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Apply for the Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund

The Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund (PCSRF) helps to reverse the decline of West Coast salmon. Learn about applying for this grant to restore Pacific salmon and steelhead.

Sustainable Fisheries |
Alaska
West Coast

About

The PCSRF is a federal funding grant program that supplements state and tribal programs for salmon recovery by allocating federal funding to projects that provide demonstrable and measurable benefits to Pacific anadromous salmonid populations (i.e., Chinook, coho, chum, sockeye, and pink salmon and steelhead) and their habitat. According to Congressional authorization, this competitive grant program funds projects that are necessary for the species conservation of salmon populations listed as threatened or endangered, or identified by a state as at-risk to be so-listed; or for maintaining populations necessary for the exercise of tribal treaty fishing rights or native subsistence fishing.

The PCSRF program priorities are described below in ranked order. 

  1. Eligible projects that address factors limiting the productivity of Pacific salmon listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), and/or are necessary for the exercise of tribal treaty fishing rights or native subsistence fishing.

  2. Eligible projects that monitor habitat restoration actions, fish population status and trends, and/or support the exercise of tribal-treaty fishing rights, Native subsistence fishing, or conducting watershed-scale or larger recovery planning.

  3. All other eligible projects consistent with the Congressional authorization with a demonstrated need for PCSRF funding.

Learn more about the Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund


For Applicants

For Grants Recipients

Application Process

Who Can Apply?

Eligible applicants include the states of Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, and California and federally recognized tribes of the Columbia River and Pacific Coast (including Alaska) or their representative tribal commission or consortia. State applicants must submit applications through one designated state entity identified by a memorandum of understanding with NOAA Fisheries.

How to Apply

Applicants should apply through the www.Grants.gov website. A complete standard NOAA financial assistance application package should be submitted in accordance with the guidelines in the Notice of Funding Opportunity announcement posted to www.Grants.gov. Each application must include the application forms from the SF-424 form family.

Schedule

The Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is announced annually and generally occurs in January, with final applications due in March and awards received by September. If you are interested in receiving a notice on when the next NOFO is published, please email the below contact. 

Need Help?

Jennie Franks

Office: (503) 231-2344
Email: jennie.franks@noaa.gov

Last updated by West Coast Regional Office on 07/10/2025