Funding Opportunities
Grants.gov is the website used by federal agencies to announce and process grant opportunities. Announcements for continuing and grant programs including any amendments are posted on Grants.gov.
The Office for Coastal Management’s competitive grant announcements can be found on Grants.gov by searching under the following Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CDFA) numbers:
- 11.419 – Coastal Zone Management Administration (Projects of Special Merit, Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program, NERR Collaborative Science Program)
- 11.420 – Coastal Zone Management Estuarine Research Reserves
- 11.473 – Office for Coastal Management (Coastal Resilience, Bay Watershed Education and Training, Great Lakes Areas of Concern Land Acquisition)
- 11.482 – Coral Reef Conservation Program
Table 1.0: Open or Recent NOAA Grant Announcements
| Grant Opportunities | Federal Funding Opportunity Announcements (posted on Grants.gov) |
Dates of Interest | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Letters of Intent or Pre-applications | Proposal Deadline | Earliest Start Date | ||
| National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS) Collaborative Science Program - for more information, read the “Frequently Asked Questions” document or review the presentation , questions asked , and audio from a public webinar where applicants were able to ask questions | National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS) Collaborative Science Program 2019 | 5:00 p.m. Eastern time, October 10, 2018 |
11:59 p.m. Eastern time, December 3, 2018 |
October 1, 2019 |
| Office for Coastal Management – National Coastal Zone Management Program | Coastal Zone Management Projects of Special Merit Competition – Fiscal Year 2018 | N/A | 11:59 p.m. Eastern time, December 19, 2018 |
October 1, 2019 |
| Office for Coastal Management – NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program | FY19 Coral Reef Conservation Program, Domestic Coral Reef Conservation Grants | N/A | 11:59 p.m. Eastern time, January 29, 2019 |
August 1, 2019 |
| Office for Coastal Management – Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) Hawaii Program | Fiscal Year 2019 Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) Hawaii Program | N/A | 6:59 p.m. Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time / 11:59 p.m. Eastern time, February 5, 2018 |
August 1, 2019 |
| Office for Coastal Management – National Estuarine Research Reserve System | National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS) Land Acquisition and Construction Program for Fiscal Year 2019 | N/A | 11:59 p.m. Eastern time, February 8, 2019 |
July 1, 2019 |
| Office for Coastal Management – NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program | FY19-20 CRCP State and Territorial Coral Reef Conservation Cooperative Agreements | 11:59 p.m. Eastern time, October 11, 2018 |
11:59 p.m. Eastern time, February 14, 2019 |
July 1, 2019 |
| NOAA-wide announcement | FY2018 – FY2020 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 Fiscal Year 2019 and Fiscal Year 2020 appropriations. | N/A | 11:59 p.m. Eastern time, May 15, 2019 |
If found meritorious, generally 3 to 6 months after submission |
Table 2.0: Archive of selected NOAA competitive federal funding opportunities (FFOs).
Information about NOAA Office for Coastal Management grants (pdf)
Guidance for first-time Grants.gov users (pdf)