Cooperative Agreement NA14NMF4570246

The National Aquarium, Inc. was awarded a $996,000 Project Grant from the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects program (CFDA 11.469). The two-year project will engage 700 Baltimore sixth grade students in a Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience focusing on STEM and environmental education. It will also collect student data and design interpretive elements and infrastructure to facilitate further...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $499,198 Project Grant through the Fisheries Development and Utilization Research and Development Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program (CFDA 11.427) to the Oyster South Company. The grant will fund a 24-month project to assess and monitor environmental, biological, and management factors impacting oyster production among 20 commercial oyster farms across 9 Southern U.S. states. The project will test the effects of oyster...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $10,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Habitat Conservation program (CFDA 11.463) to the State of Maryland Department of Natural Resources (MD DNR) to construct approximately 50 acres of oyster reefs in the Chesapeake Bay. The intent of the reefs is to provide fish habitat, water filtration, and serve as a source of broodstock to sustain the new reefs and bolster nearby oyster harvest areas. This project builds upon...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a $190,000 Project Grant to the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation under the Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects program (CFDA 11.469). The Foundation will work with NOAA's Office of National Marine Sanctuaries to develop an interactive digital visitor center and virtual 3D trails to engage remote and in-person visitors at the Mallows Bay-Potomac River National Marine Sanctuary in Maryland. This will allow the sanctuary,...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $738,406 Cooperative Agreement under the Sea Grant Support program (CFDA 11.417) to the Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium (MESC), doing business as the Dauphin Island Sea Lab, for a project period from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027. The purpose of this Cooperative Agreement is to develop a machine learning tool that can predict optimal locations for off-bottom oyster farming along the Alabama coast. To achieve...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has awarded a $5,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Marine Sanctuary Program (CFDA 11.429) to Charles County, Maryland. The funding will support the planning, architectural/design services, interpretive design services, construction management, and other professional services required to design and build a Heritage Center for the Mallows Bay-Potomac River National Marine Sanctuary. The award period is from January 1, 2025 to...

Ankers Subsea LLC received a $300,000 Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the Fisheries Development and Utilization Research and Development Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program (CFDA 11.427). The two-year award, issued on September 1, 2021 and concluding on August 31, 2023, will support Ankers Subsea's Alabama Off Bottom Oyster Wet Storage and Depuration Facility Pilot Project Using Vacuum Air Lift (VAL) Technology. The project aims to test an...

This $147,468 Project Grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will fund the Inland Seas Education Association to deliver a Great Lakes watershed field course professional development program. The Association will bring 30 K-12 educators to the Thomas M. Kelly Biological Station in Suttons Bay, Michigan from April 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023 for four-day training sessions emphasizing hands-on experience with regional conservation success stories. Participants will visit...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded $500,000 in federal funding on October 1, 2025, to the State of Maryland Department of Natural Resources through the Coastal Zone Management Estuarine Research Reserves program (CFDA 11.420) to support the development of engineering and design plans for a field station at the Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in the Monie Bay area. Under this Project Grant (NOAA-NOS-OCM-2025-29258), the recipient will procure a...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is providing a 2-year, $273,669 Cooperative Agreement grant under the Chesapeake Bay Studies (CFDA 11.457) program to the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE). The project aims to build the capacity of environmental literacy programs in Maryland public schools by guiding support based on local education agency (LEA) needs. Specific objectives include: 1) increasing access to meaningful watershed educational experiences...