[Coral-List] 2024 Ruth D. Gates Restoration Innovation Grant Competition

[Liz Fairey - NOAA Federal]

The NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program and the NOAA Fisheries Office of
Habitat Conservation announces the NOAA Ruth D. Gates Coral Restoration
Innovation Grant competition for Fiscal Year 2024.

*Who:* This competitive program provides cooperative agreements to
nongovernmental organizations or research institutions that have
demonstrated expertise in coral reef conservation or restoration and/or
scientific research; U.S. states, territories, or local governments with
authority over coral reefs; and Native entities with interests in a coral
reef ecosystem.

*Where:* The aim of the NOAA Ruth D. Gates Coral Restoration Innovation
Grant competition is to improve the success of shallow water (<30 m [<100
ft] depth) coral reef restoration in an increasingly variable climate.
Applicants must be U.S. based and in-water activities must take place
within the U.S. coral jurisdictions: American Samoa, the Commonwealth of
Northern Mariana Islands, Florida, Guam, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, or the U.S.
Virgin Islands.

*Program Priorities:* Proposed projects should partner with or collaborate
with restoration practitioners and/or local resource management agencies
and must align with goals and objectives of the CRCP Strategic Plan and/or
action items in the NOAA Action Plan on Coral Interventions. NOAA has
identified the following two priority areas for this funding announcement:
1.) Research, develop, and advance the application of innovative
intervention techniques in coral restoration to improve coral survivorship
by enhancing coral resilience to threats, such as ocean warming or coral
disease; and 2.) Research and develop methods to improve coral restoration
practices, survivorship of post larval settlers, and growth/survival of
midsized corals.

*Funding Amount:* NOAA anticipates typical federal funding for awards will
range from $100,000-$250,000/year for a total $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 total over three
years. Applicants must provide a 1:1 match of non-Federal funds or must
submit a request to NOAA to waive the matching requirement if the applicant
can demonstrate 1) no reasonable means are through which an applicant can
meet the matching requirement, and 2) the probable benefit of the project
outweighs the public interest in such matching requirement.

*How*: Applicants should apply through www.grants.gov.

*When:* Applications must be postmarked, provided to a delivery service, or
received via www.Grants.gov by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on February 14, 2024.

Interested applicants may obtain the full Notice of Funding Opportunity
announcement by visiting www.grants.gov, clicking on the “Search Grants,
tab” and searching by funding opportunity number
(NOAA-NMFS-HCPO-2024-2008273) or by CFDA number (11.482).

If you need further information, please contact me (liz.fairey at noaa.gov).

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