Funding Opportunities

The Saltonstall-Kennedy Program administers a yearly grant competition which annually funds approximately 40 projects for $10M that lead to the promotion, development and marketing of U.S. fisheries.

Congress established the Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund (PCSRF) to reverse the decline of West Coast salmon. This competitive grants program provides funding to States and Tribes to protect, conserve, and restore these populations.

Funding opportunities through the Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program, known as BREP, for innovative solutions to fisheries bycatch challenges.

Gulf B-WET promotes locally relevant, experiential learning for K-12 audiences. B-WET supports Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences (MWEEs) for students and related professional development.

NOAA's Chesapeake Bay Watershed Education and Training grant program supports school district programs that provide hands-on outdoor education for students and teachers to foster stewardship of the Bay.

Funding to enhance coral resilience and improve the long-term success and efficiency of shallow-water coral reef restoration in a changing climate.

Up to $10 million in Great Lakes Restoration Initiative funding is available in FY2022 to restore habitat for Great Lakes native fish species.

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.

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.