NOAA Sea Grant Aquaculture Research Program 2012 | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

The NOAA Sea Grant Aquaculture Research Program 2012 was a national, competitive funding opportunity run by the U.S. Department of Commerce through NOAA to support research that helps move U.S. marine aquaculture forward in practical, near-term ways. NOAA anticipated roughly $3.2 million in total funding for fiscal year 2012, depending on final appropriations, with the expectation of making at least seven awards. The program was positioned as part of a broader federal effort to encourage aquaculture development that is both environmentally responsible and economically viable across ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes settings. For the purposes of this competition, aquaculture taking place in the Great Lakes or within its coastal zone was explicitly treated as marine aquaculture, making Great Lakes projects fully eligible alongside ocean and coastal proposals.

The research focus for FY 2012 emphasized work that could directly reduce real-world bottlenecks to responsible aquaculture expansion. NOAA highlighted three priority areas. First was research designed to inform specific regulatory decisions, meaning projects that generate the kinds of data regulators need to make permitting or policy determinations with greater confidence and clarity. Second was research supporting multi-use spatial planning, reflecting the reality that aquaculture competes and interacts with other ocean and coastal uses, and that decision-makers need tools and evidence to plan sites and operations alongside navigation, fishing, conservation, energy development, recreation, and other uses. Third was socio-economic research aimed at understanding aquaculture in a broader context, such as community impacts, market forces, workforce considerations, public perceptions, and tradeoffs among stakeholders. Across all topics, proposals were expected to clearly explain how the work had a strong chance of significantly advancing U.S. marine aquaculture development either in the short term (about 1 to 2 years) or the medium term (about 3 to 5 years), signaling NOAA's preference for actionable research rather than purely exploratory studies with distant timelines.

Funding was offered through grants and cooperative agreements under CFDA 11.417 (Sea Grant Support). Individual projects could request between $50,000 and $500,000 in federal funds, with a maximum project period of up to two years. A cost-sharing or matching requirement applied, so applicants needed to bring non-federal matching resources to the project consistent with Sea Grant norms. While the opportunity was national in scope, the application path reflected the Sea Grant network structure: applicants prepared materials and, at the final submission stage, State Sea Grant Programs forwarded applications unchanged to Grants.gov, which is why internal deadlines were built into the process.

Eligibility was broad and included institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, commercial (for-profit) organizations, state, local, and tribal governments, and individuals. Federal agencies and their personnel could not receive federal funds through this competition, but federal scientists were allowed to participate as unfunded partners or serve as uncompensated collaborators or co-principal investigators. Another structural restriction was that directors of State Sea Grant Programs were not eligible to compete for funds themselves; however, for administrative reasons they were treated as the principal investigator on awards issued to their state programs.

The competition used a two-step submission process with firm deadlines. Preproposals had to be submitted by email to the National Sea Grant Office by 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time on February 7, 2012. NOAA planned to provide applicants with a summary statement by March 9, 2012 indicating whether the preproposal was likely to fare well (encouraged) or poorly (discouraged) if submitted as a full proposal. Only applicants who submitted timely, responsive preproposals and met all notice requirements were eligible to submit full proposals. Full proposals were due by 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time on April 17, 2012, and State Sea Grant Programs then had to transmit the applications unchanged to Grants.gov by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on May 9, 2012. Late submissions were not accepted. NOAA anticipated awards would begin no later than September 1, 2012, and also noted that additional meritorious proposals from this same competition could be selected for funding in the following fiscal year if funds became available.

For reference, the funding opportunity number was NOAA-OAR-SG-2012-2003249, it was posted December 28, 2011, and it remained archived as of January 24, 2014. The announcement directed applicants to the full notice for complete requirements and included a point of contact, Steve Drescher (Policy Advisor), for help specifically with application download issues.

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