Cooperative Agreement NA23NMF4630065
- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $5,000,869 Cooperative Agreement under the Habitat Conservation Federal Grant Program (CFDA 11.463) to Sea Ventures Inc., a small disadvantaged, veteran-owned business in Fajardo, Puerto Rico. The grant will fund the largest single-site coral restoration project in Puerto Rico, focused on propagating threatened elkhorn coral and developing a coral gene bank to preserve genetic material. The project will also include K-12...
- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is providing a $3,300,000 Project Grant under the Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects program (CFDA 11.469) to the University of Miami in Florida. The funding will be used to expand land-based coral restoration infrastructure, expand in-water coral nurseries, and provide training on coral restoration through internship programs and the Rescue a Reef program. The project aims to support the expansion of reef restoration...
- This $350,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs (CFDA 15.875 - Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories) to the Executive Office of the Government of the Virgin Islands, Division of Coastal Zone Management, will support coral reef restoration activities in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The project will directly incorporate enhanced sexual reproduction techniques into the division's ongoing coral restoration efforts, a...
- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $4,928,001 Cooperative Agreement to The Nature Conservancy under the Habitat Conservation program (CFDA 11.463) to restore 1,300 acres of coral reef and coastal habitats in Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii. This "ridge-to-reef" project will expand coral restoration, create reef restoration training programs for the community, reduce erosion and land-based pollution, and mitigate human impacts on coral reef and fish habitat. The...
- The federal Project Grant award D24AP00434 in the amount of $999,431.95 was provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program (CFDA 15.875). The grant funds the Coral Restoration St. Croix, USVI project, which is being implemented by the non-profit organization The Coral Restoration Foundation Inc. (doing business as CRF). This project aims to restore coral reefs in the U.S. Virgin...
- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $578,039 Cooperative Agreement under the Habitat Conservation Federal Grant Program (CFDA 11.463) to Kuleana Coral Reefs, a minority-owned non-profit organization in Kapolei, Hawaii. The 3-year grant will expand the ability of native Hawaiians and local community members to participate in coral restoration efforts in Hawaii. Funding will provide training and employment opportunities in coral restoration, expand the network of...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded $1.926 million under the Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects program (CFDA 11.469) to Nova Southeastern University's National Coral Reef Institute to expand and optimize coral nursery operations. Under the grant, awarded March 1, 2025, with completion scheduled for February 29, 2028, the institute will retrofit an existing structure at Nova Southeastern University's Oceanographic Campus in...
- The Executive Office of the Government of the Virgin Islands will use a $299,770 project grant from the Department of the Interior's Insular Affairs to support coral restoration efforts in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. Funded through the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program, the Division of Coastal Zone Management will pursue restoration activities to counter the devastating impacts of Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease, which has affected the territory's reefs...
- The Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 awarded a $654,271 Project Grant to the University of Miami under the South Florida Geographic Initiatives Program (CFDA 66.484). The grant will support the University's project to combine coral reef restoration tools with citizen science engagement to establish a showcase restoration site in Miami-Dade County, Florida. Key deliverables include outplanting over 10,000 Acropora corals from at least 80 genotypes and 4,000 juveniles and fragments from...
- This $213,000 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs provides continuing support for the first year of two-year Coral Fellow positions in each of the seven U.S. coral reef jurisdictions - American Samoa, Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI), and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). The Coral Fellows will work in the local agencies responsible for managing coral reefs, with each assigned a supervisor to help them transition...
CORAL RESTORATION FOUNDATION WILL BE AWARDED $6.9M TO RESTORE CORAL REEF HABITATS ACROSS FLORIDA, PUERTO RICO, AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. THIS PROJECT WILL HELP REBUILD POPULATIONS OF FIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT-LISTED CORALS AT MULTIPLE SITES, INCLUDING REEFS ASSOCIATED WITH ONGOING NOAA EFFORTS IN THESE AREAS. THE PROJECT USES TECHNOLOGIES AND BEST PRACTICES FROM THE FLORIDA KEYS WHERE PRACTITIONERS ARE AT THE FOREFRONT OF CORAL RESTORATION TO HELP INCREASE THE CAPACITY FOR CORAL RESTORATION IN PUERTO RICO AND USVI BY DEVELOPING AND SCALING UP CORAL NURSERY INFRASTRUCTURE. CORAL REEF RESTORATION WILL HELP PROVIDE COASTAL PROTECTION, ENHANCE FISHERIES, AND SUPPORT RECREATION AND TOURISM ECONOMIES. THE PROJECT'S OUTREACH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES WILL ENGAGE GIRL SCOUTS, STUDENT INTERNS, AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY BY BUILDING ON AN ESTABLISHED OUTREACH PROGRAM.
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| Not listed | $0 | 12/29/25 | ||
| Not listed | $0 | 11/6/24 | ||
| Not listed | $0 | 12/29/23 | ||
| Not listed | $6.9m | 7/11/23 | ||
| Not listed | $6.9m | 7/11/23 |