This $250,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (OES) under the Environmental and Scientific Partnerships and Programs (CFDA 19.017) will support the United Nations Environment Programme's (UNEP) Basel Plastic Waste Partnership (PWP). The grant funding, awarded on Sep 22, 2023, will be used to support the objectives of the Basel PWP, which aims to promote sustainable management of plastic waste...
The Department of State Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs awarded a $5 million Project Grant to the International Bank For Reconstruction And Development, also known as the World Bank, for its Environmental and Scientific Partnerships and Programs federal grant program (CFDA #19.017). The grant funding will support plastic abatement grants to be administered through the ProBlue Trust Fund hosted at the World Bank. The Trust Fund will provide grants from...
The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs awarded a $100,000 Project Grant under the Environmental and Scientific Partnerships and Programs (CFDA 19.017) to Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees. The grant, titled "FROM TRASH TO TREASURE - EMPOWERING WOMEN TO REDUCE, REUSE AND RECYCLE WASTE", is intended to support sustainable global development through international partnerships addressing environmental challenges. The project will...
The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs awarded a $6,905,500 Project Grant to the Inter-American Development Bank under the Environmental and Scientific Partnerships and Programs (CFDA 19.017) federal grant program. The grant, awarded on August 12, 2024, aims to demonstrate innovative ways to mobilize financing for nature and climate through the Biodiversity and Natural Capital Facility for the America's Partnership for Prosperity....
The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs awarded a $250,000 Project Grant to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Secretariat on September 30, 2023. This grant provides funding for the APEC Marine Debris Management and Innovation Sub-Fund to issue multiple small grants supporting marine debris prevention and mitigation efforts across APEC's 21 member economies. The purpose of the Environmental and Scientific Partnerships and...
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 Department of State Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, through the Environmental and Scientific Partnerships and Programs (CFDA 19.017) federal grant program, awarded a $3,239,999.00 Project Grant to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on September 29, 2023. The purpose of the grant is to support UNEP in engaging with its 72 state partners and the 122 countries participating in the Global Methane Pledge to identify and address...
The Department of State Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs awarded a $10,299,999.00 Project Grant to the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), also known as the World Bank Group, to establish a methane abatement project pipeline in high-emitting developing regions globally. This award is funded through the Environmental and Scientific Partnerships and Programs (CFDA 19.017) federal grant program, which provides funding to support...
The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs awarded a $11,686,003 Project Grant to the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) on September 28, 2023. The grant, titled "SCALING CLIMATE ACTION BY LOWERING EMISSIONS (SCALE)", will support the Green Climate Fund Trust Fund (#073999) through the Environmental and Scientific Partnerships and Programs (CFDA 19.017) federal grant program. This program funds...
This $665,899 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) supports a collaborative research project to investigate the impact of plastic-derived dissolved organic carbon (PDOC) on the ocean's biological carbon pump. The project will utilize a combination of laboratory experiments, field sampling, and numerical modeling to test the hypothesis that bacteria's consumption of PDOC results in the depletion of key nutrients like nitrogen and...