FY16 Coral Reef Conservation Program, Domestic Coral Reef Conservation Grants

Funding Opportunity Number: NOAA-NOS-OCM-2016-2004574 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: GrantCategory of Funding Activity: EnvironmentNatural ResourcesScience and Technology and other Research and DevelopmentCFDA Number: 11.482Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: DOCClosing Date: Jan 06, 2016Award Ceiling: $80,000Expected Number of Awards: 15Creation Date: Oct 15, 2015Funding Opportunity Description: The NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Grant Program, 16 U.S.C. §§ 6401-6409, provides matching grants of financial assistance through the Domestic Coral Reef Conservation Grant program to institutions of higher education, non-profit organizations, for-profit organizations, and local and Indian tribal government agencies. These awards are intended to support coral reef conservation projects in shallow water coral reef ecosystems, including reefs at mesophotic depths, in American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Florida, Guam, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and coral-dominated banks in U.S. portions of the Gulf of Mexico. Projects may be proposed in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands and the U.S. Pacific Remote Island Areas, but these locations are not considered geographic priorities under this announcement. Proposals submitted to this competition must address at least one of the following four...

Source: Grants.gov - October 15, 2015 Category: Research Tags: Environment Natural Resources Science and Technology and other Research and Development Source Type: funding