FY2025 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) - NOAA Fisheries Citizen Science Funding Opportunity
- Posted
- August 5, 2024
- Closed
- November 4, 2024
- Award ceiling
- $200,000
- Award floor
- $75,000
- Cost sharing
- No
- Instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Assistance listing
- 11.472
- Archives
- December 4, 2024
Program funding history
Awards made under Assistance Listing 11.472 across FY2025–FY2027, from public federal spending records.
- FY2025 obligated
- $95.4M
- FY2026 obligated
- $31.9M
- FY2027 (to date) obligated
- $0
- Awards in window
- 153
Top recipients: Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, North Pacific Research Board, Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Prince William Sound Science and Technology Institute
Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed October 2026 · Program page: awards, recipients and the opportunities under this listing →
Synopsis
Citizen science, in which individuals or organizations voluntarily participate in one or more aspects of the scientific process, is one of six NOAA science and technology focus areas. Citizen science has a rich history within NOAA with volunteer observations contributing to our Nation’s prediction and management of weather, oceans, coasts, and fisheries for decades. NOAA supports opportunities for the public to engage with the agency’s mission and address societal needs through science, technology, and innovation. The purpose of this solicitation is to support citizen science projects that can help support federal fisheries stock assessments and climate-ready fisheries management. Funding will prioritize projects that: provide information that can supplement and/or inform stock assessments or increase understanding of current and/or future impacts of climate change on fish stocks and/or fishing communities. For the purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), all program priorities relating to fishery species, including those related to stock assessments, are for stocks within a federal Fishery Management Plan. These stocks can be found in the stock status tables A-G of the Fishery Stock Status Updates which are updated quarterly. For Fiscal Year 2025, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) anticipates that approximately $600,000 could be made available for the full set of selected citizen science projects that address the areas specified in the Program Priority Section (I.B.1 - I.B.3).
Who can apply
- City or township governments
- Special district governments
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Small businesses
- County governments
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- Independent school districts
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- State governments
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Individuals
- Private institutions of higher education
Eligible applicants are individuals, institutions of higher education, other nonprofits, for-profit organizations, foreign public entities or foreign organizations, and state, local, territorial and Indian tribal governments. Federal agencies or instrumentalities are not eligible to receive federal assistance under this notice. 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 Department of Commerce/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (DOC/NOAA) also supports broadening participation from Indigenous communities. NOTE: We strongly encourage all prospective applicants to begin required registrations as early as possible. Completing the required registrations can take six weeks or longer. Submission due dates will not be extended because of registration delays. Submissions received after the due date will be considered late and will not be accepted. Applicant organizations and individuals must register for three different Federal systems prior to submitting an application through Grants.gov (SAM.gov, eRA Commons, and Grants.gov). Applicant organizations and individuals must first register with SAM.gov and obtain a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI). After you obtain your UEI, you can complete your Grants.gov and eRA Commons registrations concurrently. See Section IV(G) for detailed instructions on registration requirements. If you do not have access to the internet, please contact the Agency Contacts listed in this NOFO for submission instructions.
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