National Sea Grant Aquaculture Funding Opportunities for FY 2019 Now Available.

March 1st, 2019

For complete application information on these three opportunities – including links to the FFO’s – please go to the National Sea Grant website.  For questions and to discuss a potential application, please contact Dr. Peter Rowe. Please note that on Monday, March 4 at 3 pm Eastern, there will be a webinar about the three aquaculture opportunities. Register or join the webinar using this link.   

Below is a summary of each opportunity. Please note that the first two offerings must be submitted through a Sea Grant program.

Advanced Aquaculture Collaborative Programs – 2019, NOAA-OAR-SG-2019-2005963

Sea Grant anticipates at least $9,000,000 will be available to support the establishment of collaborative programs to build the capacity of Sea Grant and its partners to advance aquaculture in areas where a foundation of knowledge and activity currently exists but where significant barriers to sustainable domestic marine and Great Lakes aquaculture remain. These collaborative programs will serve as geographic or topic-based hubs for fully integrated, transdisciplinary research, outreach, and education that will provide broad, non-proprietary support and investment for building and/or enhancing an aquaculture industry.

  • Letters of Intent are due April 15, 2019 (see formal announcement for details).
  • Full proposals are due May 15, 2019 (see formal announcement for details).

Proposals to this competition must be submitted by a Sea Grant Program.

Exploring New Aquaculture Opportunities – 2019, NOAA-OAR-SG-2019-2005960

Sea Grant anticipates $1,500,000 will be available to support Sea Grant-led aquaculture projects to catalyze work in a range of topics or geographies. This competition will fund diverse, and at times, high-risk, developmental projects that will envision, explore and advance aquaculture opportunities where a minimal foundation currently exists.

  • Letters of intent are due March 26, 2019 (see formal announcement for details).
  • Full proposals are due April 24, 2019 (see formal announcement for details).

Proposals to this competition must be submitted by a Sea Grant Program.

Social, Behavioral, and Economic Research Needs in Aquaculture – 2019,  NOAA-OAR-SG-2019-2005953

The National Sea Grant Office anticipates around $3,000,000 will be available to support research to address critical gaps in social, behavioral, and economic knowledge as it relates to U.S. aquaculture and the communities impacted and served by it. The initiative is informed by the National Strategic Plan for Federal Aquaculture Research; the Sea Grant 10-Year NOAA Sea Grant Aquaculture Vision; and previous research from federal, state, and university scientists.

  • Letters of intent are due April 2, 2019 (see formal announcement for details).
  • Full proposals are due May 1, 2019 (see formal announcement for details).
  • The following entities are eligible and encouraged to participate in this funding opportunity: any individual; any public or private corporation, partnership, or other association or entity (including any Sea Grant College, Sea Grant Institute or other institution); or any State, political subdivision of a State, Tribal government or agency or officer thereof.

We look forward to assiting you with your applications and to successful outcomes.