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Previous Funding Opportunities
ROSA Regional Request for Proposals 01
The Responsible Offshore Science Alliance (ROSA) announced over $3 million in funding to advance understanding of regional and cumulative effects of offshore wind on fish and fisheries and support meaningful solutions to the challenges surrounding responsible ocean co-use.
Specifically, ROSA solicited research to:
- support fisheries access by enhancing our understanding of the ability of existing fisheries to operate within or near offshore wind farms and to foster the development of industry-supported innovations in gear technology, fisheries and stock enhancement, and other non-compensatory mitigation strategies.
- advance the current state of knowledge on the potential of offshore wind development to impact the survival, transport, settlement, and distribution of commercially important fish and invertebrate larvae.
- explore the use of available data and/or conceptual frameworks to inform regional fisheries monitoring and cumulative assessments through data integration, evaluation, and analysis.
These themes and the funded projects address key regional research questions identified as high priority by the ROSA organizational structure and the broader fisheries and offshore wind community. Research needs were considered and prioritized from those included in ROSA’s Fish and Fisheries Offshore Wind Research Database (FishFORWRD). More information can be found on ROSA’s website here.
Funding for projects selected from the ROSA Regional Request for Proposals are provided by the Empire Wind 1 project, developed by Equinor, LLC, as included in the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) New York 4 solicitation for awarded Offshore Wind Renewable Energy Certificates.