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Seabed Mapping, Exploration, and Characterization in the Pacific

Bureau of Oceans - Int. Environmental - Scientific · Opportunity DFOP0019432

Deadline August 14, 2026 8 days left
Award range $2M – $7M
Total program funding $7M

≈ 2 awards expected

PostedAugust 5, 2026

Who can apply

About this opportunity

The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (OES), Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs (OPA) announces an open competition for a U.S. institution, company, or organization (see eligibility information in B.1) interested in submitting an application to conduct ocean mapping, seabed exploration, habitat and resource characterization, and data management and analysis in Pacific Island Countries (PICs).

Award history — Environmental and Scientific Partnerships and Programs (Assistance Listing 19.017)

This program made 8 new awards in FY2025.

New awards by fiscal year ’21: 39 · ’22: 70 · ’23: 40 · ’24: 55 · ’25: 8
Award size (min / median / max) $1k / $242k / $1,000M

Across the 194 most recent awards. Total obligations, not per-year.

Repeat winners 23 of 119 recipients won more than once

New awards recorded on USAspending.gov under the federal program that funds this opportunity. FY2025 figures may still be incomplete. Bureau of Oceans - Int. Environmental - Scientific does not publish how many applications it receives, so a true success rate cannot be computed for this program — no one can honestly sell you that number.

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