The Responsible Offshore Science Alliance (ROSA) is seeking proposals 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 through regional research and publicly-available data and data products. Through this RFP, ROSA is soliciting research totaling over $3.44 Million to address high priority, key regional research questions regarding 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). Research topic areas include 1) Supporting Fisheries Access; 2) Understanding Potential Offshore Wind Impacts to Larval Fish; and 3) Fisheries Monitoring: Data Integration, Evaluation, & Analysis. Applicants should submit their concept papers to ROSA by December 20, 2024 by 5pm ET to [email protected]. ROSA will accept questions about the RFP until December 4, 2024 by 5pm ET. More information can be found on ROSA’s website here.
