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

[Julia Royster]

NOAA announced an Applicant Webinar for Ruth Gates Coral Restoration
Innovation Grants on February 11, 4-5pm EST. Note: Applicants must be U.S.
based, international partners or collaborators are acceptable.
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/event/public-webinar-2020-ruth-gates-coral-restoration-innovation-grants
Webinar Details
*Attendee Link*

To attend the webinar, use this Webex link to join the online event
<https://noaanmfs-meets.webex.com/noaanmfs-meets/j.php?MTID=m536df090a98db846d74bd2430c36c630>
.

Alternatively, you can copy and paste the following link to a browser:
https://noaanmfs-meets.webex.com/noaanmfs-meets/j.php?MTID=m536df090a98db846d74bd2430c36c630
*Date and Time* Tuesday, February 11, 2020 at 4 p.m. EST
*Duration* 1 hour
*Event Number* 904 261 171
*Event Password* NOAA
*Audio Dial In* Dial in number: 800-369-2015, Participant code: 2226151

On Mon, Jan 20, 2020 at 9:47 AM Liz Fairey - NOAA Federal via Coral-List <
coral-list at coral.aoml.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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