Alaska Region Funding Opportunities
Information about funding opportunities available in the Alaska region.
About the Region
NOAA Fisheries in Alaska supports the NOAA Fisheries’ mission through competitive and non-competitive grants and cooperative agreements. We fund efforts to restore salmon populations, conserve marine mammals, assist mariculture, and support fishing communities.
The Alaska Region supports fisheries grants through Federal Program Officers. Federal Program Officers ensure the timely processing of all financial assistance awards, from initial solicitation through post award management. They work with the NOAA Grants Management Division, program staff, and grant recipients throughout the award period to facilitate the successful completion of project objectives. For more information or assistance, please email akr.grants@noaa.gov.
Highlighted on this page are NOAA Fisheries grant opportunities and other grant programs administered by partner agencies and organizations that can support Alaskan projects. To look up funding amounts for current and past grants and programs, please use: usaspending.gov.
Contacts
Project & Program Specific Questions
Kristin Cieciel
Federal Program Officer,
Alaska Competition Manager for: Saltonstall-Kennedy, AK MET, and Marine Mammal Co-Management programs
kristin.cieciel@noaa.gov
907-586-7273
Leah Gregg
Grants Analyst
leah.gregg@noaa.gov
301-660-5544
General Questions
News/Announcements
ASAP Login Process Changing!
The ASAP login process is changing for ALL recipient organizations. Starting September 16, 2023, recipients will be required to access ASAP via ID.me. Registration in the new system should be completed by September 15, 2023. Follow this guide to get registered.
Temporary Suspension of ASAP Payments
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will temporarily suspend all open ASAP accounts from September 22, 2023 through October 2, 2023. The last day for recipients to submit payment requests for awards will be 3:00 PM EDT on September 20, 2023.
Register Now for GEMS/eRA Commons!
Effective October 1, 2023, Grants Online will no longer be available to grants recipients and will be replaced with eRA Commons. All current NOAA Fisheries grants recipients must register for an eRA account by August 25, 2023 to ensure a smooth transition. Follow this link to learn how to register your organization and to get an overview of eRA. See the Training section for eRA training opportunities and recordings.
NOAA Fisheries Grant Opportunities
Alaska Aquaculture
Marine aquaculture (or farmed seafood) projects support our nation’s seafood production, provide year-round jobs, rebuild protected species and habitats, and enhance coastal resilience.
Alaska Aquaculture Funding Opportunities
Alaska Fisheries Disaster Relief
Fisheries can experience sudden and unexpected losses, leading to serious economic impacts for fishers and their communities. In these instances, a state governor or an elected or duly appointed representative of an affected fishing community can request a fishery disaster determination from the Secretary of Commerce.
- Fisheries Disaster Assistance
- Fisheries Disaster Determinations
- Information on Applying for Disaster Relief
Alaska Marine Education and Training Mini-Grants Program
The Alaska Marine Education and Training Mini-Grant Program supports projects that will increase sustainability, communication, education, and training on marine resource issues and education for marine-related professions in Alaska. Projects prepare communities for employment in marine-related professions by:
- Supporting aquaculture
- Increasing seafood and fishing safety, seafood marketing, or management
- Increasing the sustainability of fishing practices through technology improvements
Application deadline: April 22, 2023 (2024 deadline TBD)
Alaska Native Co-Management of Marine Mammals in Alaska
NOAA Fisheries can establish cooperative agreements with Alaska Native Organizations, including Alaska Native Tribes and tribally authorized co-management bodies to manage marine mammals. The agreements incorporate the spirit and intent of co-management through close cooperation and communication between federal agencies and the Alaska Native Organizations, hunters, and subsistence users. Agreements encourage the exchange of information regarding the conservation, management, and utilization of marine mammals in U.S. waters in and around Alaska.
Application deadline: February 10, 2023 (2024 deadline TBD)
Coastal Habitat Restoration and Resilience Grants for Underserved Communities
The principal objective of this program is to support opportunities for underserved communities, tribes, and/or tribal entities to meaningfully engage in coastal habitat restoration activities. Through this program, NOAA intends to support capacity building and restoration project activities that have the greatest potential to lead to habitat restoration that enhances resilience of underserved communities in marine, estuarine, coastal, and Great Lakes areas. Meaningful engagement of underserved communities in intended to ensure that communities are integral to the visioning, decision-making, and leadership for coastal habitat restoration projects; to ensure that the scope of such projects are inclusive of the priorities and needs of the communities; and/or to ensure that the benefits of such projects flow back to underserved communities.
Application deadline: December 19, 2023
John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant Program
The Prescott Grant Program provides grants or cooperative agreements to eligible stranding network participants for (1) recovery and treatment (i.e., rehabilitation) of stranded marine mammals; (2) data collection from living or dead stranded marine mammals, and (3) facility upgrades, operation costs, and staffing needs directly related to the recovery and treatment of stranded marine mammals and the collection of data from living or dead stranded marine mammals.
Application deadline: October 12, 2023
NOAA Species Recovery Grant to Tribes
Species Recovery Grants to Tribes support tribally-led management, research, monitoring, and outreach activities that have direct conservation benefits for listed species under the Endangered Species Act. Recently delisted species, proposed, and candidate species are also eligible.
Application deadline: October 31, 2023
Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund
The Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund was established to reverse the decline of West Coast salmon. This competitive grants program provides funding to states and tribes in Alaska, California, Oregon, Washington, and Idaho to protect, conserve, and restore these populations.
Application deadline: March 6, 2023 (2024 deadline TBD)
Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program
The Saltonstall-Kennedy grant program addresses the needs of fishing communities to optimize economic benefits by:
- Building and maintaining sustainable fisheries and practices
- Dealing with the impacts of conservation and management measures
- Increasing other opportunities to keep working waterfronts viable
Application deadlines for FY24:
- Pre-proposals: July 24, 2023
- Full proposals: November 21, 2023
Alaska Region S-K contact: Kristin Cieciel (kristin.cieciel@noaa.gov, 907-586-7273)
Restoring Fish Passage through Barrier Removal Grants
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is funding fish passage projects that will remove in-stream barriers. This funding will support transformational projects that reopen migratory pathways and restore access to healthy habitat for fish around the country.
Application deadline: October 16, 2023
Restoring Tribal Priority Fish Passage through Barrier Removal Grants
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is funding projects to implement fish passage work and build tribal organizational capacity. This funding will support Indian tribes, tribal commissions, and tribal consortia in implementing tribal priority fish passage projects, including organizational capacity building, that benefit migratory fish in coastal ecosystems.
Application deadline: November 08, 2023
Transformational Habitat Restoration and Coastal Resilience Grants
Projects selected through this funding opportunity will have a transformative impact for coastal communities and tribes across the country. They will help sustain our nation’s fisheries, make significant strides in the recovery of threatened and endangered species, and help protect coastal communities and ecosystems from the impacts of climate change. They will support efforts such as reconnecting rivers to their historic floodplains, outplanting corals to rebuild reefs, building living shorelines that protect coasts from erosion and sea level rise, and more.
Application deadline: November 17, 2023
Program contact: resilience.grants@noaa.gov
Other Funding Opportunities
Bureau of Indian Affairs Endangered Species Program
The Branch of Fisheries, Wildlife and Recreation (BFWR) provides competitive funding to achieve compliance with Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) for Tribal projects developing, utilizing, or managing Trust resources, or for projects that benefit Federally ESA-listed or Tribally-significant species on Tribal lands.
Climate Ready Workforce for Coastal States, Tribes, and Territories
Sea Grant and the NOAA Climate Program Office, with support from the NOAA Office of Coastal Management, seek to establish programs aimed at at placing people across the country into good jobs that advance climate resilience and assisting employers in developing a 21st century workforce that is climate literate, informed by climate resilience, and skilled at addressing consequent challenges. NOAA will assist communities in coastal and Great Lakes states and territories so they may form partnerships that train workers and place them into jobs that enhance climate resilience.
Marine Mammal Commission Research Program
The Marine Mammal Commission carries out a small grant program that supports projects aimed at meeting the conservation and protection goals of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). The Commission’s Research Program includes all relevant activities including basic and applied research, workshops, literature reviews, compilations of expert opinion, and drafting manuscripts or reports.
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Tribal Wildlife Grants
Tribal Wildlife Grants are used to provide technical and financial assistance to Tribes for the development and implementation of programs that benefit fish and wildlife resources and their habitat. The grant provides a competitive funding opportunity for Federally recognized Tribal governments to develop and implement programs for the benefit of wildlife and their habitat, including species of Native American cultural or traditional importance and species that are not hunted or fished.
Training
- Grants Enterprise Management System (GEMS) training recordings:
- Account Management for Admins
- Account Management for All Users
- Application Submission & Tracking