Physical Oceanography
Apply on Grants.gov →Application closes February 17, 2027
- Posted
- January 21, 2026
- Closes
- February 17, 2027
- Award floor
- $250,000
- Program funding
- $10,000,000
- Cost sharing
- No
- Instrument
- Grant
- Assistance listing
- 47.050
- Archives
- September 16, 2027
Program funding history
Awards made under Assistance Listing 47.050 across FY2024–FY2026, from public federal spending records.
- FY2024 obligated
- $1B
- FY2025 obligated
- $1B
- FY2026 (to date) obligated
- $373.8M
- Awards in window
- 4,687
Top recipients: University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Earthscope Consortium Inc., University of California San Diego, The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed August 2026
Synopsis
The Physical Oceanography Program supports research on a wide range of topics associated with the structure and movement of the ocean, with the way in which it transports various quantities, with the way the ocean's physical structure interacts with the biological and chemical processes within it, and with interactions between the ocean and the atmosphere, solid earth and ice that surround it.
Who can apply
- Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"
How to apply
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