Project Grant SNZ95024GR0040

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Integrative Activities program, CFDA 47.083, provides $749,997 to Rutgers, The State University for the project "NSF CONVERGENCE ACCELERATOR TRACK E: REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS TO ENABLE EQUITABLE OCEAN PLANNING FOR THE BLUE ECONOMY." The funding period is from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022. Through this award and sub-awards to The Nature Conservancy, the University of Connecticut, the University of...

The Economic Development Administration awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to Washington Maritime Blue under the Economic Adjustment Assistance program. The grant supports a coalition led by Washington Maritime Blue to advance the blue economy cluster in the Pacific Northwest region through 2023. Key deliverables include strategic roadmapping, market and industry analysis, comprehensive business incubation and acceleration services, and an equitable workforce development program. The coalition...

The Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI) was awarded a $1.5 million project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration under the BUILD TO SCALE federal grant program to expand its Blue Economy Initiative through September 2024. The Blue Economy Initiative applies technology to traditional and emerging marine industries to spur sustainable economic growth and job creation in the Gulf of Maine region. GMRI's Gulf of Maine Ventures office will use the funding to...

Blue Ocean Gear Inc. was awarded a $399,613 Project Grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the NOAA Small Business Innovation Research Program to develop a smart buoy device to locate ropeless fishing gear from February 1, 2021 through July 31, 2022. The SBIR Program seeks to stimulate technological innovation in the private sector and strengthen the role of small businesses in meeting federal research and development needs, including commercialization of...

The Gulf of Maine Research Institute was awarded a $2.63 million project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration's Economic Adjustment Assistance program. The grant will support the Blue Innovation Recovery Project, which aims to strengthen the Gulf of Maine region's emerging blue economy innovation cluster in the short and long term. In the short term, the project will act as a growth and resilience platform for blue tech startups and small seafood businesses...

The World Resources Institute (WRI) was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), under the Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research Coastal Ocean Program (CFDA 11.478). The grant will support WRI's continued work with 16 Ocean Panel countries on initiatives focused on sustainably growing the ocean economy, reducing inequality, and restoring ocean health. Key deliverables include providing scientific and knowledge support; raising the...

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...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $496,806 Cooperative Agreement under the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) federal grant program (CFDA 11.012) to Washington Maritime Blue, a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the blue economy in the Pacific Northwest. The funding supports Washington Maritime Blue's efforts to scale its national "Maritime Blue" programming, which includes an innovation accelerator, startup incubators, and...

This $3 million project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration's BUILD TO SCALE federal grant program funds the Blue Angels Upswell Project. The project will deliver capacity building for angel investors and bluetech startups through 2025. Key services include recruiting diverse angel investors, increasing investors' scientific and market knowledge of bluetech through showcases and e-learning, and educating investors on angel investment strategies and...

The University of Rhode Island Research Foundation (URI Research Foundation) received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA) under the Economic Adjustment Assistance (EAA) program. The grant will support the Rhode Island Blue Economy Tech Cluster Coalition, led by the URI Research Foundation, to diversify the state's blue economy away from its current concentration in tourism and toward blue tech and ocean renewables industries....