Block Grant AIDFFPG1300034

The US Agency for International Development awarded Save the Children Federation, Inc. a $975,040 project grant under the Ocean Freight Reimbursement Program (OFR, CFDA #98.003) to support ocean freight shipments from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024. The OFR program reimburses registered U.S. private voluntary organizations for shipping commodities overseas for use in privately funded humanitarian assistance programs. Under this award, Save the Children will utilize the funding to...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $32,722,502 Cooperative Agreement under the NOAA Cooperative Institutes program (CFDA 11.432) to the University of Rhode Island on July 1, 2024. The award establishes the Ocean Exploration Cooperative Institute (OECI), which brings together experts from several universities and the non-profit Ocean Exploration Trust to advance NOAA's mission of mapping and characterizing the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone by 2040. Through this...

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture (CNFA) a $805,394 Project Grant under the Ocean Freight Reimbursement Program (OFR, CFDA #98.003). The three-year award running from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2024 will reimburse CNFA for shipping commodities overseas in support of privately funded international development and humanitarian assistance programs in Zimbabwe. The OFR program supports registered U.S. private voluntary...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $14,908,164 Cooperative Agreement under the Cooperative Institute (Inter-Agency Funded Activities) program (CFDA 11.405) to the University of Rhode Island (URI) for the Ocean Exploration Cooperative Institute (OECI). The OECI brings together experts from URI, the University of New Hampshire, the University of Southern Mississippi, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and the Ocean Exploration Trust to advance NOAA's mission of...

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture (CNFA) $823,228 under the Ocean Freight Reimbursement Program (OFR) Project Grant. The award period is from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024. Under the OFR program (CFDA #98.003), CNFA will use the funding to reimburse overseas shipping costs associated with delivering privately donated commodities to support development and humanitarian assistance programs in Zimbabwe. The OFR...

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded Food For Poor Inc. a $220,000 Project Grant under the Ocean Freight Reimbursement Program (OFR) from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2023. The OFR, identified by CFDA #98.003, reimburses registered U.S. private voluntary organizations for shipping commodities overseas for use in privately funded development and humanitarian assistance programs. Under this award, Food For Poor Inc. will utilize the funding to ship commodities to...

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded Global Links a $165,000 Project Grant under the Ocean Freight Reimbursement Program (OFR) to reimburse ocean freight costs from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2023. The OFR program, listed under the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) as program number 98.003, reimburses registered U.S. private voluntary organizations for shipping commodities overseas for use in privately funded development and humanitarian assistance...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management awarded a $3,152,650 Cooperative Agreement to Overseas Shipholding Group Inc. (OSG) for the "Carbon Ocean and Storage Transport 20" (COAST20) project under the Fossil Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.089) federal grant program. The objective of the COAST20 project is to demonstrate the technical feasibility and cost-effectiveness of a marine transport system for transporting captured carbon dioxide...

The Department of State Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs awarded a $978,000 Cooperative Agreement to Ocean Risk & Resilience Action Alliance Inc. to support the Environmental and Scientific Partnerships and Programs federal grant program. Under this two-year award ending September 2024, Orraa Inc. will work to drive at least $500 million of investment into coastal and marine natural capital through the development and deployment of finance and insurance...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $200,000 Project Grant under the Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research Coastal Ocean Program (CFDA 11.478) to the World Resources Institute (WRI). The purpose of this 1-year award, with a performance period from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2024, is for WRI to build on the previous success of the Ocean Panel in raising the importance of creating a sustainable ocean economy. WRI will work with the 16 Ocean Panel...