Cooperative Agreement NA23NOS9990248
- The Parley Foundation will provide $1 million in ocean stewardship services under a cooperative agreement awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration through the Marine Debris Program (CFDA 11.999). Over the two-year period from September 2022 through February 2024, the Foundation will conduct 16 ocean stewardship clinics bringing at least 250 underserved youth to the ocean. Additionally, the Foundation will host over 600 educational sessions at its Parley AIR Station...
- This $677,554 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Marine Debris Program supports a 3-year pilot project to address marine debris pollution in the St. Andrew Sound and St. Joe Bay Estuary Program (SASJBEP) watershed. The project aims to reduce man-made debris, such as single-use plastics and macro-plastics, entering local waterways through a two-pronged approach. First, the project will install up to 60 litter interception devices...
- The Clean Water Fund will receive $891,274 under a cooperative agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to expand its Rethink Disposable program. Funded by NOAA's Marine Debris Program, the 24-month project aims to convert 120-150 food businesses and three institutions in up to eight coastal and Great Lakes states to reusable foodware. This will eliminate an estimated 5-8 million pieces of single-use food packaging per year going forward. Clean Water Fund will...
- This Cooperative Agreement award of $1,272,172 from the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), under the Marine Debris Program (CFDA 11.999), will fund One Cool Earth's Earth Genius program to reduce marine debris originating from land-based litter in California. Specifically, the project will work with K-12 schools, indigenous groups, and other partners across 24 underserved school sites in California's central coast region to modify litter-related...
- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $1,513,141 Cooperative Agreement to The Ocean Foundation under the CFDA 11.999 Marine Debris Program. The 4-year project will implement large-scale removals of lost or abandoned derelict fishing gear, with a goal of 200 removals to collect an estimated 160,000 lbs of debris from the seafloor in the U.S. Caribbean. The project will also develop outreach and education activities with local fishers and rangers, implement a fishing...
- Cooperative Agreement Award Summary Pacific Coastal Research & Planning will execute a comprehensive marine debris removal project across Micronesia under a $4.94 million Cooperative Agreement from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Marine Debris Program (CFDA 11.999), awarded October 1, 2025, with completion targeted for September 30, 2029. The primary deliverables include the removal of 23 abandoned and derelict vessels and approximately 40,000 pounds of obsolete...
- Summary The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Marine Debris Program (CFDA 11.999) awarded a $793,000 Cooperative Agreement to Pontchartrain Conservancy effective November 1, 2025, through October 31, 2028. Under this award, Pontchartrain Conservancy will remove over 3,000 pounds of trash from New Orleans waterways and install multiple new trash collection devices designed to capture and remove marine debris from the Lake Pontchartrain Basin area. The project will support a...
- The Department of State Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs awarded a $250,000 Project Grant to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Secretariat to fund multiple small grants on marine debris in the Asia-Pacific region. The grant period runs from September 30, 2022 to December 31, 2022 under the Environmental and Scientific Partnerships and Programs (CFDA 19.017) federal grant program. The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Secretariat will utilize the $250k...
- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a $1,180,177.94 cooperative agreement to the Parley Foundation under the Marine Debris Program (CFDA 11.999) for the period of September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2023. The project aims to protect the Gulf of Mexico and Mexican Caribbean waters by implementing strategies to avoid, intercept, and redesign marine debris, with a focus on fishing gear, in order to prevent it from entering these bodies of water and to remove existing...
- This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Reduce, Reuse, Recycling Education and Outreach (REO) Grants program (CFDA 66.921) provides $1,547,635 in funding to Recycle Hawaii and its partner, the Ka'ū Global Learning Lab, to implement a youth-led, community-based education campaign. The objectives are to increase waste prevention activities, boost recycling participation rates, and decrease contamination in the recycling stream. Key activities...
THROUGH THIS AWARD, THE OCEAN CONSERVANCY (OC) WILL EXPAND THE INTERNATIONAL COASTAL CLEANUP (ICC) AND ENGAGE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD TO REMOVE MILLIONS OF POUNDS OF MARINE DEBRIS FROM COASTAL AND INLAND WATERWAYS. THE OC WILL DOCUMENT THE DEBRIS REMOVED AND COLLECT, TABULATE AND ANALYZE THE ICC DATA TO PROVIDE SNAPSHOTS OF MARINE DEBRIS BY LOCATION AND ITEM THROUGH THE ANNUAL OCEAN TRASH INDEX. THE AWARD WILL CONTINUE A MAJOR GOAL OF THE ICC, WHICH HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO EXPAND PUBLIC AWARENESS ABOUT THE ISSUE OF MARINE DEBRIS AND TO CREATE GREATER GLOBAL UNDERSTANDING AND ENGAGEMENT IN ADDRESSING THE MARINE DEBRIS CRISIS. IN ADDITION TO COORDINATION OF THE ICC, THE OC WILL HOST A GLOBAL URBAN OCEAN SUMMIT TO LEVERAGE FUNDING FROM INVITED INVESTORS/FUNDERS AND RESOURCES TO CREATE PARTNERSHIPS AND FOSTER KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE AND PEER-TO-PEER LEARNING AMONG CITIES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD TO ADVANCE CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND URBAN RESILIENCE SOLUTIONS TO MARINE DEBRIS
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| Not listed | $300.0k | 9/8/23 |