# 2024 Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/noaa-nmfs-fhq-2024-2008210-2024-bycatch-reduction-engineering-program/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/350380

> Department of Commerce offered grants of up to $200,000 (at least $50,000) to nonprofits, colleges and universities, state and local governments, tribes, small businesses, businesses and individuals. It expected to make $2.3 million in total. Applications closed on March 20, 2024.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | NOAA-NMFS-FHQ-2024-2008210 |
| Agency | Department of Commerce |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | March 20, 2024 |
| Award ceiling | $200,000 |
| Award floor | $50,000 |
| Expected awards | not stated |
| Total funding | $2.3 million |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 11.472 |

## Who can apply

- State governments
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Special district governments
- Independent school districts
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
- Individuals
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- Small businesses

## What the grant funds

The mission of the National Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program (BREP) is to support the development of technological solutions and changes in fishing practices designed to minimize bycatch of fish and protected species (including Endangered Species Act-listed fish, marine mammals, seabirds, and sea turtles) and to reduce impacts to invertebrates (including sponges, deep-sea corals, and shallow (tropical) corals.) In addition, BREP may support projects that quantify post-release mortality and identify ways to minimize mortality and injury of bycaught species (including post-release injury and mortality). Projects should produce outcomes that can directly influence management needs of federally managed living marine resources. For Fiscal Year 2024, NMFS anticipates that approximately $2,300,000 could be made available for approximately 10-15 projects that address bycatch research as identified in the Program Priority Section (I.B.1 - I.B.5).

## Questions people ask

### Is NOAA-NMFS-FHQ-2024-2008210 still open?

No. It closed on March 20, 2024.

### Who can apply for 2024 Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program?

Department of Commerce accepted applications from nonprofits, colleges and universities, state and local governments, tribes, small businesses, businesses and individuals.

### What is the deadline for 2024 Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program?

Closed March 20, 2024. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

### How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $200,000 each. About $2.3 million in total.

### Who has won Cooperative Research Program grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, North Pacific Research Board. The program made 219 awards worth $300 million in that time.