National Coordination of Coral Disease Response Effort
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- NOAA-OAR-SG-2024-25570
- Agency
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Department of Commerce
- Applications due
- Award size
- $587,500 to $1,175,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
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- 11.417 Sea Grant Support
- Funding instrument
- Cooperative Agreement, Grant
- Categories
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- Business and Commerce
- Science and Technology and other Research and Development
- Eligible applicants
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- Other
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
This cooperative agreement from the National Sea Grant College Program seeks to establish or continue a National Coral Disease Response Coordinator position to facilitate an inter-jurisdictional response to Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease in the U.S. South Atlantic and Caribbean. Eligible applicants are Sea Grant College Programs, Sea Grant Institutional Programs, and Sea Grant Coherent Area Programs. The coordinator will establish or continue their position and conduct related workshops to address the recent outbreak of SCTLD. Applications are due by April 18, 2024 and awards will be made by September 1, 2024.
Anticipated total funding for the cooperative agreement is $1,175,000 over five years to support the coordinator position and associated workshops. All projects must take place within the United States or territories or their respective waterways. The statutory authority for this opportunity is the National Sea Grant College Program Act and Coral Reef Conservation Act, with the Department of Commerce and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration serving as the involved agencies.
Synopsis
The National Sea Grant College Program was enacted by the U.S. Congress in 1966 (amended in 2020, Public Law 116-221) to support leveraged federal and state partnerships that harness the intellectual capacity of the nation's universities and research institutions to solve problems and generate opportunities in coastal communities.
Applications to this opportunity should propose projects that do the following:
- Establish or continue a position to coordinate an inter-jurisdictional response to the recent outbreak of Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) in the U.S. South Atlantic and Caribbean; and
- Conduct collaborative activities, such as workshops, related to addressing SCTLD, as funding allows.
All projects must take place within the United States or territories or their respective waterways.
This document sets out requirements for submitting to NOAA-OAR-SG-2024-25570.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| NOAA-OAR-SG-2024-25570.pdf |
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