FY13 Coral Reef Conservation Program Domestic Coral Reef Conservation Grants | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

The FY13 Coral Reef Conservation Program Domestic Coral Reef Conservation Grants opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number NOAA NOS OCRM 2013 2003459) is a discretionary grant competition run by the U.S. Department of Commerce through NOAA under CFDA 11.482, authorized by the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000. The program provides financial assistance specifically to support on-the-ground and applied conservation work for U.S.-associated coral reef ecosystems. The intent is to fund practical projects that reduce threats to coral reefs and improve reef condition, with an emphasis on work that aligns with NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program national strategy and the jurisdiction-specific coral reef management priorities for the eligible states and territories.

Projects are intended for shallow-water coral reef ecosystems, and the announcement explicitly includes mesophotic reefs (deeper light-dependent reef communities). The primary geographic focus is on American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Florida, Guam, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, as well as coral-dominated banks in U.S. portions of the Gulf of Mexico. While applicants may propose projects in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands and the U.S. Pacific Remote Island Areas, those locations are allowed but not treated as geographic priorities for this particular solicitation. NOAA also notes that overall funding allocations will be managed to keep a balance between U.S. Pacific and U.S. Atlantic region projects, reflecting the geographic balance requirement in the Coral Reef Conservation Act.

To be eligible and competitive, proposals must address at least one of four program categories: fishing impacts, land-based sources of pollution, climate change, or local and emerging management issues. In practice, this means NOAA is looking for projects that either mitigate direct stressors (like overfishing and destructive fishing practices), reduce runoff and other pollution coming from land (such as sediments, nutrients, wastewater, or contaminants), help reefs and managers respond to climate-related impacts (including bleaching and increasing thermal stress), or tackle new and locally important management needs as they arise. NOAA expects proposed work to be consistent with the Coral Reef Conservation Program National Goals and Objectives 2010 to 2015 and/or with the applicable jurisdictional coral reef management priorities developed for the seven states and territories covered by the program.

The funding instrument is a grant, and the program requires cost sharing: selected projects must provide a 1:1 match of non-federal funds (a dollar-for-dollar match). Total program funding for the year is contingent on FY 2013 congressional appropriations and was expected to fall roughly between $500,000 and $1,000,000. Individual project requests were expected to generally range from about $30,000 to $80,000 in federal funds, with an average award size of approximately $50,000 (the listing also identifies an award ceiling of $50,000 and an award floor of $0). Eligible applicants include public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status (other than institutions of higher education), for-profit organizations (other than small businesses, as stated in the eligibility list), and federally recognized Native American tribal governments. Local government agencies are also described as eligible in the program description.

Key dates in the posted opportunity show it was posted on July 12, 2012, created on October 31, 2012, with an original closing date of November 1, 2012, later extended to a current closing date of November 15, 2012, and an archive date of December 15, 2012. For applicants who could not access the full announcement electronically, NOAA provided a point of contact: Liz Fairey at NOAA Fisheries Office of Habitat Conservation in Silver Spring, Maryland, with a listed phone number (301-427-8632) and fax number (301-713-1594).

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