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

[Austin Bowden-Kerby]

Hi Liz,

I feel that this being confined to the USA is rather an insult to the name
of Ruth Gates.
On the positive side, it does not completely ignore the twin elephants in
the room: SCTLD and the recent horrific mass bleaching event,.and their
implications for the future.

What is needed most right now is to focus on lessons learned from the
recent extinction-level disease and bleaching events that happened in
Florida and the Caribbean, and implications for restoration.  We must have
more information and then a pause to reflect and analyze the implications
of what is happening.  My question to the entire restoration and management
community is how can we move forward without knowing what remains of all
the restoration work, which methods worked best?

Regards,

Austin

Austin Bowden-Kerby, PhD
Corals for Conservation
P.O. Box 4649 Samabula, Fiji Islands


https://www.corals4conservation.org
Publication on C4C's coral-focused climate change adaptation strategies:
https://www.mdpi.com/2673-1924/4/1/2/pdf
Film on our "Reefs of Hope" coral restoration for climate change adaptation
strategies:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BG0lqKciXAA
https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/emergency-response-to-massive-coral-bleaching/
<https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/emergency-response-to-massive-coral-bleaching/>





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On Thu, Dec 7, 2023 at 9:12 AM Liz Fairey - NOAA Federal via Coral-List <
coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> wrote:

> 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).
>
> --
> 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
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