Funding Opportunities

NOAA Fisheries, in coordination with the New England Fishery Management Council, is soliciting Atlantic sea scallop research proposals.

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation funding opportunity for innovative approaches to sustainable aquaculture and fisheries now open.

Marine Aquaculture Pilot Projects now open.

Sea Grant is seeking proposals for aquaculture projects to catalyze work in a range of topics or geographies.

Sea Grant is seeking proposals for research to address critical gaps in social, behavioral, and economic knowledge as it relates to U.S. aquaculture and the communities impacted and served by it.

Sea Grant is seeking proposals for collaborative programs to build the capacity of Sea Grant and its partners to advance aquaculture in areas where a foundation of knowledge and activity currently exists but where significant barriers to sustainable domestic marine and Great Lakes aquaculture remain.

The Interstate Marine Fisheries Commissions, in partnership with NOAA Fisheries, are seeking proposals to form regionally focused research consortia that will address critical research needs surrounding oyster aquaculture.

Funding for innovative solutions to fisheries bycatch challenges.

Research on harbor seals, ringed seals, bearded seals, spotted seals, ribbon seals, northern fur seals and Steller sea lions.

The NOAA Marine Debris Program, authorized in the Marine Debris Act (33 U.S.C. 1951-1958), provides funding that supports the development and implementation of locally-driven, marine debris prevention, assessment, and removal projects that benefit coastal habitat, waterways, and NOAA trust resources.