Funding Opportunities

MARFIN promotes and endorses programs which seek to optimize economic and social benefits from marine fishery resources through cooperative efforts that evoke the best research and management talents of the Southeast region.

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

These grants support management, research, monitoring, and/or outreach activities that have direct conservation benefits for ESA-listed species. Recently delisted species, proposed, and candidate species are also eligible.

These grants support tribally-led management, research, monitoring, and outreach activities that have direct conservation benefits for ESA-listed species. Recently delisted species, proposed, and candidate species are also eligible.

This funding opportunity provides a basis for advancing science-based fisheries management for Atlantic bluefin tuna.

Cooperative research provides a means for commercial and recreational fishermen to become involved in the collection of important fisheries information to support the development and evaluation of fishery management options.

The Prescott Grant Program provides grants or cooperative agreements to eligible marine mammal stranding network participants.

$10 million in funding is available for habitat restoration and resilience awards for underserved communities in FY2022 under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act).

$85 million in funding is available for transformational habitat restoration and coastal resilience projects in FY2022 under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act).

$65 million in funding is available for fish passage through the removal of in-stream barriers in FY2022 under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act).