eligible to apply for support under this BAA Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs), Federal Laboratories and other Federal Entities may not be the Principal Investigators on proposals. Proposal deadline is 23 November 2009. Technical Point of Contact for Topic 1: Michael Weise, Program Officer Marine Mammals & Biological Oceanography Program Office of Naval Research - Code 32 One Liberty Center - Rm 1068 875 N. Randolph St. Arlington, VA 22203-1995 703.696.4533 office 703.696.2007 fax michael.j.weise@navy.mil Contracting point of Contact: Susan M. Paolini, Senior Contracting Officer 875 North Randolph St., Suite 1425 Arlington VA 22203-1995 Phone 703-696-0554 Fax 703-696-3365 Email paolins@onr.navy.mil