REQUEST FOR STATEMENTS OF INTEREST
W912HZ-19-SOI-0019
Project Title: USCRP Research Topic 5: Nearshore Sediment Transport and Sediment Budgets
over Decadal Scales
Responses to this Request for Statements of Interest will be used to identify potential
investigators for studies to be sponsored by the U.S. Army of Engineer (USACE) Engineer
Research and Development Center (ERDC) Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory (CHL). The intent
of this request is to quantify the connection, feedback mechanisms, and the longer term
processes of nearshore shoal migration and available sediment sources. Proposals will focus on
identifying and understanding both natural processes and potential dredging impacts to the
geology, the nearshore, and the ecosystem, and consider present-day processes and how sea
level change may evolve the nearshore sediment budget. Outcomes from this research will
provide practical information that can inform long-term sediment management strategies being
considered by coastal communities and federal agencies. This research topic was identified as a
research need by the Nearshore Processes Community and championed by the US Coastal
Research Program. Estimated award amounts for individual proposals of $50,000 to $400,000
may be accepted. Multiple awards may be funded. Possibly no awards will be made if the
submitted proposals do not meet the objectives outlined in this RSOI.
Please send responses or direct questions to:
Stacy Thurman
U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC)
ERDC Contracting Office (ECO)
3909 Halls Ferry Road
Vicksburg, MS 39180
Stacy.D.Thurman@usace.army.mil
Timeline for Review of Statements of Interest: Review of Statements of Interest will begin
after the SOI has been posted to all units on the CESU website for 10 working days.
Posted 2-5-2019