GCOOS Proposal Submission Guides and Documents
GCOOS is a certified Regional Coastal Observing System (RCOS) — a non-federal observing organization certified as meeting federal standards for data gathering and management. This certification means that our data has the full backing of the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Core funding for GCOOS operations comes from a series of competitive five-year grants awarded by IOOS that support the administration and implementation of the regional observing system. As part of that implementation, GCOOS provides sub-awards to Principal Investigators through a competitive process.
Periodically, GCOOS may also offer sub-awards related to other funding opportunities. Submission guidelines are outlined below as they are available.
GCOOS 2026-2031 Sub-Award Submission Process
Please note: Proposals are only being accepted from those with approved LOIs.
Principal Investigators submitting 2026-2031 sub-award funding proposals to GCOOS should work with the sponsored programs office at their institutions to submit the proposal package electronically to the TAMU Sponsored Research Services Office.
Each sub-award package must include the following documents:
Please note that you will have to download the forms to your desktop to fill them out. If you encounter a message that says “please wait…” you should still be able to download and fill out the form once it is saved to your computer.
- Title page — use this template
- Scope of work — use this template
- SF424 Request for Application
- Sample SF424A budget file
- Budget using form SF424A years 1-4
- Budget using form SF424A year 5
- FDP Letter of Intent Template — If your institution is a member of the FDP Clearinghouse, please complete the FDP letter of intent form (sub-institution’s template is acceptable)
- TAMU Subrecipient Commitment form — If your institution is not a member of the FDP Clearinghouse, please complete the TAMU Subrecipient Commitment
- Budget justification — use this template, and also refer to NOAA Grants Management Division’s Budget Narrative Guidance
- Budget sustainability plan — use this template
- Stakeholder engagement plan — use this template
- Data management plan — use this template
- Principle Investigator resumes (2-page/12 pt. font)
- Literature cited (no page limit)
- Stakeholder support letters (2 or more)
- Fringe and/or IDC rate memo or link to institutional page in cases where rates are greater than 38%
Points of Contact for All Submissions
GCOOS
Jorge Brenner
GCOOS Executive Director
Jorge.Brenner@GCOOS.org
Mobile: 361-696-1776
Marcus Ogle
GCOOS Associate Director
Marcus.Ogle@GCOOS.org
Mobile: 832.497.7497
TAMU Office of Sponsored Research Services
Lyndal Arceneaux
Senior Proposal Administrator II
Texas A&M University
larceneaux@tamu.edu
Office: 979-862-2465
