[Coral-List] Announcement of FY20 NOAA Ruth Gates Coral Restoration Innovation Grants Notice of Funding Opportunity

[Liz Fairey - NOAA Federal]

We have extended the application submission deadline to March 30, 2020.
The Grants.gov website has been updated with the revised application
submission date. Please contact me if you have any additional questions.
Liz Fairey.

On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 4:02 PM Liz Fairey - NOAA Federal <
liz.fairey at noaa.gov> wrote:

> NOAA announces the availability of approximately $500,000 in Ruth Gates
> Coral Restoration Innovation Grants funding for awards in FY20. This is the
> first funding opportunity under the Ruth Gates Coral Restoration Innovation
> Grants competition. This grant opportunity 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.
>
> Who: Eligible applicants are institutions of higher education,
> non-profits, commercial (for
> profit) organizations, U.S. territories, state, local and Native American
> tribal governments.
>
> Where: Applicants must be U.S. based, but may have international partners;
> however, all in-water work must take place within the U.S. coral
> jurisdictions (i.e., American Samoa, the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana
> Islands, Florida, Guam, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, or the U.S. Virgin Islands).
>
> Program Priorities: Priorities fall within these two categories: 1.)
> Research and develop innovative coral intervention methods. Proposals in
> this category should focus on techniques that improve coral resilience to
> threats, such as ocean acidification, warming ocean temperatures, stronger
> and more frequent storms, or coral disease in order to promote long-term
> persistence of reproductively viable coral populations. 2.) Research and
> develop innovative coral restoration methods to significantly improve the
> success of outplanting corals at various life-stages, including asexual and
> sexual propagation strategies.
>
> Funding amount: One-year or multi-year awards up to three funding years
> will be considered, and recipients of multi-year awards will not need to
> compete for funding in subsequent years. NOAA anticipates typical federal
> funding awards will range from $100,000 to $750,000 over one to three
> years. NOAA will not accept proposals with a federal funding request of
> less than $100,000 or more than $1,000,000 over three years.
>
> How: Applicants should apply through www.grants.gov; however, applicants
> unable to use www.grants.gov may mail a complete application package
> including the required Federal forms, which must be signed by hand and
> dated. All applications should follow the specific application requirements
> described in the notice of funding opportunity.
>
> When: Applications must be postmarked, provided to a delivery service or
> received by www.Grants.gov by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on March 20, 2020.
>
> Interested applicants may obtain the full notice of funding opportunity by
> visiting www.grants.gov, clicking on the “Search Grants, tab” and
> searching by funding opportunity number (NOAA-NMFS-HCPO-2020-2006361) or by
> CFDA number (11.482).
>
> If you need further information, please contact me (liz.fairey at noaa.gov).
>
> Webstory:
>
> https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/500000-available-coral-restoration-projects-honor-dr-ruth-gates
>
> Liz Fairey
> NMFS Office of Habitat Conservation
> NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program
> 1315 East West Hwy
> Silver Spring, MD 20910
> 301-427-8632
>


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Liz Fairey
NMFS Office of Habitat Conservation
NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program
1315 East West Hwy
Silver Spring, MD 20910
301-427-8632