# FY2024-2025 National Sea Grant BIL Marine Debris Community Action Coalitions

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/noaa-oar-sg-2024-23704-fy2024-2025-national-sea-grant-bil-marine-debris/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/350192

> DOC NOAA - ERA Production offered grants of up to $300,000 (at least $150,000) to the applicants described in the notice. It expected to make about 20 awards. Applications closed on March 5, 2024.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | NOAA-OAR-SG-2024-23704 |
| Agency | DOC NOAA - ERA Production |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | March 5, 2024 |
| Award ceiling | $300,000 |
| Award floor | $150,000 |
| Expected awards | 20 |
| Total funding | not stated |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 11.417 |

## Who can apply

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

The following entities are eligible to submit to this opportunity: Sea Grant Programs (Sea Grant Colleges, Institutions, or Coherent Area Programs). The National Sea Grant College Program champions diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) by recruiting, retaining, and preparing a diverse workforce, and proactively engaging and serving the diverse populations of coastal communities. Sea Grant is committed to building inclusive research, extension, communication, and education programs that serve people with unique backgrounds, circumstances, needs, perspectives, and ways of thinking. We encourage Sea Grant program applications to reflect diverse participation with regards to age, race, ethnicities, national origins, gender identities, sexual orientations, disabilities, cultures, religions, citizenship types, marital statuses, education levels, job classifications, veteran status types, income, and socioeconomic status.

## What the grant funds

To strengthen efforts in prevention and mitigation of marine debris, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) has directed NOAA’s National Sea Grant College Program to execute $50 million over five years “for marine debris prevention and removal.” There are many types, sources, and causes of marine debris, defined for the purposes of this competition as "any persistent solid material that is manufactured or processed and directly or indirectly, intentionally or unintentionally, disposed of or abandoned into the marine environment or the Great Lakes" (15 C.F.R. § 909.1). While marine debris is a global issue, it is also intensely local – the activities and attitudes of individuals, communities, and industries drive the global problem. It is important for marine debris prevention and removal to be addressed at the local scale, along with other efforts at larger scales, with the support of key players in the community. Community coalitions and local partnerships are essential to creating effective and long-lasting action on marine debris. Due to lack of resources, entire segments of our society have not yet been able to invest funding and time into addressing challenges related to the prevention and removal of marine debris. This includes Tribes and Indigenous People who face additional institutional barriers in order to mitigate local marine debris and pollutants. Executive Order 14096, “Revitalizing Our Nation's Commitment to Environmental Justice for All (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/04/26/2023-08955/revitalizing-our-nations-commitment-to-environmental-justice-for-all), and E.O.13985 (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/01/25/2021-01753/advancing-racial-equity-and-support-for-underserved-communities-through-the-federal-government), emphasize the need for Federal agencies to take actions to redress unfair disparities and remove barriers to government programs and services. E.O. 14096 places even greater urgency on the Federal Government to “. . . build upon and strengthen its commitment to deliver environmental justice to all communities across America. Our Nation needs . . . ". Executive Order 14008, “Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad”, also established the Justice40 Initiative, directing that 40% of the overall benefits from certain federal investments, such as climate, clean energy, and other areas, flow to disadvantaged communities and that such communities accrue the benefits of those investments.

## Questions people ask

### Is NOAA-OAR-SG-2024-23704 still open?

No. It closed on March 5, 2024.

### Who can apply for FY2024-2025 National Sea Grant BIL Marine Debris Community Action Coalitions?

DOC NOAA - ERA Production accepted applications from the applicants described in the notice. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

### What is the deadline for FY2024-2025 National Sea Grant BIL Marine Debris Community Action Coalitions?

Closed March 5, 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 $300,000 each.

### Who has won Sea Grant Support grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were University of Florida, University of California San Diego, University of Hawaii. The program made 851 awards worth $599 million in that time.