[Coral-List] U.S. Domestic, Territorial and FAS funding announcement for Coral Reef Conservation Grants

[Jennifer.Koss]

The NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program announces the availability of 
funding for General Coral Reef Conservation Grants (GCRCGP) for 2010. 
Applications must be submitted by 11:59 PM EST, November 2, 2009. This 
program provides funding to institutions of higher education, non-profit 
organizations, commercial organizations, Freely Associated State 
government agencies, and local and Indian tribal governments to support 
coral reef conservation projects in the United States and the Freely 
Associated States in the Pacific, as authorized under the Coral Reef 
Conservation Act of 2000.

Applicants can submit a grant application for work covering a period of 
12 or 18 months at federal funding amounts ranging from $15,000 to a 
maximum of $50,000; applications must include a 1:1 match obtained from 
non federal sources. Applications must fall within at least one of the 
following 4 categories:
1. Fishing Impacts;
2. Land-Based Sources of Pollution;
3. Climate Change; and
4. Local Action Strategy Projects.

In response to several factors, which include an external program 
review, a new program manager, and recent threat abatement working group 
efforts, the Coral Reef Conservation Program’s priorities are being 
refined and redirected. Information about these new program directions 
as well as specific goals and objectives is available on the program’s 
website: http://coralreef.noaa.gov and will be updated regularly as 
additional information becomes available. Consideration of these new 
goals and objectives by applicants is strongly encouraged, as proposals 
received by the Coral Reef Conservation Program will be evaluated as to 
whether they address these specific goals and objectives and preference 
in funding determinations will be given to those proposals that clearly 
meet the stated goals and objectives outlined in the documents.

**** *All applicants must provide evidence of support for the project by 
appropriate representatives of States or other government jurisdictions 
in which the project will be conducted. We encourage all potential 
applicants to thoroughly read the entire funding announcement as aspects 
of the program have changed. The full funding announcement and federal 
forms can be found at www.grants.gov <http://www.grants.gov> using the 
Funding Opportunity Number: NOAA-NMFS-HCPO-2010-2001951.

Applications should be submitted via www.grants.gov and must be received 
by grants.gov no later than 11:59 PM EST on November 2, 2008. If 
www.grants.gov <http://www.grants.gov/> cannot be reasonably used, 
applications can be sent by mail, but they must postmarked by November 
2, 2008, and they must include original copies of the signed and dated 
federal forms. Send to: Jennifer Koss, NOAA Coral Reef Conservation 
Program, NOAA Fisheries, Office of Habitat Conservation (F/HC), 1315 
East West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910. ATTN: GCRCGP Project 
Applications.

If you need further information please contact me 
(Jennifer.koss at noaa.gov) or Liz.fairey at noaa.gov.

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Jennifer Koss
NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program
NMFS/OHC/Habitat Protection - 14th Floor
1315 East-West Highway
Silver Spring, MD 20910
301-713-4300 ext. 165
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