CRCP supports projects through grants and financial assistance in the following six programs. The general information about each grant program can be found below. Not all programs have annual competitions and information for past competitions can be found below and be used as a general guide for the next competition. If a competition is “OPEN SOON!”, please check back frequently here and on Grants.gov (search CFDA 11.482 for all opportunities except Fishery Management Councils (11.441) and Coral Reef Conservation Fund), or set up automatic notifications (see below). Please visit https://www.grants.gov/ for the full competition information once posted.
You can sign up for automated Grants.gov alerts of funding opportunities according to topics or federal agencies. For more information on the notification process, refer to: http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/manage-subscriptions.html and use CFDA 11.482.
Ruth Gates Coral Restoration Innovation Grants competition is a tribute to the work and life of Dr. Ruth Gates and aims to build on her efforts to address the decline in coral reefs through innovative science and research. The work funded through this program is aimed at promoting long-term survival of corals by supporting the science needed to incorporate resilient corals into restoration activities and to enhance the efficiency of asexual and sexual coral restoration. The principal objectives of this grant program are to support innovative coral restoration research, to apply these innovative techniques to create resilient, genetically diverse, and reproductively viable populations of coral species, and to support the development of creative methods to improve coral outplanting efficiency and build resilient coral reef ecosystems. Projects funded through the Ruth Gates Restoration Innovation Grants will support: 1) research and development of interventions to improve coral resilience to environmental stressors, and 2) research, development, and field-testing of novel techniques to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of coral population enhancement.Click here for more information
Fishery Management Council Cooperative Agreements support sustainable coral fisheries management in cooperation with regional fishery management councils. Click here for more information
International Grants and Cooperative Agreements build local coral reef management capacity and support coral reef monitoring in priority international geographies. Click here for more information
Domestic Capacity-Building Partnerships provide funding to nonprofits and NGOs, institutions of higher education, and for-profits with specialized experience in building capacity for local coral reef management agencies by supporting the ongoing coral reef conservation efforts of our state and territorial partners. Applicants who have previously applied under the NGO Partnership Cooperative Agreement and Domestic Grant competitions should consider applying through this opportunity. Click here for more information
The Coral Reef Conservation Fund, a competitive grant program administered on behalf of the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), implements a long standing public-private partnership that was created to support domestic coral reef conservation projects. Applicants who have previously applied under the Domestic Grant competitions should consider applying through this opportunity. Click here for more information
State and Territorial Government Cooperative Agreements sustain coral reef management and monitoring in the states and territories of American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Florida, Guam, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands. Click here for more information
The NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program was established in 2000 by the Coral Reef Conservation Act. Headquartered in Silver Spring, Maryland, the program is part of NOAA's Office for Coastal Management.
The Coral Reef Information System (CoRIS) is the program's information portal that provides access to NOAA coral reef data and products.
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