Contact Search Gulf Research Program  >   Current Grant Opportunities Research & Development Grants Preventing the Next Spill: Understanding Systemic Risk in the Offshore Oil and Gas Environment Mandatory letter of intent deadline: February 1, 2017, 5pm ET Complete information about the Award Year 2017 topic, application instructions, and eligibility requirements With this grant opportunity, the Gulf Research Program seeks to support research that will advance fundamental science or provide the scientific basis for the development of new technologies, processes, or procedures to reduce or better understand the systemic risk leading to uncontrolled hydrocarbon release in the offshore oil and gas environment. Proposed research should address scientific and/or technological research gaps identified in literature, by industry, or by regulatory agencies – gaps that, if filled, could result in a reduction of systemic risk in the offshore oil and gas environment. Past Grant Information and Awardees Research-Practice Grants – Award Year  2017 A funding opportunity of the Gulf Research Program in collaboration with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Grants of up to 36 months for scientifically-valid research and practice projects that will develop information, test strategies, and provide evidence that can be used by communities to enhance their resilience to the adverse impacts of climate change, severe weather, and major environmental disasters, in ways that also improve well-being. Capacity Building Grants – Award Year  2016 Grants of up to two years to support work to enhance community networks that improve coastal environments, health, and well-being. Synthesis Grants – Award Year  2016 Two-year grants for projects that use scientific synthesis connecting environmental, social, and/or health data to advance understanding of the short- and long-term impacts of offshore oil and gas operations on human communities in coastal regions adjacent to the U.S. outer continental shelf, or to advance study design, tools, models and technologies for assessing human exposure to environmental contaminants, including acute or chronic exposures related to oil spills and other sudden and large-scale environmental disasters, and related impacts on individuals and populations. View recipients Exploratory Grants – Award Year  2016 Grants of up to two years to support innovative work on scenario planning to advance safety culture and minimize risk in offshore oil and gas operations or to inform coastal community planning and response to environmental change in regions with offshore oil and gas operations. View recipients Data Synthesis Grants – Award Year 2015 Two-year grants for activities that synthesize existing data that could inform efforts to restore and maintain the Gulf of Mexico’s ecosystem services, or that enhance understanding of the Deep Gulf or its physical and biological connectivity to coastal communities. View recipients Exploratory Grants – Award Year  2015 One-year grants intended to catalyze innovative thinking about how to effectively educate and train offshore oil and gas and health professionals, or how to improve understanding of links between human wellbeing and ecosystem services related to oil and gas production. View recipients Questions about Gulf Research Program grants? Email GulfGrants@nas.edu