Funding / Funding Opportunities
Funding Opportunities
The Office for Coastal Management’s competitive grant announcements can be found on Grants.gov by searching under the following federal assistance listing numbers:
- 11.419 – Coastal Zone Management Administration (Projects of Special Merit, Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program, Research Reserves Collaborative Science Program)
- 11.420 – National Estuarine Research Reserves
- 11.473 – Office for Coastal Management (Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, NOAA Climate Resilience Regional Challenge, Coastal Resilience)
- 11.482 – Coral Reef Conservation Program
Table 1.0: Open or Recent NOAA Grant Announcements
| Grant Opportunities | Notices of Funding Opportunities (NOFOs) (posted on Grants.gov) |
Dates of Interest | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Letters of Intent or Pre-applications | Proposal Deadline | Earliest Start Date | ||
| Office for Coastal Management – Coral Reef Conservation Program | FY 2025 NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program - Ruth D. Gates Grant Program: Supporting Hawaii’s Sustainable Coral Reef Fisheries Management Plans | N/A | 11:59 p.m. Eastern time, June 13, 2024 | January 1, 2026 |
| NOAA-wide announcement | FY 2025 to FY 2026 NOAA Broad Agency Announcement. The notice requests proposals for special projects and programs associated with NOAA's strategic plan and mission goals. This broad agency announcement is a mechanism to encourage research, education and outreach, innovative projects, or sponsorships that are not addressed through NOAA competitive discretionary programs. It is not a mechanism for awarding congressionally directed funds. Funding for potential projects in this notice is contingent upon the availability of appropriations. | N/A | 11:59 p.m. Eastern time, September 30, 2026 | If found meritorious, generally three to six months after submission |
All deadlines are 11:59 p.m. Eastern time unless noted
Table 2.0: Archive of selected NOAA competitive notices of funding opportunities (NOFOs).
Information about NOAA Office for Coastal Management grants. (pdf)
Electronic grants management systems required to apply for and receive grant funds. (pdf)
Application notifications and submissions. (pdf)