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Document Type:
Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:
NOS-IPO-2009-2001458
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Posted Date:
Jul 11, 2008
Creation Date:
Jul 11, 2008
Original Closing Date for Applications:
Feb 13, 2009
Pre-applications must be received by NOAA by
5 p.m., U.S. Eastern Time, on Monday, November 3, 2008. Final
applications must be received by NOAA by 5 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time, on
Friday, February. 13, 2009.
Current Closing Date for Applications:
Feb 13, 2009
Pre-applications must be received by NOAA by
5 p.m., U.S. Eastern Time, on Monday, November 3, 2008. Final
applications must be received by NOAA by 5 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time, on
Friday, February. 13, 2009.
Archive Date:
Mar 15, 2009
Funding Instrument Type:
Cooperative Agreement
Grant
Category of Funding Activity:
Education
Environment
Natural Resources
Science and Technology and other Research and Development
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:
Estimated Total Program Funding:
$500,000
Award Ceiling:
Award Floor:
CFDA Number(s):
11.463
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Habitat Conservation
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:
Yes
Eligible Applicants
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility:
Eligible applicants include institutions of higher
education, U.S. and international non-profit organizations, and
commercial organizations. U.S. federal agencies and individuals are not
eligible. For specific country eligibility per category, please refer
to individual category descriptions in Section V of the Federal Funding
Opportunity. The proposed work must be conducted at a non-U.S. site.
Eligible countries are defined as follows: The Wider Caribbean includes
the 37 States and territories that border the marine environment of the
Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea, and the areas of the Atlantic Ocean
adjacent thereto, and Brazil and Bermuda, but excluding areas under
U.S. jurisdiction. The South Pacific Region includes South Pacific
Regional Environment Program's Pacific island countries and
territories, including the Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of
Palau, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands, but excluding U.S.
territories and four developed country members. South Asia includes
India, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Southeast
Asia Region includes Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia,
Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, and Vietnam. The Western
Indian Ocean Region includes Comoros, France (La Reunion), Kenya,
Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, the United Republic of
Tanzania, and South Africa. The Red Sea Region includes five member
countries of the Regional Organization for the Conservation of the
Environment of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden (PERSGA): Djibouti, Egypt,
Jordan, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and Yemen.
Agency Name
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Description
The NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Grant
Program, as authorized under the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000,
provides matching grants of financial assistance for international
coral reef conservation projects. The Program solicits proposals under
four funding categories: (1) Promote Watershed Management in the Wider
Caribbean, Brazil, and Bermuda; (2) Support Planning for Effective
Marine Protected Area Management; (3) Encourage the Development of
National Networks of Marine Protected Areas in the Wider Caribbean,
Bermuda, Brazil, Southeast Asia, and the South Pacific; and (4) Promote
Regional Socio-Economic Training and Monitoring in Coral Reef
Management in the Wider Caribbean, Brazil, Bermuda, the Western Indian
Ocean, the Red Sea, the South Pacific, South Asia, and Southeast Asia.
Each funding category has specific applicant and project eligibility
criteria.
