NOAA announced the availability of funding and grants in the following areas:
National Marine Fisheries Service
(1) 2010 herring Research Set Aside
(2) 2010 Mid-Atlantic Research Set Aside
(3) FY09 Hawaii Seafood Program
(4) New Bedford Harbor Restoration Projects
(5) Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund
(6) Proactive Species Conservation Program
National Ocean Service
Source: NOAA
(1) Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program – FY 2010
(2) Coral Reef NGO Partnership
(3) FY(09) Bay Watershed Education and Training Program in Monterrey Bay.
National Weather Service
Source: NOAA
(1) Hydrologic Research
(2) Remote Community Alert Systems Program 2009
Grants are administered to further NOAA’s mission goals to: protect, restore and manage the use of coastal and ocean resources through ecosystem management and understand climate variability and change to enhance society’s ability to plan and respond. Funded proposals should help understand and predict climate change by weeks to decades timetables using quantified undertainties to make reasonable decisions; incorporate NOAAs climate projects into plans and decisions for climate sensitive sectors; and meet society’s need for weather and water information.
