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NOAA-NOS-OCM-2025-30196: FY 2025 NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program - Ruth D. Gates: Supporting Hawaii’s Sustainable Coral Reef Fisheries Management Plans

Closed Closed June 13, 2025 Opportunity NOAA-NOS-OCM-2025-30196 ☆ Save

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• Award ceiling$600,000
• Award floor$50,000
• Total funding$600,000
• Expected awards2
• Cost sharingRequired
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.

• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

To be eligible to apply or receive an award, applicant organizations must complete and maintain three registrations; SAM.gov, Grants.gov, and eRA Commons. For each, the complete registration process can take 4 to 6 weeks, so applicants must begin this activity as soon as possible and well before the proposal due date. For more information on how to meet these registration and application submission requirements without errors, we advise all to carefully review relevant Applicant and Grantee Training modules: https://www.commerce.gov/ocio/programs/gems/applicant-and-grantee-training. Additionally, we advise that all carefully read ‘Additional Application Package Forms’ within the ‘Full Proposal Required Elements’ section below. This funding competition is open to nongovernmental organizations or research institutions with demonstrated expertise in the conservation or restoration of coral reefs in practice or through significant contributions to the body of existing scientific research on coral reefs (see IV.B.4.b. Appendices), coral reef research centers designated by NOAA CRCP under 16 U.S.C. 6411, and regional fishery management councils established under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.).

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Coral Reef Conservation Program awards averaged $679,854; this notice allows up to $600,000 per award.
• Most of the program's money (50% over five years) went to state and local governments.
• The notice requires cost sharing or matching funds, so you must contribute part of the project cost.

What the grant funds

The purpose of this notice is to solicit financial assistance applications that will support state and national management goals through the creation of Sustainable Coral Reef Fisheries Management Plans (CR-FMPs) across the Hawaiian Islands. The applicant will work closely with partners at the State of Hawaii’s Division of Aquatic Resources (DAR) and NOAA Pacific Island Regional Office (PIRO) to support development of CR-FMPs as part of the State’s Holomua Initiative. The State will lead this process, driven by local, island-based Navigator Teams; this award will focus on providing technical support and creating decision-making tools to aid this process, and to support additional science needs to support future management decisions. These funds will be utilized specifically to support technical writing needs in Lana‘i, Hawai‘i Island, Kauai, and Oahu CR-FMPs, in coordination with DAR. CR-FMPs will identify specific management actions that will contribute to reaching locally identified sustainable fisheries management targets on each island, as well as developing monitoring and evaluation plans after CR-FMPs are complete. Additional funds will be used to support management driven scientific research that will directly advise the CR-FMPs. Applications submitted to this funding opportunity should propose work plans over a duration of no more than 36 months (3 years). Each application should not request more than $400,000 per priority, with a maximum of $600,000 in Federal funds. Applications are expected to be submitted by entities with a physical presence and long-term partnerships in Hawaii, and applicants should have demonstrated experience working across multiple partner types, such as government, nonprofit, and universities, and with Hawaiian organizations. Pending Federal appropriations, NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) expects approximately $600,000 to be available for initiating financial assistance awards for two (2) organizations in Fiscal Year (FY) 2025. As mandated in the Act, recipients are required to match NOAA’s Federal contributions with non-Federal matching contributions at a minimum ratio of 1:1, unless the applicant requests and is granted a waiver to the matching requirement by the agency. All projects must receive evidence of support (e.g., a letter of support or other indication of collaboration) by appropriate representatives of the State in which the project will be conducted.

Category: Environment, Natural Resources, Science and Technology and other Research and Development.

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