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Part II
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Availability of Grant Funds for Fiscal Year 2010; Notice
Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 135 / Thursday, July 16, 2009 /
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[Docket No. 0907081109-91109-01]
RIN 0648-ZC10
Availability of Grant Funds for Fiscal Year 2010
AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration publishes
this notice to provide the general public with a consolidated source of
program and application information related to its competitive grant
and cooperative agreement (CA) award offerings for fiscal year (FY)
2010. This Omnibus notice is designed to replace the multiple Federal
Register notices that traditionally advertised the availability of
NOAA's discretionary funds for its various programs. It should be noted
that additional program initiatives unanticipated at the time of the
publication of this notice may be announced through subsequent Federal
Register notices. All announcements will also be available through the
Grants.gov Web site.
DATES: Proposals must be received by the date and time indicated under
each program listing in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this
notice.
ADDRESSES: Proposals must be submitted to the addresses listed in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice for each program. The
Federal Register and Full Funding Opportunity (FFO) notices may be
found on the Grants.gov Web site. The URL for Grants.gov is http://www.grants.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Please contact the person listed
within this notice as the information contact under each program.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Applicants must comply with all requirements
contained in the Federal Funding Opportunity announcement for each of
the programs listed in this omnibus notice. These Federal Funding
Opportunities are available at http://www.grants.gov. The list of
entries below describe the basic information and requirements for
competitive grant/cooperative agreement programs offered by NOAA. These
programs are open to any applicant who meets the eligibility criteria
provided in each entry. To be considered for an award in a competitive
grant/cooperative agreement program, an eligible applicant must submit
a complete and responsive application to the appropriate program
office. An award is made upon conclusion of the evaluation and
selection process for the respective program.
Table of Contents
I. Background
II. Electronic Access
III. Evaluation Criteria and Selection Procedures
IV. NOAA Project Competitions Listed by NOAA Mission Goals
V. NOAA Project Competitions
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
1. 2010 Monkfish Research Set-Aside Program
2. 2010 Open Rivers Initiative
3. 2010 Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program
4. 2010 Atlantic Scallop Research Set-Aside Program
5. Cooperative Research Program
6. FY 2010 NOAA Chesapeake Bay Watershed Education and Training
(B-WET) Program
7. FY 2010 Community-Based Marine Debris Removal Project Grants
8. NOAA Gulf of Mexico Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-
WET) Program
9. Marine Fisheries Initiative (MARFIN)
10. NOAA Coastal and Marine Habitat Restoration National and
Regional Partnership Grants
11. NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Grant Program/General Coral
Reef Conservation Grants
12. NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Grant Program/Projects to
Improve or Amend Coral
Reef Fishery Management Plans
13. NOAA New England Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-
WET) Program
14. 2010 Prescott Marine Mammal Stranding Grant Program
15. Protected Species Cooperative Conservation
National Ocean Service (NOS)
1. 2010 NOAA Coral Reef Management Grant Program
2. 2010 NOAA Coral Reef Monitoring Grant Program
3. Coastal Hypoxia Research Program (CHRP)
4. FY 2010 Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) Hawaii
Program
5. FY 2010 NOAA California Bay Watershed Education and Training
(B-WET) Program
6. Harmful Algal Bloom Program
7. 2010 NOAA International Coral Reef Grant Program
8. NOAA Pacific Northwest Bay Watershed Education and Training
(B-WET) Program
9. National Estuarine Research Reserve Graduate Research
Fellowship Program FY 2010
10. National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS) Land
Acquisition and Construction Program FY 2010
11. Sea Level Rise--(SLR)
12. 2010 Integrated Ocean Observing System Implementation
13. NOAA's National Height Modernization Program
National Weather Service (NWS)
1. Collaborative Science, Technology, and Applied Research
(CSTAR) Program
2. Remote Community Alert Systems Program 2010
Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR)
1. 2010 NMFS--Sea Grant Fellowships in Marine Resource Economics
2. 2010 NMFS--Sea Grant Fellowships in Population Dynamics
3. 2010 Sea Grant/Regional Team Climate Engagement
4. 2011 National Sea Grant College Program Dean John A. Knauss
Marine Policy Fellowship
5. Climate Program Office for FY 2010
6. FY 2010 Ocean Exploration and Research Appropriation--Marine
Archaeology
National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service
(NESDIS)
1. Research in Satellite Data Assimilation for Numerical
Weather, Climate and Environmental Forecast Systems
2. Student Opportunity for Learning
VI. Non-Competitive Financial Assistance Project
I. Background
This notice provide the general public with a consolidated source
of program and application information related to its competitive grant
and cooperative agreement (CA) award offerings for fiscal year (FY)
2010. This notice provides information regarding the application
submission process, and the evaluation criteria and selection
procedures respectively for the grant opportunities. Each of the
following grant opportunities provide: a description of the program,
funding availability, statutory authority, catalog of federal domestic
assistance (CFDA) number, application deadline, address for submitting
proposals, information contacts, eligibility requirements, cost sharing
requirements, and intergovernmental review under Executive Order 12372.
In addition, this notice announces information related to a non-
competitive financial assistance project to be administered by NOAA.
This project is titled ``NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Grant Program--
Coral Reef Ecosystem Research Grants''. The NOAA Coral Reef
Conservation Grant Program announces that it is providing funding to
the NOAA Undersea Research Program (NURP) Centers for: the Southeastern
U.S., Florida, and Gulf of Mexico Region, the Southeast U.S. and Gulf
of Mexico Center; and the Hawaii and Western Pacific Region, the Hawaii
Undersea Research Laboratory, to administer two external, competitive
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coral reef ecosystem research grants programs. To receive an award for
this project, an eligible applicant must submit a complete and
responsive application to the appropriate program office. An award is
made upon conclusion of the evaluation process for the prospective
project.
II. Electronic Access
The full funding announcement for each program is available via the
Grants.gov Web site at: http://www.grants.gov. Electronic applications
for the NOAA Programs listed in this announcement may be accessed,
downloaded, and submitted to that Web site.
The due dates and times for paper and electronic submissions are
identical. NOAA strongly recommends that you do not wait until the
application deadline to begin the application process through
Grants.gov. Your application must be received and validated by
Grants.gov no later than the due date and time. Please Note: Validation
or rejection of your application by Grants.gov may take up to 2
business days after your submission.
Please consider the Grants.gov validation/rejection process in
developing your application submission time line.
Grants.gov
Getting started with Grants.gov is easy. Users should note that
there are two key features on the Web site: Find Grant Opportunities
and Apply for Grants. The site is designed to support these two
features and your use of them.
While you can begin searching for NOAA grant opportunities
immediately, it is recommended that you complete the steps to Get
Started (below) ahead of time. This will help ensure you are ready to
go when you find an opportunity for which you would like to apply.
Applications From Individuals
In order for you to apply as an individual the announcement must
specify that the program is open to individuals and it must be
published on the Grants.gov Web site. Individuals must register with
the Credential Provider (see Step 3 below) and with Grants.gov (see
Step 4 below). Individuals do not need a DUNS number to register and
submit their applications. The system will generate a default value in
that field.
Grants.gov Application Submission and Receipt Procedures
This section provides the application submission and receipt
instructions for NOAA program applications. Please read the following
instructions carefully and completely.
1. Electronic Delivery. NOAA is participating in the Grants.gov
Initiative that provides the Grant Community a single site to find and
apply for grant funding opportunities. NOAA encourages applicants to
submit their applications electronically through: http://www.grants.gov/applicants/apply_for_grants.jsp.
2. The following describes what to expect when applying online
using Grants.gov/Apply:
a. Instructions. On the site, you will find step-by-step
instructions which enable you to apply for NOAA funds. The Grants.gov/Apply feature includes a simple, unified application process that makes
it possible for applicants to apply for grants online. There are six
``Get Started'' steps to complete at Grants.gov. The information
applicants need to understand and execute the steps can be found at:
http://www.grants.gov/applicants/get_registered.jsp. Applicants should
read the Get Started steps carefully. The site also contains
registration checklists to help you walk through the process. NOAA
recommends that you download the checklists and prepare the information
requested before beginning the registration process. Reviewing and
assembling required information before beginning the registration
process will make the process fast and smooth and save time.
b. DUNS Requirement. All applicants, except those filing as
individuals, who are applying for funding, including renewal funding,
must have a Dun and Bradstreet Universal Data Numbering System (DUNS)
number. The DUNS number must be included in the data entry field
labeled ``Organizational Duns'' on the form SF-424. Instructions for
obtaining a DUNS number can be found at the following Web site: http://www.grants.gov/applicants/get_registered.jsp.
c. Central Contractor Registry. In addition to having a DUNS
number, all applicants applying electronically through Grants.gov must
register with the Federal Central Contractor Registry and obtain a User
Name and password. The Grants.gov Web site at http://www.grants.gov/applicants/get_registered.jsp provides step-by-step instructions for
registering in the Central Contractor Registry. Failure to register
with the Central Contractor Registry will result in your application
being rejected by the Grants.gov portal.
The registration process is a separate process from submitting an
application. Applicants are, therefore, encouraged to register early.
The registration process can take approximately two weeks to be
completed. Therefore, registration should be done in sufficient time to
ensure it does not impact your ability to meet required submission
deadlines. You will be able to submit your application online anytime
after you receive your e-authentication credentials.
d. Electronic Signature. Applications submitted through Grants.gov
constitute submission as electronically signed applications. The
registration and e-authentication process establishes the Authorized
Organization Representative (AOR). The AOR is an individual who is able
to make legally binding commitments for the applicant organization.
When you submit the application through Grants.gov, the name of your
AOR on file will be inserted into the signature line of the
application.
3. Instructions on how to submit an electronic application to NOAA
via Grants.gov/Apply: Grants.gov has a full set of instructions on how
to apply for funds on its Web site at http://www.grants.gov/applicants/apply_for_grants.jsp. The following provides simple guidance on what
you will find on the Grants.gov/Apply site. Applicants are encouraged
to read through the page entitled, ``Complete Application Package''
before getting started.
Grants.gov allows applicants to download the application package,
instructions and forms that are incorporated in the instructions, and
work off line. In addition to forms that are part of the application
instructions, there will be a series of electronic forms that are
provided utilizing an Adobe Reader.
Note for the Adobe Reader: Grants.gov is only compatible with
versions 8.1.1 and above. Please do not use lower versions of the
Adobe Reader.
Mandatory Fields on Adobe Reader Forms
In the Adobe forms you will note fields that appear with a yellow
background and red outline color. These fields are mandatory and must
be completed to successfully submit your application.
Completion of SF-424 Fields
NOAA strongly recommends that applicants first complete the SF-424
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fields in Grants.gov. The Adobe forms are designed to automatically
fill in common required fields such as the applicant name and address,
DUNS number, etc., on all Adobe electronic forms. To trigger this
feature, an applicant must complete the SF-424 information first. Once
it is completed the information will transfer to the other forms.
Customer Support
The Grants.gov Web site provides customer support via (800) 518-
4726 (this is a toll-free number) or through e-mail at
[email protected]. The Contact Center is open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Eastern time, Monday through Friday, except federal holidays, to
address Grants.gov technology issues. For assistance with program
related questions, contact the number listed in the Program Section of
the program you are applying for.
4. Timely Receipt Requirements and Proof of Timely Submission.
a. Electronic Submission. All applications must be received by
http://www.grants.gov/applicants/apply_for_grants.jsp by the Time on
the due date established for each program. Proof of timely submission
is automatically recorded by Grants.gov. An electronic time stamp is
generated within the system when the application is successfully
received by Grants.gov. The applicant will receive an acknowledgment of
receipt and a tracking number from Grants.gov with the successful
transmission of their application. Applicants should print this receipt
and save it, along with facsimile receipts for information provided by
facsimile, as proof of timely submission. When NOAA successfully
retrieves the application from Grants.gov, Grants.gov will provide an
electronic acknowledgment of receipt to the e-mail address of the AOR.
Proof of timely submission shall be the date and time that Grants.gov
receives your application. Applications received by Grants.gov after
the established due date for the program will be considered late and
will not be considered for funding by NOAA. Please Note: Validation or
rejection of your application by Grants.gov may take up to 2 business
days after your submission. Please consider the Grants.gov validation/
rejection process in developing your application submission time line.
NOAA suggests that applicants submit their applications during the
operating hours of the Grants.gov, so that if there are questions
concerning transmission, operators will be available to walk you
through the process. Submitting your application during the Contact
Center hours will also ensure that you have sufficient time for the
application to complete its transmission prior to the application
deadline. Applicants using dial-up connections should be aware that
transmission of applications will take a longer time than when using
high speed broadband before Grants.gov receives it. Grants.gov will
provide either an error or a successfully received transmission
message. Grants.gov reports that some applicants abort the transmission
because they think that nothing is occurring during the transmission
process. Please be patient and give the system time to process the
application. Uploading and transmitting many files, particularly
electronic forms with associated XML schemas, will require more time to
be processed. Important: All applicants, both electronic and paper,
should be aware that adequate time must be factored into applicant
schedules for delivery of the application. Electronic applicants are
advised that volume on Grants.gov is currently extremely heavy, and if
Grants.gov is unable to accept applications electronically in a timely
fashion, applicants are encouraged to exercise their option to submit
applications in paper format. Paper applicants should allow adequate
time to ensure a paper application will be received on time, taking
into account that guaranteed overnight carriers are not always able to
fulfill their guarantees.
III. Evaluation Criteria and Selection Procedures
NOAA has standardized the evaluation and selection process for its
competitive assistance programs. There are two separate sets of
evaluation criteria and selection procedures (see below), one for
project proposals, and the other for fellowship, scholarship, and
internship programs.
Project Proposals Review and Selection Process
Some project proposals may include a pre-application process that
provides for feedback to applicants that responded to a call for
letters of intent or pre-proposals; however, not all programs will
include this pre-application. If a program has a pre-application
process, it will be described in the Summary Description section of the
announcement and the deadline will be specified in the Application
Deadline section.
Upon receipt of a full application by NOAA, an initial
administrative review will be conducted to determine compliance with
requirements and completeness of the application. A merit review will
also be conducted to produce a rank order of the proposals. The NOAA
Program Officer may review the ranking of the proposals and make
recommendations to the Selecting Official based on the administrative
and/or merit review(s) and selection factors listed below. The
Selecting Official selects proposals after considering the
administrative and/or merit review(s) and recommendations of the
Program Officer. In making the final selections, the Selecting Official
will award in rank order unless the proposal is justified to be
selected out of rank order based upon one or more of the selection
factors below. The Program Officer and/or Selecting Official may
negotiate the funding level of the proposal. The Selecting Official
makes final award recommendations to the Grants Officer authorized to
obligate the funds.
Evaluation Criteria
Each reviewer (one mail and at least three peer review panel
reviewers) will individually evaluate and rank proposals using the
following evaluation criteria:
1. Importance and/or relevance and applicability of a proposed
project to the program goals: This ascertains whether there is
intrinsic value in the proposed work and/or relevance to NOAA, Federal
(other than NOAA), regional, state, or local activities.
2. Technical/scientific merit: This assesses whether the approach
is technically sound and/or innovative, if the methods are appropriate,
and whether there are clear project goals and objectives.
3. Overall qualifications of applicants: This ascertains whether
the applicant possesses the necessary education, experience, training,
facilities, and administrative resources to accomplish the project.
4. Project costs: The project's budget is evaluated to determine if
it is realistic and commensurate with the project needs and timeframe.
5. Outreach and education: NOAA assesses whether this project
provides a focused and effective education and outreach strategy
regarding its mission to protect the Nation's natural resources.
Selection Factors
The merit review ratings will be used to provide a rank order to
the Selecting Official for final funding recommendations. A Program
Officer may first make recommendations to the Selecting Official
applying the selection factors listed below. The Selecting Official
shall award in the rank order
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unless the proposal is justified to be selected out of rank order based
upon one or more of the following factors:
1. Availability of funding.
2. Balance/distribution of funds:
a. Geographically,
b. By type of institutions,
c. By type of partners,
d. By research areas, and
e. By project types.
3. Whether the project duplicates other projects funded or
considered for funding by NOAA or other federal agencies.
4. Program priorities and policy factors.
5. Applicant's prior award performance.
6. Partnerships and/or participation of targeted groups.
7. Adequacy of information necessary for NOAA to make a National
Environmental Policy Act determination and draft necessary
documentation before funding recommendations are made to the Grants
Officer.
Fellowship, Scholarship and Internship Programs Review and Selection
Process
Some fellowship, scholarship and internship programs may include a
pre-application process that provides for feedback to the applicants
that have responded to a call for letters of intent or pre-proposals;
however, not all programs will include this pre-application. If a
program has a pre-application process, the process will be described in
the Summary Description section of the announcement and the deadline
will be specified in the Application Deadline section.
Upon receipt of a full application by NOAA, an initial
administrative review will be conducted to determine compliance with
requirements and completeness of the application.
A merit review will also be conducted to produce a rank order of
the proposals. The NOAA Program Officer may review the ranking of the
proposals and make recommendations to the Selecting Official based on
the administrative and/or merit review(s) and selection factors listed
below. The Selecting Official selects proposals after considering the
administrative and/or merit review(s) and recommendations of the
Program Officer. In making the final selections, the Selecting Official
will award in rank order unless the proposal is justified to be
selected out of rank order based upon one or more of the selection
factors below. The Program Officer and/or Selecting Official may
negotiate the funding level of the proposal. The Selecting Official
makes final award recommendations to the Grants Officer authorized to
obligate the funds.
Evaluation Criteria
Each reviewer (one mail and at least three peer review panel
reviewers) will individually evaluate and rank proposals using the
following evaluation criteria.
1. Academic record and statement of career goals and objectives of
the student.
2. Quality of project and applicability to program priorities.
3. Recommendations and/or endorsements of the student.
4. Additional relevant experience related to diversity of
education; extra-curricular activities; honors and awards; and
interpersonal, written, and oral communications skills.
5. Financial need of the student.
Selection Factors
The merit review ratings will be used to provide a rank order by
the Selecting Official for final funding recommendations. A Program
Officer may first make recommendations to the Selecting Official by
applying the selection factors listed below. The Selecting Official
shall award in the rank order unless the proposal is justified to be
selected out of rank order based upon one or more of the following
factors:
1. Availability of funds.
2. Balance/distribution of funds:
a. Across academic disciplines,
b. By types of institutions, and
c. Geographically.
3. Program-specific objectives.
4. Degree in scientific area and type of degree sought.
IV. NOAA Project Competitions Listed by NOAA Mission Goals
1. Understand Climate Variability and Change To Enhance Society's
Ability To Plan and Respond
Summary Description: Climate shapes the environment, natural
resources, economies, and social systems that people depend upon
worldwide. While humanity has learned to contend with some aspects of
climate's natural variability, major climatic events, combined with the
stresses of population growth, economic growth, public health concerns,
and land-use practices, can impose serious consequences on society. The
1997-98 El Nino, for example, had a $25 billion impact on the U.S.
economy-property losses were $2.6 billion and crop losses approached $2
billion. Long-term drought leads to increased and competing demands for
fresh water with related effects on terrestrial and marine ecosystems,
agricultural productivity, and even the spread of infectious diseases.
Decisions about mitigating climate change also can alter economic and
social structures on a global scale. We can deliver reliable climate
information in useful ways to help minimize risks and maximize
opportunities for decisions in agriculture, public policy, natural
resources, water and energy use, and public health. We continue to move
toward developing a seamless suite of weather and climate products. The
Goal addresses predictions on time scales of up to decades or longer.
Funded proposals should help achieve the following outcomes:
1. A predictive understanding of the global climate system on time
scales of weeks to decades with quantified uncertainties sufficient for
making informed and reasoned decisions
2. Climate-sensitive sectors and the climate-literate public
effectively incorporating NOAA's climate products into their plans and
decisions
Program Names:
1. Collaborative Science, Technology, and Applied Research (CSTAR)
Program
2. Climate Program Office for FY 2010
3. FY 2010 Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) Hawaii
Program
4. 2011 National Sea Grant College Program Dean John A. Knauss
Marine Policy Fellowship
5. Research in Satellite Data Assimilation for Numerical Weather,
Climate and Environmental Forecast Systems
6. 2010 Sea Grant/Regional Team Climate Engagement
7. 2010 Integrated Ocean Observing System Implementation
2. Serve Society's Needs for Weather and Water Information
Summary Description: Floods, droughts, hurricanes, tornadoes,
tsunamis, wildfires, and other severe weather events cause $11 billion
in damages each year in the United States. Weather is directly linked
to public health and safety, and nearly one-third of the U.S. economy
(about $3 trillion) is sensitive to weather and climate. With so much
at stake, NOAA's role in understanding, observing, forecasting, and
warning of environmental events is expanding. With our partners, we
seek to provide decision makers with key observations, analyses,
predictions, and warnings for a range of weather and water conditions,
including those related to water supply, air quality, space weather,
and wildfires. Businesses, governments, and nongovernmental
organizations are getting more sophisticated about how to use this
weather and water information to improve operational efficiencies, to
manage environmental resources, and to
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create a better quality of life. On average, hurricanes, tornadoes,
tsunamis, and other severe weather events cause $11 billion in damages
per year. Weather, including space weather, is directly linked to
public safety and about one-third of the U.S. economy (about $3
trillion) is weather sensitive. With so much at stake, NOAA's role in
observing, forecasting, and warning of environmental events is
expanding, while economic sectors and its public are becoming
increasingly sophisticated at using NOAA's weather, air quality, and
water information to improve their operational efficiencies and their
management of environmental resources, and quality of life.
Funded proposals should help achieve the following outcomes:
1. Reduced loss of life, injury, and damage to the economy
2. Better, quicker, and more valuable weather and water information
to support improved decisions
3. Increased customer satisfaction with weather and water
information and services
Program Names:
1. Collaborative Science, Technology, and Applied Research (CSTAR)
Program
2. 2011 National Sea Grant College Program Dean John A. Knauss
Marine Policy Fellowship
3. Research in Satellite Data Assimilation for Numerical Weather,
Climate and Environmental Forecast Systems
4. 2010 Sea Grant/Regional Team Climate Engagement
5. Remote Community Alert Systems Program 2010
6. 2010 Integrated Ocean Observing System Implementation
3. Support the Nation's Commerce With Information for Safe,
Efficient, and Environmentally Sound Transportation
Summary Description: Safe and efficient transportation systems are
crucial to the U.S. economy. The U.S. marine transportation system
ships over 95 percent of the tonnage and more than 20 percent by value
of foreign trade through U.S. ports, including 48 percent of the oil
needed to meet America's energy demands. At least $4 billion is lost
annually due to economic inefficiencies resulting from weather related
air-traffic delays. Improved surface weather forecasts and specific
user warnings would reduce the 7,000 weather related fatalities and
800,000 injuries that occur annually from crashes on roads and
highways. The injuries, loss of life, and property damage from weather-
related crashes cost an average of $42 billion annually. We provide
information, services, and products for transportation safety and for
increased commerce on roads, rails, and waterways. We will improve the
accuracy of our information for marine, aviation, and surface weather
forecasts, the availability of accurate and advanced electronic
navigational charts, and the delivery of real-time oceanographic
information. We seek to provide consistent, accurate, and timely
positioning information that is critical for air, sea, and surface
transportation. We will respond to hazardous material spills and
provide search and rescue routinely to save lives and money and to
protect the coastal environment. We will work with port and coastal
communities and with Federal and state partners to ensure that port
operations and development proceed efficiently and in an
environmentally sound manner. We will work with the Federal Aviation
Administration and the private sector to reduce the negative impacts of
weather on aviation without compromising safety. Because of increased
interest by the public and private sectors, we also will expand weather
information for marine and surface transportation to enhance safety and
efficiency.
Funded proposals should help achieve the following outcomes:
1. Safe, secure, efficient, and seamless movement of goods and
people in the U.S. transportation system
2. Environmentally sound development and use of the U.S.
transportation system.
Program Names:
1. Collaborative Science, Technology, and Applied Research (CSTAR)
Program
2. 2011 National Sea Grant College Program Dean John A. Knauss
Marine Policy Fellowship
3. 2010 Sea Grant/Regional Team Climate Engagement
4. 2010 Integrated Ocean Observing System Implementation
4. Protect, Restore and Manage the Use of Coastal and Ocean
Resources through Ecosystem-Based Management
Summary Description: Coastal areas are among the most developed in
the Nation. More than half the population lives on less than one-fifth
of the land in the contiguous United States. Furthermore, employment in
near shore areas is growing three times faster than population. Coastal
and marine waters support over 28 million jobs and provide a tourism
destination for nearly 90 million Americans a year. The value of the
ocean economy to the United States is over $115 billion. The value
added annually to the national economy by the commercial and
recreational fishing industry alone is over $48 billion. U.S.
aquaculture sales total almost $1 billion annually. With its Exclusive
Economic Zone of 3.4 million square miles, the United States manages
the largest marine territory of any nation in the world.
Funded proposals should help achieve the following outcomes:
1. Healthy and productive coastal and marine ecosystems that
benefit society
2. A well-informed public that acts as a steward of coastal and
marine ecosystems
Program Names:
1. Cooperative Research Program
2. FY 2010 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET)
Program
3. John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant Program
2010
4. Marine Fisheries Initiative (MARFIN)
5. FY 2010 Hawaii Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET)
Program
6. Coastal Hypoxia Research Program (CHRP)
7. Sea Level Rise--(SLR)
8. 2011 National Sea Grant College Program Dean John A. Knauss
Marine Policy Fellowship
9. NOAA International Coral Reef Grant Program
10. NOAA Gulf of Mexico Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-
WET) Program
11. NOAA Pacific Northwest Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-
WET) Program
12. 2010 NMFS--Sea Grant Fellowships in Population Dynamics
13. 2010 NMFS--Sea Grant Fellowships in Marine Resource Economics
14. NOAA New England Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET)
Program
15. FY 2010 California Bay Watershed Education and Training Program
16. Research in Satellite Data Assimilation for Numerical Weather,
Climate and Environmental Forecast Systems
17. 2010 NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Monitoring Grant Program
18. 2010 NOAA Coral Reef Management Grant Program
19. Protected Species Cooperative Conservation
20. NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Grant Program/General Coral Reef
Conservation Grants
21. NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Grant Program/Projects to Improve
or Amend Coral Reef Fishery Management Plans
22. 2010 Atlantic Scallop Research Set-Aside Program
23. 2010 Monkfish Research Set-Aside Program
24. 2010 Sea Grant/Regional Team Climate Engagement
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25. 2010 Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program
26. Harmful Algal Blooms Program
27. FY 2010 Community-based Marine Debris Removal Project Grants
29. FY 2010 Ocean Exploration and Research Appropriation--Marine
Archaeology
30. 2010 Open Rivers Initiative
31. NOAA Coastal and Marine Habitat Restoration National and
Regional Partnership Grants
32. 2010 Integrated Ocean Observing System Implementation
5. Provide Critical Support for NOAA's Mission
Summary Description: Strong, effective, and efficient support
activities are necessary for us to achieve our Mission Goals. Our
facilities, ships, aircraft, environmental satellites, data processing
systems, computing and communication systems, and our approach to
management provide the foundation of support for all of our programs.
This critical foundation must adapt to evolving mission needs and,
therefore, is an integral part of our strategic planning. It also must
support U.S. homeland security by maintaining continuity of operations
and by providing NOAA services, such as civil alert relays through NOAA
Weather Radio and air dispersion forecasts, in response to National
emergencies. NOAA ships, aircraft, and environmental satellites are the
backbone of the global Earth observing system and provide many critical
mission support services. To keep this capability strong and current
with our Mission Goals, we will ensure that NOAA has adequate access to
safe and efficient ships and aircraft through the use of both NOAA
platforms and those of other agency, academic, and commercial partners.
We will work with academia and partners in the public and private
sectors to ensure that future satellite systems are designed,
developed, and operated with the latest technology. Leadership
development and program support are essential for achieving our Mission
Goals. We must also commit to organizational excellence through
management and leadership across a ``corporate'' NOAA. We must continue
our Commitment to valuing NOAA's diverse workforce, including effective
workforce planning strategies designed to attract, retain and develop
competencies at all levels of our workforce. Through the use of
business process re-engineering, we will strive for state-of-the-art,
value-added financial and administrative processes. NOAA will ensure
state-of-the-art and secure information technology and systems. By
developing long-range, comprehensive facility planning processes, NOAA
will be able to ensure right-sized, most-effective, and safe
facilities.
Funded proposals should help achieve the following outcomes:
1. A dynamic workforce with competencies that support NOAA's
mission today and in the future.
Program Names:
1. National Estuarine Research Reserve Graduate Research Fellowship
Program FY 2010
2. 2011 National Sea Grant College Program Dean John A. Knauss
Marine Policy Fellowship
3. National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS) Land
Acquisition and Construction Program FY 2010
4. Student Opportunity for Learning
V. NOAA Project Competitions
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
1. 2010 Monkfish Research Set-Aside Program
Summary Description: NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS) is soliciting monkfish research proposals to utilize 500
Monkfish Days-at-Sea (DAS) that have been set-aside by the New England
Fishery Management and Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Councils
(Councils) to fund monkfish research endeavors through the 2010
Monkfish Research Set-Aside (RSA) Program (May 1, 2010-April 30, 2011).
No Federal funds are provided for research under this notification.
Rather, proceeds generated from the sale of monkfish harvested during a
set-aside DAS is used to fund research activities and compensate
vessels that participate in research activities and/or harvest set-
aside quota.
Projects funded under the Monkfish RSA Program must enhance the
knowledge of the monkfish fishery resource or contribute to the body of
information on which monkfish management decisions are made. Priority
will be given to monkfish research proposals that investigate research
priorities identified by the Councils and which are detailed under the
Program Priorities section of this announcement.
Funding Availability: DAS will be awarded to successful applicants.
No Federal funds are provided for research under this notification.
Funds generated from landings harvested and sold under the Monkfish RSA
Program shall be used to cover the cost of research activities,
including vessel costs. For example, the funds may be used to pay for
gear modifications, monitoring equipment, the salaries of research
personnel, or vessel operation costs. The Federal Government is not
liable for any costs incurred by the researcher or vessel owner should
the sale of catch not fully reimburse the researcher or vessel owner
for their expenses. Any additional funds generated through the sale of
set-aside landings, above the cost of the research activities, shall be
retained by the vessel owner as compensation for the use of his/her
vessel. The Federal Government (i.e., NMFS) may issue an Exempted
Fishing Permit (EFP), if needed, that may provide special fishing
privileges in response to research proposals selected under this
program. For example, in previous years, some successful applicants
have requested, and were granted, exemption from monkfish DAS
possession limits to make compensation fishing more efficient and cost
effective. In such cases, applicants were authorized to harvest a
maximum amount of monkfish by weight, or fish up to the number of
awarded monkfish DAS, whichever came first. To obtain such an
exemption, an EFP application must be submitted to the Northeast
Regional Office, NMFS. Please be aware that EFP applications are
reviewed on a case by case basis, and may be disapproved. For
additional information, contact Ryan Silva, Cooperative Research
Liaison, at 978-281-9326, or [email protected].
Statutory Authority: Statutory authority for this program is found
under sections 303(b)(11), 402(e), and 404(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management Act, 16 U.S.C. 1853(b)(11), 16
U.S.C. 1881a(e), and 16 U.S.C. 1881(c), respectively. The ability to
set aside monkfish DAS for research purposes was established in the
final rule implementing Amendment 2 to the Monkfish Fishery Management
Plan (70 FR 21927, April 28, 2005), codified at 50 CFR 648.92(c).
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 11.454,
Unallied Management Projects
Application Deadline: Applications must be received and validated
by Grants.gov, postmarked, or provided to a delivery service on or
before 5 p.m. EDT, August 31, 2009. Please note: Validation or
rejection of your application by Grants.gov may take up to 2 business
days after submission. Please consider this process in developing your
submission timeline. Applications received after the deadline will be
rejected/returned to the sender without further consideration. Use of
U.S. mail or another delivery service must be documented with a
receipt. No
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facsimile or electronic mail applications will be accepted.
Address for Submitting Proposals: To apply for this NOAA Federal
funding opportunity, please go to http://www.grants.gov, and use the
following funding opportunity NMFS-NEFSC-2010-2001980.
Applicants without Internet access may contact Cheryl Corbett, NMFS,
Northeast Fisheries Science Center, 166 Water Street, Woods Hole, MA
02543, by phone 508-495-2070, fax 508-495-2004, or e-mail
[email protected].
Information Contacts: Information may be obtained from Paul Howard,
Executive Director, New England Fishery Management Council (NEFMC), by
phone 978-465-0492, or by fax 978-465-3116; Philip Haring, Senior
Fishery Analyst, NEFMC, by phone 978-465-0492, or by e-mail at
[email protected]; or Cheryl Corbett, NMFS, Northeast Fisheries Science
Center, phone 508-495-2070, fax 508-495-2004, or e-mail
[email protected], or from Ryan Silva, NMFS, Northeast Regional
Office, Cooperative Research Liaison, phone (978) 281-9326, fax (978)
281-9326, e-mail [email protected].
Eligibility: 1. Eligible applicants are institutions of higher
education, hospitals, other nonprofits, commercial organizations,
individuals, state, local, and Native American tribal governments.
Federal agencies and institutions are not eligible to receive Federal
assistance under this notice. Additionally, employees of any Federal
agency or Regional Fishery Management Council (Council) are ineligible
to submit an application under this program. However, Council members
who are not Federal employees may submit an application.
2. DOC/NOAA supports cultural and gender diversity and encourages
women and minority individuals and groups to submit applications to the
RSA program. In addition, DOC/NOAA is strongly committed to broadening
the participation of historically black colleges and universities,
Hispanic serving institutions, tribal colleges and universities, and
institutions that work in underserved areas. DOC/NOAA encourages
proposals involving any of the above institutions.
3. DOC/NOAA encourages applications from members of the fishing
community and applications that involve fishing community cooperation
and participation.
Cost Sharing Requirements: None required.
Intergovernmental Review: Applicants will need to determine if
their State participates in the intergovernmental review process. This
information can be found at the following Web site: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/spoc.html. This information will assist
applicants in providing either a Yes or No response to Item 16 of the
Application Form, SF-424, entitled ``Application for Federal
Assistance.''
2. 2010 Open Rivers Initiative
Summary Description: The NOAA Open Rivers Initiative (ORI) provides
funding and technical assistance to catalyze the implementation of
locally-driven projects to remove dams and other river barriers, in
order to benefit living marine and coastal resources, particularly
diadromous fish. Projects funded through the Open Rivers Initiative
must feature strong on-the-ground habitat restoration components that
foster economic, educational, and social benefits for citizens and
their communities in addition to long-term ecological habitat
improvements for NOAA trust resources. Proposals selected for funding
through this solicitation will be implemented through a cooperative
agreement. Funding of up to $6,000,000 is expected to be available for
ORI Project Grants in FY 2010. The NOAA Restoration Center within the
Office of Habitat Conservation will administer this grant initiative,
and anticipates that typical awards will range from $200,000 to
$750,000. Although a select few may fall outside of this range, project
proposals requesting less than $100,000 or greater than $3,000,000 will
not be accepted or reviewed.
Funding Availability: This solicitation announces that funding of
up to $6,000,000 is expected to be available for Open Rivers Initiative
Project Grants in FY 2010. Actual funding availability for this program
is contingent upon Fiscal Year 2010 Congressional appropriations. NOAA
anticipates that typical project awards will range from $200,000 to
$750,000; proposals requesting less than $100,000 or more than
$3,000,000 will not be accepted under this solicitation. NOAA does not
guarantee that sufficient funds will be available to make awards for
all proposals. The number of awards to be made as a result of this
solicitation will depend on the number of eligible applications
received, the amount of funds requested by the applicants, the merit
and ranking of the proposals, and the amount of funds made available to
the ORI by Congress.
NOAA anticipates that between 10 and 15 awards will be made as a
result of this solicitation. The exact amount of funds that may be
awarded will be determined in pre-award negotiations between the
applicant and NOAA representatives. Publication of this document does
not obligate NOAA to award any specific project or obligate all or any
parts of any available funds.
Statutory Authority: The Secretary of Commerce is authorized under
the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, 16 U.S.C. 661, as amended by
the Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1970, to provide grants or cooperative
agreements for fisheries habitat restoration. The Secretary of Commerce
is also authorized under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Reauthorization Act of 2006 (H.R. 5946) to provide funding
and technical expertise for fisheries and coastal habitat restoration
and to promote significant community support and volunteer
participation in such activities.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 11.463,
Habitat Conservation.
Application Deadline: Applications must be received and validated
by Grants.gov, postmarked, or provided to a delivery service by 11:59
EST on November 16, 2009. Please note: Validation or rejection of your
application by Grants.gov may take up to 2 business days after
submission. Please consider this process in developing your submission
timeline. Use of U.S. mail or another delivery service must be
documented with a receipt. No facsimile or electronic mail applications
will be accepted.
Address for Submitting Proposals: Applicants may submit their
applications through Grants.gov. If Grants.gov cannot reasonably be
used, a hard copy application with the SF424 signed in ink (blue ink is
preferred) must be postmarked or provided to a delivery service and
documented with a receipt by November 16, 2009 and sent to: NOAA
Restoration Center (F/HC3) Office of Habitat Conservation, NOAA
Fisheries, 1315 East West Highway, Rm. 15749, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Attn: Open Rivers Initiative Project Applications.
Applications postmarked or provided to a delivery service after
November 16, 2009 will not be considered for funding. Applications
submitted via the U.S. Postal Service must have an official postmark;
private metered postmarks are not acceptable. In any event,
applications received later than 15 business days following the
postmark closing date will not be accepted. No facsimile or electronic
mail applications will be accepted. Paper applications should be
printed on one side only, on
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8.5 x 11 paper, and should not be bound in any
manner.
Information Contacts: For further information contact Tisa Shostik
([email protected]) at (301) 713-0174 x184 or Cathy Bozek
([email protected]) at (301) 713-0174 x150. Potential applicants are
invited to contact NOAA Restoration Center staff before submitting an
application to discuss the applicability of project ideas to the goals
and objectives of ORI. Additional information on the ORI can be found
on http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/habitat/restoration.
Eligibility: Eligible applicants are institutions of higher
education, non-profits, industry and commercial (for profit)
organizations, organizations under the jurisdiction of foreign
governments, international organizations, and state, local and Indian
tribal governments whose projects have the potential to benefit NOAA
trust resources.
Applications from federal agencies or employees of federal agencies
will not be considered. Federal agencies are strongly encouraged to
work with states, non-governmental organizations, national service
clubs or youth corps organizations and others that are eligible to
apply.
The Department of Commerce/National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (DOC/NOAA) is strongly committed to broadening the
participation of historically black colleges and universities,
Hispanic-serving institutions, tribal colleges and universities, and
institutions that work in under-served areas. The ORI encourages
proposals from or involving any of the above institutions.
Cost Sharing Requirements: A major goal of the ORI is to provide
seed money for projects that leverage funds and other contributions
from a broad public and private sector to implement locally important
barrier removals to benefit living marine and coastal resources. To
this end, applicants are encouraged to demonstrate a 1:1 non-federal
match for ORI funds requested to conduct the proposed project.
Applicants with less than 1:1 match will not be disqualified, however,
applicants should note that cost sharing is an element considered in
Evaluation Criterion 4 ``Project Costs'' (Section V.A.4. of
the Full Funding Opportunity). Match to NOAA funds can come from a
variety of public and private sources and can include in-kind goods and
services and volunteer labor. Applicants are permitted to combine
contributions from non-federal partners, as long as such contributions
are not being used to match any other federal funds and are available
within the project period stated in the application. Federal sources
cannot be considered for matching funds, but can be described in the
budget narrative to demonstrate additional leverage. Applicants are
also permitted to apply federally negotiated indirect costs in excess
of federal share limits as described in Section IV.E.2 of the Full
Funding Opportunity, ``Indirect Costs.''
Applicants whose proposals are selected for funding will be bound
by the percentage of cost sharing reflected in the award document
signed by the NOAA Grants Officer. Successful applicants should be
prepared to carefully document matching contributions, including the
overall number of volunteers and in-kind participation hours devoted to
individual barrier removal projects. Letters of commitment for any
secured resources that will be used as match for an award under this
solicitation should be submitted as an attachment to the application,
see Section IV.B of the Full Funding Opportunity.
Intergovernmental Review: Applications under this initiative are
subject to the provisions of Executive Order 12372, ``Intergovernmental
Review of Federal Programs.'' Any applicant submitting an application
for funding is required to complete item 16 on SF-424 regarding
clearance by the State Single Point of Contact (SPOC) established as a
result of EO 12372. To find out about and comply with a State's process
under EO 12372, the names, addresses and phone numbers of participating
SPOC's are listed on the Office of Management and Budget's home page
at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/spoc.html.
3. 2010 Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program
Summary Description: The Saltonstall-Kennedy Act established a fund
(known as the S-K fund) that the Secretary of Commerce uses to provide
grants or cooperative agreements for fisheries research and development
projects addressed to any aspect of U.S. fisheries, including, but not
limited to, harvesting, processing, marketing, and associated
infrastructures. U.S. fisheries include any fishery, commercial or
recreational, that is, or may be, engaged in by citizens or nationals
of the United States, or citizens of the Northern Mariana Islands
(NMI), the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Republic of Palau, and the
Federated States of Micronesia.
Funding Availability: Funding is contingent upon availability of
Federal appropriations. The S-K program has sought funding for $5
million in grant awards. We anticipate awarding 20-25 grants of
approximately $100,000 to $250,000 each. Applicants are hereby given
notice that funds have not yet been allocated for this program. In no
event will NOAA or the Department of Commerce be responsible for
proposal preparation costs if this program fails to receive funding or
is cancelled because of other agency priorities. Publication of this
notice does not obligate NOAA to award any specific project or to
obligate any available funds. You should not initiate your project in
expectation of Federal funding until you receive a grant award document
signed by an authorized NOAA official. If one incurs any costs prior to
receiving an award agreement signed by an authorized NOAA official, one
would do so solely at one's own risk of these costs not being included
under the award.
Recipients and subrecipients are subject to all Federal laws and
agency policies, regulations and procedures applicable to Federal
financial assistance awards.
Statutory Authority: Authority for the Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant
Program is provided under the Saltonstall-Kennedy Act (S-K Act), as
amended (15 U.S.C. 713c-3).
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 11.427,
Fisheries Dev and Utilization Research and Dev Grants and Coop
Agreements Program.
Application Deadline: Applications must be received and validated
by Grants.gov on or before 5 p.m. EDT on September 1, 2009. Please
note: Validation or rejection of your application by Grants.gov may
take up to 2 business days after submission. Please consider this
process in developing your submission timeline. Applications received
after the deadline will be rejected/returned to the sender without
further consideration. No facsimile or electronic mail applications
will be accepted. If an applicant does not have Internet access, hard
copy proposals will be accepted and the date recorded when they are
received in the program office. Hard copy applications must be received
by the Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program Office by 5 p.m. EDT on
September 1, 2009.
Address for Submitting Proposals: Applications submitted in
response to this announcement must be submitted electronically through
the Federal grants portal--http://www.grants.gov. Electronic access to
the full funding announcement for this program is also available
through this Web site. If an applicant does not have Internet access,
hard copy proposals (with original
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signatures) will be accepted and should be sent to the attention of:
Mr. Daniel A. Namur, S-K Program Manager, NOAA/NMFS (F/MB); 1315 East-
West Highway, Room 13358; Silver Spring, MD 20910-3282.
Information Contacts: The point of contact is: Daniel A. Namur, S-K
Program Manager, NOAA/NMFS (F/MB); 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13358;
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3282; or by Phone at (301) 713-1365 ext. 118,
or fax at (301) 713-1464, or via e-mail at [email protected].
Eligibility: You are eligible to apply for a grant or a cooperative
agreement under the Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program if:
1. You are a citizen or national of the United States;
2. You are a citizen of the Northern Mariana Islands (NMI), being
an individual who qualifies as such under section 8 of the Schedule on
Transitional Matters attached to the constitution of the NMI;
3. You are a citizen of the Republic of the Marshall Islands,
Republic of Palau, or the Federated States of Micronesia; or
4. You represent an entity that is a corporation, partnership,
association, or other non-Federal entity, non-profit or otherwise
(including Indian tribes), if such entity is a citizen of the United
States or NMI, within the meaning of section 2 of the Shipping Act,
1916, as amended (46 U.S.C. app. 802).
We support cultural and gender diversity in our programs and
encourage women and minority individuals and groups to submit
applications. Furthermore, we recognize the interest of the Secretaries
of Commerce and Interior in defining appropriate fisheries policies and
programs that meet the needs of the U.S. insular areas, so we also
encourage applications from individuals, government entities, and
businesses in U.S. insular areas. We are strongly committed to
broadening the participation of Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs),
which include Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic
Serving Institutions, and Tribal Colleges and Universities, in our
programs, including S-K. Therefore, we encourage all applicants to
include meaningful participation of MSIs. We encourage applications
from members of the fishing community, and applications that involve
fishing community cooperation and participation. We will consider the
extent of fishing community involvement when evaluating the potential
benefit of funding a proposal. You are not eligible to submit an
application under this program if you are an employee of any Federal
agency; a Council; or an employee of a Council. However, Council
members who are not Federal employees can submit an application to the
S-K Program.
Cost Sharing Requirements: We are requiring cost sharing in order
to leverage the limited funds available for this program and to
encourage partnerships among government, industry, and academia to
address the needs of fishing communities. You must provide a minimum
cost share of 10 percent of total project costs, but your cost share
must not exceed 50 percent of total costs. You may find this formula
useful:
1. Total Project Cost (Federal and non-Federal cost share combined)
x .9 = Maximum Federal Share.
2. Total Cost - Federal share = Applicant Share. For example, if
the proposed total budget for your project is $100,000, the maximum
Federal funding you can apply for is $90,000 ($100,000 x .9).
Your cost share in this case would be $10,000 ($100,000 - $90,000).
For a total project cost of $100,000, you must contribute at least
$10,000, but no more than $50,000 (10-50 percent of total project
cost). Accordingly, the Federal share you apply for would range from
$50,000 to $90,000.
If your application does not comply with these cost share
requirements, we will return it to you and will not consider it for
funding. The funds you provide as cost sharing may include funds from
private sources or from state or local governments, or the value of in-
kind contributions. You may not use Federal funds to meet the cost
sharing requirement except as provided by Federal statute. In-kind
contributions are non-cash contributions provided to you by non-Federal
third parties. In-kind contributions may include, but are not limited
to, personal services volunteered to perform tasks in the project, and
permission to use, at no cost, real or personal property owned by
others. We will determine the appropriateness of all cost sharing
proposals, including the valuation of in-kind contributions, on the
basis of guidance provided in 15 CFR parts 14 and 24. In general, the
value of in-kind services or property you use to fulfill your cost
share will be the fair market value of the services or property. Thus,
the value is equivalent to the cost for you to obtain such services or
property if they had not been donated. You must document the in-kind
services or property you will use to fulfill your cost share. If we
decide to fund your application, we will require you to account for the
total amount of cost share included in the award document.
Intergovernmental Review: Applications submitted by state and local
governments are subject to the provisions of Executive Order 12372,
``Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs.'' Any applicant
submitting an application for funding is required to complete item 16
on SF-424 regarding clearance by the State Single Point of Contact
(SPOC) established as a result of EO 12372. To find out about and
comply with a State's process under EO 12372, the names, addresses and
phone numbers of participating SPOC's are listed in the Office of
Management and Budget's home page at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/spoc.html.
4. 2010 Atlantic Scallop Research Set-Aside Program
Summary Description: NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS) is soliciting Atlantic Sea Scallop (scallop) research proposals
to utilize scallop Total Allowable Catch (TAC) and Days-at-Sea (DAS)
that have been set-aside by the New England Fishery Management Council
(Council) to fund scallop research endeavors through the 2010 Atlantic
Sea Scallop Research Set-Aside (RSA) Program (March 1, 2010-February
28, 2011).
No Federal funds are provided for research under this notification.
Rather, proceeds generated from the sale of scallops harvested under a
set-aside quota are used to fund research activities and compensate
vessels that participate in research activities and/or harvest set-
aside quota. Projects funded under the Scallop RSA Program must enhance
the knowledge of the scallop fishery resource or contribute to the body
of information on which scallop management decisions are made. Priority
will be given to scallop research proposals that investigate research
priorities identified by the Council, which are detailed under the
Program Priorities section of this announcement.
Funding Availability: Previous Scallop RSA Program announcements
required applicants to specify which TAC and/or DAS set-aside they were
requesting. In addition, applicants were required to use scallop price
and catch rate estimates provided by NMFS when developing their budget.
Several issues resulted from this process, including persistent grant
delays, and dated price and catch rate estimates that were published in
the FFO.
These issues resulted primarily from a disconnect between the
timelines for Scallop FMP frameworks, which establish set aside quotas
and price and catch rate estimates (among other
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things), and the Scallop RSA annual solicitation. Therefore,
application requirements are being adjusted for the 2010 Scallop RSA
Program in an attempt to rectify these issues.
TAC and DAS set-asides and scallop price and catch rate estimates
will no longer be published in the FFO. Accordingly, applicants will no
longer base their budget on available RSA quota or price and catch rate
estimates published in the FFO. Instead, applicants must submit a
budget that is based solely on monetary needs, which includes funds
necessary to execute the research plan and funds necessary to
compensate vessel owners harvesting set-aside quota. To facilitate the
submission of relevant and timely access area research proposals, it is
anticipated that the Elephant Trunk and Delmarva Access Areas will be
open in the Mid-Atlantic, and the Nantucket Lightship and/or Closed
Area I Access Areas will be open on Georges Bank for the 2010 scallop
fishing year. This access area schedule is preliminary and subject to
change. The final schedule will be established by Framework 21 to the
Scallop FMP, which is currently under development. Upon project
selection, NMFS will negotiate with successful applicants on the
specific TAC and/or DAS award. Priority will be given primarily to the
higher technically ranked proposal, although additional factors such as
individual project needs and cost effectiveness may be considered
during negotiations. NMFS will establish a common DAS catch rate and
scallop price estimate, based on the best and most recent data
available, to determine the amount of set-aside necessary to cover
research and compensation fishing expenses. If a desired set-aside
quota has been fully utilized by another applicant, TAC and/or DAS will
be awarded from a different set-aside quota. Once all the TAC and/or
DAS set-aside quotas have been awarded, or all qualified proposals have
been funded, whichever comes first, the selection process will end. It
is anticipated that these changes will facilitate timely grant awards
and improve scallop price and catch rate estimates used to establish
TAC and DAS set-aside values. No Federal funds are provided for
research under this notification. Funds generated from landings
harvested and sold under the Scallop RSA Program shall be used to cover
the cost of research activities, including vessel costs. For example,
the funds may be used to pay for gear modifications, monitoring
equipment, the salaries of research personnel, or vessel operation
costs. The Federal Government is not liable for any costs incurred by
the researcher or vessel owner should the sale of catch not fully
reimburse the researcher or vessel owner for their expenses. Any
additional funds generated through the sale of set-aside landings,
above the cost of the research activities, shall be retained by the
vessel owner as compensation for the use of his/her vessel. The Federal
government (i.e., NMFS) will issue Letters of Authorization (LOAs) to
eligible vessels identified by the Project Coordinator, which authorize
such vessels to take access area and DAS compensation fishing trips,
and exceed the vessel's normal scallop possession limit.
Statutory Authority: Statutory authority for this program is
provided under sections 303(b)(11), 402(e), and 404(c) of the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, 16 U.S.C. 1853(b)(11),
16 U.S.C. 1881a(e), and 16 U.S.C. 1881(c), respectively. The ability to
set aside scallop TAC and DAS is authorized through the scallop FMP
published in the Federal Register on June 23, 2004 (69 FR 35193).
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 11.454,
Unallied Management Projects.
Application Deadline: Applications must be received and validated
by Grants.gov on or before 5 p.m. EST on August 31, 2009. Please note:
Validation or rejection of your application by Grants.gov may take up
to 2 business days after submission. Please consider this process in
developing your submission timeline. If an applicant does not have
Internet access, hard copy proposals will be accepted, and date
recorded when they are received in the program office. Electronic or
hard copies received after the deadline will not be considered, and
hard copy applications will be returned to the sender. Mark hard copy
proposals ``Attention--2010 Atlantic Scallop Research Set Aside
Program.''
Address for Submitting Proposals: To apply for this NOAA Federal
funding opportunity, please go to http://www.grants.gov, and use the
following funding opportunity NMFS-NEFSC-2010-2001979.
Applicants without Internet access may contact Cheryl Corbett, NMFS,
Northeast Fisheries Science Center, 166 Water Street, Woods Hole, MA
02543, by phone 508-495-2070, fax 508-495-2004, or e-mail
[email protected].
Information Contacts: Information may be obtained from Deirdre
Boelke, New England Fishery Management Council, phone (978) 465-0492,
fax (978) 465-3116, or e-mail [email protected], from Cheryl Corbett,
NMFS, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, phone 508-495-2070, fax 508-
495-2004, or e-mail [email protected], or from Ryan Silva, NMFS,
Northeast Regional Office, phone (978) 281-9326, fax (978) 281-9135, e-
mail [email protected].
Eligibility: 1. Eligible applicants are institutions of higher
education, hospitals, other nonprofits, commercial organizations,
individuals, state, local, and Native American tribal governments.
Federal agencies and institutions are not eligible to receive Federal
assistance under this notice. Additionally, employees of any Federal
agency or Regional Fishery Management Council are ineligible to submit
an application under this program. However, Council members who are not
Federal employees may submit an application.
2. DOC/NOAA supports cultural and gender diversity and encourages
women and minority individuals and groups to submit applications to the
RSA program. In addition, DOC/NOAA is strongly committed to broadening
the participation of historically black colleges and universities,
Hispanic serving institutions, tribal colleges and universities, and
institutions that work in underserved areas. DOC/NOAA encourages
proposals involving any of the above institutions.
3. DOC/NOAA encourages applications from members of the fishing
community and applications that involve fishing community cooperation
and participation.
Cost Sharing Requirements: None Required.
Intergovernmental Review: Applicants will need to determine if
their state participates in the intergovernmental review process. This
information can be found at the following Web site: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/spoc.html. This information will assist
applicants in providing either a Yes or No response to Item 16 of the
Application Form, SF-424, entitled ``Application for Federal
Assistance.''
5. Cooperative Research Program
Summary Description: The Cooperative Research Program (CRP)
provides opportunity to compete for financial assistance for projects
which seek to increase and improve the working relationship between
fisheries researchers from NMFS, state fishery agencies, universities,
and the U.S. fishing community (recreational and commercial) in the
Gulf of Mexico (FL, AL, MS, LA, TX), South Atlantic (NC, SC, GA) and
Caribbean (USVI and Puerto Rico). The program is a means of
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involving commercial and recreational fishermen in the collection of
fundamental fisheries information in support of management and
regulatory options. This program addresses NOAA's mission goal to
``Protect, Restore, and Manage the Use of Coastal and Ocean Resources
through an Ecosystem Approach to Management.''
Funding Availability: Approximately $2.0 million may be available
in fiscal year (FY) 2010 for projects. Actual funding availability for
this program is contingent upon FY 2010 Congressional appropriations.
The NMFS Southeast Regional Office estimates awarding approximately
eight projects that will range from $25,000 to $300,000. The average
award is $150,000. Publication of this notice does not obligate NMFS to
award any specific grant or cooperative agreement or any of the
available funds.
Statutory Authority: Authority for the CRP is provided by the
following: 15 U.S.C. 713c-3(d).
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 11.454,
Unallied Management Projects.
Application Deadline: Applications must be received and validated
by Grants.gov, postmarked, or provided to a delivery service on or
before 4 p.m. ET, September 14, 2009. Please note: Validation or
rejection of your application by Grants.gov may take up to 2 business
days after submission. Please consider this process in developing your
submission timeline.
Applications received after the deadline will be rejected/returned to
the sender without further consideration. Use of U.S. mail or another
delivery service must be documented with a receipt. No facsimile or
electronic mail applications will be accepted.
Address for Submitting Proposals: Applications must be submitted
through www.grants.gov unless an applicant does not have Internet
access. In that case, hard copies with original signatures may be sent
to: National Marine Fisheries Service, State/Federal Liaison Branch,
263 13th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701.
Information Contacts: For questions regarding the application
process, you may contact: Dax Ruiz, State/Federal Liaison Branch, (727)
824-5324, or [email protected].
Eligibility: Eligible applicants may be institutions of higher
education, nonprofits, commercial organizations, individuals, and
state, local, and Indian tribal governments. Federal agencies or
institutions are not eligible. Foreign governments, organizations under
the jurisdiction of foreign governments, and international
organizations are excluded for purposes of this solicitation since the
objective of the CRP is to optimize research and development benefits
from U.S. marine fishery resources. Applicants who are not commercial
or recreational fisherman must have commercial or recreational
fishermen participating in their project. There must be a written
agreement with a fisherman describing the involvement in the project
activity.
Cost Sharing Requirements: Cost-sharing is not required for this
program.
Intergovernmental Review: Applications submitted by state and local
governments are subject to the provisions of executive Order 12372,
Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs. Any applicant submitting
an application for funding is required to complete item 16 on SF-424
regarding clearance by the State Single Point of Contact (SPOC)
established as a result of EO 12372. To find out about and comply with
a State's process under EO 12372, the names, addresses and phone
numbers of participating SPOCs are listed in the Office of Management
and Budget's home page at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/spoc.html.
6. FY 2010 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET)
Program
Summary Description: The Chesapeake B-WET grant program is a
competitively based program that supports existing environmental
education programs, fosters the growth of new programs, and encourages
the development of partnerships among environmental education programs
throughout the entire Chesapeake Bay watershed. Funded projects assist
in meeting the Stewardship and Community Engagement goals of the
Chesapeake 2000 Agreement. Projects support organizations that provide
students meaningful watershed educational experiences and teachers
related professional development opportunities and resources related to
the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
Funding Availability: This solicitation announces that
approximately $3.5M may be available in FY 2010 in award amounts to be
determined by the proposals and available funds. Funding is anticipated
to maintain partnerships for up to 3 years duration, but is dependent
on funding made available annually by Congress. Applicants are hereby
given notice that funds have not yet been appropriated for this
program.
1. About $2.5M will be for exemplary programs that successfully
integrate teacher professional development on the Chesapeake Bay
watershed with in-depth classroom study and outdoor experiences for
their students.
2. About $500K will be for proposals that incorporate the
Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoy System (CBIBS) into meaningful
watershed educational experiences for students or related professional
development for teachers.
3. About $250K will be for proposals that provide opportunities
either for students to participate in Meaningful Watershed Educational
Experiences (MWEEs-related to Chesapeake Bay or related Professional
Development for teachers.
4. About $250K will be for capacity building proposals that address
larger, systematic needs and/or provide resources to the educational
community related to MWEES.
The NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office (CBO) anticipates that typical
awards for B-WET Exemplary Programs that successfully integrate teacher
professional development with in-depth classroom student and outdoor
experiences for their students will range from $50,000 to $200,000.
Projects focusing on the Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoy system will
range from $25,000 to $200,000. Projects that represent either
meaningful watershed educational experiences for students or teacher
professional development in watershed education will range from $25,000
to $75,000. Projects addressing the capacity building needs of
organizations will range from $15,000 to $75,000. There is no guarantee
that sufficient funds will be available to make awards for all
qualified projects. The exact amount of funds that may be awarded will
be determined in pre-award negotiations between the applicant and NOAA
representatives. Publication of this notice does not oblige NOAA to
award any specific project or to obligate any available funds. If
applicants incur any costs prior to an award being made, they do so at
their own risk of not being reimbursed by the government.
Notwithstanding verbal or written assurance that may have been
received, there is no obligation on the part of NOAA to cover pre-award
costs unless approved by the Grants Officer as part of the terms when
the award is made.
Statutory Authority: 33 U.S.C. 893a(a), the Administrator of the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is authorized to
conduct, develop, support, promote, and coordinate formal and informal
educational activities at all levels to enhance public awareness and
understanding of ocean, coastal, Great Lakes, and atmospheric science
and stewardship by the general public and
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other coastal stakeholders, including underrepresented groups in ocean
and atmospheric science and policy careers. In conducting those
activities, the Administrator shall build upon the educational programs
and activities of the agency.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 11.457,
Chesapeake Bay Studies.
Application Deadline: Applications must be received and validated
by Grants.gov on or before 5 p.m. EDT on October 16, 2009. Please note:
Validation or rejection of your application by Grants.gov may take up
to 2 business days after submission. Please consider this process in
developing your submission timeline.
Address for Submitting Proposals: Applicants are strongly
encouraged to submit applications electronically through http://www.grants.gov. Hard copies may be submitted by postal mail, commercial
delivery service, or hand-delivery. Proposals being submitted hard copy
must be received by: NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office; Education Coordinator;
410 Severn Avenue, Suite 107A, Annapolis, Maryland 21403. Facsimile
transmissions and e-mail submission of proposals will not be accepted.
You may access the electronic grant application for the Chesapeake Bay
Watershed Education & Training Program (B-WET) at http://www.grants.gov. Users of Grants.gov will be able to download a copy of
the application package, complete it off line, and then upload and
submit the application via the Grants.gov site. When you enter the
Grants.gov site, you will find information about submitting an
application electronically through the site as well as the hours of
operation.
We strongly recommend that you do not wait until the application
deadline date to begin the application process through Grants.gov. To
use Grants.gov, applicants must have a DUNS number and register in the
Central Contractor Registry (CCR). You should allow a minimum of 5 days
to complete the CCR registration. After electronic submission of the
application, applicants will receive an automatic acknowledgment from
Grants.gov that contains a Grants.gov tracking number. Electronic
application packages are strongly encouraged and are available at:
http://www.grants.gov/. Paper applications may be mailed to: Shannon
Sprague, B-WET Program Manager NOAA, Chesapeake Bay Office, 410 Severn
Avenue, Suite 107A, Annapolis, MD 21403.
Information Contacts: Please visit the B-WET Web site for further
information at: http://noaa.chesapeakebay.net/educationgrants.aspx or
contact the NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office; 410 Severn Avenue, Suite 107A,
Annapolis, MD 21403, or by phone at 410-267-5660. B-WET contacts are as
follows: Virginia/West Virginia: Ann Marie Chapman
([email protected]); Maryland's Eastern Shore/Delaware: Doug
Levin ([email protected]); Maryland/Washington, DC: Kevin Schabow
([email protected]); and Pennsylvania/Other: Shannon Sprague
([email protected]).
Eligibility: Eligible applicants are K-through-12 public and
independent schools and school systems, institutions of higher
education, community-based and nonprofit organizations, state or local
government agencies, interstate agencies, and Indian tribal governments
in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The Department of Commerce/National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (DOC/NOAA) is strongly committed
to broadening the participation of historically black colleges and
universities, Hispanic serving institutions, tribal colleges and
universities, and institutions that work in underserved areas. The NCBO
encourages proposals involving any of the above institutions.
Cost Sharing Requirements: No cost sharing is required under this
program, however, the NCBO strongly encourages applicants applying for
either area of interest to share as much of the costs of the award as
possible. Funds from other Federal awards may not be considered
matching funds. The nature of the contribution (cash versus in-kind)
and the amount of matching funds will be taken into consideration in
the review process. Priority selection will be given to proposals that
propose cash rather than in-kind contributions.
Intergovernmental Review: Applications under this program are
subject to Executive Order 12372, Intergovernmental Review of Federal
Programs.
7. FY 2010 Community-Based Marine Debris Removal Project Grants
Summary Description: The NOAA Marine Debris Program (MDP),
authorized in the Marine Debris Research, Prevention, and Reduction Act
(MDRPR Act, 33 U.S.C. 1951 et seq.), provides funding to catalyze the
implementation of locally driven, community-based marine debris
prevention, assessment and removal projects that will benefit coastal
habitat, waterways, and NOAA trust resources. Projects funded through
the MDP have strong on-the-ground habitat components involving the
removal of marine debris and derelict fishing gear, as well as
activities that provide social benefits for people and their
communities in addition to long-term ecological habitat improvements
for NOAA trust resources. Through this solicitation the MDP identifies
marine debris removal projects, strengthens the development and
implementation of habitat restoration through the removal of marine
debris within communities, and fosters awareness of the effects of
marine debris to further the conservation of living marine resource
habitats across a wide geographic area. Proposals selected for funding
through this solicitation will be implemented through a cooperative
agreement. Funding of up to $2,000,000 is expected to be available for
Community-based Marine Debris Removal Project Grants in FY 2010. The
NOAA MDP anticipates that typical awards will range from $15,000 to
$150,000.
Funding Availability: This solicitation announces that funding of
up to $2,000,000 is expected to be available for Community-based Marine
Removal Project Grants in FY 2010. Actual funding availability for this
program is contingent upon Fiscal Year 2010 Congressional
appropriations. The NOAA Restoration Center anticipates that typical
project awards will range from $15,000 to $150,000; NOAA will not
accept proposals for under $15,000 or proposals for over $250,000 under
this solicitation. There is no guarantee that sufficient funds will be
available to make awards for all proposals. The number of awards to be
made as a result of this solicitation will depend on the number of
eligible applications received, the amount of funds requested for
initiating marine debris removal projects by the applicants, the merit
and ranking of the proposals, and the amount of funds made available to
the MDP by Congress.
The NOAA Restoration Center anticipates that between 10 and 25
awards will be made as a result of this solicitation. The exact amount
of funds that may be awarded will be determined in pre-award
negotiations between the applicant and NOAA representatives.
Publication of this document does not obligate NOAA to award any
specific project or obligate all or any part of any available funds. In
FY 2008, 10 applications were recommended for funding ranging from
$39,000 to $175,000, for a total grant competition funding level of
approximately $900,000.
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This is the fourth year of the Community-based Marine Debris
Removal Project Grants, a grant partnership between the NOAA Marine
Debris Program and NOAA Restoration Center. These grants are funded
through the NOAA Marine Debris Program with appropriations to the
Office of Response and Restoration, National Ocean Service for this
purpose. The NOAA Restoration Center will administer this grants
program in the same manner that the Community-based Restoration Program
is conducted.
Statutory Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1951 et seq.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 11.463,
Habitat Conservation.
Application Deadline: Applications must be received and validated
by Grants.gov, postmarked, or provided to a delivery service on or
before 11:59 p.m. EDT, October 31, 2009. Please note: Validation or
rejection of your application by Grants.gov may take up to 2 business
days after submission. Please consider this process in developing your
submission timeline. Applications received after the deadline will be
rejected/returned to the sender without further consideration. Use of
U.S. mail or another delivery service must be documented with a
receipt. No facsimile or electronic mail applications will be accepted.
Address for Submitting Proposals: If the applicant does not have
Internet access, a hard copy application with the SF424 bearing an
original, ink signature (blue ink preferred) must be postmarked, or
provided to a delivery service and documented with a receipt, by 11:59
p.m. EDT, October 31, 2009, and sent to: David Landsman, NOAA
Restoration Center (F/HC3), Attn: MDP Project Applications, 1315 East
West Highway, Rm. 14727, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Applications
postmarked or provided to a delivery service after that date will not
be considered for funding. Applications submitted via the U.S. Postal
Service must have an official postmark; private metered postmarks are
not acceptable. In any event, applications received later than 15
business days following the postmark closing date will not be accepted.
No facsimile or electronic mail applications will be accepted. Paper
applications should be printed on one side only, on 8.5'' x 11'' paper,
and should not be bound in any manner.
Information Contacts: For further information contact David
Landsman at 301-713-0174 or by e-mail at [email protected].
Eligibility: Eligible applicants are institutions of higher
education, other non-profits, commercial (for profit) organizations,
organizations under the jurisdiction of foreign governments,
international organizations, and state, local and Indian tribal
governments whose projects have the potential to benefit NOAA trust
resources. Applications from federal agencies or employees of Federal
agencies will not be considered. Federal agencies are strongly
encouraged to work with states, on-governmental organizations, national
service clubs or youth corps organizations and others that are eligible
to apply.
The Department of Commerce/National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (DOC/NOAA) is strongly committed to broadening the
participation of historically black colleges and universities, Hispanic
serving institutions, tribal colleges and universities, and
institutions that work in under-served areas. The MDP encourages
proposals involving any of the above institutions.
Cost Sharing Requirements: A major goal of the MDP is to provide
seed money to projects that leverage funds and other contributions from
a broad public and private sector to implement locally important marine
debris removal activities to benefit living marine resources. To this
end, the MDRPR Act requires applicants to demonstrate a minimum 1:1
non-Federal match for MDP funds requested to conduct the proposed
project. In addition to formal match, NOAA strongly encourages
applicants to leverage as much investment as possible. However, the
MDRPR Act allows the Administrator to waive all or part of the matching
requirement if the applicant can demonstrate that: (1) No reasonable
means are available through which applicants can meet the matching
requirement, and; (2) the probable benefit of such project outweighs
the public interest in such matching requirement.
In addition, the MDP shall waive any requirement for matching funds
to an Insular Area (Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Trust
Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the Government of the Northern
Mariana Islands). Under 48 U.S.C. 10.1469a(d), any department or agency
may waive any requirement for matching funds otherwise required by law
to be provided by the Insular Area involved. All applicants should note
that cost sharing is an element considered in Evaluation Criterion
4. ``Project Costs.'' Match can come from a variety of public
and private sources and can include in-kind goods and services such as
private boat use and volunteer labor. To meet the 1:1 match
requirement, applicants are permitted to combine contributions from
non-federal partners, as long as such contributions are not being used
to match any other funds and are available within the project period
stated in the application. Federal sources cannot be considered for
matching funds, but can be described in the budget narrative to
demonstrate additional leverage. Applicants are also permitted to apply
federally negotiated indirect costs in excess of federal share limits
as described in Section IV.E.2. ``Indirect Costs'' of the Full Funding
Opportunity announcement. The MDRPR Act allows the Administrator to
authorize, as appropriate, the non-Federal share of the cost of a
project to include money paid pursuant to, or the value of any in-kind
service performed under, an administrative order on consent or judicial
consent decree that will remove or prevent marine debris.
Applicants whose proposals are selected for funding will be bound
by the percentage of cost sharing reflected in the award document
signed by the NOAA Grants Officer. Successful applicants should be
prepared to carefully document matching contributions, including the
names of participating volunteers and the overall number of volunteer
or community participation hours devoted to individual marine debris
removal projects. Letters of commitment for any secured resources
expected to be used as match for an award should be submitted as an
attachment to the application.
Intergovernmental Review: Applications submitted by state and local
governments are subject to the provisions of Executive Order 12372,
``Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs.'' Any applicant
submitting an application for funding is required to complete item 16
on SF-424 regarding clearance by the State Single Point of Contact
(SPOC) established as a result of EO 12372. To find out about and
comply with a State's process under EO 12372, the names, addresses and
phone numbers of participating SPOCs are listed in the Office of
Management and Budget's home page at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/spoc.html.
8. Gulf of Mexico NOAA Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET)
Program
Summary Description: The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS),
Southeast Region, is seeking proposals under the Gulf of Mexico B-WET
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Program. The B-WET program is an environmental education program that
promotes locally relevant, experiential learning in the K-12
environment. Funded projects provide meaningful watershed educational
experiences for students, related professional development for
teachers, and helps to support regional education and environmental
priorities in the northern Gulf of Mexico.
This program addresses NOAA's mission goal to ``Protect, Restore,
and Manage the Use of Coastal and Ocean Resources through an Ecosystem
Approach to Management.''
Funding Availability: It is anticipated that approximately $700,000
will be available in FY 2010 for new awards. NOAA anticipates making
approximately 3 to 5 new awards during FY 2010. The total Federal
amount that may be requested from NOAA shall not exceed $100,000. The
minimum Federal amount that must be requested from NOAA is $25,000.
Applications requesting Federal support from NOAA for more than
$100,000 per year will not be considered for funding. There is no
guarantee that sufficient funds will be available to make awards for
all qualified projects. The exact amount of funds that may be awarded
will be determined in pre-award negotiations between the applicant and
NOAA representatives. Publication of this notice does not oblige NOAA
to award any specific project or to obligate any available funds. If
applicants incur any costs prior to an award being made, they do so at
their own risk of not being reimbursed by the government.
Notwithstanding verbal or written assurance that may have been
received, there is no obligation on the part of NOAA to cover pre-award
costs unless approved by the Grants Officer as part of the terms when
the award is made.
Statutory Authority: Authority for the Marine Fisheries Initiative
Program is provided by the following: 16 U.S.C. 661.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 11.463,
Habitat Conservation.
Application Deadline: Applications must be received and validated
by Grants.gov on or before 5 p.m. ET on November 13, 2009. Please note:
Validation or rejection of your application by Grants.gov may take up
to 2 business days after submission. Please consider this process in
developing your submission timeline. Applications received after the
deadline will be rejected/returned to the sender without further
consideration. Use of U.S. mail or another delivery service must be
documented with a receipt. No facsimile or electronic mail applications
will be accepted.
Address for Submitting Proposals: Applications must be submitted
through www.grants.gov unless an applicant does not have Internet
access. In that case, hard copies with original signatures may be sent
to: National Marine Fisheries Service, State/Federal Liaison Branch,
263 13th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701.
Information Contacts: For questions regarding the application
process, you may contact: Ellie Francisco Roche, Chief, State/Federal
Liaison Branch, (727) 824-5324, or [email protected].
Eligibility: Eligible applicants are K-12 public and independent
schools and school systems, institutions of higher education,
community-based and nonprofit organizations, state or local government
agencies, interstate agencies, and Indian tribal governments.
Cost Sharing Requirements: Cost-sharing is not required for this
program.
Intergovernmental Review: Applications submitted by state and local
governments are subject to the provisions of Executive Order 12372,
Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs. Any applicant submitting
an application for funding is required to complete item 16 on SF-424
regarding clearance by the State Single Point of Contact (SPOC)
established as a result of EO 12372. To find out about and comply with
a State's process under EO 12372, the names, addresses and phone
numbers of participating SPOCs are listed in the Office of Management
and Budget's home page at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/spoc.html.
9. Marine Fisheries Initiative (MARFIN)
Summary Description: The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS),
Southeast Region, is seeking proposals under the Marine Fisheries
Initiative Program (MARFIN), for research and development projects that
optimize the use of fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico and off the South
Atlantic states of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida
involving the U.S. fishing industry (recreational and commercial),
including fishery biology, resource assessment, socioeconomic
assessment, management and conservation, selected harvesting methods,
and fish handling and processing. This program addresses NOAA's mission
goal to ``Protect, Restore, and Manage the Use of Coastal and Ocean
Resources Through an Ecosystem Approach to Management.''
Funding Availability: Approximately $2.0 million may be available
in fiscal year (FY) 2010 for projects. This amount includes possible
in-house projects. Actual funding availability for this program is
contingent upon Fiscal Year 2010 Congressional appropriations. The NMFS
Southeast Regional Office anticipates awarding approximately ten
projects that will range from $25,000 to $175,000 per year. The total
Federal amount that may be requested shall not exceed $350,000 for a
two year project, and $525,000 for a three year project. Publication of
this notice does not obligate NMFS to award any specific grant or
cooperative agreement or any of the available funds. Project proposals
accepted for funding with a project period over one year do not have to
compete for the additional years of funding. However, funding for the
additional years is contingent upon the availability of funds and
satisfactory performance and is at the sole discretion of the agency.
Statutory Authority: Authority for the Marine Fisheries Initiative
Program is provided by the following: 15 U.S.C. 713c-3(d).
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 11.433, Marine
Fisheries Initiative.
Application Deadline: Applications must be received and validated
by Grants.gov on or before 5 p.m. EDT on August 17, 2009. Please note:
Validation or rejection of your application by Grants.gov may take up
to 2 business days after submission. Please consider this process in
developing your submission timeline. Applications received after the
deadline will be rejected/returned to the sender without further
consideration.
Address for Submitting Proposals: Applications must be submitted
through www.grants.gov unless an applicant does not have Internet
access. In that case, hard copies with original signatures may be sent
to: National Marine Fisheries Service, State/Federal Liaison Branch,
263 13th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701.
Information Contacts: For questions regarding the application
process, you may contact: Ellie Francisco Roche, Chief, State/Federal
Liaison Branch, (727) 824-5324, or [email protected].
Eligibility: Eligible applicants may be institutions of higher
education, nonprofits, commercial organizations, individuals, state,
local and Indian tribal governments. Federal agencies or institutions
are not eligible. Foreign governments, organizations under the
jurisdiction of foreign governments, and international organizations
are excluded for purposes of this solicitation since
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the objective of the MARFIN program is to optimize research and
development benefits from U.S. marine fishery resources.
Cost Sharing Requirements: Cost-sharing is not required for this
program.
Intergovernmental Review: Applications submitted by state and local
governments are subject to the provisions of executive Order 12372,
Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs. Any applicant submitting
an application for funding is required to complete item 16 on SF-424
regarding clearance by the State Single Point of Contact (SPOC)
established as a result of EO 12372. To find out about and comply with
a State's process under EO 12372, the names, addresses and phone
numbers of participating SPOCs are listed in the Office of Management
and Budget's home page at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/spoc.html.
10. NOAA Coastal and Marine Habitat Restoration National and Regional
Partnership Grants
Summary Description: NOAA delivers funding and technical expertise
to restore coastal and marine habitats. These habitats support valuable
fisheries and protected resources, improve the quality of our water,
provide recreational opportunities for the public's use and enjoyment
and buffer our coastal communities from the impacts of storms and sea
level rise. Partnerships funded through NOAA have strong on-the-ground
habitat restoration components that provide social and economic
benefits in addition to long-term ecological habitat improvements that
benefit NOAA trust resources. Through this solicitation, NOAA seeks to
openly compete funding available for multi-year national and regional
habitat restoration Partnerships. Partnerships will result in
implementation of a wide-range of individual habitat restoration
projects, from locally-driven, grass-roots projects that emphasize
stewardship and hands-on restoration, to mid-scale, watershed level
projects that yield significant ecological and socio-economic benefits.
NOAA envisions working jointly on such Partnerships through its
Community-based Restoration Program (CRP) to identify, evaluate, fund,
and administer projects that offer this range of ecological, socio-
economic and stewardship benefits to coastal watershed communities.
This document describes the types of habitat restoration Partnerships
that NOAA envisions establishing, portrays the qualities that NOAA
deems desirable in such Partnerships, and describes criteria under
which applications will be evaluated for funding consideration.
Partnership applications selected through this announcement will be
implemented through a multi-year cooperative agreement, and will
ultimately involve joint selection of multiple community-based habitat
restoration projects funded as sub-awards made through the Partner
organization. Funding of approximately $10 million is expected to be
available to establish habitat restoration Partnerships in 2010, with
annual funding anticipated to maintain them for up to 3 years duration.
Requests for funding to establish Partnerships typically exceed the
funds available for this purpose and the selection process will be
highly competitive. Typical Partnership awards will range from $500,000
to $1,000,000 per year.
Funds will be administered by the NOAA Restoration Center within
NOAA Fisheries Office of Habitat Conservation. This is not a request
for individual community-based habitat restoration project proposals.
Funding Availability: NOAA anticipates that approximately $10
million may be available in FY 2010 to establish national and regional
Partnerships that will implement coastal and marine habitat restoration
through sub awards. Funding is expected to be provided on an annual
basis to maintain Partnerships for up to 3 years duration, and is
dependent upon the level of funding made available by Congress. NOAA
anticipates that typical awards for the initial year of restoration
Partnerships will range from $500,000 to $1,000,000. NOAA will not
accept proposals with a first year budget under $250,000 or over
$5,000,000 under this solicitation. Applicants can request increases to
continue scaling up Partnership activities in subsequent budget periods
to a limit of $7,500,000 in FY 2011, and to $10,000,000 in FY 2012.
Annual funding levels and any increases over FY 2010 levels for
successful applicants will be at the discretion of the NOAA Restoration
Center Chief (Chief). The Chief will make annual funding determinations
for each Partner, in consultation with NOAA technical staff, based on
Partnership performance, capacity of the Partner organization to
generate quality projects with respect to funding potentially available
to them under an award, the amount of prior year funding remaining to
be expended, regional and Administration priorities, and other factors
deemed important to the annual allocation process. For reference, in FY
2007 the NOAA Restoration Center established and funded 17 multi-year
Partnerships for a total of $8.8 million in their first year, $7.1
million in FY 2008, and $9.8 million in FY 2009. There is no guarantee
that sufficient funds will be available to make awards for all
Partnership applications. The number of awards to be made as a result
of this solicitation will depend on the number of eligible applications
received, the amount of funds requested for establishing national and
regional habitat restoration Partnerships by the applicants, the merit
and ranking of the applications, and the amount of funds made available
by Congress.
The exact amount of funds that may be awarded will be determined in
pre-award negotiations between the applicant and NOAA representatives,
and multi-year funding requests are expected to be funded incrementally
on an annual basis.
Publication of this document does not obligate NOAA to award any
specific project or obligate all or any parts of any available funds.
Statutory Authority: The Secretary of Commerce is authorized under
the following statutes to provide grants and cooperative agreements for
habitat restoration: Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act 16 U.S.C. 661,
as amended by the Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1970; Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006, 16
U.S.C. 1891a.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 11.463,
Habitat Conservation.
Application Deadline: Applications must be received and validated
by Grants.gov, postmarked, or provided to a delivery service on or
before 11:59 p.m. EDT on September 30, 2009. Please note: Validation or
rejection of your application by Grants.gov may take up to 2 business
days after submission. Please consider this process in developing your
submission timeline. Use of a delivery service must be documented with
a receipt. No facsimile or electronic mail applications will be
accepted.
Address for Submitting Proposals: Applicants may submit their
applications through Grants.gov. If an applicant does not have Internet
access, a hard copy application must be postmarked, or provided to a
delivery service and documented with a receipt, by September 30, 2009
and sent to: NOAA Restoration Center, NOAA Fisheries, 1315 East West
Highway, Rm. 14853, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Attn: Restoration
Partnership Applications. Applications postmarked or provided to
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a delivery service after that time will not be considered for funding.
Applications submitted via the U.S. Postal Service must have an
official postmark; private metered postmarks are not acceptable. In any
event, applications received later than 7 business days following the
postmark closing date will not be accepted. No facsimile or electronic
mail applications will be accepted. Paper applications should be
printed on one side only, on 8.5'' x 11'' paper, and should not be
bound in any manner. Applicants submitting paper applications must also
include a full copy of the application as a single PDF file, including
Federal forms, on a compact disc (CD).
Information Contacts: For further information contact Robin
Bruckner or Melanie Gange at (301) 713-0174, or by e-mail at
[email protected] or [email protected]. Prospective
applicants are invited to contact NOAA staff before submitting an
application to discuss their partnership ideas. Additional information
on habitat restoration can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/habitat/restoration.
Eligibility: Eligible applicants are institutions of higher
education, non-profits, commercial (for profit) organizations, U.S.
Territories, and state, local and Indian tribal governments.
Applications from Federal agencies or employees of Federal agencies
will not be considered. Federal agencies are strongly encouraged to
work with states, non-governmental organizations, municipal and county
governments, conservation corps organizations and others that are
eligible to apply.
The Department of Commerce/National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (DOC/NOAA) is strongly committed to broadening the
participation of historically black colleges and universities,
Hispanic-serving institutions, tribal colleges and universities, and
institutions that work in under-served areas. NOAA encourages
applications involving any of the above institutions.
Cost Sharing Requirements: The overall focus of the CRP is to
implement coastal and marine habitat restoration that leverages funds
and other contributions from the public and private sector to
accomplish broad yet locally important habitat benefits. To this end,
applicants seeking national and regional Partnerships with NOAA are
encouraged to demonstrate a 1:1 non-Federal match overall for federal
funds requested.
Additionally, those Partnerships that propose to provide cash match
toward project implementation funds at the national/regional level
(before local, project-specific contributions are included) will be
likely to score higher in the evaluation of project costs. While this
is not a requirement, NOAA strongly advises applicants to leverage as
much investment as possible. Applicants with less than 1:1 match and
those that do not have cash match for project implementation funds at
the national/regional level will not be disqualified, however
applicants should note that cost sharing is an element considered in
evaluation criteria 4. ``Project Costs'' (Section V.A.4 of the
Full Funding Opportunity announcement).
Similarly, proposals that limit administrative costs to 20% at the
national or regional level also will be likely to score higher on this
criterion. The match can come from a variety of public and private
sources and can include in-kind goods and services. Federal funds may
not be considered matching funds, but can be described in the budget
narrative to demonstrate additional leverage. Applicants are permitted
to combine non-federal contributions from additional Partners in order
to meet the 1:1 match expected to establish a Partnership, as long as
the matching funds are not already being used to match other funding
sources and are available within the project period stated in the
application. Applicants are also permitted to apply federally
negotiated indirect costs in excess of federal share limits as
described in Section IV.E. ``Funding Restrictions'' in the Full Funding
Opportunity announcement.
Applicants whose proposals are selected for habitat restoration
Partnership funding will be bound by the percentage of cost sharing
reflected in the award document signed by the NOAA Grants Officer.
Successful applicants must be prepared to carefully document matching
contributions, including the number of volunteer or community
participation hours devoted to individual habitat restoration projects.
Intergovernmental Review: Applications submitted by state and local
governments are subject to the provisions of Executive Order 12372,
``Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs.'' Any applicant
submitting an application for funding is required to complete item 16
on SF-424 regarding clearance by the State Single Point of Contact
(SPOC) established as a result of EO 12372. To find out about and
comply with a State's process under EO 12372, the names, addresses and
phone numbers of participating SPOC's are listed in the Office of
Management and Budget's home page at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/spoc.html.
11. NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Grant Program/General Coral Reef
Conservation Grants
Summary Description: The NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program/
General Coral Reef Conservation Grants (GCRCGP) provides funding to
institutions of higher education, non-profit organizations, commercial
organizations, Freely Associated State government agencies, and local
and Indian tribal governments to support coral reef conservation
projects in the United States and the Freely Associated States in the
Pacific, as authorized under the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000.
Projects funded through the GCRCGP support on-the ground efforts that:
(1) Help preserve, sustain and restore the condition of coral reef
ecosystems, (2) promote the wise management and sustainable use of
coral reef resources, (3) increase public knowledge and awareness of
coral reef ecosystems and issues regarding their conservation, and (4)
develop sound scientific information on the condition of coral reef
ecosystems and the threats to such ecosystems. Projects should
complement and fill gaps in state, territorial and commonwealth coral
reef programs, emphasize community-based conservation, or address local
action strategy priorities. Proposals selected for funding through this
solicitation require a 1:1 match and will be implemented through a
grant. Funding of up to $600,000 is expected to be available for GCRCGP
in FY 2010. These funds will be divided approximately equally among the
U.S. Pacific and Atlantic to maintain geographic balance, as outlined
in the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000. Awards will range from
$15,000-$50,000.
Funding Availability: NOAA announces the availability of up to
$600,000 of Federal assistance may be available in FY 2010 for the
GCRCGP to support financial assistance awards for coral conservation
activities. Proposals can be submitted for a minimum of $15,000 to a
maximum of $50,000; NOAA will not accept proposals requesting over
$50,000 of Federal funds. There is no limit on the number of
applications that can be submitted by the same applicant during the
2010 competitive grant cycle.
However, multiple applications submitted by the same applicant must
clearly identify different projects and must be successful in the
competitive review process. The number of awards
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made as a result of this solicitation will depend on the number of
eligible applications received, the amount of funds requested for each
project, the merit and ranking of the proposals, and the amount of
funds made available to the Program by Congress. In addition, funding
will be divided between the U.S. Pacific and U.S. Atlantic to meet
requirements for geographic distribution of funds, as described in the
Coral Reef Conservation Act. Attempts will also be made to fund one or
more projects in each jurisdiction, provided that the project addresses
priorities outlined above, it is identified as having sufficient merit,
and it meets all other requirements as stipulated in this solicitation.
The funds have not yet been appropriated for this program, and there is
no guarantee that sufficient funds will be available to make awards for
all qualified projects. Publication of this notice does not oblige NOAA
to award any specific project or to obligate any available funds.
Statutory Authority: Authority for the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation
Grant Program is provided by Section 6403 (Coral Reef Conservation
Program) of the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 6401 et
seq.).
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 11.463,
Habitat Conservation.
Application Deadline: Applications must be received and validated
by Grants.gov, postmarked, or provided to a delivery service on or
before 11:59 p.m. EDT on November 2, 2009. Please note: Validation or
rejection of your application by Grants.gov may take up to 2 business
days after submission. Please consider this process in developing your
submission timeline. Use of a delivery service must be documented with
a receipt. Applications postmarked or provided to a delivery service
after that time will not be accepted for funding. Applications
submitted via U.S. Postal Service must have an official postmark;
private metered postmarks are not acceptable. In any event,
applications received later than 15 business days following the
postmarked closing date will not be accepted. No facsimile or
electronic mail applications will be accepted. There will be no
extensions beyond these dates. If an application is not submitted
through grants.gov or postmarked by the deadline listed above, it will
not be reviewed or considered for FY 2010 funding.
Address for Submitting Proposals: Applicants may submit their
applications through Grants.gov. If Internet access is unavailable,
hard copies can be submitted to: Jennifer Koss, NOAA Coral Reef
Conservation Program, NOAA Fisheries, Office of Habitat Conservation
(F/HC), 1315 East West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Attn: CRCGP
Project Applications. Applicants submitted by mail are required to
include original signed and dated copies of the Federal financial
assistance forms. Electronic copies of the project narrative and budget
narrative are requested with the submission of a paper application.
Please submit these to [email protected]. All applicants, both
electronic and paper, should be aware that adequate time must be
factored into applicant schedules for delivery of the application.
Electronic applicants are advised that volume on Grants.gov is
currently extremely heavy, and if Grants.gov is unable to accept
applications electronically in a timely fashion, applicants are
encouraged to exercise their option to submit applications in paper
format. Paper applicants should allow adequate time to ensure a paper
application will be received on time, taking into account that
guaranteed overnight carriers are not always able to fulfill their
guarantees.
Information Contacts: Technical point of contact for NOAA Coral
Reef Conservation Grant Program/General Grants is Jennifer Koss, 301-
713-4300 extension 165 or e-mail at [email protected].
Eligibility: Institutions of higher education, non-profit
organizations, commercial organizations, local and Indian tribal
governments and Freely Associated State Government Agencies can apply
for funding under the GCRCGP. U.S. federal, state, territory, and
commonwealth governments and Regional Fishery Management Councils are
not eligible under this category. NOAA employees are not allowed to
help in the preparation of applications or write letters of support for
any application. NOAA staff are available to provide information on
programmatic goals and objectives, ongoing coral reef conservation
programs, Regional funding priorities, and, along with other Federal
Program Officers, can provide information on application procedures and
completion of required forms. For activities that involve collaboration
with current NOAA programs or staff, NOAA employees must provide a
letter verifying that they are collaborating with the project.
Federal employee travel and salaries are not allowable costs under
this program.
Cost Sharing Requirements: As per section 6403(b)(1) of the Coral
Reef Conservation Act of 2000, Federal funds for any coral conservation
project funded under this Program may not exceed 50 percent of the
total cost of the project. All GCRCGP projects submitted to this
program require a 1:1 match obtained from non-Federal sources.
Applicants must specify in their proposal the source of the match
and provide letters of commitment to confirm stated match
contributions. The match can include in-kind contributions and other
non-cash support. Applicants are permitted to combine contributions
from additional non-Federal partners in order to meet the 1:1 match
expected, as long as such contributions are not being used to match any
other funds. Federal funds may not be used as matching funds. The
nature of the contribution (cash versus in-kind) and the amount of
matching funds will be taken into consideration in the review process,
with cash being the preferred method of contribution. Applicants with
less than 1:1 match will not be disqualified, if they provide
justification for a lower amount of matching funds, however, applicants
should note that cost sharing is an element considered in IV.E.
Evaluation Criterion, 4. Project Costs in the Full Funding Opportunity.
As per section 6403(b)(2) of the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000,
the NOAA Administrator may waive all or part of the matching
requirement if the Administrator determines that the project meets the
following two requirements: (1) No reasonable means are available
through which an applicant can meet the matching requirement; and (2)
the probable benefit of such project outweighs the public interest in
such matching requirement. In the case of a waiver request, the
applicant must provide a detailed justification at the time the
proposal is submitted explaining the need for the waiver including
attempts to obtain sources of matching funds, how the benefit of the
project outweighs the public interest in providing match, and any other
extenuating circumstances preventing the availability of match.
Notwithstanding any other provisions herein, and in accordance with 48
U.S.C. 1469a(d), the Program shall waive any requirement for local
matching funds for any project under $200,000 (including in-kind
contribution) to the governments of Insular Areas, defined as the
jurisdictions of the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Eligible applicants
choosing to apply 48 U.S.C. 1469a(d) must include a letter requesting a
waiver that
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demonstrates that their project meets the requirements of 48 U.S.C.
1469a(d).
Intergovernmental Review: Applications under this Program are
subject to Executive Order 12372, Intergovernmental Review of Federal
Programs. Any applicant submitting an application for funding is
required to complete item 16 on SF-424 regarding clearance by the State
Single Point of Contact (SSPOC) established as a result of EO 12372.
The SSPOC for your state can be found at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/spoc.html.
12. NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Grant Program/Projects To Improve or
Amend Coral Reef Fishery Management Plans
Summary Description: The NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Grant
Program/Projects to Improve or Amend Coral Reef Fishery Management
Plans (CRFMPGP) provides funding to the Regional Fishery Management
Councils for projects to conserve and manage coral reef fisheries, as
authorized under the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000. Projects
funded through the CRFMPGP are for activities that (1) provide better
scientific information on the status of coral reef fisheries resources,
critical habitats of importance to coral reef fishes, and the impacts
of fishing on these species and habitats; (2) identify new management
approaches that protect coral reef biodiversity and ecosystem function
through regulation of fishing and other extractive uses; and (3)
incorporate conservation and sustainable management measures into
existing or new Federal fishery management plans for coral reef
species. Proposals selected for funding through this solicitation will
be implemented through a Cooperative Agreement. The role of NOAA in the
CRFMPGP is to help identify potential projects that reduce impacts of
fishing on coral reef ecosystems, strengthen the development and
implementation of the projects, and assist in coordination of these
efforts with Federal state, territory or commonwealth management
authorities and various coral reef user groups.
Funding up to $1,050,000 is expected to be available for CRFMPGP
Cooperative Agreements in FY 2010. These funds will be divided equally
among the Atlantic and Pacific to maintain the geographic split
required by the Act. The NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program
anticipates that awards will range from $175,000-$525,000.
Funding Availability: This solicitation announces that
approximately $1,050,000 is expected to be available for cooperative
agreements in support of coral reef conservation activities for
Projects to Improve or Amend Coral Reef Fishery Management Plans
(CRFMPGP) in fiscal year 2010. Actual funding availability for this
program is contingent upon fiscal year 2010 Congressional
appropriations. The NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program anticipates
that typical project awards will range from about $175,000 to $525,000;
NOAA will not accept proposals for over $525,000 under this
solicitation. Equal funding will be provided to the Atlantic and
Pacific, up to a maximum of $525,000 for activities in the Western
Pacific, and a maximum of $525,000 for activities in the South
Atlantic, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean. The exact amount of
funds that may be awarded will be determined in pre-award negotiations
between the applicant and NOAA representatives.
Activities approved by NOAA will be awarded as new cooperative
agreements through the NMFS Office of Habitat Conservation (HC). The
number of awards made as a result of this solicitation will depend on
the number of eligible applications received, the amount of funds
requested for each project, the merit and ranking of the proposals, and
the amount of funds made available to the Program by Congress. The
funds have not yet been appropriated for this program, and there is no
guarantee that sufficient funds will be available to make awards for
all qualified projects. Publication of this notice does not oblige NOAA
to award any specific project or to obligate any available funds.
Statutory Authority: Authority for the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation
Grant Program is provided by Section 6403 (Coral Reef Conservation
Program) of the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 6401 et
seq.).
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 11.441,
Regional Fishery Management Councils.
Application Deadline: Applications must be received and validated
by Grants.gov, postmarked, or provided to a delivery service on or
before 5 p.m. ET, on November 2, 2009. Please note: Validation or
rejection of your application by Grants.gov may take up to 2 business
days after submission. Please consider this process in developing your
submission timeline. Applications received after the deadline will be
rejected/returned to the sender without further consideration. Use of
U.S. mail or another delivery service must be documented with a
receipt. No facsimile or electronic mail applications will be accepted.
Address for Submitting Proposals: Federal forms should be filled
out and submitted on line at www.grants.gov with the rest of the grant
application. If applicants are unable to submit through www.grants.gov,
an original paper copy of signed Federal financial assistance forms and
the complete project narrative and budget narrative must be submitted
by mail to: Jennifer Koss, NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, NOAA
Fisheries, Office of Habitat Conservation (F/HC1), 1315 East West
Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Attn: CRCGP Project Applications.
Electronic copies of the project narrative and budget narrative are
requested when submitting by mail ([email protected]), however e-mail
applications submitted without a mailed hard copy with appropriate
postal date stamp will not be accepted.
Information Contacts: Technical point of contact for NOAA Coral
Reef Conservation Grant Program/General Grants is Jennifer Koss, 301-
713-4300 or e-mail at [email protected].
Eligibility: Eligible applicants are limited to the Western Pacific
Regional Fishery Management Council, the South Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, and
the Caribbean Fishery Management Council.
Cost Sharing Requirements: No cost sharing or matching is required
under this program. The Administrator has waived the matching
requirement for the Fishery Management Councils as discussed in Section
VII of the Coral Reef Conservation Grant Program Implementation
Guidelines (Federal Register Vol. 67, No. 76, page 19396, Friday, April
19, 2002.). This waiver is based on the fact that the Councils are
funded solely by awards from the U.S. Federal Government, and
therefore, do not have the ability to generate matching funds.
Intergovernmental Review: Applications under this CRFMPGP are
subject to Executive Order 12372, Intergovernmental Review of Federal
Programs. Specific information regarding Intergovernmental Review can
be found above in Section IV. Application and Submission Information,
D. Intergovernmental Review in the Full Funding Opportunity.
13. NOAA New England Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET)
Program
Summary Description: NOAA B-WET is an environmental education
program that promotes locally relevant, experiential learning in the K-
12 environment. Funded projects provide meaningful watershed
educational
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experiences for students, related professional development for
teachers, and helps to support regional education and environmental
priorities in New England.
Funding Availability: It is anticipated that approximately $300,000
will be available in FY 2010 for new awards. NOAA anticipates making
approximately 2 to 5 new awards during FY 2010. NOAA will consider only
projects with duration of 1 to 3 years. The total Federal amount that
may be requested from NOAA shall not exceed $100,000 per year and
$300,000 for all years of the proposed project. The minimum Federal
amount that must be requested from NOAA for one year is $10,000 and for
all years is $30,000.
Applications requesting Federal support from NOAA of less than
$10,000 for one year or more than $100,000 per year and $300,000 total
for the duration of the project will not be considered for funding.
There is no guarantee that sufficient funds will be available to make
awards for all qualified projects. The exact amount of funds that may
be awarded will be determined in pre-award negotiations between the
applicant and NOAA representatives.
Publication of this notice does not oblige NOAA to award any
specific project or to obligate any available funds. If applicants
incur any costs prior to an award being made, they do so at their own
risk of not being reimbursed by the government. Notwithstanding verbal
or written assurance that may have been received, there is no
obligation on the part of NOAA to cover pre-award costs unless approved
by the Grants Officer as part of the terms when the award is made.
Statutory Authority: Under 33 U.S.C 893a(a), the Administrator of
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is authorized to
conduct, develop, support, promote, and coordinate formal and informal
educational activities at all levels to enhance public awareness and
understanding of ocean, coastal, Great Lakes, and atmospheric science
and stewardship by the general public and other coastal stakeholders,
including underrepresented groups in ocean and atmospheric science and
policy careers. In conducting those activities, the Administrator shall
build upon the educational programs and activities of the agency.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 11.469,
Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects.
Application Deadline: Applications must be received and validated
by Grants.gov, postmarked, or provided to a delivery service on or
before 5 p.m. EDT, October 2, 2009. Please note: Validation or
rejection of your application by Grants.gov may take up to 2 business
days after submission. Please consider this process in developing your
submission timeline. Applications received after the deadline will be
rejected/returned to the sender without further consideration. Use of
U.S. mail or another delivery service must be documented with a
receipt.
Address for Submitting Proposals: Applications submitted through
Grants.gov will be accompanied by an automated receipt of the date and
time of submission. Hard copy applications will be hand stamped with
time and date when received in the NOAA Fisheries, Northeast Regional
Office (Attn: New England B-WET Program). Note that late-arriving hard
copy applications provided to a delivery service on or before 5 p.m.,
EDT October 2, 2009 will be accepted for review if the applicant can
document that the application was provided to the guaranteed delivery
service by the specified closing date and time, and if the proposals
are received NOAA Fisheries, Northeast Regional Office by 5 p.m., EDT,
no later than 2 business days following the closing date. Applicants
are recommended to send hard copies via expedited shipping methods
(e.g., Airborne Express, DHL, FedEx, UPS, etc.). No e-mail and/or
facsimile pre-proposals and/or full applications will be accepted.
Applications that are late or are received by fax or e-mail will not be
considered for review. Important: All applicants, both electronic and
paper, should be aware that adequate time must be factored into
applicant schedules for delivery of the application. Electronic
applicants are advised that volume on Grants.gov is currently extremely
heavy, and if Grants.gov is unable to accept applications
electronically in a timely fashion, applicants are encouraged to
exercise their option to submit applications in paper format. Paper
applicants should allow adequate time to ensure a paper application
will be received on time, taking into account that guaranteed overnight
carriers are not always able to fulfill their guarantees.
Information Contacts: Kathi Rodrigues, New England B-WET Program
Manager, NOAA, 55 Great Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930-2276, or
via e-mail at [email protected]. Questions about this
opportunity may also be directed to Bronwen Rice, B-WET National
Coordinator, by phone at 202-482-6797 or e-mail at
[email protected].
Eligibility: Eligible applicants are K-12 public and independent
schools and school systems, institutions of higher education,
community-based and nonprofit organizations, state or local government
agencies, interstate agencies, and Indian tribal governments.
The Department of Commerce/National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (DOC/NOAA) is strongly committed to broadening the
participation of historically black colleges and universities, Hispanic
serving institutions, tribal colleges and universities, and
institutions that service underserved areas. While applicants do not
need to be from the targeted geographical regions specified in the
program objectives, they must be working with target audiences in these
areas.
Cost Sharing Requirements: No cost sharing is required under this
program, however, the NOAA B-WET Program strongly encourages applicants
include a 25% or higher match. Funds from other Federal awards may not
be considered matching funds. The nature of the contribution (cash vs.
in-kind) and the amount of matching funds will be taken into
consideration during the review process. Priority selection is given to
proposals that propose cash rather than in-kind services.
Intergovernmental Review: Applications under this program are not
subject to Executive Order 12372, ``Intergovernmental Review of Federal
Programs.''
14. John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant Program 2010
Summary Description: The Marine Mammal Health and Stranding
Response Program of the National Marine Fisheries Service is charged
under the Marine Mammal Protection Act with facilitating the collection
and dissemination of reference data on stranded marine mammals and
health trends of marine mammal populations in the wild. Through
cooperation with NMFS Regional Coordinators, local organizations and
state and local government officials respond to and collect valuable
data from stranded marine mammals as participants in the national
Marine Mammal Stranding Network. The John H. Prescott Marine Mammal
Rescue Assistance Grant Program is conducted by NOAA to provide Federal
assistance to eligible members of the Stranding Network to: (1) Support
basic needs of organizations for response, treatment, and data
collection from living and dead stranded marine mammals, (2) fund
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scientific research objectives designed to answer questions about
marine mammal strandings, health, or rehabilitation techniques
utilizing data from living and dead stranded marine mammals, and (3)
support facility operations directly related to the recovery or
treatment of stranded marine mammals and collection of data from living
or dead stranded marine mammals.
Funding Availability: This solicitation announces that
approximately $4,000,000 may be available for distribution under the FY
2010 annual competitive Prescott Grant Program.
Applicants are hereby given notice that these funds have not yet
been appropriated for this program. Therefore, exact dollar amounts
cannot be given. There is no guarantee that sufficient funds will be
available to make awards for all qualified projects. The maximum
Federal award for each grant cannot exceed $100,000, as is stated in
the legislative language 16 U.S.C. 1421f-1. Funds may be set aside from
the annual appropriation to provide for emergency assistance awards to
eligible stranding network participants. These emergency funds will be
available until expended. There is no limit on the number of proposals
that can be submitted by the same stranding network participant during
the 2010 competitive grant cycle. However, since there are insufficient
funds to award financial assistance to every member of the network,
organizations will receive no more than two awards per year as part of
the competitive program. The two awards must be for projects that are
clearly separate in their objectives, goals, and budget requests and
must be successful in the competitive review process. The two projects
should be completely independent (i.e., you will be able to carry out
either proposal even if the other does not receive funding). Eligible
researchers applying as Principal Investigators, but not independently
authorized under MMPA Section 112(c), MMPA Section 109(h) (50 CFR
216.22), or the National Contingency Plan for Response to Marine Mammal
Unusual Mortality Events, can only receive one award per year as part
of the competitive cycle.
Authorized stranding network participants and researchers may be
identified as Co-Investigators or collaborators on as many proposals as
needed as long as no more than 100 percent of their time is funded
through the Prescott Grant Program. In addition, Department of Commerce
(DOC) and Department of Interior (DOI) employees may act as
collaborators if they are responsible for performing analyses on data
or samples collected under a Prescott award. See the section entitled
Eligibility for information regarding the eligibility requirements.
There is no guarantee that sufficient funds will be available to
make awards for all qualified projects. Publication of this notice does
not oblige NOAA to award any specific project or to obligate any
available funds. If an application for a financial assistance award is
selected for funding, NOAA/NMFS has no obligation to provide any
additional funding in connection with that award in subsequent years
beyond the award period. If an applicant incurs any costs prior to
receiving an award agreement signed by an authorized NOAA official, the
applicant would do so solely at their own risk of these costs not being
included under the award.
Notwithstanding any verbal or written assurance that applicants
have received, pre-award costs are not allowed under the award unless
the Grants Officer approves them in accordance with 15 CFR 14.28.
Statutory Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1421f-1
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 11.439, Marine
Mammal Data Program.
Application Deadline: Applications must be received and validated
by Grants.gov, postmarked, or provided to a delivery service on or
before 11:59 p.m. EDT, October 5, 2009. Please note: Validation or
rejection of your application by Grants.gov may take up to 2 business
days after submission. Please consider this process in developing your
submission timeline. Applications received after the deadline will be
rejected/returned to the sender without further consideration. Use of
U.S. mail or another delivery service must be documented with a
receipt. No facsimile or electronic mail applications will be accepted.
Address for Submitting Proposals: Submit your application
electronically through Grants.gov at www.grants.gov. For those
applicants without Internet access submit your applications to:
Prescott Grant Program, NOAA/NMFS/Office of Protected Resources (F/PR),
1315 East-West Highway, Room 13620, Silver Spring, MD 20910.
Information Contacts: The point of contact is: Michelle Ordono,
Prescott Grant Program, NOAA/NMFS/Office of Protected Resources (F/PR),
1315 East-West Highway, Room 13620, Silver Spring, MD 20910; Phone:
(301) 713-2322; or e-mail at [email protected].
Eligibility: There are three categories of eligible stranding
network participants that may apply for funds under the Prescott Grant
Program: (1) Stranding Agreement (SA) holders or their designee
organizations; (2) holders of researcher authorization letters issued
by a NMFS Regional Administrator; and (3) eligible Federal, state, or
local government personnel or tribal personnel.
All applicants must currently be: 1. Active as an authorized
participant or researcher in the marine mammal stranding network; 2.
``In good standing;'' and 3. Not a current full or part-time employee
or contractor of DOC or DOI. To be ``in good standing,'' you must meet
all of the following criteria: 1. If the applicant is a designated
Principal Investigator of an MMPA and/or Endangered Species Act (ESA)
scientific research or enhancement permit holder, the applicant must
have fulfilled all permit requirements including submission of all
reports. The applicant must not have any pending or outstanding
enforcement actions under the MMPA or ESA. 2. Have complied with the
terms and responsibilities of the appropriate SA, MMPA Section 109(h)
authorization, or researcher authorization letter. This includes, but
is not limited to, the following reporting requirements: (a) Timely
reporting of strandings to NMFS; (b) timely submission of complete
reports on basic or Level A data to the Regional Coordinator (includes
investigator's name, species, stranding location, number of animals,
date and time of stranding and recovery, length and condition, and sex;
marine mammal parts retention or transfer; annual reports); and (c)
collecting information or samples as necessary and as requested. This
also includes the following coordination/cooperation requirements: (a)
Cooperation with state, local, and Federal officials; (b) cooperation
with state and local officials in the disposition of stranded marine
mammals; and (c) cooperation with other stranding network participants.
3. Have cooperated in a timely manner with NMFS in collecting and
submitting Level B (supplementary information regarding sample
collection related to life history and to the stranding event) and
Level C (necropsy results) data and samples, when requested. 4. Have no
current enforcement investigation for the take of marine mammals
contrary to MMPA/ESA regulations. 5. Have no record of a pending NMFS
notice of violation(s) regarding the policies governing the goals and
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Agreement, if applicable (e.g., probation, suspension, or termination).
In addition to these general criteria, organizations and
individuals must meet the following eligibility criteria specific to
their category of participation: 1. SA Holder Participant or SA
Designee Participant. SA participants must be holding a current
(active) SA for stranding response (either live or dead animal
response) or rehabilitation from a NMFS Regional Administrator or the
Assistant Administrator. SA Designee participants must be holding a
current (active) letter of designation from a NMFS SA holder, and
designees cannot request authorization for activities beyond the scope
of what is authorized by the SA to the letter holder. 2. Researcher
Participant. Researcher participants must be holding a current (active)
authorizing letter for the proposed award period from the NMFS Regional
Administrator or the Assistant Administrator to salvage stranded marine
mammal specimens and parts or samples therefrom for the purpose of
utilization in scientific research (50 CFR 216.22). Persons authorized
to salvage dead marine mammal specimens under this section must
register the salvage with the appropriate NMFS Regional Office within
30 days after the taking occurs. Researchers who are authorized under
an MMPA/ESA Scientific Research Permit must still obtain an authorizing
letter from the Regional Stranding Coordinator in order to use parts or
specimens from stranded animals. Researcher participants that would not
require an authorizing letter from the NMFS Regional Administrator
(i.e., they will be working with data only and not possessing samples
or specimens) must still provide a letter of eligibility from the
Regional Stranding Coordinator (see IV.B.8 in the Full Funding
Opportunity). Researcher participants must also have designated Co-
Investigator(s) that are active NMFS authorized stranding network
participants in good standing, and provide documentation to this
effect. 3. State, Local, Federal Government Employees or Tribal
Participants, State and local government officials or employees
participating pursuant to MMPA Section 109(h) (16 U.S.C. 1379(h)) for
marine mammal species not listed under the ESA must fulfill reporting
obligations outlined in 50 CFR 216.22. Government officials must be
involved in areas of geographic need (i.e., municipality or larger
region with no existing SA holder responder). Applicants must submit
the required documentation in their proposal (see Section IV,
Application and Submission Information in the Full Funding Opportunity)
as evidence that they are an SA holder or designee participant,
researcher participant, or a Federal, state, or local government
employee, or tribal participant at the time of the submission and
during the award period. All eligibility criteria specified for the
participant's category must be met in order for a proposal to be
considered for funding.
We support cultural and gender diversity in our programs and
encourage eligible women and minority individuals and groups to submit
proposals. Furthermore, we recognize the interest of the Secretaries of
Commerce and Interior in defining appropriate marine management
policies and programs that meet the needs of the U.S. insular areas. We
encourage proposals from eligible individuals, government entities,
universities, colleges, and businesses in U.S. insular areas as defined
by the MMPA (Section 3(14), 16 U.S.C. 1362). This includes the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U. S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa,
Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. We are
strongly committed to broadening the participation of Minority Serving
Institutions (MSIs), which include Historically Black Colleges and
Universities, Hispanic Serving Institutions, Tribal Colleges and
Universities, and institutions that work in underserved areas in our
programs. The DOC/NOAA/NMFS vision, mission, and goals are: To achieve
full participation by MSIs; to advance the development of human
potential; to strengthen the Nation's capacity to provide high-quality
education; and to increase opportunities for MSIs to participate in,
and benefit from, Federal financial assistance programs. The Prescott
Grant Program encourages all eligible applicants to include meaningful
participation of MSIs whenever practicable.
Applicants are not eligible to submit a proposal under this program
if they are an employee of the DOC or DOI. NOAA/NMFS employees (whether
full-time, part-time, or intermittent) are not allowed to help in the
preparation of proposals, except for providing information on data or
sample analyses as an identified collaborator/Co-Investigator in the
proposal. Since this is a competitive program, NOAA/NMFS employees
cannot provide assistance in conceptualizing, developing, or
structuring proposals, or write letters of support for any proposal.
However, for activities that involve collaboration with current NOAA
programs that include, but are not limited to, the National Marine
Mammal Tissue Bank (NMMTB) or laboratories conducting analysis of
tissues for contaminants, employees of NOAA or the National Institute
of Standards and Technology can write a letter verifying that they are
collaborating with the project, or that the organization or individual
applying is trained to participate in the NMMTB or is currently
participating in the National Marine Analytical Quality Assurance
Program. Proposals encompassing activities conducted under the
authority of a MMPA Scientific Research Permit issued to a DOC or DOI
organization (e.g., NMFS Regional Science Center) should include a copy
of the permit and a letter from the Principal Investigator (DOC/DOI
employee) verifying that the work is being conducted with their
approval. Federal employee travel costs or salaries are not allowable
costs under this program. MMHSRP staff (at the Regional and National
level) are available to provide information regarding statistics on
strandings; MMHSRP programmatic goals and objectives; ongoing marine
mammal programs; and regional funding priorities for the current and
previous Prescott solicitations. MMHSRP staff and other Federal Program
Officers can provide guidance on application procedures and proper
completion of required forms.
Unsatisfactory performance under prior or current Federal awards,
including delinquency in submitting progress and financial reports, may
result in proposals not being considered for funding under the 2010
Prescott Grant Program.
Cost Sharing Requirements: All proposals submitted must provide a
minimum non-Federal cost share of 25 percent of the total budget (i.e.,
.25 x total project costs = total non-Federal share). Therefore, the
total Federal share will be 75 percent or less of the total budget. For
a proposed total Federal share of $100,000, the minimum non-Federal
share is $33,334 (total budget of $133,334; .25 x $133, 334 = $33,334).
For a proposed total Federal share of $80,000, the minimum non-Federal
share is $26,667 (total budget of $106,667; .25 x $106,667 = $80,000).
Cost share must be an integer, so please round up. The applicant can
include a non-Federal cost share for more than 25 percent of the total
budget, but this obligation will be binding. In order to reduce
calculation error when determining the correct cost share amounts, we
urge all applicants to use the cost share calculator on the Prescott
Program webpage (http://
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www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/health/prescott/proposals/costshare.htm).
Legislation under which the Prescott Grant Program operates
requires this cost sharing, or non-Federal match, to leverage the
limited funds available for this program and to encourage partnerships
among government, private organizations, non-profit organizations, the
stranding network, and academia to address the needs of marine mammal
health and stranding response. If a proposal does not comply with these
cost share requirements, the proposal will not be returned to the
applicant and it will not be considered in this annual funding cycle.
Pursuant to 48 U.S.C. 1469a, match may be waived for applicants that
are residents in the U.S. insular areas (Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the U. S. Virgin Islands).
The Federal Program Officer will determine the appropriateness of
all non-Federal cost sharing proposals, including the valuation of in-
kind contributions, according to the regulations in 15 CFR 14.23 and
24.24. An in-kind contribution is a non-cash contribution, donated or
loaned, by a third party to the applicant.
In general, the value of in-kind services or property used to
fulfill a non-Federal cost share will be the fair market value of the
services or property. The fair market value is the cost of obtaining
such services or property, had they not been donated, or of obtaining
such services or property for the period of a loan. The applicant must
document the in-kind services or property used to fulfill the non-
Federal cost share. If we decide to fund a proposal, we will require
strict accounting of the in-kind contributions within the total non-
Federal cost share included in the award document. The Grants Officer
is the DOC official responsible for all business management and
administrative aspects of a grant and with delegated authority to
award, amend, administer, close out, suspend, and/or terminate awards.
The Grants Officer is the final approving authority for the award,
including the budget and any cost-sharing proposals.
Intergovernmental Review: Applications submitted under this program
are subject to the provisions of Executive Order (EO) 12372,
``Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs.'' Any applicant
submitting an application for funding is required to complete item 16
on SF-424 regarding clearance by the State Single Point of Contact
(SPOC) established as a result of EO 12372. For information on a
State's process under EO 12372, the SPOC's are listed in the Office of
Management and Budget's home page at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/spoc.html.
15. Protected Species Cooperative Conservation
Summary Description: States play an essential role in the
conservation and recovery of endangered and threatened species.
Protected species under the National Marine Fisheries Service's (NMFS)
jurisdiction may spend all or a part of their life-cycles in state
waters, and success in conserving these species will depend in large
part on working cooperatively with state agencies. The NMFS is
authorized to provide Federal assistance to eligible States to support
the development of conservation programs for marine and anadromous
species that reside within that State. This assistance, provided in the
form of grants through the Protected Species Cooperative Conservation
program, can be used to support conservation of endangered, threatened,
and candidate or proposed species, as well as post-delisting monitoring
of recovered species. Funded activities may include development and
implementation of management plans, scientific research, and public
education and outreach; proposals should address priority actions
identified in an ESA Recovery Plan, a State's ESA Section 6 Program, or
a State Wildlife Action Plan. Any State agency that has entered into or
applied for an agreement with the NMFS pursuant to section 6(c) of the
ESA is eligible to apply under this solicitation. Proposals focusing on
listed Pacific salmon will not be considered for funding under this
grant program; such projects can be considered under a NMFS Pacific
salmon grant program. This document describes how to submit proposals
for funding in fiscal year (FY) 2010 and how the NMFS will determine
which proposals will be funded; this document should be read in its
entirety, as some information has changed from the previous year.
Funding Availability: NOAA anticipates that up to $12 million may
be available for distribution under the FY 2010 PSCC program; awards
are expected to range between $500,000 and $2,000,000 in federal
funding per year. Applications requesting less than $200,000 in federal
funding per year may receive lower priority. The exact amount of funds
that may be awarded will be determined during pre-award negotiations
between the applicant and NOAA representatives. Funds have not yet been
appropriated for this program, and there is no guarantee that
sufficient funds will be available to make awards for all qualified
projects. Publication of this notice does not oblige NOAA to award any
specific grant proposal or to obligate any available funds. NOAA will
consider funding more than one project under a single application.
Applicants that bundle projects into a single application should ensure
that there is sufficient detail for each project as per the guidelines
and information requirements listed in this document if an application
is to be competitive. Bundled projects should address the same or
related species (e.g. shortnose and Atlantic sturgeon) or species that
share similar habitats to allow for appropriate review of the proposal.
There is no limit on the number of applications that can be submitted
by the same Principal Investigator, agency, or State. Multiple
applications submitted by the same applicant must, however, clearly
identify distinct projects. If an application for a financial
assistance award is selected for funding, NOAA has no obligation to
provide any additional funding in connection with that award in
subsequent years. Notwithstanding verbal or written assurance that may
have been received, pre-award costs are not allowed under the award
unless approved by the Grants Officer.
Statutory Authority: 16 U.S.C. 661 et seq.; 16 U.S.C. 1535.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 11.472,
Unallied Science Program.
Application Deadline: Applications must be received and validated
by Grants.gov, postmarked, or provided to a delivery service on or
before 11:59 p.m. EDT, October 5, 2009. Please note: Validation or
rejection of your application by Grants.gov may take up to 2 business
days after submission. Please consider this process in developing your
submission timeline. Applications received after the deadline will be
rejected/returned to the sender without further consideration. Use of
U.S. mail or another delivery service must be documented with a
receipt. No facsimile or electronic mail applications will be accepted.
Address for Submitting Proposals: Applications should be submitted
electronically through the Grants.gov Web site at http://www.grants.gov. NOAA strongly recommends that applicants do not wait
until the application deadline to begin the application process through
Grants.gov. To use Grants.gov, applicants must have a DUNS number and
register in the Central Contractor Registry (CCR). Applicants should
allow at least 5 business days to complete the CCR
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registration; registration is only required once. Also, it may take
Grants.gov up to two business days to validate or reject an
application. Please keep this in mind when developing your submission
timeline. Following submission of applications through Grants.gov,
applicants should receive two automated responses from Grants.gov: One
confirms receipt of the application; the other confirms that the
application has been forwarded to NOAA. If both confirmation messages
from Grants.gov are not received, applicants should contact both the
Grants.gov Helpdesk and the NMFS Office of Protected Resources to
confirm the application has been transmitted and received by NOAA. For
applicants lacking Internet access, hard copies may be submitted (by
postal mail or commercial delivery) to the NMFS Office of Protected
Resources, Attn: Lisa Manning, 1315 East-West Highway, SSMC3, Silver
Spring, MD 20910. Applications submitted by U.S. Postal Service must
have an official postmark; private metered postmarks are not
acceptable. Use of a delivery service other than U.S. mail must be
documented with a receipt. Paper applications should be printed on one
side only, on 8.5 inch x 11 inch paper, and not be bound in any manner.
A signed (in ink) SF 424 must be included. No facsimile or electronic
mail applications will be accepted.
Information Contacts: If you have any questions regarding this
proposal solicitation, please contact Lisa Manning at the NOAA/NMFS/
Office of Protected Resources, Endangered Species Division, 1315 East-
West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910, by phone at 301-713-1401, or by
e-mail at [email protected]. You may also contact one of the
following people in your region for further guidance: Amanda Johnson,
Northeast Regional Office [email protected], 978-282-8463); Karla
Reece, Southeast Regional Office [email protected], 727-824-5348);
Scott Rumsey, Northwest Regional Office [email protected], 503-872-
2791); Scott Hill, Southwest Regional Office [email protected], 562-
908-872-5348); Kaja Brix, Alaska Regional Office [email protected],
907-586-7824); Krista Graham, Pacific Islands Regional Office,
[email protected], 808-944-2238).
Eligibility: Eligible applicants are state agencies that have
entered into an agreement with NMFS pursuant to section 6(c) of the
ESA. The terms ``state'' and ``state agency'' are used as defined in
section 3 of the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1532). Currently eligible state
agencies are from the following states: Delaware, Florida, Georgia,
Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North
Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and
Washington. Any state agency that enters into a section 6(c) agreement
with NMFS within 60 days following the grant application deadline is
also eligible to apply. State agencies may apply for funding to conduct
work on federally listed species that are included in their ESA section
6 agreement and any species that has become a candidate or a proposed
species by the grant application deadline. State agencies may not apply
for funding to conduct work on federally listed species that are not
covered in their ESA section 6 agreement unless said species is added
to the agreement within 60 days following the grant application
deadline. Federal agencies or institutions are not eligible to receive
Federal assistance under this notice. In addition, NOAA and NMFS
employees shall not provide assistance in writing applications, write
letters of support for any application, or otherwise confer any unfair
advantage on a particular application. However, for activities
involving collaboration with current NMFS programs, NMFS employees can
write a letter verifying that they are collaborating with the project.
Cost Sharing Requirements: In accordance with section 6(d) of the
ESA, proposals must include a minimum non-Federal cost share of 25
percent of the total budget if the proposal involves a single state. If
a proposal involves collaboration of two or more states, the minimum
non-Federal cost share decreases to 10 percent of the total project
budget. The project proposal and budget should reflect the work and
responsibilities to be carried out by each of the cooperating states.
The non-Federal cost share should be identified in the project budget
(and on the SF-424A) and may include in-kind contributions according to
the regulations at 15 CFR part 24. Match requirements of section 6(d)
of the ESA do not apply to insular areas covered by the Omnibus Insular
Areas Act of 1977 (48 U.S.C. 1469a) including Guam, American Samoa,
Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Intergovernmental Review: Applications under this program are
subject to Executive Order 12372, ``Intergovernmental Review of Federal
Programs.''
National Ocean Service (NOS)
1. 2010 NOAA Coral Reef Management Grant Program
Summary Description: The NOAA Coral Reef Management Grant Program,
as authorized under the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000, provides
matching grants to the Governor appointed point of contact agencies for
the jurisdictions of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI),
Florida, Hawaii, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
(CNMI), and American Samoa for State and Territory Coral Reef
Management activities. The objective of the NOAA Coral Reef Management
Grant program is to support comprehensive management programs for the
conservation of coral reef ecosystems in these jurisdictions.
Funding Availability: Funding up to $2,700,000 is expected to be
available from NOAA/CRCP for cooperative agreements to support priority
coral reef management activities that address areas 1-10 in the Federal
Funding Opportunity. There is no appropriation of funds at this time
and the final funding amount will be subject to the availability of
federal appropriations. Support in out-years following FY 2010 is
likewise contingent upon the availability of future funding and the
requirements of the Federal agency supporting the project. Each
eligible jurisdiction can apply for a maximum of $600,000. A minimum of
50% of the final award amount must be dedicated to the implementation
and support of the Local Action Strategy initiative and/or the outcomes
of the state and territory coral reef management priority setting
processes. In certain instances, when requested by the applicant, NOAA
may hold back a portion of any awarded funds in order to provide
specific coral reef conservation technical assistance in the form of
contractual or other services. This will only be allowed where such
priority technical assistance and/or the lack of sufficient means to
deliver it are unavailable at the local level. Such requests proposed
herein will be reviewed on a case by case basis with respect to the
specific management objectives of this and the local coral reef
program. If all funds that become available after Congressional
appropriation are not awarded, NOAA will consult with the eligible
applicants on the use of any residual funds. NOAA will work with each
jurisdiction to ensure the greatest degree of success in meeting local,
state, territorial and national coral reef management needs.
Statutory Authority: Authority for the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation
Grant Program is provided by Section 6403
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(Coral Reef Conservation Program) of the Coral Reef Conservation Act of
2000 (16 U.S.C. 6401 et seq.).
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 11.419,
Coastal Zone Management Administration Awards.
Application Deadline: Pre-applications must be received no later
than 5 p.m. EST on Monday, November 30, 2009. A pre-application must be
submitted for review in order to submit a full application. Final
applications must be received and validated by Grants.gov, postmarked,
or provided to a delivery service on or before 5 p.m. ET, March 12,
2010. Please note: Validation or rejection of your application by
Grants.gov may take up to 2 business days after submission. Please
consider this process in developing your submission timeline.
Applications received after the deadline will be rejected/returned to
the sender without further consideration. Use of U.S. mail or another
delivery service must be documented with a receipt. No facsimile or
electronic mail applications will be accepted.
Address for Submitting Proposals: If Internet access is not
available, submissions by surface mail should be sent to Jenny Waddell,
1305 East West Highway, 10th Floor, N/ORM, Silver Spring, MD 20910, or
telephone 301-713-3155 extension 150. Final applications must be
submitted electronically to: www.grants.gov, the Federal grants portal.
If Internet access is unavailable, hard copies can be submitted to
Jenny Waddell, 1305 East West Highway, 10th Floor, N/ORM, Silver
Spring, MD 20910, or telephone 301-713-3155 extension 150.
Information Contacts: Technical point of contact for State and
Territory Coral Reef Management is Jenny Waddell, 1305 East West
Highway, 10th Floor, N/ORM, Silver Spring, MD 20910, or telephone 301-
713-3155 extension 150.
Eligibility: Eligible applicants are the governor-appointed point
of contact agencies for coral reef activities in each of the
jurisdictions of American Samoa, Florida, the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the U.S.
Virgin Islands.
Cost Sharing Requirements: As per section 6403(b)(1) of the Coral
Reef Conservation Act of 2000, Federal funds for any coral conservation
project funded under this Program may not exceed 50 percent of the
total cost of the projects. Therefore, any coral conservation project
under this program requires a 1:1 match. Match can come from a variety
of public and private sources and can include in-kind goods and
services such as private boat use and volunteer labor. Federal sources
cannot be considered for matching funds, but can be described in the
budget narrative to demonstrate additional leverage. Applicants are
permitted to combine contributions from multiple non-federal partners
in order to meet the 1:1 match requirement, as long as such
contributions are not being used to match any other funds.
Applicants must specify in their proposal the source(s) of match
and may be asked to provide letters of commitment to confirm stated
match contributions. Applicants whose proposals are selected for
funding will be bound by the percentage of cost sharing reflected in
the award document signed by the NOAA Grants Officer. Applicants should
be prepared to carefully document matching contributions for each
project selected to be funded. As per section 6403(b)(2) of the Coral
Reef Conservation Act of 2000, the NOAA Administrator may waive all or
part of the matching requirement if the Administrator determines that
the project meets the following two requirements: 1. No reasonable
means are available through which an applicant can meet the matching
requirement, and, 2. The probable benefit of such project outweighs the
public interest in such matching requirement. In the case of a waiver
request, the applicant must provide a detailed justification explaining
the need for the waiver including attempts to obtain sources of
matching funds, how the benefit of the project outweighs the public
interest in providing match, and any other extenuating circumstances
preventing the availability of match. Match waiver requests including
the appropriate justification should be submitted as part of the final
application package. Notwithstanding any other provisions herein, and
in accordance with 48 U.S.C. 1469a(d), the Program shall waive any
requirement for local matching funds for any project under $200,000
(including in-kind contribution) to the governments of Insular Areas,
defined as the jurisdictions of the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American
Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Please
Note: eligible applicants choosing to apply 48 U.S.C. 1469a(d)should
note the use of the waiver and the total amount of funds requested to
be waived in the matching funds section of the respective application.
Intergovernmental Review: Applications under this program are not
subject to Executive Order 12372, Intergovernmental Review of Federal
Programs.
2. 2010 NOAA Coral Reef Monitoring Grant Program
Summary Description: The NOAA Coral Reef Monitoring Grant Program,
as authorized under the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000, provides
matching grants to Governor appointed point of contact agencies for the
jurisdictions of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI), Florida,
Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands (CNMI), the Republic of Palau, the Federated States of
Micronesia (including Chuuk, Yap, Kosrae, and Pohnpei), and the
Republic of the Marshall Islands to support State and Territory Coral
Reef Monitoring activities in these jurisdictions.
Funding Availability: NCCOS may provide approximately $1,100,000 in
funding for FY 2010 to support coral reef ecosystem monitoring
activities under this program. FY 2010 awards to Puerto Rico, Florida,
U.S. Virgin Islands, Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth
of the Northern Mariana Islands are expected to range from $50,000 to
$130,000. FY 2010 awards to the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM--
including Chuuk, Yap, Kosrae, and Pohnpei), Republic of Palau, and the
Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) are expected to be approximately
$30,000 per year. Funding will be subject to the availability of
federal appropriations. FY 2010 grant seekers may submit proposals up
to three years in duration, at funding levels specified above (i.e., up
to $90,000 for three year proposals for Palau, FSM, and RMI, and up to
$390,000 for three year proposals for all other eligible applicants).
In certain instances, when requested by the applicant and agreed upon
by NOAA, NOAA may hold back a portion of any awarded funds in order to
provide specific technical assistance in the form of contractual or
other services. This will only be allowed where such priority technical
assistance and/or the lack of sufficient means to deliver it are
unavailable at the local level. Such requests proposed herein will be
reviewed on a case by case basis with respect to the specific
management objectives of this and the local coral reef program. If all
available funds are not awarded, NOAA will consult with the eligible
applicants on the use of any residual funds. NOAA will work with each
jurisdiction to ensure the greatest degree of success in meeting local,
state, territorial, and national coral reef
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monitoring needs in support of coral reef management objectives.
Statutory Authority: Authority for the NOAA Coral Reef Monitoring
Grant Program is provided by Section 6403 (Coral Reef Conservation
Program) of the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 6401 et
seq.).
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 11.426,
Financial Assistance for National Centers for Central Coastal Ocean
Science.
Application Deadline: Pre-applications must be received no later
than 5 p.m. EST on Friday, November 20, 2009. A pre-application must be
submitted for review in order to submit a full application. Final
applications must be received and validated by Grants.gov, postmarked,
or provided to a delivery service on or before 5 p.m. EST, February 19,
2010. Please note: Validation or rejection of your application by
Grants.gov may take up to 2 business days after submission. Please
consider this process in developing your submission timeline.
Applications received after the deadline will be rejected/returned to
the sender without further consideration.
Address for Submitting Proposals: Pre-applications must be sent to
[email protected] or to Jenny Waddell, NOAA National Ocean Service,
1305 East-West Highway, SSMC4, N/ORM, Silver Spring, MD 20910. All
invited final applications should be submitted via www.grants.gov the
Federal grants portal. If the applicant does not have Internet access,
the applicant may submit by surface mail, one original and two signed
copies of the Federal financial assistance forms along with the final
application. Applicants should consider the delivery time when
submitting their applications from international or remote areas. Use
of U.S. mail or another delivery service must be documented with a
receipt. No facsimile or electronic mail applications will be accepted.
Information Contacts: The technical point of contact for State and
Territory Coral Reef Monitoring is Jenny Waddell. She can be reached at
301-713-3155 extension 150 or by e-mail at [email protected].
Eligibility: Eligible applicants are limited to a natural resource
management agency in each U.S. State or Territory, or an appropriate
non-governmental agency in the case of the Freely Associated States,
with jurisdiction over and an ability to monitor the condition of coral
reefs, as designated by the respective governors or other applicable
senior jurisdictional official. Applicants from the Freely Associated
States must also provide a letter of support from their respective
officially-designated coral reef point of contact to ensure that the
proposed activities are coordinated with other ongoing coral reef
conservation efforts.
NOAA is requesting proposals from Puerto Rico, Florida, U.S. Virgin
Islands, Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of
Palau, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
Federal agencies are not eligible for funding under this Program.
Furthermore, to be eligible for FY 2010 funding, applicants previously
receiving funds under this program must have made significant progress
implementing those tasks and met data submission deadlines, including
all performance and fiscal reporting requirements and data transfers.
Cost Sharing Requirements: As per section 6403(b)(1) of the Coral
Reef Conservation Act of 2000, Federal funds for any coral conservation
project funded under this Program may not exceed 50 percent of the
total cost of the projects. Therefore, any coral conservation project
under this program requires a 1:1 match. Federal funds from NOAA or
other Federal agencies may not be considered as matching funds.
Matching funds must be from non-Federal sources and can include in-kind
contributions and other non-cash support.
NOAA strongly encourages applicants to leverage as much investment
as possible. As per section 6403(b)(2) of the Coral Reef Conservation
Act of 2000, the NOAA Administrator may waive all or part of the
matching requirement if the Administrator determines that the project
meets the following two requirements: 1. No reasonable means are
available through which an applicant can meet the matching requirement,
and, 2. The probable benefit of such project outweighs the public
interest in such matching requirement. Applicants must specify in their
proposal the source and may be asked to provide letters of commitment
to confirm stated match contributions. In the case of a waiver request,
the applicant must provide a detailed justification explaining the need
for the waiver including attempts to obtain sources of matching funds,
how the benefit of the project outweighs the public interest in
providing match, and any other extenuating circumstances preventing the
availability of match. Notwithstanding any other provisions herein, and
in accordance with 48 U.S.C. 1469a(d), the Program shall waive any
requirement for local matching funds for any project under $200,000
(including in-kind contribution) to the governments of Insular Areas,
defined as the jurisdictions of the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American
Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Please
Note: eligible applicants choosing to apply 48 U.S.C. 1469a(d) should
note the use and amount in the matching funds section of the respective
application.
Intergovernmental Review: Applications under this program are not
subject to Executive Order 12372, Intergovernmental Review of Federal
Programs.
3. Coastal Hypoxia Research Program (CHRP)
Summary Description: The purpose of this document is to advise the
public that NOAA is soliciting proposals for projects of 2 to 5 years
in duration that advance understanding, prediction, and management of
the causes and ecological and economic impacts of hypoxia in
representative coastal ecosystems. Funding is contingent upon the
availability of Fiscal Year 2010 Federal appropriations. It is
anticipated that final recommendations for funding under this
announcement will be made by early Calendar Year 2010, and that
projects funded under this announcement will have an August 1, 2010
start date.
Background Information about the needs and priorities for research
related to hypoxia in U.S. coastal waters is available in: 1. An
Assessment of Coastal Hypoxia and Eutrophication in U.S. Waters (2003),
Committee on Environment and Natural Resources. (Report prepared
pursuant to Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act):
http://www.nccos.noaa.gov/publications/hypoxia.pdf; 2. A Scientific
Assessment of Hypoxia in US Coastal Waters (2009) (updated version of
An Assessment of Coastal Hypoxia and Eutrophication in U.S. Waters),
available soon at either http://www.cop.noaa.gov/stressors/extremeevents/hab/habhrca/Report_Plans.html or http://ocean.ceq.gov/about/sup_jsost_iwgs.html; 3. Effects of Nutrient Enrichment in the
Nation's Estuaries: A Decade of Change (2007): http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/publications/eutroupdate/. 4. Priority Topics for
Nutrient Pollution in Coastal Waters: An Integrated National Research
Program for the United States (2003), Howarth et al. NOAA/NCCOS, in
cooperation with the National Science Foundation, United States
Department of Agriculture
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and United States Geological Survey: http://www.nccos.noaa.gov/documents/nutrientpollution.pdf; 5. Gulf of Mexico Alliance (GOMA)
documents http://www.gulfofmexicoalliance.org/; and 6. CSCOR's CHRP Web
site describing past and current projects and program priorities:
http://www.cop.noaa.gov/stressors/pollution/current/chrp.html.
Funding Availability: Funding is contingent upon availability of
Federal appropriations. NOAA is committed to continual improvement of
the grants process and accelerating the award of financial assistance
to qualified recipients in accordance with the recommendations of the
Business Process Reengineering Team. In order to fulfill these
responsibilities, this solicitation announces that award amounts will
not exceed $350,000 per project per year with project durations from 2
to 5 years (except for the Gulf of Mexico projects which, given the
timetable outlined in the GOMA framework described in the Governors'
Action Plan (http://www.gulfofmexicoalliance.org/), should be completed
in no more than 4 years). It is anticipated that 4 to 8 total projects
will be funded, including 1 to 2 projects submitted under the Gulf of
Mexico Regional Subcomponent and 3 to 6 projects from other regions.
Proposals for the Gulf of Mexico Regional Subcomponent will be
evaluated separately from other regions. Support in out years after FY
2010 is contingent upon the availability of funds. Applicants are
hereby given notice that funds have not yet been appropriated for this
program. In no event will NOAA or the Department of Commerce be
responsible for proposal preparation costs if this program fails to
receive funding or is cancelled because of other agency priorities.
There is no guarantee that sufficient funds will be available to make
awards for all qualified projects. Publication of this notice does not
oblige NOAA to award any specific project or to obligate any available
funds. If one incurs any costs prior to receiving an award agreement
signed by an authorized NOAA official, one would do so solely at ones
own risk of these costs not being included under the award. Recipients
and subrecipients are subject to all Federal laws and agency policies,
regulations and procedures applicable to Federal financial assistance
awards.
Statutory Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1442 and Public Law 105-383 title
VI, Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3447.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 11.478, Center
for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research--Coastal Ocean Program.
Application Deadline: Applications must be received and validated
by Grants.gov, postmarked, or provided to a delivery service on or
before 3 p.m. ET, October 14, 2009. Please note: Validation or
rejection of your application by Grants.gov may take up to 2 business
days after submission. Please consider this process in developing your
submission timeline. Applications received after the deadline will be
rejected/returned to the sender without further consideration. Use of
U.S. mail or another delivery service must be documented with a
receipt. No facsimile or electronic mail applications will be accepted.
Address for Submitting Proposals: Applications must be submitted
through www.grants.gov, unless an applicant does not have Internet
access. In that case, hard copies with original signatures may be sent
to: Laura J. Golden, 1305 East West Hwy., Routing Code: N/SCI2,
Building: SSMC4, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3278.
Information Contacts: Technical Information: Libby Jewett Program
Manager, 301-713-3338 ext 121, Internet: [email protected].
Business Management Information: Laurie Golden, NCCOS/CSCOR Grants
Administrator, 301-713-3338/ext 151, Internet: [email protected].
Eligibility: Eligible applicants are institutions of higher
education, other non-profits, state, local, Indian Tribal Governments,
commercial organizations and Federal agencies that possess the
statutory authority to receive financial assistance. Please note that:
(1) NCCOS/CSCOR will not fund any Federal Full Time Employee (FTE)
salaries, but will fund travel, equipment, supplies, and contractual
personnel costs associated with the proposed work. (2) Researchers must
be employees of an eligible entity listed above; and proposals must be
submitted through that entity. Non-Federal researchers should comply
with their institutional requirements for proposal submission. (3) Non-
NOAA Federal applicants will be required to submit certifications or
documentation showing that they have specific legal authority to
receive funds from the Department of Commerce (DOC) for this research.
(4) NCCOS/CSCOR will accept proposals that include foreign researchers
as collaborators with a researcher who has met the above stated
eligibility requirements. (5) Non-Federal researchers affiliated with
NOAA-University Cooperative/Joint Institutes should comply with joint
institutional requirements; they will be funded through grants either
to their institutions or to joint institutes.
Cost Sharing Requirements: None Required.
Intergovernmental Review: Applications under this program are not
subject to Executive Order 12372, Intergovernmental Review of Federal
Programs.
4. FY 2010 Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) Hawaii Program
Summary Description: This federal funding opportunity meets NOAA's
mission goals to: (1) Protect, restore and manage the use of coastal
and ocean resources through ecosystems-based management, and (2)
understand climate variability and change to enhance society's ability
to plan and respond. The purpose for this financial assistance will
support NOAA's goal by developing a well-informed citizenry involved in
decision-making that positively impacts our coastal, marine and
watershed ecosystems in the State of Hawaii.
This opportunity is a competitively-based grant that provides
funding to assist in the development of new programs, encourage
innovative partnerships among environmental education programs and
support geographically targeted programs to advance environmental
education efforts that complement national and state school
requirements. The B-WET Hawaii Program is an environmental education
program that promotes locally relevant, experiential learning in the K-
12 environment on priority topics, such understanding climate change,
earth sciences and community resilience to hazards. Funded projects
provide meaningful watershed educational experiences for students,
related professional development for teachers, and support regional
education and environmental priorities.
Funding Availability: This solicitation announces that
approximately $1,000,000 may be available in FY 2010 in award amounts
to be determined by the proposals and available funds. The NOAA Pacific
Services Center anticipates that approximately 5 to 15 grants will be
awarded with these funds, pending availability of funds. Applicants are
hereby given notice that funds have not yet been appropriated for this
program. It is anticipated that typical project awards for NOAA Mission
Goals 1 and 2 will range from approximately $10,000 to $100,000.
Applications requesting Federal support from NOAA of more than $100,000
total will not be considered for review or funding. There is no
guarantee that sufficient funds will be available to make awards for
all qualified projects. The exact amount of funds that may be
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awarded will be determined in pre-award negotiations between the
applicant and NOAA representatives. Publication of this notice does not
oblige NOAA to award any specific project or to obligate any available
funds. If applicants incur any costs prior to an award being made, they
do so at their own risk of not being reimbursed by the government.
Notwithstanding verbal or written assurance that may have been
received, there is no obligation on the part of NOAA to cover pre-award
costs unless approved by the Grants Officer as part of the terms when
the award is made.
Statutory Authority: 15 U.S.C. 1540; 33 U.S.C. 892a(a).
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 11.473,
Coastal Services Center.
Application Deadline: Applications must be received and validated
by Grants.gov, postmarked, or provided to a delivery service on or
before 5:59 p.m. Hawaii Time, August 31, 2009. Please note: Validation
or rejection of your application by Grants.gov may take up to 2
business days after submission. Please consider this process in
developing your submission timeline. Applications received after the
deadline will be rejected/returned to the sender without further
consideration. Use of U.S. mail or another delivery service must be
documented with a receipt. No facsimile or electronic mail applications
will be accepted.
Address for Submitting Proposals: Applications must be submitted
through www.grants.gov, unless an applicant does not have Internet
access. In that case, application packages may be hand delivered or
sent to: NOAA Pacific Services Center, 737 Bishop Street, Suite 1550,
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813, ATTN: Stephanie Bennett. The postmark will be
used to determine the timeliness of the proposal. Applicants submitting
hard copy applications must submit one (1) hard copy of the entire
application package, a CD copy of the package, including all forms with
original signatures. No e-mail or fax copies will be accepted.
Proposals received after the deadline will not be accepted.
Information Contacts: For administrative and technical questions,
contact Stephanie Bennett, Federal Program Officer at NOAA Pacific
Services Center, 737 Bishop Street, Suite 1550, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
or by phone at (808) 522-7481, or via e-mail at
[email protected].
Eligibility: Eligible applicants are K-12 public and independent
schools and school systems, institutions of higher education,
commercial and nonprofit organizations, state or local government
agencies, and Indian tribal governments. Individual applicants and
Federal agencies are not eligible. Federal agencies are not allowed to
receive funds under this announcement but may serve as collaborative
project partners. The Department of Commerce/National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (DOC/NOAA) is strongly committed to
broadening the participation of historically Black Colleges and
Universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, Tribal colleges and
universities, Alaskan Native and Native Hawaiian institutions, and
institutions that service undeserved areas.
Cost Sharing Requirements: No cost sharing is required under this
program, however, the NOAA Pacific Services Center strongly encourages
applicants to share as much of the costs of the award as possible.
Funds from other Federal sources may not be considered matching funds.
The nature of the contribution (cash versus in-kind) and the amount of
matching funds will be taken into consideration in the review process
with cash being the preferred method of contribution.
Intergovernmental Review: Funding applications under the Center are
subject to Executive Order 12372, Intergovernmental Review of Federal
Programs. It is the state agency's responsibility to contact their
state's Single Point of Contact (SPCO) to find out about and comply
with the state's process under EO 12372. To assist the applicant, the
names and addresses of the SPOCs are listed on the Office of Management
and Budget's Web site http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/spoc.html.
5. FY 2010 California Bay Watershed Education and Training Program
Summary Description: The California B-WET grant program is a
competitively based program that supports existing environmental
education programs, fosters the growth of new programs, and encourages
the development of partnerships among environmental education programs
throughout the San Francisco Bay, Monterey Bay, and Santa Barbara
Channel watersheds. Projects support organizations that provide
students ``meaningful'' watershed educational experiences and teachers
professional development opportunities in the area of environmental
education.
Funding Availability: This solicitation announces that
approximately $2,000,000 may be available in FY 2010 in award amounts
to be determined by the proposals and available funds. About $850,000
will be made available to the San Francisco Bay area, about $700,000
will be made available to the Monterey Bay area, and about $450,000
will be made available to the Santa Barbara area. The NOAA Office of
National Marine Sanctuaries anticipates that approximately 35 grants
will be awarded with these funds. The California B-WET Program should
not be considered a long-term source of funds; applicants must
demonstrate how ongoing programs, once initiated, will be sustained.
The NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries anticipates that typical
project awards for Meaningful Watershed Experiences and Professional
Development in the Area of Environmental Education for Teachers will
range from $30,000 to $60,000. Proposals will be considered for funds
greater than the specified ranges if there is sufficient demonstration
that the project requires additional funds and/or if the proposal
includes multiple partners. There is no guarantee that sufficient funds
will be available to make awards for all qualified projects. The exact
amount of funds that may be awarded will be determined in pre-award
negotiations between the applicant and NOAA representatives.
Publication of this notice does not oblige NOAA to award any specific
project or to obligate any available funds. If applicants incur any
costs prior to an award being made, they do so at their own risk of not
being reimbursed by the government. Notwithstanding verbal or written
assurance that may have been received, there is no obligation on the
part of NOAA to cover pre-award costs unless approved by the Grants
Officer as part of the terms when the award is made.
Statutory Authority: Under 33 U.S.C 893a(a), the Administrator of
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is authorized to
conduct, develop, support, promote, and coordinate formal and informal
educational activities at all levels to enhance public awareness and
understanding of ocean, coastal, Great Lakes, and atmospheric science
and stewardship by the general public and other coastal stakeholders,
including underrepresented groups in ocean and atmospheric science and
policy careers. In conducting those activities, the Administrator shall
build upon the educational programs and activities of the agency.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 11.429, Marine
Sanctuary Program.
Application Deadline: Applications must be received and validated
by Grants.gov, postmarked, or provided to
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a delivery service on or before 5 p.m. PDT, October 8, 2009. Please
note: Validation or rejection of your application by Grants.gov may
take up to 2 business days after submission. Please consider this
process in developing your submission timeline. Applications received
after the deadline will be rejected/returned to the sender without
further consideration. Use of U.S. mail or another delivery service
must be documented with a receipt. No facsimile or electronic mail
applications will be accepted.
Address for Submitting Proposals: Applications must be received and
validated by Grants.gov. For applicants without Internet service
applications should be sent to: Seaberry Nachbar, Monterey Bay National
Marine Sanctuary office; 299 Foam Street, Monterey, CA 93940.
Information Contacts: Please visit the National Marine Sanctuaries
CA B-WET Web site at: http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/news/bwet/welcome.html or contact Seaberry Nachbar, Monterey Bay National Marine
Sanctuary office; 299 Foam Street, Monterey, CA 93940, or by phone at
831-647-4201, or fax to 831-647-4250, or via Internet at
[email protected].
Eligibility: Eligible applicants are K-through-12 public and
independent schools and school systems, institutions of higher
education, nonprofit organizations, state or local government agencies,
and Indian tribal governments. The Department of Commerce/National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (DOC/NOAA) is strongly committed
to broadening the participation of historically black colleges and
universities, Hispanic Serving institutions, tribal colleges and
universities, and institutions that service undeserved areas.
The NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries encourages proposals
involving any of the above institutions.
Cost Sharing Requirements: No cost sharing is required under this
program; however, the NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
strongly encourages applicants applying for either area of interest to
share as much of the costs of the award as possible.
Funds from other Federal awards may not be considered matching
funds. The nature of the contribution (cash versus in-kind) and the
amount of matching funds will be taken into consideration in the review
process with cash being the preferred method of contribution.
Intergovernmental Review: Applications under this program are not
subject to Executive Order 12372, Intergovernmental Review of Federal
Programs.
6. Harmful Algal Blooms Program
Summary Description: The purpose of this document is to advise the
public that NOAA is soliciting proposals for the interagency Ecology
and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms Program (ECOHAB), the NOAA
Monitoring and Event Response for Harmful Algal Blooms Program
(MERHAB), and the NOAA Prevention, Control, and Mitigation of Harmful
Algal Blooms Program (PCMHAB).
ECOHAB Objectives
ECOHAB aims to develop quantitative understanding of HABs and,
where applicable, their toxins in relation to the surrounding
environment with the intent of providing new information and tools,
predictive models and forecasts, and prevention strategies and to
develop models of trophic transfer of toxins, knowledge of biosynthesis
and metabolism of toxins, and assessment of impacts of toxins on higher
trophic levels. Information in these areas, in turn, supports a
critical goal of the ECOHAB program, the development of reliable models
to forecast bloom development, persistence, toxicity, and impacts.
Research results will be used directly to guide management of coastal
resources to reduce HAB development, impacts, and future threats and
will feed into other HAB programs for development of tools to improve
HAB management and response.
MERHAB Objectives
The principal objective of MERHAB is to build capacity of local,
state, and tribal governments, and the private sector, for less costly
and more precise and comprehensive monitoring of HAB cells and toxins,
and for responding to HAB events. With these advances, State programs
will be better able to take preventative actions (e.g. increase
monitoring efforts, close shellfish beds, warn affected communities) to
safeguard the public health, local economies, and fisheries. Further
advancements will assist the wildlife health communities respond to
HAB-related mortalities. As a result of the MERHAB Program, managers
will be able to mitigate the expanding HAB problems in their coastal
regions and be better positioned, especially during difficult state
fiscal climates, to request long-term support from local, state,
regional or Federal funding sources.
PCMHAB Objectives
The PCM HAB program will transition promising technologies and
strategies for preventing, controlling, or mitigating HABs and their
impacts from development through demonstration and technology transfer
for field application by end-users. The technologies will arise from
HAB research conducted by the two existing national HAB programs,
ECOHAB and MERHAB, or other research programs which conduct some HAB
research. The purpose is to develop new tools to improve HAB management
and response.
Funding Availability: Funding is contingent upon availability of
Federal appropriations. NOAA is committed to continual improvement of
the grants process and accelerating the award of financial assistance
to qualified recipients in accordance with the recommendations of the
Business Process Reengineering Team. In order to fulfill these
responsibilities, this solicitation announces that award amounts will
be determined by the proposals and available funds. The following
program-specific guidelines for budget requests are provided. (1)
ECOHAB Targeted: $100,000-$250,000/yr not including ship time (2)
MERHAB Targeted: $100,000-$250,000/yr not including ship time (3)
ECOHAB Regional: $1,000,000/yr, not including ship time (4) MERHAB
Regional: $600,000/yr, not including ship time (5) PCM HAB: $100,000-
$600,000/yr, not including ship time. Budget requests that exceed the
guidelines will need to be specifically justified. Project periods may
be modified after review due to the availability of Federal
appropriations. It is anticipated that 1-3 regional-scale ECOHAB or
MERHAB projects and 4-15 targeted ECOHAB, targeted MERHAB or PCM HAB
projects will be funded. Applicants are hereby given notice that funds
have not yet been appropriated for this program. In no event will NOAA
or the Department of Commerce be responsible for proposal preparation
costs if this program fails to receive funding or is cancelled because
of other agency priorities. There is no guarantee that sufficient funds
will be available to make awards for all qualified projects.
Publication of this notice does not oblige NOAA to award any
specific project or to obligate any available funds. If one incurs any
costs prior to receiving an award agreement signed by an authorized
NOAA official, one would do so solely at ones own risk of these costs
not being included under the award. Publication of this notice does not
obligate any agency to any specific award or to obligate any part of
the entire amount of funds available. Project periods may be modified
after review due to the availability of federal appropriations.
Recipients and subrecipients are subject to all Federal laws and
agency
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policies, regulations and procedures applicable to Federal financial
assistance awards.
Statutory Authority: ECOHAB: 16 U.S.C. 1456C; 33 U.S.C. 883d; 33
U.S.C. 1442; 15 U.S.C. 1540; Pub. L. 105-383, as amended by Pub. L.
108-456. MERHAB HAB: 16 U.S.C. 1456C; 33 U.S.C. 883d; 33 U.S.C. 1442;
15 U.S.C. 1540; Pub. L. 105-383, as amended by Pub. L. 108-456. PCM
HAB: 16 U.S.C. 1456C; 33 U.S.C. 883d; 33 U.S.C. 1442; 15 U.S.C. 1540;
Pub. L. 105-383, as amended by Pub. L. 108-456.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 11.478, Center
for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research--Coastal Ocean Program.
Application Deadline: Applications must be received and validated
by Grants.gov on or before 3 p.m. ET on October 14, 2009. Please note:
Validation or rejection of your application by Grants.gov may take up
to 2 business days after submission. Please consider this process in
developing your submission timeline. Letters of Intent (LOI) for all
Competitions, although not required, should be received by 5 p.m.
Eastern Time, August 17, 2009.
Address for Submitting Proposals: LOIs should be submitted by e-
mail to the identified NOAA Program Manager listed in the Agency
Contact section. If an applicant does not have Internet access, LOI
hard copies may be sent to the Program Managers. Hard copies LOIs
should be sent to NOAA Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research,
1305 East-West Highway, SSMC4, Mail Station 8218, 8th floor, Silver
Spring, MD 20910 or faxed to 301-713-04044. Please allow two weeks
after receipt for a response.
Applications must be received and validated by Grants.gov. For
applicants without Internet service applications should be sent to:
NOAA Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research, 1305 East-West
Highway, SSMC4, Mail Station 8218, 8th floor, Silver Spring, MD 20910.
Information Contacts: Technical Information--ECOHAB: Quay Dortch,
ECOHAB Coordinator, 301/713-3338 ext 157, [email protected]. MERHAB:
Marc Suddleson, MERHAB Program Manager, 301/713-3338 ext 162,
[email protected]. PCM: Quay Dortch, Acting PCM Program Manager,
301/713-3338 ext 157, [email protected]. Business Management
Information: Laurie Golden, NCCOS/CSCOR Grants Administrator, 301-713-
3338/ext 151, Internet: [email protected].
Eligibility: Eligible applicants are institutions of higher
education, other non-profits, state, local, Indian Tribal Governments,
commercial organizations, and Federal agencies that possess the
statutory authority to receive financial assistance. Please note that:
(1) NCCOS/CSCOR will not fund any Federal Full Time Employee (FTE)
salaries, but will fund travel, equipment, supplies, and contractual
personnel costs associated with the proposed work. (2) Researchers must
be employees of an eligible entity listed above; and proposals must be
submitted through that entity. Non-Federal researchers should comply
with their institutional requirements for proposal submission. (3) Non-
NOAA Federal applicants will be required to submit certifications or
documentation showing that they have specific legal authority to
receive funds from the Department of Commerce (DOC) for this research.
(4) NCCOS/CSCOR will accept proposals that include foreign researchers
as collaborators with a researcher who has met the above stated
eligibility requirements. (5) Non-Federal researchers affiliated with
NOAA-University Cooperative/Joint Institutes should comply with joint
institutional requirements; they will be funded through grants either
to their institutions or to joint institutes.
Cost Sharing Requirements: None required.
Intergovernmental Review: Applications under this program are not
subject to Executive Order 12372, Intergovernmental Review of Federal
Programs.
7. NOAA International Coral Reef Grant Program
Summary Description: The NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Grant
Program, as authorized under the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000,
provides matching grants of financial assistance for international
coral reef conservation projects. The Program solicits proposals under
three funding categories: (1) Support Planning for Effective Marine
Protected Area Management; (2) Encourage the Development of National
Networks of Marine Protected Areas in the Wider Caribbean, Bermuda,
Brazil, Southeast Asia, and the South Pacific; and (3) Promote Regional
Socio-Economic Training and Monitoring in Coral Reef Management in the
Wider Caribbean, Brazil, Bermuda, the Western Indian Ocean, the Red
Sea, the South Pacific, South Asia, and Southeast Asia. Each funding
category has specific applicant and project eligibility criteria.
Funding Availability: NOAA announces the availability of up to
$1,000,000 in FY 2010 to support grants and cooperative agreements
under the NOAA International Coral Reef Grant Program. These funds will
be used to support financial assistance awards under the program
categories listed in section I.B. Program Priorities and III.C. Other
Criteria that Affect Eligibility (found in the Full Funding Opportunity
announcement). Applicants that are invited to submit a final
application may be requested to revise award objectives, work plans, or
budgets prior to submittal of the final application.
The amount of funds to be awarded and the final scope of activities
will be determined in pre-award negotiations among the applicant, NOAA
Grants Management Division (GMD) and relevant NOAA staff. Up to
approximately $1,000,000 may be available in FY 2010 to support grants
and cooperative agreements under this program. Approximately $75,000-
$100,000 may be allocated to each of the four project categories listed
below, with the following award ranges: 1. Planning for Effective
Marine Protected Area Management: Single sites: up to $50,000; Multiple
sites: up to $80,000 2. MPA National Networks: $40,000-$50,000 3.
Regional Socio-Economic Monitoring projects: $20,000-$40,000 Pre- and
final applications with requests over the limit of each category will
NOT be accepted.
Pre-applications and final applications must be submitted under
only one of the above mentioned categories. Funding will be subject to
the availability of federal appropriations. Applicants should never
begin a project in expectation of funds under this program. The
International Program Office reserves the right to transfer any given
proposal to another category within the International program if the
proposal better addresses the criteria of another category.
Statutory Authority: Authority for the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation
Grant Program is provided by Section 6403 (Coral Reef Conservation
Program) of the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 6401 et
seq.).
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 11.463,
Habitat Conservation.
Application Deadline: Pre-applications must be received by NOAA by
5 p.m., ET, on Monday, November 9, 2009. Final applications must be
received and validated by Grants.gov, postmarked, or provided to a
delivery service on or before 5 p.m. ET, February 17, 2010. Please
note: Validation or rejection of your application by Grants.gov may
take up to 2 business
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days after submission. Please consider this process in developing your
submission timeline. Applications received after the deadline will be
rejected/returned to the sender without further consideration. Use of
U.S. mail or another delivery service must be documented with a
receipt. No facsimile or electronic mail applications will be accepted.
Address for Submitting Proposals: Pre-applications may be submitted
by surface mail or e-mail by 5 p.m., ET, November 9, 2009. Submissions
by e-mail are preferred to [email protected]. Acceptable electronic
formats for narratives, attachments, and images are limited to Adobe
Acrobat (.PDF), or Microsoft Word files. If submitting by surface mail,
please include an electronic copy of the pre-application on CD. Federal
financial assistance forms are not required to be submitted with the
pre-application. If surface mail is selected, paper pre-applications
must be submitted to: Scot Frew, NOAA/NOS International Program Office,
1315 East West Highway, 5th Floor, N/IP, Room 5735, Silver Spring, MD
20910. Fax submittals will also be accepted for pre-applications only
(Fax: 301-713-4263). Please note that late pre-applications cannot be
considered under any circumstances including e-mail transmission
malfunctions. Electronic files of pre-applications must arrive without
viruses. If attachments cannot be opened due to a virus or they arrive
with a virus, the pre-applications will be disqualified. You may call
us at 301-713-3078 x218 before the deadline to ensure that your pre-
application arrived.
Final applications will be accepted only from those applicants who
are invited to submit a final application. Applicants may be required
to make modifications or revisions to the project and budget narratives
and must submit these narratives with a Federal financial assistance
award application package (federal forms described below). Only
applicants who submitted pre-applications by the deadline will be
eligible to be considered for invitations to submit a final application
by 5 p.m., ET, on February 17, 2010. The applicant may submit the final
application (narratives, federal forms, and supporting documentation)
in one of two ways: Applications must be submitted through
www.grants.gov, unless an applicant does not have Internet access. In
that case, hard copies with original signatures and scanned copies on a
CD may be sent to: Scot Frew, NOAA/NOS International Program Office,
1315 East West Highway, 5th Floor, N/IP, Room 5735, Silver Spring, MD
20910. Applicants should consider the delivery time when submitting
their pre- and final applications from international or remote areas.
Late applications by any method cannot be accepted under any
circumstances.
Information Contacts: Technical point of contact for International
Coral Reef Conservation is Scot Frew, NOAA/NOS International Program
Office, 301-713-3078, extension 220 or e-mail at [email protected].
Eligibility: Eligible applicants include institutions of higher
education, U.S. and international non-profit organizations, and
commercial organizations. U.S. federal agencies and individuals are not
eligible. For specific country eligibility per category, please refer
to individual category descriptions in Section V of the Federal Funding
Opportunity. The proposed work must be conducted at a non-U.S. site.
Eligible countries are defined as follows: The Wider Caribbean includes
the 37 States and territories that border the marine environment of the
Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea, and the areas of the Atlantic Ocean
adjacent thereto, and Brazil and Bermuda, but excluding areas under
U.S. jurisdiction. The South Pacific Region includes South Pacific
Regional Environment Program's Pacific island countries and
territories, including the Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of
Palau, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands, but excluding U.S.
territories and four developed country members and their territories or
protectorates. South Asia includes India, Sri Lanka, the Maldives,
Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Southeast Asia Region includes Brunei,
Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand,
Timor-Leste, and Vietnam. The Western Indian Ocean Region includes
Comoros, France (La Reunion), Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique,
Seychelles, the United Republic of Tanzania, and South Africa.
The Red Sea Region includes five member countries of the Regional
Organization for the Conservation of the Environment of the Red Sea and
Gulf of Aden (PERSGA): Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia, and Yemen.
Cost Sharing Requirements: The NOAA International Coral Reef Grant
Program is subject to the matching fund requirements described below.
As per section 6403(b)(1) of the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000,
Federal funds for any coral conservation project funded under this
Program may not exceed 50 percent of the total cost of the projects.
Therefore, any coral conservation project under this program requires a
1:1 match. Match can come from a variety of public and private sources
and can include in-kind goods and services such as private boat use and
volunteer labor. Federal sources cannot be considered for matching
funds, but can be described in the budget narrative to demonstrate
additional leverage. Applicants are permitted to combine contributions
from multiple non-federal partners in order to meet the 1:1 match
recommendation, as long as such contributions are not being used to
match any other funds.
Applicants must specify in their proposal the source(s) of match
and may be asked to provide letters of commitment to confirm stated
match contributions. Applicants whose proposals are selected for
funding will be bound by the percentage of cost sharing reflected in
the award document signed by the NOAA Grants Officer. Applicants should
be prepared to carefully document matching contributions for each
project selected to be funded. As per section 6403(b)(2) of the Coral
Reef Conservation Act of 2000, the NOAA Administrator may waive all or
part of the matching requirement if the Administrator determines that
the project meets the following two requirements: 1. No reasonable
means are available through which an applicant can meet the matching
requirement, and, 2. The probable benefit of such project outweighs the
public interest in such matching requirement. In the case of a waiver
request, the applicant must provide a detailed justification explaining
the need for the waiver including attempts to obtain sources of
matching funds, how the benefit of the project outweighs the public
interest in providing match, and any other extenuating circumstances
preventing the availability of match. Match waiver requests including
the appropriate justification should be submitted as part of the final
application package. Notwithstanding any other provisions herein, and
in accordance with 48 U.S.C. 1469a(d), the Program shall waive any
requirement for local matching funds for any project under $200,000
including in-kind contribution to the governments of Insular Areas,
defined as the jurisdictions of the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American
Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Please
Note: eligible applicants choosing to apply 48 U.S.C. 1469a(d) should
note the use of the waiver and the total amount of funds requested to
be waived in the matching
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funds section of the respective pre- and final applications.
Intergovernmental Review: Applications under the NOAA International
Coral Reef Grant program are not subject to Executive Order 12372,
Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs.
8. NOAA Pacific Northwest Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET)
Program
Summary Description: NOAA B-WET is an environmental education
program that promotes locally relevant, experiential learning in the K-
12 environment. Funded projects provide meaningful watershed
educational experiences for students, related professional development
for teachers, and helps to support regional education and environmental
priorities in the Pacific Northwest.
Funding Availability: It is anticipated that approximately $700,000
will be available in FY2010 for all Pacific Northwest projects,
including projects awarded in 2008 and 2009, which were multi-year
awards. NOAA anticipates making approximately five new awards during FY
2010. NOAA will consider only projects with a duration of one year. The
total Federal amount that may be requested from NOAA shall not exceed
$60,000 per year. The minimum Federal amount that must be requested
from NOAA for all years is $25,000. Applications requesting Federal
support from NOAA of less than $25,000 total or more than $60,000 per
year will not be considered for funding. Proposals may be considered
eligible for renewal beyond the first project period. However, funds
will be made available for only a 12-month award period and any renewal
of the award period will depend on submission of a successful proposal
subject to panel reviews, adequate progress on previous award(s), and
available funding to renew the award. No assurance for funding renewal
exists; funding will be at the complete discretion of NOAA. Projects
that plan on renewal must include in their first-year submission a full
description of the activities and budget for the first year as
described in this announcement, and a summary description of the
proposed work and estimated budget for each subsequent year. If
selected for funding, the applicant will be required to submit a full
proposal each subsequent year by the deadline announced in the
following competitive cycle. In addition to the requirements for new
proposals, renewed projects should include the accomplishments to date
on the previous year's grant in their subsequent grant submissions. No
proposal will be considered for renewal more than two times. There is
no guarantee that sufficient funds will be available to make awards for
all qualified projects. The exact amount of funds that may be awarded
will be determined in pre-award negotiations between the applicant and
NOAA representatives. Publication of this notice does not oblige NOAA
to award any specific project or to obligate any available funds. If
applicants incur any costs prior to an award being made, they do so at
their own risk of not being reimbursed by the government.
Notwithstanding verbal or written assurance that may have been
received, there is no obligation on the part of NOAA to cover pre-award
costs unless approved by the Grants Officer as part of the terms when
the award is made.
Statutory Authority: Under 33 U.S.C. 893 a(a), the Administrator of
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is authorized to
conduct, develop, support, promote, and coordinate formal and informal
educational activities at all levels to enhance public awareness and
understanding of ocean, coastal, Great Lakes, and atmospheric science
and stewardship by the general public and other coastal stakeholders,
including underrepresented groups in ocean and atmospheric science and
policy careers. In conducting those activities, the Administrator shall
build upon the educational programs and activities of the agency.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 11.429, Marine
Sanctuary Program.
Application Deadline: Applications must be received and validated
by Grants.gov, postmarked, or provided to a delivery service on or
before 5 p.m. PDT, October 8, 2009. Please note: Validation or
rejection of your application by Grants.gov may take up to 2 business
days after submission. Please consider this process in developing your
submission timeline. Applications received after the deadline will be
rejected/returned to the sender without further consideration. Use of
U.S. mail or another delivery service must be documented with a
receipt. No e-mail and/or facsimile pre-proposals and/or full
applications will be accepted. Applications that are late or are
received by fax or e-mail will not be considered for review.
Applications submitted through Grants.gov will be accompanied by an
automated receipt of the date and time of submission. Hard copy
applications will be hand stamped with time and date when received in
the Office of Education. (Note that late-arriving hard copy
applications provided to a delivery service on or before 5 p.m., PDT,
October 8, 2009 will be accepted for review if the applicant can
document that the application was provided to the guaranteed delivery
service by the specified closing date and time, and if the application
is received before 5 p.m., PDT, no later than two business days
following the closing date. Applicants are recommended to send hard
copies via expedited shipping methods (e.g., Airborne Express, DHL,
FedEx, UPS, etc.).
Address for Submitting Proposals: Applications must be received and
validated by Grants.gov. For applicants without Internet access
applications should be sent to Robert Steelquist, NOAA B-WET PNW
Manager, 115 E. Railroad Ave., Suite 301, Port Angeles, WA, 98362.
Information Contacts: For the Pacific Northwest, please contact
Robert Steelquist, NOAA B-WET PNW Manager, 115 E. Railroad Ave., Suite
301, Port Angeles, WA, 98362; 360/457-6622 ext.19 or by e-mail at:
[email protected].
Eligibility: Eligible applicants are K-12 public and independent
schools and school systems, institutions of higher education,
community-based and nonprofit organizations, state or local government
agencies, interstate agencies, and Indian tribal governments. The
Department of Commerce/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(DOC/NOAA) is strongly committed to broadening the participation of
historically black colleges and universities, Hispanic serving
institutions, tribal colleges and universities, and institutions that
service underserved areas.
While applicants do not need to be from the targeted geographical
regions specified in the program objectives, they must be working with
target audiences in these areas.
Cost Sharing Requirements: No cost sharing is required under this
program, however, the NOAA B-WET Program strongly encourages applicants
include a 25% or higher match. Funds from other Federal awards may not
be considered matching funds. The nature of the contribution (cash vs.
in-kind) and the amount of matching funds will be taken into
consideration during the review process. Priority selection is given to
proposals that propose cash rather than in-kind services.
Intergovernmental Review: Applications under this program are not
subject to Executive Order 12372, ``Intergovernmental Review of Federal
Programs.''
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9. National Estuarine Research Reserve Graduate Research Fellowship
Program FY 2010
Summary Description: The National Estuarine Research Reserve System
(NERRS) consists of estuarine areas of the United States and its
territories which are designated and managed for research and
educational purposes. Each reserve within the system is chosen to
reflect regional differences and to include a variety of ecosystem
types in accordance with the classification scheme of the national
program as presented in 15 CFR Part 921. Each reserve supports a wide
range of beneficial uses of ecological, economic, recreational, and
aesthetic values which are dependent upon the maintenance of a healthy
ecosystem. The sites provide habitats for a wide range of ecologically
and commercially important species of fish, shellfish, birds, and other
aquatic and terrestrial wildlife. Each reserve has been designed to
ensure its effectiveness as a conservation unit and as a site for long-
term research and monitoring. As part of a national system, the
reserves collectively provide an excellent opportunity to address
research questions and estuarine management issues of national
significance. For detailed descriptions of the sites, refer to the NERR
Web site at http://www.nerrs.noaa.gov.
Funding Availability: The National Estuarine Research Reserve
System of NOAA announces the availability of Graduate Research
Fellowships. Based on funds available, the Estuarine Reserves Division
anticipates that up to 22 Graduate Research Fellowships will be
competitively awarded to provide funding to qualified graduate students
whose research occurs within the boundaries of at least one National
Estuarine Research Reserve. Minority students are encouraged to apply.
The amount of the fellowship is $20,000; at least 30% of total project
cost match is required by the student's institution. To illustrate, the
total project cost for a one year Graduate Research Fellowship is
$28,572. Twenty-thousand of this amount is supplied by the federal
government with a minimum 30% non-federal match in the amount of $8,572
supplied by the student's eligible institution for a total 1 year
project cost of $28,572.
Statutory Authority: Section 315 of the Coastal Zone Management Act
of 1972, as amended CZMA, 16 U.S.C. 1461, establishes the National
Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS). Section 1461 (e)(1)(B)
authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to make grants to any coastal
state or public or private person for purposes of supporting research
and monitoring within a National Estuarine Research Reserve that are
consistent with the research guidelines developed under subsection (c).
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 11.420,
Coastal Zone Management Estuarine Research Reserves.
Application Deadline: Applications must be received and validated
by Grants.gov, postmarked, or provided to a delivery service on or
before 11 p.m. ET, November 2, 2009. Please note: Validation or
rejection of your application by Grants.gov may take up to 2 business
days after submission. Please consider this process in developing your
submission timeline. Applications received after the deadline will be
rejected/returned to the sender without further consideration. Use of
U.S. mail or another delivery service must be documented with a
receipt. No facsimile or electronic mail applications will be accepted.
Address for Submitting Proposals: Applications submitted in
response to this announcement are strongly encouraged to be submitted
through the www.grants.gov Web site no later than November 2, 2009 at
11 p.m. ET. Electronic access to the full funding announcement for this
program is available via the www.grants.gov Web site. The announcement
will also be available by contacting Alison Krepp with the Estuarine
Reserves Division at [email protected] or 301-713-3155 x 105.
Applicants who do not have Internet access may submit a paper
application (one signed original and two copies) to the Estuarine
Reserves Division at the following address, postmarked by November 2,
2009: Attn: Alison Krepp, NOAA/Estuarine Reserves Division, 1305 East
West Highway, Room 10503, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910.
Information Contacts: For questions regarding the program and
application process, please contact Alison Krepp (301-713-3155 ext.
105) at NOAA/Estuarine Reserves Division, 1305 East-West Highway, N/
ORM5, SSMC4, Station 10503, Silver Spring, MD 20910 or via e-mail at
[email protected], or fax at 301-713-4012. The program Web site can
be accessed at http://www.nerrs.noaa.gov/fellowship. If the Web page
does not provide sufficient information and Alison Krepp is
unavailable, please contact Erica Seiden at (301) 713-3155 ext. 172 or
[email protected].
Eligibility: Awards are normally made to the fellow's graduate
institution through the use of a grant. Therefore, students must work
with their institution's authorized representatives to complete the
following required standard federal forms: SF 424, CD-511, and SF 424B.
Institutions eligible to receive awards include institutions of higher
education, other non-profits, state and local governments. All reserve
staff are ineligible to submit an application for a fellowship under
this announcement. Funds are expected to be available on a competitive
basis to qualified graduate students for research within a reserve(s)
leading to a graduate degree. Students must be admitted to or enrolled
in a full-time master's or doctoral program at a U.S. accredited
university in order to be eligible to apply. Students should have
completed a majority of their graduate course work at the beginning of
their fellowship and have an approved thesis research program. Minority
students are encouraged to apply.
Cost Sharing Requirements: Requested federal funds must be matched
by at least 30 percent of the TOTAL cost, not the federal share, of the
project. To illustrate, the total project cost for a one year Graduate
Research Fellowship is $28,572. Twenty-thousand of this funding is
supplied by the federal government with a minimum 30% non-federal match
for the total project cost ($28,572) in the amount of $8,572 is
supplied by the student's eligible applicant institution. Requested
overhead costs under fellowship awards are limited to 10% of the
federal amount and institutional fees that do not qualify as direct
costs under fellowship awards are limited to 10% of the federal amount
as well. Waived overhead costs may be used as match.
Intergovernmental Review: Applications under this program are
subject to Executive Order 12372, ``Intergovernmental Review of Federal
Programs.'' Applicants should contact their State Single Point of
Contact (SPOC) to find out about and comply with the State's process
under EO12372. The names and addresses of the SPOCs are listed in the
Office of Management and Budget's Web site at http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/spoc.html.
10. National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS) Land Acquisition
and Construction Program FY 2010
Summary Description: The National Estuarine Research Reserve System
consists of estuarine areas of the United States and its territories
which are designated and managed for research and educational purposes.
Each reserve
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within the system is chosen to represent different bio-geographic
regions and to include a variety of ecosystem types in accordance with
the classification scheme of the national program as presented in 15
CFR Part 921.
Through the funding of designated reserve agencies and universities
to undertake land acquisition and construction projects that support
the NERRS purpose, NOAA will strengthen protection of key land and
water areas; enhance long-term protection of the area for research and
education; and provide for facility and exhibit construction and
enhancement.
Funding Availability: This funding opportunity announces that
approximately $3.89 million may be available to designated reserve
agencies or universities only through this announcement for fiscal year
2010. Awards will be issued as competitive grants. It is anticipated
that the awards generally will run for up to two years. In the past,
funding for land acquisition/construction awards has ranged in amount
from approximately $50,000 to $3 million.
Statutory Authority: Authority for the NERR program is provided by
16 U.S.C. 1461(e)(1)(A)(i), (ii), and (iii).
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 11.420,
Coastal Zone Management Estuarine Research Reserves.
Application Deadline: Applications must be received and validated
by Grants.gov, postmarked, or provided to a delivery service on or
before 11:59 p.m. ET, November 30, 2009. Please note: Validation or
rejection of your application by Grants.gov may take up to 2 business
days after submission. Please consider this process in developing your
submission timeline. Applications received after the deadline will be
rejected/returned to the sender without further consideration. Use of
U.S. mail or another delivery service must be documented with a
receipt. No facsimile or electronic mail applications will be accepted.
Address for Submitting Proposals: Applications submitted in
response to this announcement are strongly encouraged to be submitted
through the www.grants.gov Web site no later than November 30, 2009 at
11:59 ET. Electronic access to the full funding announcement for this
program is available via the www.grants.gov Web site. The announcement
will also be available by contacting Nina Garfield with the Estuarine
Reserves Division at [email protected] or 301-713-3155 x 171.
Applicants who do not have Internet access may submit a paper
application (one signed original and two copies) to the Estuarine
Reserves Division at the following address postmarked by November 2,
2009: Attn: Nina Garfield, NOAA/Estuarine Reserves Division, 1305 East
West Highway, Room 10503, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910.
Information Contacts: Administrative and Technical questions
regarding the program and application process, please contact Nina
Garfield, program coordinator, at NOAA/Estuarine Reserves Division,
1305 East-West Highway, N/ORM5, SSMC4, Station 10500, Silver Spring, MD
20910 or via phone: 301-713-3155 ext. 171, e-mail:
[email protected], or fax: 301-713-4012. The program Web site can
be accessed at http://coastalmanagement.noaa.gov/programs/nerr.html.
Other questions should be directed to Nina Garfield at 301-713-3155,
extension 171, [email protected] or Laurie McGilvray at (301) 713-
3155 ext. 158, [email protected].
Eligibility: Eligible applicants are National Estuarine Research
Reserve lead state agencies or universities in coastal states. Eligible
applicants should have completed all requirements as stated in the
NERRS regulations at Title 15, Part 921 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (15 CFR part 921) http://nerrs.noaa.gov/Background_Regulations.html.
Cost Sharing Requirements: The amount of federal funds requested
must be matched by the applicant: 30 percent of total project cost for
construction awards and 50 percent of total project cost for land
acquisition awards. Cash or in-kind contributions directly benefiting
the project may be used to satisfy the matching requirements. If using
Reserve land acquisition banked match, a list of the banked match must
be included with the application. Applicants must identify all match
sources and amounts equal to that requested above.
Intergovernmental Review: Applications under this program are
subject to Executive Order 12372, ``Intergovernmental Review of Federal
Programs.'' Applicants should contact their State Single Point of
Contact (SPOC) to find out about and comply with the States process
under EO12372. The names and addresses of the SPOCs are listed in the
Office of Management and Budget's Web site at http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/spoc.html.
11. Sea Level Rise (SLR)
Summary Description: The purpose of this document is to advise the
public that NOAA is soliciting research proposals for projects of 3 to
5 years in duration for development of modeling and mapping tools to
better understand and predict the impacts of sea level rise on coastal
ecosystems, including ecologically and economically valuable natural
resources, to support proactive coastal management and mitigation
decisions. The area of interest includes the coastal ecosystems in the
northern Gulf of Mexico, ranging from the eastern boundary of the
Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve to the western extent
of the Mississippi coast. Projects should be interdisciplinary,
multiple investigator, and well integrated studies designed to develop
capabilities for understanding, predicting, and mitigating the effects
of long term sea level rise. Funding is contingent upon the
availability of Fiscal Year 2010 Federal appropriations. It is
anticipated that final recommendations for funding under this
announcement will be made in early calendar year 2010, and that
projects funded under this announcement will have a July 2010, start
date. Electronic Access: Background information about NOAA's efforts in
the Ecological Effects of Sea Level Rise Program can be found at http://www.cop.noaa.gov/stressors/climatechange/welcome.html.
Funding Availability: Funding is contingent upon availability of
Federal appropriations. NOAA is committed to continual improvement of
the grants process and accelerating the award of financial assistance
to qualified recipients in accordance with the recommendations of the
Business Process Reengineering Team. In order to fulfill these
responsibilities, this solicitation announces that award amounts will
be determined by the proposals and available funds. Award amount will
not exceed $1 million per project per year with project durations of
three to five years; total project funding will not exceed $3 million.
It is anticipated that 1 award will be funded through this
solicitation. Applicants are hereby given notice that funds have not
yet been appropriated for this program. In no event will NOAA or the
Department of Commerce be responsible for proposal preparation costs if
this program fails to receive funding or is cancelled because of other
agency priorities. There is no guarantee that sufficient funds will be
available to make awards for all qualified projects.
Publication of this notice does not oblige NOAA to award any
specific project or to obligate any available funds. If one incurs any
costs prior to receiving an award agreement signed by an authorized
NOAA official, one would do so solely at one's own risk of these costs
not being included under the
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award. Publication of this notice does not obligate any agency to any
specific award or to obligate any part of the entire amount of funds
available. Recipients and subrecipients are subject to all Federal laws
and agency policies, regulations and procedures applicable to Federal
financial assistance awards.
Statutory Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1456c.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 11.478, Center
for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research--Coastal Ocean Program.
Application Deadline: Applications must be received and validated
by Grants.gov, postmarked, or provided to a delivery service on or
before 3 p.m. ET, October 14, 2009. Please note: validation or
rejection of your application by Grants.gov may take up to 2 business
days after submission. Please consider this process in developing your
submission timeline. Applications received after the deadline will be
rejected/returned to the sender without further consideration. Use of
U.S. mail or another delivery service must be documented with a
receipt. No facsimile or electronic mail applications will be accepted.
Address for Submitting Proposals: Applications must be submitted
through www.grants.gov, unless an applicant does not have Internet
access. In that case, hard copies with original signatures may be sent
to: Laura J. Golden, 1305 East-West Hwy., Routing Code: N/SCI2,
Building: SSMC4, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3278.
Information Contacts: Technical Information: Carol Auer, Program
Manager, 301-713-3338/ext 164, Internet: [email protected]. Business
Management Information: Laurie Golden, NCCOS/CSCOR Grants
Administrator, 301-713-3338/ext 151, Internet: [email protected].
Eligibility: Eligible applicants are institutions of higher
education, other non-profits, state, local, Indian Tribal Governments,
commercial organizations and Federal agencies that possess the
statutory authority to receive financial assistance. Please note that:
(1) NOAA will not fund any Federal Full Time Employee (FTE) salaries,
but will fund travel, equipment, supplies, and contractual personnel
costs associated with the proposed work. (2) Researchers must be
employees of an eligible entity listed above; and proposals must be
submitted through that entity. Non-Federal researchers should comply
with their institutional requirements for proposal submission. (3) Non-
NOAA Federal applicants will be required to submit certifications or
documentation showing that they have specific legal authority to
receive funds from the Department of Commerce (DOC) for this research.
(4) NOAA will accept proposals that include foreign researchers as
collaborators with a researcher who has met the above stated
eligibility requirements. (5) Non-Federal researchers affiliated with
NOAA-University Cooperative/Joint Institutes should comply with joint
institutional requirements; they will be funded through grants either
to their institution or to joint institutes.
Cost Sharing Requirements: The applicant is responsible for
identifying a funding source for the annual Managers' Workshops to
support 100% of the costs after Year 1.
Intergovernmental Review: Applications under this program are not
subject to Executive Order 12372, ``Intergovernmental Review of Federal
Programs.''
12. 2010 Integrated Ocean Observing System Implementation
Summary Description: The Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS)
is working to link national and regional observations, data management,
and modeling to provide required data and information on local to
global scales. IOOS Regional Coastal Ocean Observing Systems (RCOOS)
complement the observing systems managed directly by federal agencies
to meet national priorities. With the guidance of Regional Associations
to understand regional priorities, RCOOS provide the data, information,
and products needed to address estuarine and coastal issues of
importance to the nation's ocean and coastal regions and the Great
Lakes. NOAA views this announcement as an opportunity to enhance the
regional coastal component of IOOS. In addition, NOAA views the testing
and development of sensor technologies to study and monitor coastal and
ocean environments as essential to a sustained and operational IOOS.
Thus, this announcement includes two focus areas for proposals: (1)
Regional Coastal Ocean Observing Systems by Geography and (2)
Verification and validation of sensors for coastal and ocean observing
systems. The program priorities for this funding opportunity support
NOAA's mission goals to: Serve society's needs for weather and water
information; Protect, restore, and manage the use of coastal and ocean
resources through an ecosystem approach to management; Understand
climate variability and change to enhance society's ability to plan and
respond; and Support the Nation's commerce with information for safe,
efficient, and environmentally sound transportation. For focus area
one, NOAA seeks proposals for one-year cooperative agreements to
continue the implementation and development of the regional component
of IOOS within the following regions of the United States: Northeast
(Maine to Rhode Island), Mid-Atlantic (Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras),
Southern California (Point Conception to the Mexico border), Pacific
Northwest (Washington, Oregon, and northern California), and Pacific
Islands (Hawaii).
Proposed projects must build upon the progress already made by IOOS
Regional Associations. It is expected that these efforts will result in
a regional system that is optimized to provide data and products that
meet regional needs and national IOOS specifications, and that are
available in forms and at rates designed to meet the needs of regional
decision makers. To accomplish that task, the regional systems will
integrate existing observing system components, and construct products
and data management processes to deliver data and information to the
regional stakeholders for the benefit of the region. Proposals should
demonstrate the approach and benefits of integration and implementation
at the scale of the Regional Association (not sub-regional) and should
address the following: (a) Regional deployment, operation and
maintenance of sensors and platforms to address needs for data and
information that have been clearly articulated by the IOOS Regional
Associations as representative of their stakeholders. (b) Regional
participation in developing a standards-based data integration
framework (DIF) for data streams, quality assurance procedures, and
data delivery. (c) Generation of regional or appropriately-scaled
products, including data and model output, and improved
interoperability of these outputs based on emerging standards and
protocols, to facilitate the development of value-added, targeted
products for identified users. For focus area two, NOAA seeks proposals
that will provide information useful for selecting the most appropriate
sensor technologies to study and monitor ocean and coastal
environments, and to test, validate, and verify such technologies. NOAA
anticipates making six (6) total awards in response to this
announcement, five (5) awards in focus area one and one (1) award in
focus area two.
Funding Availability: Total anticipated funding for all awards is
subject to the availability of appropriations. The anticipated federal
funding per award (min-max) is approximately $500,000 to $3,000,000 per
year. The anticipated number of awards ranges from five (5) to six (6),
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approximately, and will be adjusted based on available funding.
Statutory Authority: Statutory authority for this program is
provided under Coastal Zone Management Act, 16 U.S.C. 1456c (Technical
Assistance); 33 U.S.C. 883d; and 33 U.S.C. 1442 (Research program
investigating possible long-range effects of pollution, overfishing,
and anthropogenically-induced changes of ocean ecosystems).
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 11.473,
Coastal Services Center.
Application Deadline: Applications must be received and validated
by Grants.gov, postmarked, or provided to a delivery service on or
before 5 p.m. EDT, October 30, 2009. Please note: Validation or
rejection of your application by Grants.gov may take up to 2 business
days after submission. Please consider this process in developing your
submission timeline. Applications received after the deadline will be
rejected/returned to the sender without further consideration. Use of
U.S. mail or another delivery service must be documented with a
receipt. No facsimile or electronic mail applications will be accepted.
Address for Submitting Proposals: All proposal package materials,
including any letters of support, must be submitted through Grants.gov.
Applicants without Internet access may submit proposals by surface mail
to Gabrielle Canonico, NOAA IOOS, 1100 Wayne Avenue, Suite 1225, Silver
Spring, Maryland 20910. No e-mail or fax copies will be accepted.
Please be advised that potential funding applicants must register with
Grants.gov before any application materials can be submitted. An
organization's one-time registration process may take up to three weeks
to complete, so please allow sufficient time to ensure applications are
submitted before the closing date. The Grants.gov site contains
directions for submitting an application, the application package
(forms), and is also where the completed application is submitted.
Applicants using Grants.gov must locate the downloadable application
package for this solicitation by the Funding Opportunity Number or the
CFDA number (11.473). Applicants will be able to download a copy of the
application package, complete it off line, and then upload and submit
the application via the Grants.gov site. Grants.gov will provide
information about submitting a proposal through the site as well as the
hours of operation. After electronic submission of the application, the
person submitting the application will receive within the next 24 to 48
hours two e-mail messages from Grants.gov updating them on the progress
of their application. The first e-mail will confirm receipt of the
application by the Grants.gov system, and the second will indicate that
the application has either been successfully validated by the system
prior to transmission to the grantor agency or has been rejected due to
errors. After the application has been validated, this same person will
receive another e-mail when the application has been downloaded by the
federal agency. To use Grants.gov, applicants must have a Dun and
Bradstreet Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number and be
registered in the Central Contractor Registry (CCR). Allow a minimum of
five days to complete the CCR registration. (Note: Your organization's
Employer Identification Number (EIN) will be needed on the application
form.)
Information Contacts: For questions regarding this announcement,
contact: Gabrielle Canonico, NOAA IOOS; 1100 Wayne Avenue, Suite 1225,
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910; or by phone at 301-427-2428, fax at 301-
427-2073, or e-mail at [email protected].
Eligibility: Eligible applicants are institutions of higher
education, non-profit and for-profit organizations, and state, local
and Indian tribal governments. Federal agencies or institutions and
foreign governments may not be the primary recipient of awards under
this announcement, but are encouraged to partner with applicants when
appropriate. If requesting funds under this award, federal partners
must identify the relevant statutory authorities that will allow for
the receipt of funds. If a federal partner is a NOAA office, the funds
will be transferred internally. If the Federal partner is an agency
other than NOAA, they must demonstrate that they have legal authority
to accept funds in excess of their appropriation. Because they would be
receiving funds from a non-Federal source, the Economy Act (31 U.S.C
1535) would not be an appropriate authority.
Cost Sharing Requirements: There is no requirement for cost
sharing. NOAA appreciates that IOOS Regional Associations are seeking
additional support (in-kind or cash) to support development of regional
observing systems under the umbrella of IOOS. While a cost share of
funding is not required, applicants are encouraged to provide a
description of complementary funding and in-kind contributions from
project partners.
Intergovernmental Review: Applications under the Center are subject
to Executive Order 12372, ``Intergovernmental Review of Federal
Programs.'' It is the state agency's responsibility to contact their
state's Single Point of Contact (SPOC) to find out about and comply
with the state's process under EO 12372. To assist the applicant, the
names and addresses of the SPOCs are listed on the Office of Management
and Budget's Web site http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/spoc.html.
13. NOAA's National Height Modernization Program
Summary Description: NOAA's National Height Modernization Program
did not receive Congressional Appropriations to fund Fiscal Year 2009
grants applications. NOAA's Geodetic Survey office will be holding all
proposals received in response to the Fiscal Year 2009 solicitation and
use those applications for Fiscal Year 2010 funding. Funding of these
applications are still contingent on the availability of funds in
Fiscal Year 2010. For administrative questions please contact Sonita
Tiwari, NOAA NOS, SSMC3; 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring MD,
20910, Phone 301-713-3231X115 or E-mail [email protected].
National Weather Service (NWS)
1. Collaborative Science, Technology, and Applied Research (CSTAR)
Program
Summary Description: The CSTAR Program represents an NOAA/NWS
effort to create a cost-effective transition from basic and applied
research to operations and services through collaborative research
between operational forecasters and academic institutions that have
expertise in the environmental sciences. These activities will engage
researchers and students in applied research of interest to the
operational meteorological community and will improve the accuracy of
forecasts and warnings of environmental hazards by applying scientific
knowledge and information to operational products and services. The
NOAA CSTAR Program is a contributing element of the U.S. Weather
Research Program (USWRP).
NOAA's program is designed to complement other agency contributions
to that national effort. The CSTAR Program addresses NOAA's Mission
Goal 3, Serve society's needs for weather and water information.
Funding Availability: The total funding amount available for
proposals is anticipated to be approximately $750,000. However, there
is no appropriation of funds at this time and no guarantee that there
will be. Individual annual awards in the form of
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cooperative agreements are limited to a maximum of $125,000 per year
for no more than three years. We anticipate making 4-6 awards.
Statutory Authority: Authority for the CSTAR program is provided by
the following: 15 U.S.C. 313; 49 U.S.C. 44720(b); 33 U.S.C. 883d; 15
U.S.C. 2904; 15 U.S.C. 2934.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 11.468,
Applied Meteorological Research.
Application Deadline: Applications must be received and validated
by Grants.gov, postmarked, or provided to a delivery service on or
before 5 p.m. EDT, October 16, 2009. Please note: Validation or
rejection of your application by Grants.gov may take up to 2 business
days after submission. Please consider this process in developing your
submission timeline. Applications received after the deadline will be
rejected/returned to the sender without further consideration. Use of
U.S. mail or another delivery service must be documented with a
receipt. No facsimile or electronic mail applications will be accepted.
Address for Submitting Proposals: Applications should be submitted
through www.grants.gov. For those organizations without Internet
access, applications may be sent to Sam Contorno, CSTAR Program
Manager, NOAA/NWS, 1325 East-West Highway, Room 15330, Silver Spring,
Maryland 20910.
Information Contacts: The point of contact is Sam Contorno, NOAA/
NWS, 1325 East-West Highway, Room 15330, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910-
3283, or by phone at 301-713-3557 ext. 150, by fax to 301-713-1253, or
via e-mail at [email protected].
Questions concerning this announcement must be made via e-mail to
[email protected]. Questions and NOAA responses will be made
public via the Web at http://www.nws.noaa.gov/ost/cstar.htm.
Eligibility: Eligible applicants are institutions of higher
education and federally funded educational institutions such as the
Naval Postgraduate School. This restriction is needed because the
results of the collaboration are to be incorporated in academic
processes which ensure academic multidisciplinary peer review as well
as Federal review of scientific validity for use in operations.
Cost Sharing Requirements: No cost sharing is required under this
program.
Intergovernmental Review: Applications under this program are not
subject to Executive Order 12372, Intergovernmental Review of Federal
Programs.
2. Remote Community Alert Systems Program 2010
Summary Description: The Remote Community Alert Systems Program
2010 represents a NOAA/NWS effort to provide for outdoor alerting
technologies in remote communities effectively underserved by
commercial mobile service for the purpose of enabling residents of
those communities to receive emergency messages. These activities will
engage the private sector, academia, county and local governments with
their State Government office, U.S. Territory or Possession Government
office or Tribal Community Government office in opportunities and
technologies to further disseminate emergency messages. This program is
a contributing element of the Warning, Alert, and Response Network
(WARN) Act, and is designed to complement other agency contributions to
that national effort. This program adopts the Federal Communications
Commission's definition of the term ``remote'' which means an area
consisting of a county with a population density of 100 persons per
square mile or less, based on the most recently available Census data.
Also, ``commercial mobile service'' means those services that are
required to provide E911 services in accordance with Section 20.18 of
the Commission's rules. ``Effectively underserved'' identifies ``remote
communities'' that do not receive ``commercial mobile service'' as
demonstrated by coverage maps, technical analysis, field tests, or any
other reasonable means.
Funding Availability: The total funding amount available for
proposals is anticipated to be approximately $2,000,000. We anticipate
making multiple awards, approximately 20, ranging from $50,000 to
$250,000.
Statutory Authority: Authority for the Remote Community Alert
Systems Program is provided by: 47 U.S.C. 1204.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 11.468,
Applied Meteorological Research.
Application Deadline: Applications must be received on or before 5
p.m. EST, February 26, 2010. For applications submitted through
Grants.gov, timeliness will be determined by the time and date
indicator in the grants.gov submission. Please note: Validation or
rejection of your application by Grants.gov may take up to 2 business
days after submission. Please consider this process in developing your
submission timeline. For applications submitted by hard copy, the
submission date will be the time stamp on the received documents.
Applications received after the date and time due will not be reviewed.
Address for Submitting Proposals: Applications must be submitted
through www.grants.gov. For those organizations without Internet
access, applications may be sent to Craig Hodan, NOAA/NWS, 1325 East-
West Highway, Room 3348, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910. E-mail and fax
submissions will not be accepted.
Information Contacts: Craig Hodan, NOAA/NWS, 1325 East-West
Highway, Room 3348, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, Phone: 301-713-9480
x 187, e-mail: [email protected].
Eligibility: Eligible applicants are State Governments, U.S.
Territories or Possessions and Tribal Communities. This restriction is
needed to efficiently manage the potential number of applications.
Private sector, academia, County and Local governments must collaborate
with their State Government office, U.S. Territory or Possession
Government office or Tribal Community Government office to have their
project proposal included in an application from the State Government,
U.S. Territory or Possession or Tribal Community.
Cost Sharing Requirements: No cost sharing is required under this
program.
Intergovernmental Review: Applications under this program are not
subject to Executive Order 12372, Intergovernmental Review of Federal
Programs.
Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR)
1. 2010 NMFS--Sea Grant Fellowships in Marine Resource Economics
Summary Description: The Graduate Fellowship Program generally
awards two new PhD fellowships each year to students who are interested
in careers related to the development and implementation of
quantitative methods for assessing the economics of the conservation
and management of living marine resources. Fellows will work on thesis
problems of public interest and relevance to NMFS under the guidance of
NMFS mentors at participating NMFS Science Centers or Laboratories. The
NMFS--Sea Grant Fellowships in Marine Resource Economics meets NOAAs
Mission goal to ``Protect, Restore and Manage the Use of Coastal and
Ocean Resources Through Ecosystem-Based Management.''
Funding Availability: The NMFS--Sea Grant Joint Graduate Fellowship
Program in Marine Resource Economics
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expects to support two new fellowships for up to 2 years for each
fellowship.
Statutory Authority: Authority for the Resource Economics Graduate
Fellowship Program is provided by the following: 33 U.S.C. 1127(a).
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 11.417, Sea
Grant Support.
Application Deadline: Applications must be received and validated
by Grants.gov, postmarked, or provided to a delivery service on or
before 4 p.m. ET, February 12, 2010. Please note: Validation or
rejection of your application by Grants.gov may take up to 2 business
days after submission. Please consider this process in developing your
submission timeline. Applications received after the deadline will be
rejected/returned to the sender without further consideration. Use of
U.S. mail or another delivery service must be documented with a
receipt. No facsimile or electronic mail applications will be accepted.
Address for Submitting Proposals: Applications must be submitted
through www.Grants.gov. For those organizations without Internet
access, applications may be sent to: National Sea Grant College
Program, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Facsimile
transmission and electronic mail submission of applications will not be
accepted.
Information Contacts: Contact Terry Smith, National Sea Grant
College Program, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910;
phone: (301) 734-1084; e-mail: [email protected].
Eligibility: Prospective Fellows must be United States citizens. At
the time of application, prospective Marine Resource Economics Fellows
must be admitted to a PhD degree program in natural resource economics
or a related field at an institution of higher education in the United
States or its territories or submit a signed letter from the
institution indicating provisional acceptance to a PhD degree program
conditional on obtaining financial support such as this fellowship.
Applications must be submitted by the institution of higher education,
which may be any such institution in the United States or its
territories.
Cost Sharing Requirements: Of the $38,500 award, 50 percent
($19,250) will be contributed by NMFS, 33\1/3\ percent ($12,833) by the
National Sea Grant Office (NSGO), and 16\2/3\ percent ($6,417) by the
institution of higher education as the required 50 percent match of
NSGO funds.
Intergovernmental Review: Applications under this program are not
subject to Executive Order 12372, Intergovernmental Review of Federal
Programs.
2. 2010 NMFS-Sea Grant Fellowships in Population Dynamics
Summary Description: The Graduate Fellowship Program awards at
least two new PhD fellowships each year to students who are interested
in careers related to the population dynamics of living marine
resources and the development and implementation of quantitative
methods for assessing their status. Fellows will work on thesis
problems of public interest and relevance to NMFS under the guidance of
NMFS mentors at participating NMFS Science Centers or Laboratories. The
NMFS-Sea Grant Fellowships in Population Dynamics meets NOAA's Mission
goal of ``Protect, Restore and Manage the Use of Coastal and Ocean
Resources Through Ecosystem-Based Management''.
Funding Availability: The Graduate Fellowship Program awards at
least two new PhD fellowships each year to students who are interested
in careers related to the population dynamics of living marine
resources and the development and implementation of quantitative
methods for assessing their status. The award for each Fellowship,
contingent upon the availability of Federal funds, will be a multi-year
cooperative agreement in the amount of $38,500 per year for up to three
years. This involvement includes serving for 10-20 days aboard a
research or commercial vessel during a scientific survey or
experimental activity.
Additionally, the Fellow may work on his/her thesis research or
related activity at a participating NMFS facility. The Fellow's work
will be overseen by a NMFS mentor who will provide advice and guidance.
Statutory Authority: Authority for the Population Dynamics Graduate
Fellowship Program is provided by the following: 33 U.S.C. 1127(a).
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 11.417, Sea
Grant Support.
Application Deadline: Applications must be received and validated
by Grants.gov, postmarked, or provided to a delivery service on or
before 4 p.m. ET, February 12, 2010. Please note: Validation or
rejection of your application by Grants.gov may take up to 2 business
days after submission. Please consider this process in developing your
submission timeline. Applications received after the deadline will be
rejected/returned to the sender without further consideration. Use of
U.S. mail or another delivery service must be documented with a
receipt. No facsimile or electronic mail applications will be accepted.
Address for Submitting Proposals: Applications must be submitted
through www.Grants.gov. For those organizations without Internet
access, applications may be sent to: National Sea Grant College
Program, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Facsimile
transmission and electronic mail submission of applications will not be
accepted.
Information Contacts: Contact Terry Smith, National Sea Grant
College Program, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910;
phone: (301) 734-1084; e-mail: [email protected].
Eligibility: Prospective Fellows must be United States citizens. At
the time of application, prospective Population Dynamics Fellows must
be admitted to a PhD degree program in population dynamics or a related
field such as applied mathematics, statistics, or quantitative ecology
at an institution of higher education in the United States or its
territories, or submit a signed letter from the institution indicating
provisional acceptance to a PhD degree program conditional on obtaining
financial support such as this fellowship.
Applications must be submitted by the institution of higher
education, which may be any such institution in the United States or
its territories.
Cost Sharing Requirements: Of the $38,500 award, 50 percent
($19,250) will be contributed by NMFS, 33\1/3\ percent ($12,833) by the
National Sea Grant Office (NSGO), and 16\2/3\ percent ($6,417) by the
institution of higher education as the required 50 percent match of
NSGO funds.
Intergovernmental Review: Applications under this program are not
subject to Executive Order 12372, Intergovernmental Review of Federal
Programs.
3. 2010 Sea Grant/Regional Team Climate Engagement
Summary Description: For FY 2010, the NOAA National Sea Grant
College Program and Office of Program Planning and Integration
anticipate making available up to $200,000 to support projects that
advance priority climate engagement strategies throughout NOAA.
The climate engagement mini-grants will be awarded only to
proposals endorsed jointly by the NOAA Regional Collaboration Team Lead
and the Sea
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Grant Liaison to the NOAA Regional Collaboration Team (selected among
the Sea Grant Directors programs in the region). Awards will be made as
interoffice transfers to NOAA entities and cooperative agreements to
non-Federal entities, or a combination of interoffice transfers and
cooperative agreements for projects that support both NOAA and non-
Federal entities. Although other federal, state, tribal, Native
Hawaiian, other native cultures, academic and non-profit or non-
governmental organizations can act as partners, the Project Principal
Investigator of the grant must be a NOAA Federal employee or a Sea
Grant employee. Requests for individual projects may not exceed
$25,000. Up to eight mini-grants of up to $25,000 are expected to be
awarded through a competitive process, subject to the availability of
funds. This competition supports four NOAA Program Goals: ``Protect,
Restore and Manage the Use of Coastal and Ocean Resources Through
Ecosystem-Based Management''; ``Understand Climate Variability and
Change To Enhance Society's Ability To Plan and Respond''; Serve
Society's Needs for Weather and Water Information''; and ``Support the
Nation's Commerce With Information for Safe, Efficient, and
Environmentally Sound Transportation''.
Funding Availability: For FY 2010, the NOAA National Sea Grant
College Program and Office of Program Planning and Integration
anticipate making available up to $200,000 to support projects that
advance priority climate engagement strategies throughout NOAA.
The climate engagement mini-grants will be awarded only to
proposals endorsed jointly by the NOAA Regional Collaboration Team Lead
and the Sea Grant Liaison in the region. Awards will be made as
interoffice transfers to NOAA entities and cooperative agreements to
non-Federal entities, or through a combination of interoffice transfers
and cooperative agreements for projects that support both NOAA and non-
Federal entities. Although other Federal, Sea Grant, state, tribal,
Native Hawaiian, other native cultures, academic and non-profit or non-
governmental organizations can act as partners, the Project PI of the
grant must be either a NOAA Regional Collaboration Team member or a Sea
Grant employee, and the Co-PI must be the opposite, e. g., if a Sea
Grant employee is the PI, then the NOAA Regional Collaboration Team
member must be the Co-PI and vice versa. A maximum of one cooperative
agreement award will be made per region. All other participating Sea
Grant Programs and institutions must be handled through subawards. It
is expected that in each NOAA Region, the Sea Grant Programs and NOAA
Regional Collaboration Team, working through their Team Lead and Sea
Grant Liaison, will identify and submit only one application for that
Region.
Statutory Authority: Authority for the Climate Extension
Partnership mini-grants is provided by 33 U.S.C. 1121 et seq., as
amended.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number(s): 11.417, Sea
Grant Support.
Application Deadline: Applications must be received and validated
by Grants.gov, postmarked, or provided to a delivery service on or
before 11:59 p.m. EDT, September 1, 2009. Please note: Validation or
rejection of your application by Grants.gov may take up to 2 business
days after submission. Please consider this process in developing your
submission timeline. Applications received after the deadline will be
rejected/returned to the sender without further consideration. Use of
U.S. mail or another delivery service must be documented with a
receipt. No facsimile or electronic mail applications will be accepted.
Address for Submitting Proposals: Applications must be submitted
through grants.gov by the Sea Grant entity of the collaboration, unless
the applicant does not have Internet access. Applicants without
Internet access must submit the proposal in hardcopy (one unbound
original and one copy) to Gina Barerra, National Sea Grant College
Program, R/SG, Attn: Climate Extension Partnership Minigrants, Room
11841, NOAA, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910.
If the application does not request any funding for non-Federal
investigators (that is, the Sea Grant co-principal investigator is not
requesting any funding), then contact Jim Murray listed in Information
Contacts, below, for instructions on submitting the application.
Information Contacts: Jim Murray in NOAA's National Sea Grant
Office [email protected], or phone 301-734-1070 or Lisa Iwahara in
NOAA's Program Planning and Integration Office [email protected],
or phone 301-713-1622 x 181.
Eligibility: Only NOAA entities or Sea Grant institutions are
eligible to apply. Only applications that include a co-signed letter of
endorsement from the Regional Collaboration Team Lead and the Sea Grant
Liaison are eligible. Information on the Regional Collaboration Teams
is available at http://www.ppi.noaa.gov/PPI_Capabilities/regional_collaboration.html.
Cost Sharing Requirements: None required (per 33 U.S.C 1124(b),
special grants).
Intergovernmental Review: Applications under this Program are not
subject to Executive Order 12372, ``Intergovernmental Review of Federal
Programs.''
4. 2011 National Sea Grant College Program Dean John A. Knauss Marine
Policy Fellowship
Summary Description: This notice announces that applications may be
submitted for the Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship (Knauss
Sea Grant Fellowship Program). The Knauss Sea Grant Fellowship Program
is a program initiated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) National Sea Grant College Program, in fulfilling
its broad educational responsibilities and legislative mandate of the
Sea Grant Act, to provide educational experience in the policies and
processes of the Legislative and Executive Branches of the Federal
Government to graduate students in marine and aquatic-related fields.
The Knauss Sea Grant Fellowship Program meets NOAA's Mission goal of
Protect, Restore and Manage the Use of Coastal and Ocean Resources
Through Ecosystem-Based Management.
Funding Availability: The state SGCP receives and administers the
overall cooperative agreement of $46,000 per student on behalf of each
Fellow selected from their program. Of this amount, the state SGCP
provides $35,000 to each Fellow for stipend and living expenses (per
diem). Of the total cooperative agreement amount, the state SGCP
provides $9,000 to cover mandatory health insurance for the Fellow and
moving expenses.
Any remaining funds of the $9,000 shall be used for the fellow
during the Fellowship year, first to satisfy academic degree-related
activities, and second for Fellowship-related activities. Finally, up
to $2,000 from the total $46,000 can be used to cover placement week
costs. Indirect costs are not allowable from the Federal funds either
for the Fellowships or for any costs associated with the Fellowships,
including the $2,000 budgeted for placement week. During the
Fellowship, the host may provide supplemental funds for work-related
travel by the Fellow. Not less than 30 applicants will be selected, of
which the selected applicants assigned to the Legislative branch may be
limited to 10.
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Statutory Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1127(b).
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 11.417, Sea
Grant Support.
Application Deadline: Applications from prospective fellows to the
State Sea Grant College Programs (SGCP) are due by 5 p.m. February 19,
2010. Contact your state SGCP (see IV.A. of the Federal Funding
Opportunity for program contact information) for information on
application submission deadlines. Selected applications from the
sponsoring state SGCP must be received and validated by Grants.gov,
postmarked, or provided to a delivery service on or before 5 p.m. April
2, 2010. Please note: Validation or rejection of your application by
Grants.gov may take up to 2 business days after submission. Please
consider this process in developing your submission timeline.
Applications received after the deadline will be rejected/returned to
the sender without further consideration. Use of U.S. mail or another
delivery service must be documented with a receipt. No facsimile or
electronic mail applications will be accepted. For state SGCP
applications submitted through Grants.gov, a date and time receipt
indication is included and will be the basis of determining timeliness.
Hard copy applications will only be accepted if a state SGCP can
justify in writing that Internet access is not available to them at the
time of submission. Hard copy applications will be date and time
stamped when they are received.
Address for Submitting Proposals: Eligible graduate students must
submit applications to the state SGCP. The addresses and contact
information for each state SGCP can be found at http://www.seagrant.noaa.gov/other/programsdirectors.html. The addresses can
also be received from Miguel Lugo, Knauss Sea Grant Fellowship Program
Manager, National Sea Grant College Program, 1315 East-West Highway, R/
SG, Rm 11828, Silver Spring, MD 20910. After completion of the state
SGCP review, selected applications will be submitted through
www.grants.gov to the National Sea Grant College Program. State SGCP
without Internet access may send hard copy proposals to Miguel Lugo at
the above address.
Information Contacts: Contact Miguel Lugo, Knauss Fellowship
Program Manager, National Sea Grant College Program, 1315 East-West
Highway, R/SG, Rm 11828, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone: (301) 734-1077
x 1075.
Eligibility: Any student, regardless of citizenship, who, on
February 19, 2010, is in a graduate or professional program in a marine
or aquatic-related field at a United States accredited institution of
higher education in the United States or U.S. Territories may apply to
the state SGCP. Only state SGCP are eligible to submit applications to
the National Sea Grant College Program.
Cost Sharing Requirements: None required.
Intergovernmental Review: Applications under this program are not
subject to Executive Order 12372, Intergovernmental Review of Federal
Programs.
5. Climate Program Office for FY 2010
Summary Description: NOAA's Climate Mission is to understand
climate variability and change to enhance society's ability to plan and
respond. The long-term climate efforts of NOAA are designed to develop
a predictive understanding of variability and change in the global
climate system, and to advance the application of this information in
climate-sensitive sectors through a suite of process research,
observations and modeling, and application and assessment activities.
The NOAA Climate Program Office coordinates climate activities across
all NOAA in fulfillment of NOAA's Climate Mission. The Program partners
with Federal, academic, private, and international research
institutions; the Program is also a key contributing element of the
U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP).
Funding Availability: In FY 2008, approximately $14M in first-year
funding was available for 102 new awards. While similar funds and
number of awards are anticipated in FY 2010, the number of new awards
and funding levels depends upon the final FY 2010 budget
appropriations. It is anticipated that awards will depend upon the
program, but for the office as a whole be up to three years in length
and cost between $50,000 and $200,000 per year (e.g., awards from the
Sector Applications Research Program are limited to $150,000 per year).
Federal funding for FY 2011 may be used to fund some awards submitted
under this Competition. Current or previous grantees are eligible to
apply for a new award that builds on, but does not replicate,
activities covered in the current or previous award. Current grantees
should not apply for supplementary funding through this announcement.
Statutory Authority: 49 U.S.C. 47720(b), 15 U.S.C. 2904, 15 U.S.C.
2931-2934.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 11.431,
Climate and Atmospheric Research.
Application Deadline: Full applications for all Competitions other
than U.S. CLIVAR Climate Process Teams must be received and validated
by Grants.gov, postmarked, or provided to a delivery service by 5 p.m.
ET, August 31, 2009. Applications received after that time will not be
considered for funding. For applications submitted through grants.gov a
date and time receipt indication is included and will be the basis of
determining timeliness. Hard copy submissions will be date and time
stamped when they are received in the Climate Program Office. Faxed or
e-mailed copies of applications will not be accepted.
Full applications for U.S. CLIVAR Climate Process Teams must be
received and validated by Grants.gov, postmarked, or provided to a
delivery service by 5 p.m. ET, September 15, 2009. Applications
received after that time will not be considered for funding. For
applications submitted through grants.gov a date and time receipt
indication is included and will be the basis of determining timeliness.
Hard copy submissions will be date and time stamped when they are
received in the Climate Program Office. Faxed or e-mailed copies of
applications will not be accepted.
Important: All applicants, both electronic and paper, should be
aware that adequate time must be factored into applicant schedules for
delivery of the application. Electronic applicants are advised that the
volume on Grants.gov is currently extremely heavy, and if Grants.gov is
unable to accept applications electronically in a timely fashion,
applicants are encouraged to exercise their option to submit
applications in paper format. You should contact the Grants.Gov office
in the event you are having difficulty submitting an application
electronically. Paper applicants should allow adequate time to ensure a
paper application will be received on time, taking into account that
guaranteed overnight carriers are not always able to fulfill their
guarantees.
Address for Submitting Proposals: Applications are submitted
through Grants.Gov ``Apply for Grants''. If an applicant does not have
Internet access, the CPO Grants Manager Diane Brown should be contacted
by mail at NOAA Climate Program Office (R/CP1), SSMC3, Room 12112, 1315
East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910 for hard copy submission
instructions. Please allow two weeks after receipt for a response.
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Information Contacts: Please visit the CPO Web site for further
information http://www.climate.noaa.gov/ or contact the CPO Grants
Manager, Diane Brown by mail (see address above). Please allow up to
two weeks after receipt for a response.
Eligibility: Eligible applicants are institutions of higher
education, other nonprofits, commercial organizations, international
organizations, and state, local and Indian tribal governments. Federal
agencies or institutions are not eligible to receive Federal assistance
under this notice.
Cost Sharing Requirements: None required.
Intergovernmental Review: Applications under this program are not
subject to Executive Order 12372, Intergovernmental Review of federal
programs.
6. FY 2010 Ocean Exploration and Research Appropriation--Marine
Archaeology
Summary Description: Proposals for exploration and discovery of
significant maritime heritage sites are the priority. Submerged,
previously subaerial, landscapes, shipwrecks, and other maritime
cultural sites are typical focus subjects of the program.
Proposals will emphasize the early phases of field archaeology:
searching, locating, evaluating or inventorying sites. This
Announcement does not invite proposals to support later phases of
archaeological research, such as intensive site excavations, and major
conservation projects. All applicants must convincingly describe: The
potential archaeological significance of their site(s), and their
importance to American or world history; how their research fits within
the realm of exploration; why their methodologies are innovative and
make the most economical use of current marine technology. NOAA's
Office of Ocean Exploration and Research (OER) is seeking pre-proposals
and full proposals to support its mission, consistent with NOAA's
Strategic Plan http://www.nrc.noaa.gov, to search, investigate, and
document marine archaeological resources. OER is seeking proposals for
exploration and discovery of significant maritime heritage sites,
including submerged, previously subaerial, landscapes, shipwrecks,
aircraft, and other maritime cultural sites.
Competitive OER proposals will be bold, innovative and
interdisciplinary in their approach and objectives. Proposals will
emphasize the early phases of field archaeology: searching, locating,
evaluating or inventorying sites. Marine Archaeology projects may be
conducted in any of the world's oceans, coasts or Great Lakes regions,
on any suitable platform, vessel or other charter. It is anticipated
that up to a total of approximately $400,000 will be available through
this announcement. Only marine archaeology proposals will be funded,
any other kind of project will not be reviewed. Applicants are
encouraged to visit the Ocean Explorer Web site http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov to familiarize themselves with past and
present OER-funded marine archaeological activities. Background on how
to apply and the required proposal cover sheets are accessible through
the OER Office Web site at http://www.explore.noaa.gov/opportunity/welcome.html. The program priorities for this opportunity support
NOAA's mission support goal to ``Protect, Restore, and Manage Use of
Coastal and Ocean Resources through Ecosystem-Based Management.''
Funding Availability: In anticipation of the FY 2010 President's
Budget, OER anticipates up to $400,000 will be available through this
announcement for Marine Archaeology. OER anticipates supporting
approximately three to four awards through this solicitation, averaging
$100,000 each. The OER Director may hold over select proposals
submitted for FY 2010 funding for consideration in FY 2011. The amount
of funding available through this announcement is subject to the final
FY 2010 appropriation for Ocean Exploration and Research. Publication
of this announcement does not obligate NOAA to fund any specific
project or to obligate all or any part of available funds. There is no
guarantee that sufficient funds will be available to initiate or
continue research activities where funding has been recommended by OER.
The exact amount of funds that OER may recommend be granted will be
determined in pre-award negotiations between the applicant and NOAA
representatives. Future opportunities for submitting proposals may be
available and will depend on OER funding levels.
Statutory Authority: 33 U.S.C. 3403(a)(4).
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 11.460,
Special Oceanic and Atmospheric Projects.
Application Deadline: Completed pre-proposals are required for all
categories and must be received by 5 p.m. EST August 17, 2009. A
complete pre-proposal is a prerequisite for submission of a full
proposal.
Full proposals must be received and validated by Grants.gov,
postmarked, or provided to a delivery service on or before 5 p.m. EST,
October 13, 2009. Please note: Validation or rejection of your
application by Grants.gov may take up to 2 business days after
submission. Please consider this process in developing your submission
timeline. Applications received after the deadline will be rejected/
returned to the sender without further consideration. Use of U.S. mail
or another delivery service must be documented with a receipt. No
facsimile or electronic mail full proposals will be accepted from non-
Federal applicants.
Address for Submitting Proposals: Pre-proposal submissions can be
either by e-mail (preferred, send to [email protected]) or by hard-
copy (send three copies to the mailing address below). If by e-mail,
please put your last name in the subject heading along with the words
OER Pre-proposal, e.g., ``Smith OER Pre-proposal.'' Adobe PDF format is
preferred. No facsimile pre-proposals will be accepted. Full proposal
submissions for non-Federal applicants must be submitted through
Grants.gov. Federal applicants are ineligible to submit via grants.gov
and may submit their submissions by e-mail (preferred, send to
[email protected]) or by hard-copy (send three copies to the mailing
address below). Non-Federal applicants without Internet access may
submit hard-copies to: Attn: Dr. Nicolas Alvarado, Ocean Exploration
Proposal Manager, NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration & Research, SSMC
III, 10th Floor, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910.
No e-mail from non-Federal applicants or facsimile full proposal
submissions from Federal and non-Federal applicants will be accepted.
Information Contacts: For further information contact the NOAA
Office of Ocean Exploration at (301) 734-1015 or submit inquiries via
e-mail to the Frequently Asked Questions address: [email protected].
E-mail inquiries should include the Principal Investigator's name in
the subject heading. Inquiries can be mailed to ATTN: Dr. Nicolas
Alvarado (Ocean Exploration Proposal Manager) NOAA Office of Ocean
Exploration and Research 1315 East-West Highway SSMC3, 10th Floor,
Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910.
Eligibility: Eligible applicants are institutions of higher
education; other nonprofits; commercial organizations; foreign
governments; organizations under the jurisdiction of foreign
governments; international organizations; state, local and Indian
tribal governments; and Federal agencies. Please Note: Before non-
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NOAA Federal applicants may be funded, they must demonstrate that they
have legal authority to receive funds from another Federal agency in
excess of their appropriation. Because this announcement is not
proposing to procure goods or services from applicants, the Economy Act
(31 U.S.C. 1535) is not an appropriate legal basis.
Cost Sharing Requirements: Cost-sharing is not required.
Intergovernmental Review: Applications under this program are
subject to Executive Order 12372, ``Intergovernmental Review of Federal
Programs.'' Applicants must contact their State's Single Point of
Contact (SPOC) to find out about and comply with the State's process
under EO 12372. The names and addresses of the SPOC's are listed in the
Office of Management and Budget's Web site: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/spoc.html.
National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service (NESDIS)
1. Research in Satellite Data Assimilation for Numerical Weather,
Climate and Environmental Forecast Systems
Summary Description: The NOAA/NASA/DOD Joint Center for Satellite
Data Assimilation (JCSDA) is a distributed center that engages units of
NASA: Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) Earth-Sun Exploration
Division; NOAA: NESDIS Center for Satellite Applications and Research
(STAR), National Weather Service (NWS), National Centers for
Environmental Prediction (NCEP)/Environmental Modeling Center (EMC),
and Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR); US Navy:
Oceanographer of the Navy and the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL); and
U.S. Air Force Air Weather Agency. The Joint Center's goal is to
accelerate the abilities of NOAA, DOD, and NASA to ingest and
effectively use the large volumes of data from current satellite-based
instruments and planned satellite missions over the next 10 years.
JCSDA activities are divided into infrastructure development and
proposal-driven scientific projects. Infrastructure activities will
focus initially on the development and maintenance of a scientific
backbone for the JCSDA, including a community-based radiative transfer
model, a community-based surface emissivity model, and numerical
prediction systems for performing assimilation experiments with real
and simulated observations from new and future satellite instruments.
The proposal-driven scientific projects are the primary mechanism for
accelerating the transition of research and technological advances in
remote sensing and data assimilation into the operational and product
driven weather, ocean, climate, and environmental prediction systems.
This mechanism also aims at improving community radiative transfer
models and surface emissivity models, and characterizing the error
covariances related to forecast models, radiative transfer models and
satellite observations.
This research is directed toward acceleration of the science of
satellite data assimilation in numerical weather forecast models and in
ocean and land surface models used for climate prediction and
operational ocean applications. A primary measure of potential impact
in this solicitation will be the acceleration of satellite data usage
into NOAA, and DoD forecast systems, and the improvement of forecasts
from those systems. This opportunity supports the JCSDA short-term goal
to ``contribute to making the forecast skill of the operational NWP
systems of the JCSDA partners internationally competitive by
assimilating the largest possible number of satellite observations in
the most effective way.'' It also supports the JCSDA partners
individual missions, including NOAA's mission goal of Weather and
Water--Serve Society's Needs for Weather and Water Information, as well
as NASA's mission to understand and protect our home planet and DoD's
Air Force and Navy respective missions.
Research supporting development of the radiative transfer models
used in assimilation applications should be in fast radiative transfer
codes such as those used in real-time Numerical Weather Prediction
(NWP). Broader research topics in data assimilation, data impact, and
improvement of radiative schemes for data assimilation applications
that do not have the potential for direct application to real-time NWP
or other operational environmental prediction systems are of less
interest for this announcement.
Funding Availability: Total funding available for this program is
anticipated to be approximately $600,000. Individual annual awards in
the form of grants or cooperative agreements are expected to range from
$50,000 to $150,000, although larger amounts may be awarded. It is
anticipated that 4-6 awards will be made.
Statutory Authority: Authority for this program are provided under
15 U.S.C. 313, 49 U.S.C. 44720(b); 15 U.S.C. 2901.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 11.440,
Environmental Sciences, Applications, Data, and Education.
Application Deadline: Letters of Intent must be received by NOAA/
NESDIS no later than 5 p.m. EDT Time August 24, 2009. For Letters of
Intent received after that date, a timely response from the JCSDA may
not be possible.
Full proposals must be received and validated by Grants.gov,
postmarked, or provided to a delivery service on or before 5 p.m. EDT
on October 13, 2009. Please note: Validation or rejection of your
application by Grants.gov may take up to 2 business days after
submission. Please consider this process in developing your submission
timeline.
For LOIs sent by e-mail or fax, the date and time indicator on the
e-mail or fax will be used. LOIs sent by hard copy will be date and
time stamped when they are received. For full proposals sent through
Grants.gov, the Grants.gov date and time indicator will be used. Full
proposals sent by hard copy will be date and time stamped when they are
received. All proposals must be submitted in accordance with the
guidelines below. Failure to follow these guidelines will result in
proposals being returned to the submitter.
Address for Submitting Proposals: Letters of Intent (LOIs) may be
e-mailed to [email protected]. Hard copies may be sent to Dr. Sid
Boukabara, JCSDA, NOAA/NESDIS, 5200 Auth Rd., Rm 808, Camp Springs, MD
20746. LOIs may be faxed to 301-763-8149 and directed to Dr. Sid
Boukabara. Full proposals from non-Federal organizations must be
submitted through www.grants.gov, unless the organization is without
Internet access. In that case, hard copy proposals may be sent to Dr.
Sid Boukabara, JCSDA, NOAA/NESDIS, 5200 Auth Rd., Rm 808, Camp Springs,
MD 20746. Full proposals from federal agencies must be submitted by e-
mail to [email protected] or sent by hard copy to Dr. Sid
Boukabara, Deputy Director, JCSDA, NOAA/NESDIS, 5200 Auth Rd., Rm 808,
Camp Springs, MD 20746.
Information Contacts: Administrative questions: Ms. Patty Mayo, by
phone (301) 763-8127, x107, fax: 301-763-8108, or e-mail:
[email protected]. Technical questions: Dr. Sid Boukabara, (NOAA
Program Officer), by phone 301-763-8136, fax: 301-763-8149 or via e-
mail: [email protected].
Eligibility: Eligible applicants are institutions of higher
education; other nonprofit; for profits; international organizations;
state, local and Indian
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tribal governments; and Federal agencies. Applications from non-Federal
and Federal applicants will be competed against each other. Proposals
selected for funding from non-Federal applicants will be funded through
a grant or cooperative agreement as described in this notice. Proposals
selected for funding from NOAA scientists shall be effected by an
intra-agency fund transfer. Proposals select for funding from non-NOAA
Federal agency will be funded through an inter-agency transfer. Please
Note: Before non-NOAA Federal applicants may be funded, they must
demonstrate that they have legal authority to receive funds from
another Federal agency in excess of their appropriation. The only
exception to this is governmental research facilities for awards issued
under the authority of 49 U.S.C. 44720(b). Because this announcement is
not proposing to procure goods or services from applicants, the Economy
Act (31 U.S.C. 1535) is not an appropriate legal basis.
Cost Sharing Requirements: No cost sharing nor matching is required
under this program.
Intergovernmental Review: Applications under this program are not
subject to Executive Order 12372, ``Intergovernmental Review of Federal
Programs.''
7. Student Opportunity for Learning
Summary Description: The National Environmental Satellite, Data,
and Information Service (NESDIS), Office of Research and Applications
(ORA), announces the availability of Federal assistance for an
educational institution to provide a summer enrichment program for
middle school student in the area Mathematics, Science, Engineering,
and Technology (MSET) for minority and economically disadvantaged
students. This program responds to a need for these targeted students
to receive instruction and activities that will encourage them to
pursue careers in (MSET) fields.
Funding Availability: NOAA believes its Science and Technology
related fields as a whole will benefit significantly from encouraging
students to pursue Mathematics, Science, Engineering and Technology
Degrees. Current program plans assume the total resources provided
through this announcement will support the two-week enrichment program.
The total amount available for proposals is anticipated to be
approximately $126,000. It is anticipated that three, one-year awards
will be made from this budget. Funding is available to make the award
for the first of these three planned awards, however, there is no
guarantee that sufficient funds will be available to make all awards.
Publication of this notice does not oblige NOAA to award any
specific project or to obligate any available funds. If one incurs
costs prior to receiving an award agreement signed by an authorized
NOAA official, one would do so solely at one's own risk of these costs
not being included under the award.
Statutory Authority: Statutory authority for this program is
provided under 15 U.S.C. 1540.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 11.440,
Environmental Sciences, Applications, Data, and Education.
Application Deadline: Applications must be received and validated
by Grants.gov, postmarked, or provided to a delivery service on or
before 4 p.m. EDT, October 19, 2009. Please note: Validation or
rejection of your application by Grants.gov may take up to 2 business
days after submission. Please consider this process in developing your
submission timeline. Applications received after the deadline will be
rejected/returned to the sender without further consideration. Use of
U.S. mail or another delivery service must be documented with a
receipt. No facsimile or electronic mail applications will be accepted.
Hard copy proposals will be date and time stamped when they are
received in the program office. Proposals received after the deadline
will not be considered for award.
Address for Submitting Proposals: Proposals must be submitted
electronically via http://www.grants.gov. For applicants without
Internet access, hard copies (by postal mail, commercial delivery
service, or hand delivery) may be sent to the Wallops CDA Station,
Attn: Van Crawford, NOAA/NESDIS/WCDAS; 35663 Chincoteague Road,
Wallops, Virginia 23337.
Information Contacts: Administrative or technical questions: Van D.
Crawford, NOAA/NESDIS/WCDAS; 35663 Chincoteague Road, Wallops, Virginia
23337. Phone: 757-824-7375. E-mail [email protected].
Eligibility: Eligible applications can be from any institution of
higher education in the United States.
Cost Sharing Requirements: None required.
Intergovernmental Review: Applications under this program are not
subject to Executive Order 12372: Intergovernmental Review of Federal
Programs.
V. Non-Competitive Financial Assistance Project Announcement
1. NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Grant Program--Coral Reef Ecosystem
Research Grants
Summary Description: The NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Grant Program
announces that it is providing funding to the NOAA Undersea Research
Program (NURP) Centers for the Southeastern U.S., Florida, and Gulf of
Mexico Region, the Southeast U.S. and Gulf of Mexico Center; and the
Hawaii and Western Pacific Region, the Hawaii Undersea Research
Laboratory, to administer two external, competitive coral reef
ecosystem research grants programs. Research supported through these
programs will address priority information needs identified by coral
reef ecosystem managers and scientists. Coral reef research priorities
supported through these programs will focus efforts on strategic
management needs and understanding and addressing the following three
key priority threats: impacts of fishing, impacts of land-based sources
of pollution, and impacts of climate change. Specific priorities within
these broad areas, and geographic preferences, will be indicated in
each NURP Center's request for proposals. The NURP Center external
coral reef research grants programs are part of the NOAA Coral Reef
Conservation Grants Program under the Coral Reef Conservation Act of
2000. The program priorities for this opportunity support NOAA's
mission support goal of: Ecosystems--Protect, Restore, and Manage Use
of Coastal and Ocean Resources through Ecosystem-Based Management.
Funding Availability: Approximately $600,000 may be available in FY
2010 to support awards under this program.
Statutory Authority: Statutory authority for this program is
provided under 16 U.S.C. 6403.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 11.430,
National Undersea Research Program.
Information Contact: John Tomczuk, 301-734-1009 or e-mail at
[email protected]. Announcements requesting proposals will be
announced on: http://www.uncw.edu/nurc, for the NURP Center for the
Southeastern U.S. and the Gulf of Mexico; on http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/HURL, for the NURP Center for Hawaii and the
Western Pacific, the Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory.
Cost Sharing Requirements: The awards require a 1:1 federal to non-
federal match.
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Intergovernmental Review: Applications under this program are not
subject to Executive Order 12372, ``Intergovernmental Review of Federal
Programs.''
Limitation of Liability
Funding for programs listed in this notice is contingent upon the
availability of Fiscal Year 2010 appropriations. Applicants are hereby
given notice that funds have not yet been appropriated for the programs
listed in this notice. In no event will NOAA or the Department of
Commerce be responsible for proposal preparation costs if these
programs fail to receive funding or are cancelled because of other
agency priorities. Publication of this announcement does not oblige
NOAA to award any specific project or to obligate any available funds.
Universal Identifier
Applicants should be aware that, they are required to provide a Dun
and Bradstreet Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number during the
application process. See the October 30, 2002 Federal Register (67 FR
66177) for additional information. Organizations can receive a DUNS
number at no cost by calling the dedicated toll-free DUNS Number
request line at 1-866-705-5711 or via the Internet at http://www.dunandbradstreet.com.
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
NOAA must analyze the potential environmental impacts, as required
by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), for applicant projects
or proposals which are seeking NOAA federal funding opportunities.
Detailed information on NOAA compliance with NEPA can be found at the
following NOAA NEPA Web site: http://www.nepa.noaa.gov/, including our
NOAA Administrative Order 216-6 for NEPA, http://www.nepa.noaa.gov/NAO216-6-TOC.pdf, NEPA Questionnaire, http://www.nepa.noaa.gov/questionnaire.pdf, and the Council on Environmental Quality
implementation regulations, http://ceq.eh.doe.gov/nepa/regs/ceq/toc-ceq.htm. Consequently, as part of an applicant's package, and under
their description of their program activities, applicants are required
to provide detailed information on the activities to be conducted,
locations, sites, species and habitat to be affected, possible
construction activities, and any environmental concerns that may exist
(e.g., the use and disposal of hazardous or toxic chemicals,
introduction of non-indigenous species, impacts to endangered and
threatened species, aquaculture projects, and impacts to coral reef
systems). In addition to providing specific information that will serve
as the basis for any required impact analyses, applicants may also be
requested to assist NOAA in drafting of an environmental assessment, if
NOAA determines an assessment is required. Applicants will also be
required to cooperate with NOAA in identifying feasible measures to
reduce or avoid any identified adverse environmental impacts of their
proposal. The failure to do so shall be grounds for not selecting an
application. In some cases if additional information is required after
an application is selected, funds can be withheld by the Grants Officer
under a special award condition requiring the recipient to submit
additional environmental compliance information sufficient to enable
NOAA to make an assessment on any impacts that a project may have on
the environment.
Compliance With Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security
Export Administration Regulations
(a) This clause applies to the extent that this financial
assistance award involves access to export-controlled information or
technology.
(b) In performing this financial assistance award, the recipient
may gain access to export-controlled information or technology. The
recipient is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws and
regulations regarding export-controlled information and technology,
including deemed exports. The recipient shall establish and maintain
throughout performance of the financial assistance award effective
export compliance procedures at non-NOAA facilities. At a minimum,
these export compliance procedures must include adequate controls of
physical, verbal, visual, and electronic access to export-controlled
information and technology.
(c) Definitions
(1) Deemed export. The Export Administration Regulations (EAR)
define a deemed export as any release of technology or source code
subject to the EAR to a foreign national, both in the United States and
abroad. Such release is ``deemed'' to be an export to the home country
of the foreign national. 15 CFR 734.2(b)(2)(ii).
(2) Export-controlled information and technology. Export-controlled
information and technology is information and technology subject to the
EAR (15 CFR parts 730 et seq.), implemented by the DOC Bureau of
Industry and Security, or the International Traffic I Arms Regulations
(ITAR) (22 CFR parts 120-130), implemented by the Department of State,
respectively. This includes, but is not limited to, dual-use items,
defense articles and any related assistance, services, software or
technical data as defined in the EAR and ITAR.
(d) The recipient shall control access to all export-controlled
information and technology that it possesses or that comes into its
possession in performance of a financial assistance award, to ensure
that access is restricted, or licensed, as required by applicable
Federal laws, Executive Orders, and/or regulations.
(e) Nothing in the terms of this financial assistance award is
intended to change, supersede, or waive the requirements of applicable
Federal laws, Executive Orders or regulations.
(f) The recipient shall include this clause, including this
paragraph (f), in all lower tier transactions (subawards, contracts,
and subcontracts) under the financial assistance award that may involve
access to export-controlled information technology.
NOAA implementation of Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12
If the performance of a financial assistance award, if approved by
NOAA, requires recipients to have physical access to Federal premises
for more than 180 days or access to a Federal information system, any
items or services delivered under a financial assistance award shall
comply with the Department of Commerce personal identity verification
procedures that implement Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12,
FIPS PUB 201, and the Office of Management and Budget Memorandum M-05-
24. The recipient shall insert this clause in all subawards or
contracts when the subaward recipient or contractor is required to have
physical access to a Federally controlled facility or access to a
Federal information system.
The Department of Commerce Pre-Award Notification Requirements for
Grants and Cooperative Agreements
The Department of Commerce Pre-Award Notification Requirements for
Grants and Cooperative Agreements contained in the Federal Register
notice of February 11, 2008 (73 FR 7696) are applicable to this
solicitation.
Paperwork Reduction Act
This document contains collection-of-information requirements
subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The use of Standard Forms
424 and 424A, 424B, 424C, 424D, and SF-LLL has been
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approved by OMB under the respective control numbers 4040-0004, 4040-
0006, 4040-0007, 4040-0008, 4040-0009, and 0348-0046. Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, no person is required to respond to, nor
shall any person be subject to a penalty for failure to comply with, a
collection of information subject to the requirements of the PRA unless
that collection of information displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
Executive Order 12866
This notice has been determined to be not significant for purposes
of Executive Order 12866.
Executive Order 13132 (Federalism)
It has been determined that this notice does not contain policies
with Federalism implications as that term is defined in Executive Order
13132.
Administrative Procedure Act/Regulatory Flexibility Act
Prior notice and an opportunity for public comment are not required
by the Administrative Procedure Act or any other law for rules
concerning public property, loans, grants, benefits, and contracts (5
U.S.C. 553(a)(2)). Because notice and opportunity for comment are not
required pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553 or any other law, the analytical
requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.)
are inapplicable. Therefore, a regulatory flexibility analysis has not
been prepared.
Mitchell J. Ross,
Director, Acquisition and Grants Office, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
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