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

[Liz Fairey - NOAA Federal]

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