Funding Opportunities

Grants.gov is the website used by federal agencies to announce and process grant opportunities. Grant announcements for new NOAA programs and any program $100 million or greater are published in the Federal Register and posted on Grants.gov. Announcements for continuing grant programs and any amendments are posted on Grants.gov and are not published in the Federal Register. To find grants from the NOAA Coastal Services Center, select "Find Grant Opportunities" on the Grant.gov site. Then, perform a "Basic Search" using the Center's Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number: 11.473.

Table 1.0: Open or Recent NOAA Grant Announcements

NOAA Coastal Services Center
Grant Opportunities
Federal Funding Opportunity Announcements
(posted on Grants.gov)
Dates of Interest
Letters Of Intent Proposal Deadline Earliest Start Date
NOAA-wide announcement
This announcement relates to all NOAA line agencies and may be of interest to Center partners who work with NOAA grant programs.
NOAA's FY2010 - FY2011 Broad Area Announcement (PDF, 48KB) The notice requests proposals for special projects and programs associated with NOAA's strategic plan and mission goals. This BAA is a mechanism to encourage research, education and outreach, innovative projects, or sponsorships that are not addressed through NOAA competitive discretionary programs. It is not a mechanism for awarding Congressionally directed funds. Funds have not yet been appropriated for any proposed activities in this notice. N/A 5:00 p.m. ET
September 30, 2011
If found meritorious, generally 3 to 6 months after submission.
Pacific Services Center FY2012 Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) Hawaii Program 5:59 p.m. Hawaii time / 11:59 p.m. ET August
31, 2011
5:59 p.m. Hawaii time / 11:59 p.m. ET September
30, 2011
July 1, 2012

Table 2.0: Archive of selected NOAA competitive federal funding opportunities (FFOs).

Information about NOAA Coastal Services Center grants (pdf)
Guidance for first-time Grants.gov users (pdf)