Opportunity Information: Apply for M22AS00370
NT-22-05A is a Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) grant opportunity focused on integrating PAMGuard into the Tethys Passive Acoustic Data Metadata System, a long-running metadata database developed through joint BOEM and U.S. Navy support. Tethys (http://tethys.sdsu.edu) is designed to organize, standardize, and preserve passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) metadata so that records remain comparable across long time spans. It does this through a formal data schema, essentially a set of rules and structured templates for documenting key parts of an acoustic project such as instrumentation, monitoring effort, detections, and localizations. Beyond required or standard fields, Tethys also allows user-defined fields so practitioners can capture project-specific details, including contextual information like oceanographic or meteorological conditions that can influence interpretation of acoustic results.
A major driver for this work is that Tethys has been adopted as the community standard by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), which serves as the permanent archive for raw marine acoustic observations. The opportunity describes this effort as the final increment needed to bring Tethys to maturity, improving reliability and usability so that NCEI has a robust metadata tool and so scientists and natural resource managers can more easily make secondary use of archived datasets. In other words, the project is positioned as a bridge between long-term archival needs and practical field and analysis workflows, ensuring the metadata needed to understand and reuse acoustic data is consistently captured and stored.
The specific technical goal is to incorporate PAMGuard, a widely used, open-source, semi-automated software package that supports real-time acoustic detection and localization of cetaceans and other marine species, especially from moving platforms. PAMGuard is also used for post-cruise analysis of previously collected acoustic data. The announcement notes that, as methods for collecting acoustic measurements from moving platforms have become more standardized and optimized, PAMGuard has become a preferred tool and is commonly used in BOEM-permitted geological and geophysical surveys with PAM requirements in the Gulf of Mexico. By integrating PAMGuard with Tethys, the project aims to enable metadata documentation at the same time data are collected, rather than relying on after-the-fact reconstruction during post-processing when important details can be missed, forgotten, or recorded inconsistently.
In addition to the PAMGuard-Tethys integration itself, the project includes creating a programmer's interface (an API or similar development interface) for the integrated package. The intent is to make future enhancements easier to implement without requiring major changes to the core Tethys software, supporting long-term extensibility and reducing the risk that future needs will require disruptive rewrites. This forward-looking component matters because metadata systems often need to evolve as new sensors, detection methods, and reporting expectations emerge.
Administratively, this opportunity is issued as a discretionary cooperative agreement under BOEM, categorized under environmental activities (CFDA 15.423). The funding opportunity number is M22AS00370, with an award ceiling of $384,087 and an original closing date of August 16, 2022. Eligible applicants are listed as state governments, public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, and other eligible entities, but the announcement makes clear it is not an open solicitation. Instead, it is a program announcement describing specific project(s) BOEM intends to undertake, explicitly naming the project "Incorporating PAMGuard into the Tethys Passive Acoustic Data Metadata System" with San Diego State University.Apply for M22AS00370
- The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management in the environment sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "NT-22-05A: Incorporating PAMGUARD into the Tethys Passive Acoustic Data Metadata System" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.423.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2022-07-11.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2022-08-16. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $384,087.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Others.
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FAQs: BOEM Grant Opportunity NT-22-05A (M22AS00370)
What is NT-22-05A?
NT-22-05A is a Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) grant opportunity focused on a specific technical project: integrating PAMGuard into the Tethys Passive Acoustic Data Metadata System.
Which agency is offering this opportunity?
The opportunity is issued by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM).
What is the official funding opportunity number?
The funding opportunity number is M22AS00370.
What type of award is this?
This opportunity is issued as a discretionary cooperative agreement under BOEM.
What is the CFDA number and program category?
The opportunity is categorized under environmental activities with CFDA 15.423.
What is the award ceiling?
The award ceiling listed for this opportunity is $384,087.
What was the original closing date?
The original closing date provided is August 16, 2022.
Is this an open solicitation that any eligible applicant can compete for?
No. The information provided states it is not an open solicitation. It is described as a program announcement outlining specific project(s) BOEM intends to undertake.
Who is the specifically named project partner or recipient?
The announcement explicitly names San Diego State University for the project titled "Incorporating PAMGuard into the Tethys Passive Acoustic Data Metadata System."
Which applicant types are listed as eligible?
Eligible applicants are listed as state governments, public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, and other eligible entities.
What is the core purpose of the project described in the opportunity?
The core purpose is to integrate PAMGuard, a widely used passive acoustic monitoring software package, into the Tethys metadata system so that passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) metadata can be captured more consistently and efficiently.
What is Tethys?
Tethys (http://tethys.sdsu.edu) is a long-running metadata database developed with joint BOEM and U.S. Navy support. It is designed to organize, standardize, and preserve passive acoustic monitoring metadata so records remain comparable across long time spans.
What kinds of information does Tethys capture?
Based on the description, Tethys uses a formal data schema (structured rules and templates) to document key parts of an acoustic project such as instrumentation, monitoring effort, detections, and localizations.
Does Tethys allow custom or project-specific fields?
Yes. In addition to required or standard fields, Tethys allows user-defined fields so practitioners can capture project-specific details, including contextual information (for example, oceanographic or meteorological conditions) that may affect how acoustic results are interpreted.
Why is Tethys important to long-term data stewardship?
The opportunity describes Tethys as supporting long-term comparability and preservation of metadata, helping ensure that passive acoustic records remain interpretable and reusable across long time spans.
How does NOAA NCEI relate to this work?
The announcement notes that Tethys has been adopted as the community standard by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), which serves as the permanent archive for raw marine acoustic observations.
Why does the opportunity describe this as an important "final increment"?
The description positions the work as the final increment needed to bring Tethys to maturity by improving reliability and usability, supporting NCEI's need for a robust metadata tool and enabling easier secondary use of archived datasets by scientists and natural resource managers.
What is PAMGuard?
PAMGuard is described as a widely used, open-source, semi-automated software package that supports real-time acoustic detection and localization of cetaceans and other marine species, particularly from moving platforms. It is also used for post-cruise analysis of previously collected acoustic data.
Why integrate PAMGuard with Tethys?
The stated goal is to enable metadata documentation at the same time data are collected, rather than reconstructing metadata later during post-processing. The opportunity notes that after-the-fact reconstruction can lead to important details being missed, forgotten, or recorded inconsistently.
What operational context is mentioned for PAMGuard use?
The announcement notes PAMGuard has become a preferred tool as moving-platform acoustic methods have become more standardized and optimized. It is commonly used in BOEM-permitted geological and geophysical surveys with PAM requirements in the Gulf of Mexico.
What additional deliverable is included besides the integration itself?
In addition to integrating PAMGuard and Tethys, the project includes creating a programmer's interface (an API or similar development interface) for the integrated package.
Why does the project include creating an API or programmer interface?
The intent is to make future enhancements easier to implement without major changes to the core Tethys software, supporting long-term extensibility and reducing the likelihood that future needs will require disruptive rewrites.
What broader problem is this project trying to solve?
Based on the description, the project aims to bridge long-term archival needs (NCEI and permanent preservation) with practical field and analysis workflows by ensuring the metadata needed to understand and reuse acoustic data is captured consistently and stored in a standard way.
Does the information specify the full set of project tasks, milestones, or reporting requirements?
No. The provided information describes the primary technical objectives and rationale, but it does not list detailed task breakdowns, milestone schedules, or reporting requirements.
Does the information specify whether the work includes changes to raw acoustic data archival?
No. The description focuses on metadata (documentation and standardization) rather than changes to archiving of raw acoustic observations.
Does the opportunity description indicate where Tethys is hosted or referenced?
Yes. It references Tethys at http://tethys.sdsu.edu.
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