Grants and Funding
Federal Government Grants | Technical Resources | Training
Office of Protected Resources Grant Opportunities
- Protected Species Cooperative Conservation
Under section 6 of the Endangered Species Act, States may receive grants to support the development of conservation programs for threatened, endangered, candidate, and recently de-listed species. Grants may support development and implementation of management plans, research and monitoring efforts, and education and outreach activities. - Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant Program
In 2000, Congress established the Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Program. It was named after John H. Prescott, a world-renowned marine mammal expert and conservationist. Eligible stranding network members can receive upwards of $100,000 in annual funding. In addition, a portion of the Prescott fund is set aside at the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation for emergency assistance during catastrophic stranding events. - Proactive Species Conservation Program
NMFS has initiated a grant program to support proactive conservation efforts designed to conserve marine and anadromous species before listing under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) becomes necessary.
NOAA Grant Opportunities
- Additional NOAA Grant Programs for FY 2009 Funding [pdf], as published in the Federal Register (74 FR 72, December 2008)
- Availability of NOAA Grant Funds for FY 2009 [pdf], as published in the Federal Register (73 FR 40052, July 11, 2008)
- NOAA Grants Management Division
- American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: Coastal and Marine Habitat Restoration Projects Funding Announcement
- More NOAA Grant Links from NMFS' Office of Management and Budget
Other Federal Grant Opportunities
Catalogs of Multiple Funding Opportunities
- Grants.gov: Federal Government Funding Opportunities
- NMFS Habitat Office Catalog of Funding Opportunities
- NOAA Coastal Services Center Catalog of Funding Opportunities
- Regional Funding Opportunities in Restoration and Habitat Conservation
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Grants
- Environmental Protection Agency Watershed Funding
- Environmental Protection Agency's Catalog of Federal Funding for Watershed Protection
- National Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program: Environmental Protection Agency program to encourage state and other partners' data-integration efforts.
- National Science Foundation
- National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Single Programs
- NOAA Coral Reef Program Funding Opportunities
- NOAA Marine Debris Program Funding
- NOAA Open Rivers Initiative: assistance for community-driven, small dam/barrier removals.
- NOAA Coastal Services Center
- U.S. Geological Survey GAP Analysis Program
- Natural Resources Conservation Service Programs
- The Nature Conservancy Community-based Matching Grants: marine and coastal habitat restoration
- NOAA Coastal Services Center: GIS and Remote Sensing
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service courses
- U.S. Geological Survey courses
- Natural Resource Conservation Service Conservation Planning Assistance
- Federal Emergency Management Agency, Emergency Management Institute: online courses in natural hazards mitigation and planning
- ESRI (the makers of ArcGIS software): free courses
Ecosystem-Based Management
Climate Change
- U.S. Climate Change Science Program
- NOAA Climate Program
- Climate Change and Water Resources Management Report and Guidance
Alternative Energy
- NOAA Ocean and Coastal Resource Management: siting links
- NOAA Coastal Services Center Alternative Energy Viewer: ArcReader spatial data
- NOAA Multipurpose Marine Cadastre spatial data
- U.S. Department of Interior, Minerals Management Service
- U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission: Includes Interim Statement of Policy for Preliminary Permits for Wave, Current, and Instream New Technology, Hydrokinetic Energy Pilot Project Licensing Process, and Hydrokinetic Conditioned License Policy), Hydrokinetic projects database.
- U.S. Minerals Management Service: Includes Alternate Energy-Related Uses on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Rulemaking, OCS Alternative Energy and Alternate Use Final Programmatic EIS, Interim Policy Proposed Projects
- U.S. Department of Energy, Marine and Hydrokinetic Technology Database
Restoration
- NOAA Restoration Center
- NOAA Office of Response and Restoration
- National Estuaries Restoration Inventory
- EPA Habitat Protection Catalog
- The Society for Ecological Restoration
- Global Restoration Network
Marine Protected Areas
State/Territory Wildlife Action Plans
