Northeast Region
Funding Opportunities
Several times each year, proposals are requested for individual projects, either directly by NOAA’s Restoration Center or through its partners. The table below lists our current and past funding opportunities. Opportunities that are now closed often have deadlines in a similar timeframe each year, and these pages have instructions and requirements that can assist in future applications.
In addition to nationwide funding opportunities, regional funding opportunities are available through the NOAA Restoration Center partnerships that announce open competitions for restoration funds throughout the year. These cooperative partnerships allow us to target regional restoration priorities and leverage NOAA contributions with local resources. During open announcements, applications should be directed to the partner organization.
Funding Opportunity
Funding Range
Description
States Available
Deadline
$100,000 to $10,000,000 over three years
This funding opportunity focuses on coastal habitat restoration projects that aid in recovering listed species and rebuilding sustainable fish populations or their prey. Applicants may submit one or more projects to be completed in one, two, or three years.
National, not including the Great Lakes
February 19, 2013
$200,000 - $10,000,000
Through this solicitation, NOAA seeks to openly compete funding available for multi-year Great Lakes Regional Habitat Restoration Partnerships. Partnerships will result in implementation of a wide-range of individual habitat restoration projects focused in U.S. Great Lakes Areas of Concern (AOCs) with funds provided by the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative as anticipated in the President's FY2013 Budget.
MN, MI, WI, IN, IL, OH, PA, and NY
Closed
up to $135,000
To fund projects that support the protection of coastal and marine fish habitats through the National Fish Habitat Partnership through voluntary and non-regulatory actions that maintain, or prevent the decline of, aquatic habitat and aquatic resources that depend on those habitats.
National
Closed
$25,000 - $85,000 and up to $250,000
Funds marine and coastal habitat restoration projects that benefit fish and shellfish around the coastal U.S. Preference will be given to projects at priority sites identified through Marine Ecoregional Assessments and other TNC priority setting approaches at the state and territory level.
National
Closed
$10,000 - $75,000
Funds marine and anadromous fish habitat restoration projects that benefit recreationally fished species.
National
Closed
$15,000 -$250,000
Funds individual grass-roots marine debris prevention and removal projects that benefit coastal habitat like wetlands and coral reefs, as well as fisheries, marine mammals, sea turtles and waterways.
National
Closed
$100,000 - $3,000,000
Funds the removal of obsolete dams and other stream barriers to improve fisheries, enhance public safety and boost local economies through benefits resulting from removal.
National
Closed
Maximum $150,000
Funds dam & barrier removal projects that restore and improve migratory fish habitat.
National
Closed
$500,000 - $1,000,000
Funding available for multi-year national and regional habitat restoration Partnerships that will result in implementation of a wide-range of habitat restoration projects -- from locally-driven, hands-on projects that emphasize stewardship, to mid-scale, watershed-scale projects that yield significant ecological and socioeconomic benefits.
National
Closed
$100,000 - $1,000,000
Funds estuary habitat restoration projects. These projects should achieve cost-effective restoration while promoting partnerships among agencies and between public and private sectors. Selected projects must provide ecosystem benefits, have scientific merit, be technically feasible, cost-effective, and support the Estuary Habitat Restoration Strategy.
National
Closed
Funding Range: $750,000 - $4,000,000 for habitat restoration; $50,000 - $350,000 for engineering and design
Funds habitat restoration projects in the U.S. Great Lakes Areas of Concern.
MN, MI, WI, IN, IL, OH, PA, and NY
February 27, 2013
Average $25,000 - $50,000, maximum $70,000
Funds local efforts to accomplish on-the-ground restoration of marine, estuarine, and freshwater habitats. Although all types of habitat improvement activities are eligible for funding, there is special emphasis involving fish passage projects, such as culvert removals in Northeast states and dam removal in Alaska. Trout Unlimited local chapters and councils, as well as organizations working in partnership with a Trout Unlimited local chapter and council, are eligible for funding.
ME, VT, NH, MA, CT, RI
Closed
$40,000 - $125,000
Funds habitat restoration projects located within the United States portion of the Gulf of Maine watershed. During open announcements, applications should be directed to the Gulf of Maine Council.
ME, MA, NH
Closed
$75,000 - $150,000
Funds technical assistance in: (1) identifying science-based management options for restoration and protection of living resources and their habitats; (2) monitoring and assessing the status of living resources and their habitats; and, (3) evaluating the effectiveness of management plan implementation. Funding is available for projects that address ecosystem-based fisheries management, fisheries monitoring, and applied oyster restoration research.
ME, VA, WV, PA, DE, DC, NY
Closed
