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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[Docket No. 0907081109–91109–01] 

RIN 0648–ZC10 

Availability of Grant Funds for Fiscal 

Year 2010 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration publishes 

this notice to provide the general public 

with a consolidated source of program 

and application information related to 

its competitive grant and cooperative 

agreement (CA) award offerings for 

fiscal year (FY) 2010. This Omnibus 

notice is designed to replace the 

multiple Federal Register notices that 

traditionally advertised the availability 

of NOAA’s discretionary funds for its 

various programs. It should be noted 

that additional program initiatives 

unanticipated at the time of the 

publication of this notice may be 

announced through subsequent Federal 

Register notices. All announcements 

will also be available through the 

Grants.gov Web site. 

DATES: Proposals must be received by 

the date and time indicated under each 

program listing in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of this notice. 

ADDRESSES: Proposals must be 

submitted to the addresses listed in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this notice for each program. The 

Federal Register and Full Funding 

Opportunity (FFO) notices may be 

found on the Grants.gov Web site. The 

URL for Grants.gov is http:// 

www.grants.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Please contact the person listed within 

this notice as the information contact 

under each program. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Applicants must comply with all 

requirements contained in the Federal 

Funding Opportunity announcement for 

each of the programs listed in this 

omnibus notice. These Federal Funding 

Opportunities are available at http:// 

www.grants.gov. The list of entries 

below describe the basic information 

and requirements for competitive grant/ 

cooperative agreement programs offered 

by NOAA. These programs are open to 

any applicant who meets the eligibility 

criteria provided in each entry. To be 

considered for an award in a 

competitive grant/cooperative 

agreement program, an eligible 

applicant must submit a complete and 

responsive application to the 

appropriate program office. An award is 

made upon conclusion of the evaluation 

and selection process for the respective 

program. 

Table of Contents 

I. Background 

II. Electronic Access 

III. Evaluation Criteria and Selection 

Procedures 

IV. NOAA Project Competitions Listed by 

NOAA Mission Goals 

V. NOAA Project Competitions 

National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) 

1. 2010 Monkfish Research Set-Aside 

Program 

2. 2010 Open Rivers Initiative 

3. 2010 Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program 

4. 2010 Atlantic Scallop Research SetAside Program 

5. Cooperative Research Program 

6. FY 2010 NOAA Chesapeake Bay 

Watershed Education and Training (B– 

WET) Program 

7. FY 2010 Community-Based Marine 

Debris Removal Project Grants 

8. NOAA Gulf of Mexico Bay Watershed 

Education and Training (B–WET) 

Program 

9. Marine Fisheries Initiative (MARFIN) 

10. NOAA Coastal and Marine Habitat 

Restoration National and Regional 

Partnership Grants 

11. NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Grant 

Program/General Coral Reef 

Conservation Grants 

12. NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Grant 

Program/Projects to Improve or Amend 

Coral 

Reef Fishery Management Plans 

13. NOAA New England Bay Watershed 

Education and Training (B–WET) 

Program 

14. 2010 Prescott Marine Mammal 

Stranding Grant Program 

15. Protected Species Cooperative 

Conservation 

National Ocean Service (NOS) 

1. 2010 NOAA Coral Reef Management 

Grant Program 

2. 2010 NOAA Coral Reef Monitoring Grant 

Program 

3. Coastal Hypoxia Research Program 

(CHRP) 

4. FY 2010 Bay Watershed Education and 

Training (B–WET) Hawaii Program 

5. FY 2010 NOAA California Bay 

Watershed Education and Training (B– 

WET) Program 

6. Harmful Algal Bloom Program 

7. 2010 NOAA International Coral Reef 

Grant Program 

8. NOAA Pacific Northwest Bay Watershed 

Education and Training (B–WET) 

Program 

9. National Estuarine Research Reserve 

Graduate Research Fellowship Program 

FY 2010 

10. National Estuarine Research Reserve 

System (NERRS) Land Acquisition and 

Construction Program FY 2010 

11. Sea Level Rise—(SLR) 

12. 2010 Integrated Ocean Observing 

System Implementation 

13. NOAA’s National Height 

Modernization Program 

National Weather Service (NWS) 

1. Collaborative Science, Technology, and 

Applied Research (CSTAR) Program 

2. Remote Community Alert Systems 

Program 2010 

Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) 

1. 2010 NMFS—Sea Grant Fellowships in 

Marine Resource Economics 

2. 2010 NMFS—Sea Grant Fellowships in 

Population Dynamics 

3. 2010 Sea Grant/Regional Team Climate 

Engagement 

4. 2011 National Sea Grant College 

Program Dean John A. Knauss Marine 

Policy Fellowship 

5. Climate Program Office for FY 2010 

6. FY 2010 Ocean Exploration and 

Research Appropriation—Marine 

Archaeology 

National Environmental Satellite Data and 

Information Service (NESDIS) 

1. Research in Satellite Data Assimilation 

for Numerical Weather, Climate and 

Environmental Forecast Systems 

2. Student Opportunity for Learning 

VI. Non-Competitive Financial Assistance 

Project 

I. Background 

This notice provide the general public 

with a consolidated source of program 

and application information related to 

its competitive grant and cooperative 

agreement (CA) award offerings for 

fiscal year (FY) 2010. This notice 

provides information regarding the 

application submission process, and the 

evaluation criteria and selection 

procedures respectively for the grant 

opportunities. Each of the following 

grant opportunities provide: a 

description of the program, funding 

availability, statutory authority, catalog 

of federal domestic assistance (CFDA) 

number, application deadline, address 

for submitting proposals, information 

contacts, eligibility requirements, cost 

sharing requirements, and 

intergovernmental review under 

Executive Order 12372. 

In addition, this notice announces 

information related to a non-competitive 

financial assistance project to be 

administered by NOAA. This project is 

titled ‘‘NOAA Coral Reef Conservation 

Grant Program—Coral Reef Ecosystem 

Research Grants’’. The NOAA Coral Reef 

Conservation Grant Program announces 

that it is providing funding to the 

NOAA Undersea Research Program 

(NURP) Centers for: the Southeastern 

U.S., Florida, and Gulf of Mexico 

Region, the Southeast U.S. and Gulf of 

Mexico Center; and the Hawaii and 

Western Pacific Region, the Hawaii 

Undersea Research Laboratory, to 

administer two external, competitive 


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coral reef ecosystem research grants 

programs. To receive an award for this 

project, an eligible applicant must 

submit a complete and responsive 

application to the appropriate program 

office. An award is made upon 

conclusion of the evaluation process for 

the prospective project. 

II. Electronic Access 

The full funding announcement for 

each program is available via the 

Grants.gov Web site at: http:// 

www.grants.gov. Electronic applications 

for the NOAA Programs listed in this 

announcement may be accessed, 

downloaded, and submitted to that Web 

site. 

The due dates and times for paper and 

electronic submissions are identical. 

NOAA strongly recommends that you 

do not wait until the application 

deadline to begin the application 

process through Grants.gov. Your 

application must be received and 

validated by Grants.gov no later than the 

due date and time. Please Note: 

Validation or rejection of your 

application by Grants.gov may take up 

to 2 business days after your 

submission. 

Please consider the Grants.gov 

validation/rejection process in 

developing your application submission 

time line. 

Grants.gov 

Getting started with Grants.gov is 

easy. Users should note that there are 

two key features on the Web site: Find 

Grant Opportunities and Apply for 

Grants. The site is designed to support 

these two features and your use of them. 

While you can begin searching for 

NOAA grant opportunities immediately, 

it is recommended that you complete 

the steps to Get Started (below) ahead of 

time. This will help ensure you are 

ready to go when you find an 

opportunity for which you would like to 

apply. 

Applications From Individuals 

In order for you to apply as an 

individual the announcement must 

specify that the program is open to 

individuals and it must be published on 

the Grants.gov Web site. Individuals 

must register with the Credential 

Provider (see Step 3 below) and with 

Grants.gov (see Step 4 below). 

Individuals do not need a DUNS 

number to register and submit their 

applications. The system will generate a 

default value in that field. 

Grants.gov Application Submission and 

Receipt Procedures 

This section provides the application 

submission and receipt instructions for 

NOAA program applications. Please 

read the following instructions carefully 

and completely. 

1. Electronic Delivery. NOAA is 

participating in the Grants.gov Initiative 

that provides the Grant Community a 

single site to find and apply for grant 

funding opportunities. NOAA 

encourages applicants to submit their 

applications electronically through: 

http://www.grants.gov/applicants/ 

apply_for_grants.jsp. 

2. The following describes what to 

expect when applying online using 

Grants.gov/Apply: 

a. Instructions. On the site, you will 

find step-by-step instructions which 

enable you to apply for NOAA funds. 

The Grants.gov/Apply feature includes a 

simple, unified application process that 

makes it possible for applicants to apply 

for grants online. There are six ‘‘Get 

Started’’ steps to complete at Grants.gov. 

The information applicants need to 

understand and execute the steps can be 

found at: http://www.grants.gov/ 

applicants/get_registered.jsp. 

Applicants should read the Get Started 

steps carefully. The site also contains 

registration checklists to help you walk 

through the process. NOAA 

recommends that you download the 

checklists and prepare the information 

requested before beginning the 

registration process. Reviewing and 

assembling required information before 

beginning the registration process will 

make the process fast and smooth and 

save time. 

b. DUNS Requirement. All applicants, 

except those filing as individuals, who 

are applying for funding, including 

renewal funding, must have a Dun and 

Bradstreet Universal Data Numbering 

System (DUNS) number. The DUNS 

number must be included in the data 

entry field labeled ‘‘Organizational 

Duns’’ on the form SF–424. Instructions 

for obtaining a DUNS number can be 

found at the following Web site: 

http://www.grants.gov/applicants/ 

get_registered.jsp. 

c. Central Contractor Registry. In 

addition to having a DUNS number, all 

applicants applying electronically 

through Grants.gov must register with 

the Federal Central Contractor Registry 

and obtain a User Name and password. 

The Grants.gov Web site at http:// 

www.grants.gov/applicants/ 

get_registered.jsp provides step-by-step 

instructions for registering in the 

Central Contractor Registry. Failure to 

register with the Central Contractor 

Registry will result in your application 

being rejected by the Grants.gov portal. 

The registration process is a separate 

process from submitting an application. 

Applicants are, therefore, encouraged to 

register early. The registration process 

can take approximately two weeks to be 

completed. Therefore, registration 

should be done in sufficient time to 

ensure it does not impact your ability to 

meet required submission deadlines. 

You will be able to submit your 

application online anytime after you 

receive your e-authentication 

credentials. 

d. Electronic Signature. Applications 

submitted through Grants.gov constitute 

submission as electronically signed 

applications. The registration and eauthentication process establishes the 

Authorized Organization Representative 

(AOR). The AOR is an individual who 

is able to make legally binding 

commitments for the applicant 

organization. When you submit the 

application through Grants.gov, the 

name of your AOR on file will be 

inserted into the signature line of the 

application. 

3. Instructions on how to submit an 

electronic application to NOAA via 

Grants.gov/Apply: Grants.gov has a full 

set of instructions on how to apply for 

funds on its Web site at http:// 

www.grants.gov/applicants/ 

apply_for_grants.jsp. The following 

provides simple guidance on what you 

will find on the Grants.gov/Apply site. 

Applicants are encouraged to read 

through the page entitled, ‘‘Complete 

Application Package’’ before getting 

started. 

Grants.gov allows applicants to 

download the application package, 

instructions and forms that are 

incorporated in the instructions, and 

work off line. In addition to forms that 

are part of the application instructions, 

there will be a series of electronic forms 

that are provided utilizing an Adobe 

Reader. 

Note for the Adobe Reader: Grants.gov is 

only compatible with versions 8.1.1 and 

above. Please do not use lower versions of 

the Adobe Reader. 

Mandatory Fields on Adobe Reader 

Forms 

In the Adobe forms you will note 

fields that appear with a yellow 

background and red outline color. These 

fields are mandatory and must be 

completed to successfully submit your 

application. 

Completion of SF–424 Fields 

NOAA strongly recommends that 

applicants first complete the SF–424 


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fields in Grants.gov. The Adobe forms 

are designed to automatically fill in 

common required fields such as the 

applicant name and address, DUNS 

number, etc., on all Adobe electronic 

forms. To trigger this feature, an 

applicant must complete the SF–424 

information first. Once it is completed 

the information will transfer to the other 

forms. 

Customer Support 

The Grants.gov Web site provides 

customer support via (800) 518–4726 

(this is a toll-free number) or through email at support@grants.gov. The Contact 

Center is open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. 

Eastern time, Monday through Friday, 

except federal holidays, to address 

Grants.gov technology issues. For 

assistance with program related 

questions, contact the number listed in 

the Program Section of the program you 

are applying for. 

4. Timely Receipt Requirements and 

Proof of Timely Submission. 

a. Electronic Submission. All 

applications must be received by 

http://www.grants.gov/applicants/ 

apply_for_grants.jsp by the Time on the 

due date established for each program. 

Proof of timely submission is 

automatically recorded by Grants.gov. 

An electronic time stamp is generated 

within the system when the application 

is successfully received by Grants.gov. 

The applicant will receive an 

acknowledgment of receipt and a 

tracking number from Grants.gov with 

the successful transmission of their 

application. Applicants should print 

this receipt and save it, along with 

facsimile receipts for information 

provided by facsimile, as proof of timely 

submission. When NOAA successfully 

retrieves the application from 

Grants.gov, Grants.gov will provide an 

electronic acknowledgment of receipt to 

the e-mail address of the AOR. Proof of 

timely submission shall be the date and 

time that Grants.gov receives your 

application. Applications received by 

Grants.gov after the established due date 

for the program will be considered late 

and will not be considered for funding 

by NOAA. Please Note: Validation or 

rejection of your application by 

Grants.gov may take up to 2 business 

days after your submission. Please 

consider the Grants.gov validation/ 

rejection process in developing your 

application submission time line. 

NOAA suggests that applicants 

submit their applications during the 

operating hours of the Grants.gov, so 

that if there are questions concerning 

transmission, operators will be available 

to walk you through the process. 

Submitting your application during the 

Contact Center hours will also ensure 

that you have sufficient time for the 

application to complete its transmission 

prior to the application deadline. 

Applicants using dial-up connections 

should be aware that transmission of 

applications will take a longer time than 

when using high speed broadband 

before Grants.gov receives it. Grants.gov 

will provide either an error or a 

successfully received transmission 

message. Grants.gov reports that some 

applicants abort the transmission 

because they think that nothing is 

occurring during the transmission 

process. Please be patient and give the 

system time to process the application. 

Uploading and transmitting many files, 

particularly electronic forms with 

associated XML schemas, will require 

more time to be processed. Important: 

All applicants, both electronic and 

paper, should be aware that adequate 

time must be factored into applicant 

schedules for delivery of the 

application. Electronic applicants are 

advised that volume on Grants.gov is 

currently extremely heavy, and if 

Grants.gov is unable to accept 

applications electronically in a timely 

fashion, applicants are encouraged to 

exercise their option to submit 

applications in paper format. Paper 

applicants should allow adequate time 

to ensure a paper application will be 

received on time, taking into account 

that guaranteed overnight carriers are 

not always able to fulfill their 

guarantees. 

III. Evaluation Criteria and Selection 

Procedures 

NOAA has standardized the 

evaluation and selection process for its 

competitive assistance programs. There 

are two separate sets of evaluation 

criteria and selection procedures (see 

below), one for project proposals, and 

the other for fellowship, scholarship, 

and internship programs. 

Project Proposals Review and Selection 

Process 

Some project proposals may include a 

pre-application process that provides for 

feedback to applicants that responded to 

a call for letters of intent or preproposals; however, not all programs 

will include this pre-application. If a 

program has a pre-application process, 

it will be described in the Summary 

Description section of the 

announcement and the deadline will be 

specified in the Application Deadline 

section. 

Upon receipt of a full application by 

NOAA, an initial administrative review 

will be conducted to determine 

compliance with requirements and 

completeness of the application. A merit 

review will also be conducted to 

produce a rank order of the proposals. 

The NOAA Program Officer may review 

the ranking of the proposals and make 

recommendations to the Selecting 

Official based on the administrative 

and/or merit review(s) and selection 

factors listed below. The Selecting 

Official selects proposals after 

considering the administrative and/or 

merit review(s) and recommendations of 

the Program Officer. In making the final 

selections, the Selecting Official will 

award in rank order unless the proposal 

is justified to be selected out of rank 

order based upon one or more of the 

selection factors below. The Program 

Officer and/or Selecting Official may 

negotiate the funding level of the 

proposal. The Selecting Official makes 

final award recommendations to the 

Grants Officer authorized to obligate the 

funds. 

Evaluation Criteria 

Each reviewer (one mail and at least 

three peer review panel reviewers) will 

individually evaluate and rank 

proposals using the following 

evaluation criteria: 

1. Importance and/or relevance and 

applicability of a proposed project to the 

program goals: This ascertains whether 

there is intrinsic value in the proposed 

work and/or relevance to NOAA, 

Federal (other than NOAA), regional, 

state, or local activities. 

2. Technical/scientific merit: This 

assesses whether the approach is 

technically sound and/or innovative, if 

the methods are appropriate, and 

whether there are clear project goals and 

objectives. 

3. Overall qualifications of applicants: 

This ascertains whether the applicant 

possesses the necessary education, 

experience, training, facilities, and 

administrative resources to accomplish 

the project. 

4. Project costs: The project’s budget 

is evaluated to determine if it is realistic 

and commensurate with the project 

needs and timeframe. 

5. Outreach and education: NOAA 

assesses whether this project provides a 

focused and effective education and 

outreach strategy regarding its mission 

to protect the Nation’s natural resources. 

Selection Factors 

The merit review ratings will be used 

to provide a rank order to the Selecting 

Official for final funding 

recommendations. A Program Officer 

may first make recommendations to the 

Selecting Official applying the selection 

factors listed below. The Selecting 

Official shall award in the rank order 


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unless the proposal is justified to be 

selected out of rank order based upon 

one or more of the following factors: 

1. Availability of funding. 

2. Balance/distribution of funds: 

a. Geographically, 

b. By type of institutions, 

c. By type of partners, 

d. By research areas, and 

e. By project types. 

3. Whether the project duplicates 

other projects funded or considered for 

funding by NOAA or other federal 

agencies. 

4. Program priorities and policy 

factors. 

5. Applicant’s prior award 

performance. 

6. Partnerships and/or participation of 

targeted groups. 

7. Adequacy of information necessary 

for NOAA to make a National 

Environmental Policy Act determination 

and draft necessary documentation 

before funding recommendations are 

made to the Grants Officer. 

Fellowship, Scholarship and Internship 

Programs Review and Selection Process 

Some fellowship, scholarship and 

internship programs may include a preapplication process that provides for 

feedback to the applicants that have 

responded to a call for letters of intent 

or pre-proposals; however, not all 

programs will include this preapplication. If a program has a preapplication process, the process will be 

described in the Summary Description 

section of the announcement and the 

deadline will be specified in the 

Application Deadline section. 

Upon receipt of a full application by 

NOAA, an initial administrative review 

will be conducted to determine 

compliance with requirements and 

completeness of the application. 

A merit review will also be conducted 

to produce a rank order of the proposals. 

The NOAA Program Officer may review 

the ranking of the proposals and make 

recommendations to the Selecting 

Official based on the administrative 

and/or merit review(s) and selection 

factors listed below. The Selecting 

Official selects proposals after 

considering the administrative and/or 

merit review(s) and recommendations of 

the Program Officer. In making the final 

selections, the Selecting Official will 

award in rank order unless the proposal 

is justified to be selected out of rank 

order based upon one or more of the 

selection factors below. The Program 

Officer and/or Selecting Official may 

negotiate the funding level of the 

proposal. The Selecting Official makes 

final award recommendations to the 

Grants Officer authorized to obligate the 

funds. 

Evaluation Criteria 

Each reviewer (one mail and at least 

three peer review panel reviewers) will 

individually evaluate and rank 

proposals using the following 

evaluation criteria. 

1. Academic record and statement of 

career goals and objectives of the 

student. 

2. Quality of project and applicability 

to program priorities. 

3. Recommendations and/or 

endorsements of the student. 

4. Additional relevant experience 

related to diversity of education; extracurricular activities; honors and awards; 

and interpersonal, written, and oral 

communications skills. 

5. Financial need of the student. 

Selection Factors 

The merit review ratings will be used 

to provide a rank order by the Selecting 

Official for final funding 

recommendations. A Program Officer 

may first make recommendations to the 

Selecting Official by applying the 

selection factors listed below. The 

Selecting Official shall award in the 

rank order unless the proposal is 

justified to be selected out of rank order 

based upon one or more of the following 

factors: 

1. Availability of funds. 

2. Balance/distribution of funds: 

a. Across academic disciplines, 

b. By types of institutions, and 

c. Geographically. 

3. Program-specific objectives. 

4. Degree in scientific area and type 

of degree sought. 

IV. NOAA Project Competitions Listed 

by NOAA Mission Goals 

1. Understand Climate Variability and 

Change To Enhance Society’s Ability To 

Plan and Respond 

Summary Description: Climate shapes 

the environment, natural resources, 

economies, and social systems that 

people depend upon worldwide. While 

humanity has learned to contend with 

some aspects of climate’s natural 

variability, major climatic events, 

combined with the stresses of 

population growth, economic growth, 

public health concerns, and land-use 

practices, can impose serious 

consequences on society. The 1997–98 

El Nino, for example, had a $25 billion 

impact on the U.S. economy-property 

losses were $2.6 billion and crop losses 

approached $2 billion. Long-term 

drought leads to increased and 

competing demands for fresh water with 

related effects on terrestrial and marine 

ecosystems, agricultural productivity, 

and even the spread of infectious 

diseases. Decisions about mitigating 

climate change also can alter economic 

and social structures on a global scale. 

We can deliver reliable climate 

information in useful ways to help 

minimize risks and maximize 

opportunities for decisions in 

agriculture, public policy, natural 

resources, water and energy use, and 

public health. We continue to move 

toward developing a seamless suite of 

weather and climate products. The Goal 

addresses predictions on time scales of 

up to decades or longer. 

Funded proposals should help 

achieve the following outcomes: 

1. A predictive understanding of the 

global climate system on time scales of 

weeks to decades with quantified 

uncertainties sufficient for making 

informed and reasoned decisions 

2. Climate-sensitive sectors and the 

climate-literate public effectively 

incorporating NOAA’s climate products 

into their plans and decisions 

Program Names: 

1. Collaborative Science, Technology, 

and Applied Research (CSTAR) Program 

2. Climate Program Office for FY 2010 

3. FY 2010 Bay Watershed Education 

and Training (B–WET) Hawaii Program 

4. 2011 National Sea Grant College 

Program Dean John A. Knauss Marine 

Policy Fellowship 

5. Research in Satellite Data 

Assimilation for Numerical Weather, 

Climate and Environmental Forecast 

Systems 

6. 2010 Sea Grant/Regional Team 

Climate Engagement 

7. 2010 Integrated Ocean Observing 

System Implementation 

2. Serve Society’s Needs for Weather 

and Water Information 

Summary Description: Floods, 

droughts, hurricanes, tornadoes, 

tsunamis, wildfires, and other severe 

weather events cause $11 billion in 

damages each year in the United States. 

Weather is directly linked to public 

health and safety, and nearly one-third 

of the U.S. economy (about $3 trillion) 

is sensitive to weather and climate. 

With so much at stake, NOAA’s role in 

understanding, observing, forecasting, 

and warning of environmental events is 

expanding. With our partners, we seek 

to provide decision makers with key 

observations, analyses, predictions, and 

warnings for a range of weather and 

water conditions, including those 

related to water supply, air quality, 

space weather, and wildfires. 

Businesses, governments, and 

nongovernmental organizations are 

getting more sophisticated about how to 

use this weather and water information 

to improve operational efficiencies, to 

manage environmental resources, and to 


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create a better quality of life. On 

average, hurricanes, tornadoes, 

tsunamis, and other severe weather 

events cause $11 billion in damages per 

year. Weather, including space weather, 

is directly linked to public safety and 

about one-third of the U.S. economy 

(about $3 trillion) is weather sensitive. 

With so much at stake, NOAA’s role in 

observing, forecasting, and warning of 

environmental events is expanding, 

while economic sectors and its public 

are becoming increasingly sophisticated 

at using NOAA’s weather, air quality, 

and water information to improve their 

operational efficiencies and their 

management of environmental 

resources, and quality of life. 

Funded proposals should help 

achieve the following outcomes: 

1. Reduced loss of life, injury, and 

damage to the economy 

2. Better, quicker, and more valuable 

weather and water information to 

support improved decisions 

3. Increased customer satisfaction 

with weather and water information and 

services 

Program Names: 

1. Collaborative Science, Technology, 

and Applied Research (CSTAR) Program 

2. 2011 National Sea Grant College 

Program Dean John A. Knauss Marine 

Policy Fellowship 

3. Research in Satellite Data 

Assimilation for Numerical Weather, 

Climate and Environmental Forecast 

Systems 

4. 2010 Sea Grant/Regional Team 

Climate Engagement 

5. Remote Community Alert Systems 

Program 2010 

6. 2010 Integrated Ocean Observing 

System Implementation 

3. Support the Nation’s Commerce 

With Information for Safe, Efficient, and 

Environmentally Sound Transportation 

Summary Description: Safe and 

efficient transportation systems are 

crucial to the U.S. economy. The U.S. 

marine transportation system ships over 

95 percent of the tonnage and more than 

20 percent by value of foreign trade 

through U.S. ports, including 48 percent 

of the oil needed to meet America’s 

energy demands. At least $4 billion is 

lost annually due to economic 

inefficiencies resulting from weather 

related air-traffic delays. Improved 

surface weather forecasts and specific 

user warnings would reduce the 7,000 

weather related fatalities and 800,000 

injuries that occur annually from 

crashes on roads and highways. The 

injuries, loss of life, and property 

damage from weather-related crashes 

cost an average of $42 billion annually. 

We provide information, services, and 

products for transportation safety and 

for increased commerce on roads, rails, 

and waterways. We will improve the 

accuracy of our information for marine, 

aviation, and surface weather forecasts, 

the availability of accurate and 

advanced electronic navigational charts, 

and the delivery of real-time 

oceanographic information. We seek to 

provide consistent, accurate, and timely 

positioning information that is critical 

for air, sea, and surface transportation. 

We will respond to hazardous material 

spills and provide search and rescue 

routinely to save lives and money and 

to protect the coastal environment. We 

will work with port and coastal 

communities and with Federal and state 

partners to ensure that port operations 

and development proceed efficiently 

and in an environmentally sound 

manner. We will work with the Federal 

Aviation Administration and the private 

sector to reduce the negative impacts of 

weather on aviation without 

compromising safety. Because of 

increased interest by the public and 

private sectors, we also will expand 

weather information for marine and 

surface transportation to enhance safety 

and efficiency. 

Funded proposals should help 

achieve the following outcomes: 

1. Safe, secure, efficient, and seamless 

movement of goods and people in the 

U.S. transportation system 

2. Environmentally sound 

development and use of the U.S. 

transportation system. 

Program Names: 

1. Collaborative Science, Technology, 

and Applied Research (CSTAR) Program 

2. 2011 National Sea Grant College 

Program Dean John A. Knauss Marine 

Policy Fellowship 

3. 2010 Sea Grant/Regional Team 

Climate Engagement 

4. 2010 Integrated Ocean Observing 

System Implementation 

4. Protect, Restore and Manage the 

Use of Coastal and Ocean Resources 

through Ecosystem-Based Management 

Summary Description: Coastal areas 

are among the most developed in the 

Nation. More than half the population 

lives on less than one-fifth of the land 

in the contiguous United States. 

Furthermore, employment in near shore 

areas is growing three times faster than 

population. Coastal and marine waters 

support over 28 million jobs and 

provide a tourism destination for nearly 

90 million Americans a year. The value 

of the ocean economy to the United 

States is over $115 billion. The value 

added annually to the national economy 

by the commercial and recreational 

fishing industry alone is over $48 

billion. U.S. aquaculture sales total 

almost $1 billion annually. With its 

Exclusive Economic Zone of 3.4 million 

square miles, the United States manages 

the largest marine territory of any nation 

in the world. 

Funded proposals should help 

achieve the following outcomes: 

1. Healthy and productive coastal and 

marine ecosystems that benefit society 

2. A well-informed public that acts as 

a steward of coastal and marine 

ecosystems 

Program Names: 

1. Cooperative Research Program 

2. FY 2010 Chesapeake Bay 

Watershed Education and Training (B– 

WET) Program 

3. John H. Prescott Marine Mammal 

Rescue Assistance Grant Program 2010 

4. Marine Fisheries Initiative 

(MARFIN) 

5. FY 2010 Hawaii Bay Watershed 

Education and Training (B–WET) 

Program 

6. Coastal Hypoxia Research Program 

(CHRP) 

7. Sea Level Rise—(SLR) 

8. 2011 National Sea Grant College 

Program Dean John A. Knauss Marine 

Policy Fellowship 

9. NOAA International Coral Reef 

Grant Program 

10. NOAA Gulf of Mexico Bay 

Watershed Education and Training (B– 

WET) Program 

11. NOAA Pacific Northwest Bay 

Watershed Education and Training (B– 

WET) Program 

12. 2010 NMFS—Sea Grant 

Fellowships in Population Dynamics 

13. 2010 NMFS—Sea Grant 

Fellowships in Marine Resource 

Economics 

14. NOAA New England Bay 

Watershed Education and Training (B– 

WET) Program 

15. FY 2010 California Bay Watershed 

Education and Training Program 

16. Research in Satellite Data 

Assimilation for Numerical Weather, 

Climate and Environmental Forecast 

Systems 

17. 2010 NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem 

Monitoring Grant Program 

18. 2010 NOAA Coral Reef 

Management Grant Program 

19. Protected Species Cooperative 

Conservation 

20. NOAA Coral Reef Conservation 

Grant Program/General Coral Reef 

Conservation Grants 

21. NOAA Coral Reef Conservation 

Grant Program/Projects to Improve or 

Amend Coral Reef Fishery Management 

Plans 

22. 2010 Atlantic Scallop Research 

Set-Aside Program 

23. 2010 Monkfish Research Set-Aside 

Program 

24. 2010 Sea Grant/Regional Team 

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25. 2010 Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant 

Program 

26. Harmful Algal Blooms Program 

27. FY 2010 Community-based 

Marine Debris Removal Project Grants 

29. FY 2010 Ocean Exploration and 

Research Appropriation—Marine 

Archaeology 

30. 2010 Open Rivers Initiative 

31. NOAA Coastal and Marine Habitat 

Restoration National and Regional 

Partnership Grants 

32. 2010 Integrated Ocean Observing 

System Implementation 

5. Provide Critical Support for 

NOAA’s Mission 

Summary Description: Strong, 

effective, and efficient support activities 

are necessary for us to achieve our 

Mission Goals. Our facilities, ships, 

aircraft, environmental satellites, data 

processing systems, computing and 

communication systems, and our 

approach to management provide the 

foundation of support for all of our 

programs. This critical foundation must 

adapt to evolving mission needs and, 

therefore, is an integral part of our 

strategic planning. It also must support 

U.S. homeland security by maintaining 

continuity of operations and by 

providing NOAA services, such as civil 

alert relays through NOAA Weather 

Radio and air dispersion forecasts, in 

response to National emergencies. 

NOAA ships, aircraft, and 

environmental satellites are the 

backbone of the global Earth observing 

system and provide many critical 

mission support services. To keep this 

capability strong and current with our 

Mission Goals, we will ensure that 

NOAA has adequate access to safe and 

efficient ships and aircraft through the 

use of both NOAA platforms and those 

of other agency, academic, and 

commercial partners. We will work with 

academia and partners in the public and 

private sectors to ensure that future 

satellite systems are designed, 

developed, and operated with the latest 

technology. Leadership development 

and program support are essential for 

achieving our Mission Goals. We must 

also commit to organizational 

excellence through management and 

leadership across a ‘‘corporate’’ NOAA. 

We must continue our Commitment to 

valuing NOAA’s diverse workforce, 

including effective workforce planning 

strategies designed to attract, retain and 

develop competencies at all levels of 

our workforce. Through the use of 

business process re-engineering, we will 

strive for state-of-the-art, value-added 

financial and administrative processes. 

NOAA will ensure state-of-the-art and 

secure information technology and 

systems. By developing long-range, 

comprehensive facility planning 

processes, NOAA will be able to ensure 

right-sized, most-effective, and safe 

facilities. 

Funded proposals should help 

achieve the following outcomes: 

1. A dynamic workforce with 

competencies that support NOAA’s 

mission today and in the future. 

Program Names: 

1. National Estuarine Research 

Reserve Graduate Research Fellowship 

Program FY 2010 

2. 2011 National Sea Grant College 

Program Dean John A. Knauss Marine 

Policy Fellowship 

3. National Estuarine Research 

Reserve System (NERRS) Land 

Acquisition and Construction Program 

FY 2010 

4. Student Opportunity for Learning 

V. NOAA Project Competitions 

National Marine Fisheries Service 

(NMFS) 

1. 2010 Monkfish Research Set-Aside 

Program 

Summary Description: NOAA’s 

National Marine Fisheries Service 

(NMFS) is soliciting monkfish research 

proposals to utilize 500 Monkfish Daysat-Sea (DAS) that have been set-aside by 

the New England Fishery Management 

and Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 

Councils (Councils) to fund monkfish 

research endeavors through the 2010 

Monkfish Research Set-Aside (RSA) 

Program (May 1, 2010–April 30, 2011). 

No Federal funds are provided for 

research under this notification. Rather, 

proceeds generated from the sale of 

monkfish harvested during a set-aside 

DAS is used to fund research activities 

and compensate vessels that participate 

in research activities and/or harvest setaside quota. 

Projects funded under the Monkfish 

RSA Program must enhance the 

knowledge of the monkfish fishery 

resource or contribute to the body of 

information on which monkfish 

management decisions are made. 

Priority will be given to monkfish 

research proposals that investigate 

research priorities identified by the 

Councils and which are detailed under 

the Program Priorities section of this 

announcement. 

Funding Availability: DAS will be 

awarded to successful applicants. No 

Federal funds are provided for research 

under this notification. Funds generated 

from landings harvested and sold under 

the Monkfish RSA Program shall be 

used to cover the cost of research 

activities, including vessel costs. For 

example, the funds may be used to pay 

for gear modifications, monitoring 

equipment, the salaries of research 

personnel, or vessel operation costs. The 

Federal Government is not liable for any 

costs incurred by the researcher or 

vessel owner should the sale of catch 

not fully reimburse the researcher or 

vessel owner for their expenses. Any 

additional funds generated through the 

sale of set-aside landings, above the cost 

of the research activities, shall be 

retained by the vessel owner as 

compensation for the use of his/her 

vessel. The Federal Government (i.e., 

NMFS) may issue an Exempted Fishing 

Permit (EFP), if needed, that may 

provide special fishing privileges in 

response to research proposals selected 

under this program. For example, in 

previous years, some successful 

applicants have requested, and were 

granted, exemption from monkfish DAS 

possession limits to make compensation 

fishing more efficient and cost effective. 

In such cases, applicants were 

authorized to harvest a maximum 

amount of monkfish by weight, or fish 

up to the number of awarded monkfish 

DAS, whichever came first. To obtain 

such an exemption, an EFP application 

must be submitted to the Northeast 

Regional Office, NMFS. Please be aware 

that EFP applications are reviewed on a 

case by case basis, and may be 

disapproved. For additional 

information, contact Ryan Silva, 

Cooperative Research Liaison, at 978– 

281–9326, or ryan.silva@noaa.gov. 

Statutory Authority: Statutory 

authority for this program is found 

under sections 303(b)(11), 402(e), and 

404(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act, 16 

U.S.C. 1853(b)(11), 16 U.S.C. 1881a(e), 

and 16 U.S.C. 1881(c), respectively. The 

ability to set aside monkfish DAS for 

research purposes was established in 

the final rule implementing Amendment 

2 to the Monkfish Fishery Management 

Plan (70 FR 21927, April 28, 2005), 

codified at 50 CFR 648.92(c). 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 11.454, Unallied 

Management Projects 

Application Deadline: Applications 

must be received and validated by 

Grants.gov, postmarked, or provided to 

a delivery service on or before 5 p.m. 

EDT, August 31, 2009. Please note: 

Validation or rejection of your 

application by Grants.gov may take up 

to 2 business days after submission. 

Please consider this process in 

developing your submission timeline. 

Applications received after the deadline 

will be rejected/returned to the sender 

without further consideration. Use of 

U.S. mail or another delivery service 

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facsimile or electronic mail applications 

will be accepted. 

Address for Submitting Proposals: To 

apply for this NOAA Federal funding 

opportunity, please go to http:// 

www.grants.gov, and use the following 

funding opportunity #NMFS–NEFSC– 

2010–2001980. Applicants without 

Internet access may contact Cheryl 

Corbett, NMFS, Northeast Fisheries 

Science Center, 166 Water Street, 

Woods Hole, MA 02543, by phone 508– 

495–2070, fax 508–495–2004, or e-mail 

cheryl.corbett@noaa.gov. 

Information Contacts: Information 

may be obtained from Paul Howard, 

Executive Director, New England 

Fishery Management Council (NEFMC), 

by phone 978–465–0492, or by fax 978– 

465–3116; Philip Haring, Senior Fishery 

Analyst, NEFMC, by phone 978–465– 

0492, or by e-mail at 

pharing@nefmc.org; or Cheryl Corbett, 

NMFS, Northeast Fisheries Science 

Center, phone 508–495–2070, fax 508– 

495–2004, or e-mail 

cheryl.corbett@noaa.gov, or from Ryan 

Silva, NMFS, Northeast Regional Office, 

Cooperative Research Liaison, phone 

(978) 281–9326, fax (978) 281–9326, email ryan.silva@noaa.gov. 

Eligibility: 1. Eligible applicants are 

institutions of higher education, 

hospitals, other nonprofits, commercial 

organizations, individuals, state, local, 

and Native American tribal 

governments. Federal agencies and 

institutions are not eligible to receive 

Federal assistance under this notice. 

Additionally, employees of any Federal 

agency or Regional Fishery Management 

Council (Council) are ineligible to 

submit an application under this 

program. However, Council members 

who are not Federal employees may 

submit an application. 

2. DOC/NOAA supports cultural and 

gender diversity and encourages women 

and minority individuals and groups to 

submit applications to the RSA 

program. In addition, 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. DOC/NOAA 

encourages proposals involving any of 

the above institutions. 

3. DOC/NOAA encourages 

applications from members of the 

fishing community and applications 

that involve fishing community 

cooperation and participation. 

Cost Sharing Requirements: None 

required. 

Intergovernmental Review: Applicants 

will need to determine if their State 

participates in the intergovernmental 

review process. This information can be 

found at the following Web site: 

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/ 

spoc.html. This information will assist 

applicants in providing either a Yes or 

No response to Item 16 of the 

Application Form, SF–424, entitled 

‘‘Application for Federal Assistance.’’ 

2. 2010 Open Rivers Initiative 

Summary Description: The NOAA 

Open Rivers Initiative (ORI) provides 

funding and technical assistance to 

catalyze the implementation of locallydriven projects to remove dams and 

other river barriers, in order to benefit 

living marine and coastal resources, 

particularly diadromous fish. Projects 

funded through the Open Rivers 

Initiative must feature strong on-theground habitat restoration components 

that foster economic, educational, and 

social benefits for citizens and their 

communities in addition to long-term 

ecological habitat improvements for 

NOAA trust resources. Proposals 

selected for funding through this 

solicitation will be implemented 

through a cooperative agreement. 

Funding of up to $6,000,000 is expected 

to be available for ORI Project Grants in 

FY 2010. The NOAA Restoration Center 

within the Office of Habitat 

Conservation will administer this grant 

initiative, and anticipates that typical 

awards will range from $200,000 to 

$750,000. Although a select few may fall 

outside of this range, project proposals 

requesting less than $100,000 or greater 

than $3,000,000 will not be accepted or 

reviewed. 

Funding Availability: This solicitation 

announces that funding of up to 

$6,000,000 is expected to be available 

for Open Rivers Initiative Project Grants 

in FY 2010. Actual funding availability 

for this program is contingent upon 

Fiscal Year 2010 Congressional 

appropriations. NOAA anticipates that 

typical project awards will range from 

$200,000 to $750,000; proposals 

requesting less than $100,000 or more 

than $3,000,000 will not be accepted 

under this solicitation. NOAA does not 

guarantee that sufficient funds will be 

available to make awards for all 

proposals. The number of awards to be 

made as a result of this solicitation will 

depend on the number of eligible 

applications received, the amount of 

funds requested by the applicants, the 

merit and ranking of the proposals, and 

the amount of funds made available to 

the ORI by Congress. 

NOAA anticipates that between 10 

and 15 awards will be made as a result 

of this solicitation. The exact amount of 

funds that may be awarded will be 

determined in pre-award negotiations 

between the applicant and NOAA 

representatives. Publication of this 

document does not obligate NOAA to 

award any specific project or obligate all 

or any parts of any available funds. 

Statutory Authority: The Secretary of 

Commerce is authorized under the Fish 

and Wildlife Coordination Act, 16 

U.S.C. 661, as amended by the 

Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1970, to 

provide grants or cooperative 

agreements for fisheries habitat 

restoration. The Secretary of Commerce 

is also authorized under the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Reauthorization Act of 

2006 (H.R. 5946) to provide funding and 

technical expertise for fisheries and 

coastal habitat restoration and to 

promote significant community support 

and volunteer participation in such 

activities. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 11.463, Habitat 

Conservation. 

Application Deadline: Applications 

must be received and validated by 

Grants.gov, postmarked, or provided to 

a delivery service by 11:59 EST on 

November 16, 2009. Please note: 

Validation or rejection of your 

application by Grants.gov may take up 

to 2 business days after submission. 

Please consider this process in 

developing your submission timeline. 

Use of U.S. mail or another delivery 

service must be documented with a 

receipt. No facsimile or electronic mail 

applications will be accepted. 

Address for Submitting Proposals: 

Applicants may submit their 

applications through Grants.gov. If 

Grants.gov cannot reasonably be used, a 

hard copy application with the SF424 

signed in ink (blue ink is preferred) 

must be postmarked or provided to a 

delivery service and documented with a 

receipt by November 16, 2009 and sent 

to: NOAA Restoration Center (F/HC3) 

Office of Habitat Conservation, NOAA 

Fisheries, 1315 East West Highway, Rm. 

15749, Silver Spring, MD 20910 Attn: 

Open Rivers Initiative Project 

Applications. 

Applications postmarked or provided 

to a delivery service after November 16, 

2009 will not be considered for funding. 

Applications submitted via the U.S. 

Postal Service must have an official 

postmark; private metered postmarks 

are not acceptable. In any event, 

applications received later than 15 

business days following the postmark 

closing date will not be accepted. No 

facsimile or electronic mail applications 

will be accepted. Paper applications 

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8.5′′ x 11′′ paper, and should not be 

bound in any manner. 

Information Contacts: For further 

information contact Tisa Shostik 

(Tisa.Shostik@noaa.gov) at (301) 713– 

0174 x184 or Cathy Bozek 

(Cathy.Bozek@noaa.gov) at (301) 713– 

0174 x150. Potential applicants are 

invited to contact NOAA Restoration 

Center staff before submitting an 

application to discuss the applicability 

of project ideas to the goals and 

objectives of ORI. Additional 

information on the ORI can be found on 

http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/habitat/ 

restoration. 

Eligibility: Eligible applicants are 

institutions of higher education, nonprofits, industry and commercial (for 

profit) organizations, organizations 

under the jurisdiction of foreign 

governments, international 

organizations, and state, local and 

Indian tribal governments whose 

projects have the potential to benefit 

NOAA trust resources. 

Applications from federal agencies or 

employees of federal agencies will not 

be considered. Federal agencies are 

strongly encouraged to work with states, 

non-governmental organizations, 

national service clubs or youth corps 

organizations and others that are eligible 

to apply. 

The Department of Commerce/ 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (DOC/NOAA) is 

strongly committed to broadening the 

participation of historically black 

colleges and universities, Hispanicserving institutions, tribal colleges and 

universities, and institutions that work 

in under-served areas. The ORI 

encourages proposals from or involving 

any of the above institutions. 

Cost Sharing Requirements: A major 

goal of the ORI is to provide seed money 

for projects that leverage funds and 

other contributions from a broad public 

and private sector to implement locally 

important barrier removals to benefit 

living marine and coastal resources. To 

this end, applicants are encouraged to 

demonstrate a 1:1 non-federal match for 

ORI funds requested to conduct the 

proposed project. Applicants with less 

than 1:1 match will not be disqualified, 

however, applicants should note that 

cost sharing is an element considered in 

Evaluation Criterion #4 ‘‘Project Costs’’ 

(Section V.A.4. of the Full Funding 

Opportunity). Match to NOAA funds 

can come from a variety of public and 

private sources and can include in-kind 

goods and services and volunteer labor. 

Applicants are permitted to combine 

contributions from non-federal partners, 

as long as such contributions are not 

being used to match any other federal 

funds and are available within the 

project period stated in the application. 

Federal sources cannot be considered 

for matching funds, but can be 

described in the budget narrative to 

demonstrate additional leverage. 

Applicants are also permitted to apply 

federally negotiated indirect costs in 

excess of federal share limits as 

described in Section IV.E.2 of the Full 

Funding Opportunity, ‘‘Indirect Costs.’’ 

Applicants whose proposals are 

selected for funding will be bound by 

the percentage of cost sharing reflected 

in the award document signed by the 

NOAA Grants Officer. Successful 

applicants should be prepared to 

carefully document matching 

contributions, including the overall 

number of volunteers and in-kind 

participation hours devoted to 

individual barrier removal projects. 

Letters of commitment for any secured 

resources that will be used as match for 

an award under this solicitation should 

be submitted as an attachment to the 

application, see Section IV.B of the Full 

Funding Opportunity. 

Intergovernmental Review: 

Applications under this initiative are 

subject to the provisions of Executive 

Order 12372, ‘‘Intergovernmental 

Review of Federal Programs.’’ Any 

applicant submitting an application for 

funding is required to complete item 16 

on SF–424 regarding clearance by the 

State Single Point of Contact (SPOC) 

established as a result of EO 12372. To 

find out about and comply with a State’s 

process under EO 12372, the names, 

addresses and phone numbers of 

participating SPOC’s are listed on the 

Office of Management and Budget’s 

home page at: http:// 

www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/ 

spoc.html. 

3. 2010 Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant 

Program 

Summary Description: The 

Saltonstall-Kennedy Act established a 

fund (known as the S–K fund) that the 

Secretary of Commerce uses to provide 

grants or cooperative agreements for 

fisheries research and development 

projects addressed to any aspect of U.S. 

fisheries, including, but not limited to, 

harvesting, processing, marketing, and 

associated infrastructures. U.S. fisheries 

include any fishery, commercial or 

recreational, that is, or may be, engaged 

in by citizens or nationals of the United 

States, or citizens of the Northern 

Mariana Islands (NMI), the Republic of 

the Marshall Islands, Republic of Palau, 

and the Federated States of Micronesia. 

Funding Availability: Funding is 

contingent upon availability of Federal 

appropriations. The S–K program has 

sought funding for $5 million in grant 

awards. We anticipate awarding 20–25 

grants of approximately $100,000 to 

$250,000 each. Applicants are hereby 

given notice that funds have not yet 

been allocated for this program. In no 

event will NOAA or the Department of 

Commerce be responsible for proposal 

preparation costs if this program fails to 

receive funding or is cancelled because 

of other agency priorities. Publication of 

this notice does not obligate NOAA to 

award any specific project or to obligate 

any available funds. You should not 

initiate your project in expectation of 

Federal funding until you receive a 

grant award document signed by an 

authorized NOAA official. If one incurs 

any costs prior to receiving an award 

agreement signed by an authorized 

NOAA official, one would do so solely 

at one’s own risk of these costs not 

being included under the award. 

Recipients and subrecipients are 

subject to all Federal laws and agency 

policies, regulations and procedures 

applicable to Federal financial 

assistance awards. 

Statutory Authority: Authority for the 

Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program is 

provided under the Saltonstall-Kennedy 

Act (S–K Act), as amended (15 U.S.C. 

713c–3). 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 11.427, Fisheries Dev and 

Utilization Research and Dev Grants and 

Coop Agreements Program. 

Application Deadline: Applications 

must be received and validated by 

Grants.gov on or before 5 p.m. EDT on 

September 1, 2009. Please note: 

Validation or rejection of your 

application by Grants.gov may take up 

to 2 business days after submission. 

Please consider this process in 

developing your submission timeline. 

Applications received after the deadline 

will be rejected/returned to the sender 

without further consideration. No 

facsimile or electronic mail applications 

will be accepted. If an applicant does 

not have Internet access, hard copy 

proposals will be accepted and the date 

recorded when they are received in the 

program office. Hard copy applications 

must be received by the SaltonstallKennedy Grant Program Office by 5 p.m. 

EDT on September 1, 2009. 

Address for Submitting Proposals: 

Applications submitted in response to 

this announcement must be submitted 

electronically through the Federal grants 

portal—http://www.grants.gov. 

Electronic access to the full funding 

announcement for this program is also 

available through this Web site. If an 

applicant does not have Internet access, 

hard copy proposals (with original 


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signatures) will be accepted and should 

be sent to the attention of: Mr. Daniel A. 

Namur, S–K Program Manager, NOAA/ 

NMFS (F/MB); 1315 East-West 

Highway, Room 13358; Silver Spring, 

MD 20910–3282. 

Information Contacts: The point of 

contact is: Daniel A. Namur, S–K 

Program Manager, NOAA/NMFS (F/ 

MB); 1315 East-West Highway, Room 

13358; Silver Spring, MD 20910–3282; 

or by Phone at (301) 713–1365 ext. 118, 

or fax at (301) 713–1464, or via e-mail 

at Dan.Namur@noaa.gov. 

Eligibility: You are eligible to apply 

for a grant or a cooperative agreement 

under the Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant 

Program if: 

1. You are a citizen or national of the 

United States; 

2. You are a citizen of the Northern 

Mariana Islands (NMI), being an 

individual who qualifies as such under 

section 8 of the Schedule on 

Transitional Matters attached to the 

constitution of the NMI; 

3. You are a citizen of the Republic of 

the Marshall Islands, Republic of Palau, 

or the Federated States of Micronesia; or 

4. You represent an entity that is a 

corporation, partnership, association, or 

other non-Federal entity, non-profit or 

otherwise (including Indian tribes), if 

such entity is a citizen of the United 

States or NMI, within the meaning of 

section 2 of the Shipping Act, 1916, as 

amended (46 U.S.C. app. 802). 

We support cultural and gender 

diversity in our programs and encourage 

women and minority individuals and 

groups to submit applications. 

Furthermore, we recognize the interest 

of the Secretaries of Commerce and 

Interior in defining appropriate fisheries 

policies and programs that meet the 

needs of the U.S. insular areas, so we 

also encourage applications from 

individuals, government entities, and 

businesses in U.S. insular areas. We are 

strongly committed to broadening the 

participation of Minority Serving 

Institutions (MSIs), which include 

Historically Black Colleges and 

Universities, Hispanic Serving 

Institutions, and Tribal Colleges and 

Universities, in our programs, including 

S–K. Therefore, we encourage all 

applicants to include meaningful 

participation of MSIs. We encourage 

applications from members of the 

fishing community, and applications 

that involve fishing community 

cooperation and participation. We will 

consider the extent of fishing 

community involvement when 

evaluating the potential benefit of 

funding a proposal. You are not eligible 

to submit an application under this 

program if you are an employee of any 

Federal agency; a Council; or an 

employee of a Council. However, 

Council members who are not Federal 

employees can submit an application to 

the S–K Program. 

Cost Sharing Requirements: We are 

requiring cost sharing in order to 

leverage the limited funds available for 

this program and to encourage 

partnerships among government, 

industry, and academia to address the 

needs of fishing communities. You must 

provide a minimum cost share of 10 

percent of total project costs, but your 

cost share must not exceed 50 percent 

of total costs. You may find this formula 

useful: 

1. Total Project Cost (Federal and nonFederal cost share combined) × .9 = 

Maximum Federal Share. 

2. Total Cost ¥ Federal share = 

Applicant Share. For example, if the 

proposed total budget for your project is 

$100,000, the maximum Federal 

funding you can apply for is $90,000 

($100,000 × .9). 

Your cost share in this case would be 

$10,000 ($100,000 ¥ $90,000). For a 

total project cost of $100,000, you must 

contribute at least $10,000, but no more 

than $50,000 (10–50 percent of total 

project cost). Accordingly, the Federal 

share you apply for would range from 

$50,000 to $90,000. 

If your application does not comply 

with these cost share requirements, we 

will return it to you and will not 

consider it for funding. The funds you 

provide as cost sharing may include 

funds from private sources or from state 

or local governments, or the value of inkind contributions. You may not use 

Federal funds to meet the cost sharing 

requirement except as provided by 

Federal statute. In-kind contributions 

are non-cash contributions provided to 

you by non-Federal third parties. Inkind contributions may include, but are 

not limited to, personal services 

volunteered to perform tasks in the 

project, and permission to use, at no 

cost, real or personal property owned by 

others. We will determine the 

appropriateness of all cost sharing 

proposals, including the valuation of inkind contributions, on the basis of 

guidance provided in 15 CFR parts 14 

and 24. In general, the value of in-kind 

services or property you use to fulfill 

your cost share will be the fair market 

value of the services or property. Thus, 

the value is equivalent to the cost for 

you to obtain such services or property 

if they had not been donated. You must 

document the in-kind services or 

property you will use to fulfill your cost 

share. If we decide to fund your 

application, we will require you to 

account for the total amount of cost 

share included in the award document. 

Intergovernmental Review: 

Applications submitted by state and 

local governments are subject to the 

provisions of Executive Order 12372, 

‘‘Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs.’’ Any applicant submitting an 

application for funding is required to 

complete item 16 on SF–424 regarding 

clearance by the State Single Point of 

Contact (SPOC) established as a result of 

EO 12372. To find out about and 

comply with a State’s process under EO 

12372, the names, addresses and phone 

numbers of participating SPOC’s are 

listed in the Office of Management and 

Budget’s home page at: http:// 

www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/ 

spoc.html. 

4. 2010 Atlantic Scallop Research SetAside Program 

Summary Description: NOAA’s 

National Marine Fisheries Service 

(NMFS) is soliciting Atlantic Sea 

Scallop (scallop) research proposals to 

utilize scallop Total Allowable Catch 

(TAC) and Days-at-Sea (DAS) that have 

been set-aside by the New England 

Fishery Management Council (Council) 

to fund scallop research endeavors 

through the 2010 Atlantic Sea Scallop 

Research Set-Aside (RSA) Program 

(March 1, 2010–February 28, 2011). 

No Federal funds are provided for 

research under this notification. Rather, 

proceeds generated from the sale of 

scallops harvested under a set-aside 

quota are used to fund research 

activities and compensate vessels that 

participate in research activities and/or 

harvest set-aside quota. Projects funded 

under the Scallop RSA Program must 

enhance the knowledge of the scallop 

fishery resource or contribute to the 

body of information on which scallop 

management decisions are made. 

Priority will be given to scallop research 

proposals that investigate research 

priorities identified by the Council, 

which are detailed under the Program 

Priorities section of this announcement. 

Funding Availability: Previous 

Scallop RSA Program announcements 

required applicants to specify which 

TAC and/or DAS set-aside they were 

requesting. In addition, applicants were 

required to use scallop price and catch 

rate estimates provided by NMFS when 

developing their budget. Several issues 

resulted from this process, including 

persistent grant delays, and dated price 

and catch rate estimates that were 

published in the FFO. 

These issues resulted primarily from 

a disconnect between the timelines for 

Scallop FMP frameworks, which 

establish set aside quotas and price and 

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things), and the Scallop RSA annual 

solicitation. Therefore, application 

requirements are being adjusted for the 

2010 Scallop RSA Program in an 

attempt to rectify these issues. 

TAC and DAS set-asides and scallop 

price and catch rate estimates will no 

longer be published in the FFO. 

Accordingly, applicants will no longer 

base their budget on available RSA 

quota or price and catch rate estimates 

published in the FFO. Instead, 

applicants must submit a budget that is 

based solely on monetary needs, which 

includes funds necessary to execute the 

research plan and funds necessary to 

compensate vessel owners harvesting 

set-aside quota. To facilitate the 

submission of relevant and timely 

access area research proposals, it is 

anticipated that the Elephant Trunk and 

Delmarva Access Areas will be open in 

the Mid-Atlantic, and the Nantucket 

Lightship and/or Closed Area I Access 

Areas will be open on Georges Bank for 

the 2010 scallop fishing year. This 

access area schedule is preliminary and 

subject to change. The final schedule 

will be established by Framework 21 to 

the Scallop FMP, which is currently 

under development. Upon project 

selection, NMFS will negotiate with 

successful applicants on the specific 

TAC and/or DAS award. Priority will be 

given primarily to the higher technically 

ranked proposal, although additional 

factors such as individual project needs 

and cost effectiveness may be 

considered during negotiations. NMFS 

will establish a common DAS catch rate 

and scallop price estimate, based on the 

best and most recent data available, to 

determine the amount of set-aside 

necessary to cover research and 

compensation fishing expenses. If a 

desired set-aside quota has been fully 

utilized by another applicant, TAC and/ 

or DAS will be awarded from a different 

set-aside quota. Once all the TAC and/ 

or DAS set-aside quotas have been 

awarded, or all qualified proposals have 

been funded, whichever comes first, the 

selection process will end. It is 

anticipated that these changes will 

facilitate timely grant awards and 

improve scallop price and catch rate 

estimates used to establish TAC and 

DAS set-aside values. No Federal funds 

are provided for research under this 

notification. Funds generated from 

landings harvested and sold under the 

Scallop RSA Program shall be used to 

cover the cost of research activities, 

including vessel costs. For example, the 

funds may be used to pay for gear 

modifications, monitoring equipment, 

the salaries of research personnel, or 

vessel operation costs. The Federal 

Government is not liable for any costs 

incurred by the researcher or vessel 

owner should the sale of catch not fully 

reimburse the researcher or vessel 

owner for their expenses. Any 

additional funds generated through the 

sale of set-aside landings, above the cost 

of the research activities, shall be 

retained by the vessel owner as 

compensation for the use of his/her 

vessel. The Federal government (i.e., 

NMFS) will issue Letters of 

Authorization (LOAs) to eligible vessels 

identified by the Project Coordinator, 

which authorize such vessels to take 

access area and DAS compensation 

fishing trips, and exceed the vessel’s 

normal scallop possession limit. 

Statutory Authority: Statutory 

authority for this program is provided 

under sections 303(b)(11), 402(e), and 

404(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act, 16 

U.S.C. 1853(b)(11), 16 U.S.C. 1881a(e), 

and 16 U.S.C. 1881(c), respectively. The 

ability to set aside scallop TAC and DAS 

is authorized through the scallop FMP 

published in the Federal Register on 

June 23, 2004 (69 FR 35193). 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 11.454, Unallied 

Management Projects. 

Application Deadline: Applications 

must be received and validated by 

Grants.gov on or before 5 p.m. EST on 

August 31, 2009. Please note: Validation 

or rejection of your application by 

Grants.gov may take up to 2 business 

days after submission. Please consider 

this process in developing your 

submission timeline. If an applicant 

does not have Internet access, hard copy 

proposals will be accepted, and date 

recorded when they are received in the 

program office. Electronic or hard 

copies received after the deadline will 

not be considered, and hard copy 

applications will be returned to the 

sender. Mark hard copy proposals 

‘‘Attention—2010 Atlantic Scallop 

Research Set Aside Program.’’ 

Address for Submitting Proposals: To 

apply for this NOAA Federal funding 

opportunity, please go to http:// 

www.grants.gov, and use the following 

funding opportunity #NMFS–NEFSC– 

2010–2001979. Applicants without 

Internet access may contact Cheryl 

Corbett, NMFS, Northeast Fisheries 

Science Center, 166 Water Street, 

Woods Hole, MA 02543, by phone 508– 

495–2070, fax 508–495–2004, or e-mail 

cheryl.corbett@noaa.gov. 

Information Contacts: Information 

may be obtained from Deirdre Boelke, 

New England Fishery Management 

Council, phone (978) 465–0492, fax 

(978) 465–3116, or e-mail 

dboelke@nefmc.org, from Cheryl 

Corbett, NMFS, Northeast Fisheries 

Science Center, phone 508–495–2070, 

fax 508–495–2004, or e-mail 

ccorbett@noaa.gov, or from Ryan Silva, 

NMFS, Northeast Regional Office, 

phone (978) 281–9326, fax (978) 281– 

9135, e-mail ryan.silva@noaa.gov. 

Eligibility: 1. Eligible applicants are 

institutions of higher education, 

hospitals, other nonprofits, commercial 

organizations, individuals, state, local, 

and Native American tribal 

governments. Federal agencies and 

institutions are not eligible to receive 

Federal assistance under this notice. 

Additionally, employees of any Federal 

agency or Regional Fishery Management 

Council are ineligible to submit an 

application under this program. 

However, Council members who are not 

Federal employees may submit an 

application. 

2. DOC/NOAA supports cultural and 

gender diversity and encourages women 

and minority individuals and groups to 

submit applications to the RSA 

program. In addition, 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. DOC/NOAA 

encourages proposals involving any of 

the above institutions. 

3. DOC/NOAA encourages 

applications from members of the 

fishing community and applications 

that involve fishing community 

cooperation and participation. 

Cost Sharing Requirements: None 

Required. 

Intergovernmental Review: Applicants 

will need to determine if their state 

participates in the intergovernmental 

review process. This information can be 

found at the following Web site: 

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/ 

spoc.html. This information will assist 

applicants in providing either a Yes or 

No response to Item 16 of the 

Application Form, SF–424, entitled 

‘‘Application for Federal Assistance.’’ 

5. Cooperative Research Program 

Summary Description: The 

Cooperative Research Program (CRP) 

provides opportunity to compete for 

financial assistance for projects which 

seek to increase and improve the 

working relationship between fisheries 

researchers from NMFS, state fishery 

agencies, universities, and the U.S. 

fishing community (recreational and 

commercial) in the Gulf of Mexico (FL, 

AL, MS, LA, TX), South Atlantic (NC, 

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involving commercial and recreational 

fishermen in the collection of 

fundamental fisheries information in 

support of management and regulatory 

options. This program addresses 

NOAA’s mission goal to ‘‘Protect, 

Restore, and Manage the Use of Coastal 

and Ocean Resources through an 

Ecosystem Approach to Management.’’ 

Funding Availability: Approximately 

$2.0 million may be available in fiscal 

year (FY) 2010 for projects. Actual 

funding availability for this program is 

contingent upon FY 2010 Congressional 

appropriations. The NMFS Southeast 

Regional Office estimates awarding 

approximately eight projects that will 

range from $25,000 to $300,000. The 

average award is $150,000. Publication 

of this notice does not obligate NMFS to 

award any specific grant or cooperative 

agreement or any of the available funds. 

Statutory Authority: Authority for the 

CRP is provided by the following: 15 

U.S.C. 713c–3(d). 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 11.454, Unallied 

Management Projects. 

Application Deadline: Applications 

must be received and validated by 

Grants.gov, postmarked, or provided to 

a delivery service on or before 4 p.m. 

ET, September 14, 2009. Please note: 

Validation or rejection of your 

application by Grants.gov may take up 

to 2 business days after submission. 

Please consider this process in 

developing your submission timeline. 

Applications received after the deadline 

will be rejected/returned to the sender 

without further consideration. Use of 

U.S. mail or another delivery service 

must be documented with a receipt. No 

facsimile or electronic mail applications 

will be accepted. 

Address for Submitting Proposals: 

Applications must be submitted through 

www.grants.gov unless an applicant 

does not have Internet access. In that 

case, hard copies with original 

signatures may be sent to: National 

Marine Fisheries Service, State/Federal 

Liaison Branch, 263 13th Avenue South, 

St. Petersburg, FL 33701. 

Information Contacts: For questions 

regarding the application process, you 

may contact: Dax Ruiz, State/Federal 

Liaison Branch, (727) 824–5324, or 

Dax.Ruiz@noaa.gov. 

Eligibility: Eligible applicants may be 

institutions of higher education, 

nonprofits, commercial organizations, 

individuals, and state, local, and Indian 

tribal governments. Federal agencies or 

institutions are not eligible. Foreign 

governments, organizations under the 

jurisdiction of foreign governments, and 

international organizations are excluded 

for purposes of this solicitation since 

the objective of the CRP is to optimize 

research and development benefits from 

U.S. marine fishery resources. 

Applicants who are not commercial or 

recreational fisherman must have 

commercial or recreational fishermen 

participating in their project. There 

must be a written agreement with a 

fisherman describing the involvement in 

the project activity. 

Cost Sharing Requirements: Costsharing is not required for this program. 

Intergovernmental Review: 

Applications submitted by state and 

local governments are subject to the 

provisions of executive Order 12372, 

Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs. Any applicant submitting an 

application for funding is required to 

complete item 16 on SF–424 regarding 

clearance by the State Single Point of 

Contact (SPOC) established as a result of 

EO 12372. To find out about and 

comply with a State’s process under EO 

12372, the names, addresses and phone 

numbers of participating SPOCs are 

listed in the Office of Management and 

Budget’s home page at: http:// 

www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/ 

spoc.html. 

6. FY 2010 Chesapeake Bay Watershed 

Education and Training (B–WET) 

Program 

Summary Description: The 

Chesapeake B–WET grant program is a 

competitively based program that 

supports existing environmental 

education programs, fosters the growth 

of new programs, and encourages the 

development of partnerships among 

environmental education programs 

throughout the entire Chesapeake Bay 

watershed. Funded projects assist in 

meeting the Stewardship and 

Community Engagement goals of the 

Chesapeake 2000 Agreement. Projects 

support organizations that provide 

students meaningful watershed 

educational experiences and teachers 

related professional development 

opportunities and resources related to 

the Chesapeake Bay watershed. 

Funding Availability: This solicitation 

announces that approximately $3.5M 

may be available in FY 2010 in award 

amounts to be determined by the 

proposals and available funds. Funding 

is anticipated to maintain partnerships 

for up to 3 years duration, but is 

dependent on funding made available 

annually by Congress. Applicants are 

hereby given notice that funds have not 

yet been appropriated for this program. 

1. About $2.5M will be for exemplary 

programs that successfully integrate 

teacher professional development on the 

Chesapeake Bay watershed with indepth classroom study and outdoor 

experiences for their students. 

2. About $500K will be for proposals 

that incorporate the Chesapeake Bay 

Interpretive Buoy System (CBIBS) into 

meaningful watershed educational 

experiences for students or related 

professional development for teachers. 

3. About $250K will be for proposals 

that provide opportunities either for 

students to participate in Meaningful 

Watershed Educational Experiences 

(MWEEs-related to Chesapeake Bay or 

related Professional Development for 

teachers. 

4. About $250K will be for capacity 

building proposals that address larger, 

systematic needs and/or provide 

resources to the educational community 

related to MWEES. 

The NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office 

(CBO) anticipates that typical awards for 

B–WET Exemplary Programs that 

successfully integrate teacher 

professional development with in-depth 

classroom student and outdoor 

experiences for their students will range 

from $50,000 to $200,000. Projects 

focusing on the Chesapeake Bay 

Interpretive Buoy system will range 

from $25,000 to $200,000. Projects that 

represent either meaningful watershed 

educational experiences for students or 

teacher professional development in 

watershed education will range from 

$25,000 to $75,000. Projects addressing 

the capacity building needs of 

organizations will range from $15,000 to 

$75,000. There is no guarantee that 

sufficient funds will be available to 

make awards for all qualified projects. 

The exact amount of funds that may be 

awarded will be determined in preaward negotiations between the 

applicant and NOAA representatives. 

Publication of this notice does not 

oblige NOAA to award any specific 

project or to obligate any available 

funds. If applicants incur any costs prior 

to an award being made, they do so at 

their own risk of not being reimbursed 

by the government. Notwithstanding 

verbal or written assurance that may 

have been received, there is no 

obligation on the part of NOAA to cover 

pre-award costs unless approved by the 

Grants Officer as part of the terms when 

the award is made. 

Statutory Authority: 33 U.S.C. 893a(a), 

the Administrator of the National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration is authorized to 

conduct, develop, support, promote, 

and coordinate formal and informal 

educational activities at all levels to 

enhance public awareness and 

understanding of ocean, coastal, Great 

Lakes, and atmospheric science and 

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other coastal stakeholders, including 

underrepresented groups in ocean and 

atmospheric science and policy careers. 

In conducting those activities, the 

Administrator shall build upon the 

educational programs and activities of 

the agency. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 11.457, Chesapeake Bay 

Studies. 

Application Deadline: Applications 

must be received and validated by 

Grants.gov on or before 5 p.m. EDT on 

October 16, 2009. Please note: 

Validation or rejection of your 

application by Grants.gov may take up 

to 2 business days after submission. 

Please consider this process in 

developing your submission timeline. 

Address for Submitting Proposals: 

Applicants are strongly encouraged to 

submit applications electronically 

through http://www.grants.gov. Hard 

copies may be submitted by postal mail, 

commercial delivery service, or handdelivery. Proposals being submitted 

hard copy must be received by: NOAA 

Chesapeake Bay Office; Education 

Coordinator; 410 Severn Avenue, Suite 

107A, Annapolis, Maryland 21403. 

Facsimile transmissions and e-mail 

submission of proposals will not be 

accepted. You may access the electronic 

grant application for the Chesapeake 

Bay Watershed Education & Training 

Program (B–WET) at http:// 

www.grants.gov. Users of Grants.gov 

will be able to download a copy of the 

application package, complete it off 

line, and then upload and submit the 

application via the Grants.gov site. 

When you enter the Grants.gov site, you 

will find information about submitting 

an application electronically through 

the site as well as the hours of 

operation. 

We strongly recommend that you do 

not wait until the application deadline 

date to begin the application process 

through Grants.gov. To use Grants.gov, 

applicants must have a DUNS number 

and register in the Central Contractor 

Registry (CCR). You should allow a 

minimum of 5 days to complete the CCR 

registration. After electronic submission 

of the application, applicants will 

receive an automatic acknowledgment 

from Grants.gov that contains a 

Grants.gov tracking number. Electronic 

application packages are strongly 

encouraged and are available at: http:// 

www.grants.gov/. Paper applications 

may be mailed to: Shannon Sprague, B– 

WET Program Manager NOAA, 

Chesapeake Bay Office, 410 Severn 

Avenue, Suite 107A, Annapolis, MD 

21403. 

Information Contacts: Please visit the 

B–WET Web site for further information 

at: http://noaa.chesapeakebay.net/ 

educationgrants.aspx or contact the 

NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office; 410 

Severn Avenue, Suite 107A, Annapolis, 

MD 21403, or by phone at 410–267– 

5660. B–WET contacts are as follows: 

Virginia/West Virginia: Ann Marie 

Chapman 

(annmarie.chapman@noaa.gov); 

Maryland’s Eastern Shore/Delaware: 

Doug Levin (doug.levin@noaa.gov); 

Maryland/Washington, DC: Kevin 

Schabow (kevin.schabow@noaa.gov); 

and Pennsylvania/Other: Shannon 

Sprague (shannon.sprague@noaa.gov). 

Eligibility: Eligible applicants are Kthrough-12 public and independent 

schools and school systems, institutions 

of higher education, community-based 

and nonprofit organizations, state or 

local government agencies, interstate 

agencies, and Indian tribal governments 

in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. 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 NCBO 

encourages proposals involving any of 

the above institutions. 

Cost Sharing Requirements: No cost 

sharing is required under this program, 

however, the NCBO strongly encourages 

applicants applying for either area of 

interest to share as much of the costs of 

the award as possible. Funds from other 

Federal awards may not be considered 

matching funds. The nature of the 

contribution (cash versus in-kind) and 

the amount of matching funds will be 

taken into consideration in the review 

process. Priority selection will be given 

to proposals that propose cash rather 

than in-kind contributions. 

Intergovernmental Review: 

Applications under this program are 

subject to Executive Order 12372, 

Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs. 

7. FY 2010 Community-Based Marine 

Debris Removal Project Grants 

Summary Description: The NOAA 

Marine Debris Program (MDP), 

authorized in the Marine Debris 

Research, Prevention, and Reduction 

Act (MDRPR Act, 33 U.S.C. 1951 et 

seq.), provides funding to catalyze the 

implementation of locally driven, 

community-based marine debris 

prevention, assessment and removal 

projects that will benefit coastal habitat, 

waterways, and NOAA trust resources. 

Projects funded through the MDP have 

strong on-the-ground habitat 

components involving the removal of 

marine debris and derelict fishing gear, 

as well as activities that provide social 

benefits for people and their 

communities in addition to long-term 

ecological habitat improvements for 

NOAA trust resources. Through this 

solicitation the MDP identifies marine 

debris removal projects, strengthens the 

development and implementation of 

habitat restoration through the removal 

of marine debris within communities, 

and fosters awareness of the effects of 

marine debris to further the 

conservation of living marine resource 

habitats across a wide geographic area. 

Proposals selected for funding through 

this solicitation will be implemented 

through a cooperative agreement. 

Funding of up to $2,000,000 is expected 

to be available for Community-based 

Marine Debris Removal Project Grants 

in FY 2010. The NOAA MDP anticipates 

that typical awards will range from 

$15,000 to $150,000. 

Funding Availability: This solicitation 

announces that funding of up to 

$2,000,000 is expected to be available 

for Community-based Marine Removal 

Project Grants in FY 2010. Actual 

funding availability for this program is 

contingent upon Fiscal Year 2010 

Congressional appropriations. The 

NOAA Restoration Center anticipates 

that typical project awards will range 

from $15,000 to $150,000; NOAA will 

not accept proposals for under $15,000 

or proposals for over $250,000 under 

this solicitation. There is no guarantee 

that sufficient funds will be available to 

make awards for all proposals. The 

number of awards to be made as a result 

of this solicitation will depend on the 

number of eligible applications 

received, the amount of funds requested 

for initiating marine debris removal 

projects by the applicants, the merit and 

ranking of the proposals, and the 

amount of funds made available to the 

MDP by Congress. 

The NOAA Restoration Center 

anticipates that between 10 and 25 

awards will be made as a result of this 

solicitation. The exact amount of funds 

that may be awarded will be determined 

in pre-award negotiations between the 

applicant and NOAA representatives. 

Publication of this document does not 

obligate NOAA to award any specific 

project or obligate all or any part of any 

available funds. In FY 2008, 10 

applications were recommended for 

funding ranging from $39,000 to 

$175,000, for a total grant competition 

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This is the fourth year of the 

Community-based Marine Debris 

Removal Project Grants, a grant 

partnership between the NOAA Marine 

Debris Program and NOAA Restoration 

Center. These grants are funded through 

the NOAA Marine Debris Program with 

appropriations to the Office of Response 

and Restoration, National Ocean Service 

for this purpose. The NOAA Restoration 

Center will administer this grants 

program in the same manner that the 

Community-based Restoration Program 

is conducted. 

Statutory Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1951 et 

seq. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 11.463, Habitat 

Conservation. 

Application Deadline: Applications 

must be received and validated by 

Grants.gov, postmarked, or provided to 

a delivery service on or before 11:59 

p.m. EDT, October 31, 2009. Please note: 

Validation or rejection of your 

application by Grants.gov may take up 

to 2 business days after submission. 

Please consider this process in 

developing your submission timeline. 

Applications received after the deadline 

will be rejected/returned to the sender 

without further consideration. Use of 

U.S. mail or another delivery service 

must be documented with a receipt. No 

facsimile or electronic mail applications 

will be accepted. 

Address for Submitting Proposals: If 

the applicant does not have Internet 

access, a hard copy application with the 

SF424 bearing an original, ink signature 

(blue ink preferred) must be 

postmarked, or provided to a delivery 

service and documented with a receipt, 

by 11:59 p.m. EDT, October 31, 2009, 

and sent to: David Landsman, NOAA 

Restoration Center (F/HC3), Attn: MDP 

Project Applications, 1315 East West 

Highway, Rm. 14727, Silver Spring, MD 

20910. Applications postmarked or 

provided to a delivery service after that 

date will not be considered for funding. 

Applications submitted via the U.S. 

Postal Service must have an official 

postmark; private metered postmarks 

are not acceptable. In any event, 

applications received later than 15 

business days following the postmark 

closing date will not be accepted. No 

facsimile or electronic mail applications 

will be accepted. Paper applications 

should be printed on one side only, on 

8.5′′ x 11′′ paper, and should not be 

bound in any manner. 

Information Contacts: For further 

information contact David Landsman at 

301–713–0174 or by e-mail at 

David.Landsman@noaa.gov. 

Eligibility: Eligible applicants are 

institutions of higher education, other 

non-profits, commercial (for profit) 

organizations, organizations under the 

jurisdiction of foreign governments, 

international organizations, and state, 

local and Indian tribal governments 

whose projects have the potential to 

benefit NOAA trust resources. 

Applications from federal agencies or 

employees of Federal agencies will not 

be considered. Federal agencies are 

strongly encouraged to work with states, 

on-governmental organizations, national 

service clubs or youth corps 

organizations and others that are eligible 

to apply. 

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 under-served areas. The MDP 

encourages proposals involving any of 

the above institutions. 

Cost Sharing Requirements: A major 

goal of the MDP is to provide seed 

money to projects that leverage funds 

and other contributions from a broad 

public and private sector to implement 

locally important marine debris removal 

activities to benefit living marine 

resources. To this end, the MDRPR Act 

requires applicants to demonstrate a 

minimum 1:1 non-Federal match for 

MDP funds requested to conduct the 

proposed project. In addition to formal 

match, NOAA strongly encourages 

applicants to leverage as much 

investment as possible. However, the 

MDRPR Act allows the Administrator to 

waive all or part of the matching 

requirement if the applicant can 

demonstrate that: (1) No reasonable 

means are available through which 

applicants can meet the matching 

requirement, and; (2) the probable 

benefit of such project outweighs the 

public interest in such matching 

requirement. 

In addition, the MDP shall waive any 

requirement for matching funds to an 

Insular Area (Virgin Islands, Guam, 

American Samoa, the Trust Territory of 

the Pacific Islands, and the Government 

of the Northern Mariana Islands). Under 

48 U.S.C. 10.1469a(d), any department 

or agency may waive any requirement 

for matching funds otherwise required 

by law to be provided by the Insular 

Area involved. All applicants should 

note that cost sharing is an element 

considered in Evaluation Criterion #4. 

‘‘Project Costs.’’ Match can come from a 

variety of public and private sources 

and can include in-kind goods and 

services such as private boat use and 

volunteer labor. To meet the 1:1 match 

requirement, applicants are permitted to 

combine contributions from non-federal 

partners, as long as such contributions 

are not being used to match any other 

funds and are available within the 

project period stated in the application. 

Federal sources cannot be considered 

for matching funds, but can be 

described in the budget narrative to 

demonstrate additional leverage. 

Applicants are also permitted to apply 

federally negotiated indirect costs in 

excess of federal share limits as 

described in Section IV.E.2. ‘‘Indirect 

Costs’’ of the Full Funding Opportunity 

announcement. The MDRPR Act allows 

the Administrator to authorize, as 

appropriate, the non-Federal share of 

the cost of a project to include money 

paid pursuant to, or the value of any inkind service performed under, an 

administrative order on consent or 

judicial consent decree that will remove 

or prevent marine debris. 

Applicants whose proposals are 

selected for funding will be bound by 

the percentage of cost sharing reflected 

in the award document signed by the 

NOAA Grants Officer. Successful 

applicants should be prepared to 

carefully document matching 

contributions, including the names of 

participating volunteers and the overall 

number of volunteer or community 

participation hours devoted to 

individual marine debris removal 

projects. Letters of commitment for any 

secured resources expected to be used 

as match for an award should be 

submitted as an attachment to the 

application. 

Intergovernmental Review: 

Applications submitted by state and 

local governments are subject to the 

provisions of Executive Order 12372, 

‘‘Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs.’’ Any applicant submitting an 

application for funding is required to 

complete item 16 on SF–424 regarding 

clearance by the State Single Point of 

Contact (SPOC) established as a result of 

EO 12372. To find out about and 

comply with a State’s process under EO 

12372, the names, addresses and phone 

numbers of participating SPOCs are 

listed in the Office of Management and 

Budget’s home page at: http:// 

www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/ 

spoc.html. 

8. Gulf of Mexico NOAA Bay Watershed 

Education and Training (B–WET) 

Program 

Summary Description: The National 

Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 

Southeast Region, is seeking proposals 

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Program. The B–WET program is an 

environmental education program that 

promotes locally relevant, experiential 

learning in the K–12 environment. 

Funded projects provide meaningful 

watershed educational experiences for 

students, related professional 

development for teachers, and helps to 

support regional education and 

environmental priorities in the northern 

Gulf of Mexico. 

This program addresses NOAA’s 

mission goal to ‘‘Protect, Restore, and 

Manage the Use of Coastal and Ocean 

Resources through an Ecosystem 

Approach to Management.’’ 

Funding Availability: It is anticipated 

that approximately $700,000 will be 

available in FY 2010 for new awards. 

NOAA anticipates making 

approximately 3 to 5 new awards during 

FY 2010. The total Federal amount that 

may be requested from NOAA shall not 

exceed $100,000. The minimum Federal 

amount that must be requested from 

NOAA is $25,000. Applications 

requesting Federal support from NOAA 

for more than $100,000 per year will not 

be considered for funding. There is no 

guarantee that sufficient funds will be 

available to make awards for all 

qualified projects. The exact amount of 

funds that may be awarded will be 

determined in pre-award negotiations 

between the applicant and NOAA 

representatives. Publication of this 

notice does not oblige NOAA to award 

any specific project or to obligate any 

available funds. If applicants incur any 

costs prior to an award being made, they 

do so at their own risk of not being 

reimbursed by the government. 

Notwithstanding verbal or written 

assurance that may have been received, 

there is no obligation on the part of 

NOAA to cover pre-award costs unless 

approved by the Grants Officer as part 

of the terms when the award is made. 

Statutory Authority: Authority for the 

Marine Fisheries Initiative Program is 

provided by the following: 16 U.S.C. 

661. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 11.463, Habitat 

Conservation. 

Application Deadline: Applications 

must be received and validated by 

Grants.gov on or before 5 p.m. ET on 

November 13, 2009. Please note: 

Validation or rejection of your 

application by Grants.gov may take up 

to 2 business days after submission. 

Please consider this process in 

developing your submission timeline. 

Applications received after the deadline 

will be rejected/returned to the sender 

without further consideration. Use of 

U.S. mail or another delivery service 

must be documented with a receipt. No 

facsimile or electronic mail applications 

will be accepted. 

Address for Submitting Proposals: 

Applications must be submitted through 

www.grants.gov unless an applicant 

does not have Internet access. In that 

case, hard copies with original 

signatures may be sent to: National 

Marine Fisheries Service, State/Federal 

Liaison Branch, 263 13th Avenue South, 

St. Petersburg, FL 33701. 

Information Contacts: For questions 

regarding the application process, you 

may contact: Ellie Francisco Roche, 

Chief, State/Federal Liaison Branch, 

(727) 824–5324, or 

Ellie.Roche@noaa.gov. 

Eligibility: Eligible applicants are K– 

12 public and independent schools and 

school systems, institutions of higher 

education, community-based and 

nonprofit organizations, state or local 

government agencies, interstate 

agencies, and Indian tribal governments. 

Cost Sharing Requirements: Costsharing is not required for this program. 

Intergovernmental Review: 

Applications submitted by state and 

local governments are subject to the 

provisions of Executive Order 12372, 

Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs. Any applicant submitting an 

application for funding is required to 

complete item 16 on SF–424 regarding 

clearance by the State Single Point of 

Contact (SPOC) established as a result of 

EO 12372. To find out about and 

comply with a State’s process under EO 

12372, the names, addresses and phone 

numbers of participating SPOCs are 

listed in the Office of Management and 

Budget’s home page at: http:// 

www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/ 

spoc.html. 

9. Marine Fisheries Initiative (MARFIN) 

Summary Description: The National 

Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 

Southeast Region, is seeking proposals 

under the Marine Fisheries Initiative 

Program (MARFIN), for research and 

development projects that optimize the 

use of fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico 

and off the South Atlantic states of 

North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, 

and Florida involving the U.S. fishing 

industry (recreational and commercial), 

including fishery biology, resource 

assessment, socioeconomic assessment, 

management and conservation, selected 

harvesting methods, and fish handling 

and processing. This program addresses 

NOAA’s mission goal to ‘‘Protect, 

Restore, and Manage the Use of Coastal 

and Ocean Resources Through an 

Ecosystem Approach to Management.’’ 

Funding Availability: Approximately 

$2.0 million may be available in fiscal 

year (FY) 2010 for projects. This amount 

includes possible in-house projects. 

Actual funding availability for this 

program is contingent upon Fiscal Year 

2010 Congressional appropriations. The 

NMFS Southeast Regional Office 

anticipates awarding approximately ten 

projects that will range from $25,000 to 

$175,000 per year. The total Federal 

amount that may be requested shall not 

exceed $350,000 for a two year project, 

and $525,000 for a three year project. 

Publication of this notice does not 

obligate NMFS to award any specific 

grant or cooperative agreement or any of 

the available funds. Project proposals 

accepted for funding with a project 

period over one year do not have to 

compete for the additional years of 

funding. However, funding for the 

additional years is contingent upon the 

availability of funds and satisfactory 

performance and is at the sole discretion 

of the agency. 

Statutory Authority: Authority for the 

Marine Fisheries Initiative Program is 

provided by the following: 15 U.S.C. 

713c–3(d). 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 11.433, Marine Fisheries 

Initiative. 

Application Deadline: Applications 

must be received and validated by 

Grants.gov on or before 5 p.m. EDT on 

August 17, 2009. Please note: Validation 

or rejection of your application by 

Grants.gov may take up to 2 business 

days after submission. Please consider 

this process in developing your 

submission timeline. Applications 

received after the deadline will be 

rejected/returned to the sender without 

further consideration. 

Address for Submitting Proposals: 

Applications must be submitted through 

www.grants.gov unless an applicant 

does not have Internet access. In that 

case, hard copies with original 

signatures may be sent to: National 

Marine Fisheries Service, State/Federal 

Liaison Branch, 263 13th Avenue South, 

St. Petersburg, FL 33701. 

Information Contacts: For questions 

regarding the application process, you 

may contact: Ellie Francisco Roche, 

Chief, State/Federal Liaison Branch, 

(727) 824–5324, or 

Ellie.Roche@noaa.gov. 

Eligibility: Eligible applicants may be 

institutions of higher education, 

nonprofits, commercial organizations, 

individuals, state, local and Indian 

tribal governments. Federal agencies or 

institutions are not eligible. Foreign 

governments, organizations under the 

jurisdiction of foreign governments, and 

international organizations are excluded 

for purposes of this solicitation since 


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the objective of the MARFIN program is 

to optimize research and development 

benefits from U.S. marine fishery 

resources. 

Cost Sharing Requirements: Costsharing is not required for this program. 

Intergovernmental Review: 

Applications submitted by state and 

local governments are subject to the 

provisions of executive Order 12372, 

Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs. Any applicant submitting an 

application for funding is required to 

complete item 16 on SF–424 regarding 

clearance by the State Single Point of 

Contact (SPOC) established as a result of 

EO 12372. To find out about and 

comply with a State’s process under EO 

12372, the names, addresses and phone 

numbers of participating SPOCs are 

listed in the Office of Management and 

Budget’s home page at: http:// 

www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/ 

spoc.html. 

10. NOAA Coastal and Marine Habitat 

Restoration National and Regional 

Partnership Grants 

Summary Description: NOAA delivers 

funding and technical expertise to 

restore coastal and marine habitats. 

These habitats support valuable 

fisheries and protected resources, 

improve the quality of our water, 

provide recreational opportunities for 

the public’s use and enjoyment and 

buffer our coastal communities from the 

impacts of storms and sea level rise. 

Partnerships funded through NOAA 

have strong on-the-ground habitat 

restoration components that provide 

social and economic benefits in addition 

to long-term ecological habitat 

improvements that benefit NOAA trust 

resources. Through this solicitation, 

NOAA seeks to openly compete funding 

available for multi-year national and 

regional habitat restoration 

Partnerships. Partnerships will result in 

implementation of a wide-range of 

individual habitat restoration projects, 

from locally-driven, grass-roots projects 

that emphasize stewardship and handson restoration, to mid-scale, watershed 

level projects that yield significant 

ecological and socio-economic benefits. 

NOAA envisions working jointly on 

such Partnerships through its 

Community-based Restoration Program 

(CRP) to identify, evaluate, fund, and 

administer projects that offer this range 

of ecological, socio-economic and 

stewardship benefits to coastal 

watershed communities. This document 

describes the types of habitat restoration 

Partnerships that NOAA envisions 

establishing, portrays the qualities that 

NOAA deems desirable in such 

Partnerships, and describes criteria 

under which applications will be 

evaluated for funding consideration. 

Partnership applications selected 

through this announcement will be 

implemented through a multi-year 

cooperative agreement, and will 

ultimately involve joint selection of 

multiple community-based habitat 

restoration projects funded as subawards made through the Partner 

organization. Funding of approximately 

$10 million is expected to be available 

to establish habitat restoration 

Partnerships in 2010, with annual 

funding anticipated to maintain them 

for up to 3 years duration. Requests for 

funding to establish Partnerships 

typically exceed the funds available for 

this purpose and the selection process 

will be highly competitive. Typical 

Partnership awards will range from 

$500,000 to $1,000,000 per year. 

Funds will be administered by the 

NOAA Restoration Center within NOAA 

Fisheries Office of Habitat Conservation. 

This is not a request for individual 

community-based habitat restoration 

project proposals. 

Funding Availability: NOAA 

anticipates that approximately $10 

million may be available in FY 2010 to 

establish national and regional 

Partnerships that will implement coastal 

and marine habitat restoration through 

sub awards. Funding is expected to be 

provided on an annual basis to maintain 

Partnerships for up to 3 years duration, 

and is dependent upon the level of 

funding made available by Congress. 

NOAA anticipates that typical awards 

for the initial year of restoration 

Partnerships will range from $500,000 

to $1,000,000. NOAA will not accept 

proposals with a first year budget under 

$250,000 or over $5,000,000 under this 

solicitation. Applicants can request 

increases to continue scaling up 

Partnership activities in subsequent 

budget periods to a limit of $7,500,000 

in FY 2011, and to $10,000,000 in FY 

2012. Annual funding levels and any 

increases over FY 2010 levels for 

successful applicants will be at the 

discretion of the NOAA Restoration 

Center Chief (Chief). The Chief will 

make annual funding determinations for 

each Partner, in consultation with 

NOAA technical staff, based on 

Partnership performance, capacity of the 

Partner organization to generate quality 

projects with respect to funding 

potentially available to them under an 

award, the amount of prior year funding 

remaining to be expended, regional and 

Administration priorities, and other 

factors deemed important to the annual 

allocation process. For reference, in FY 

2007 the NOAA Restoration Center 

established and funded 17 multi-year 

Partnerships for a total of $8.8 million 

in their first year, $7.1 million in FY 

2008, and $9.8 million in FY 2009. 

There is no guarantee that sufficient 

funds will be available to make awards 

for all Partnership applications. The 

number of awards to be made as a result 

of this solicitation will depend on the 

number of eligible applications 

received, the amount of funds requested 

for establishing national and regional 

habitat restoration Partnerships by the 

applicants, the merit and ranking of the 

applications, and the amount of funds 

made available by Congress. 

The exact amount of funds that may 

be awarded will be determined in preaward negotiations between the 

applicant and NOAA representatives, 

and multi-year funding requests are 

expected to be funded incrementally on 

an annual basis. 

Publication of this document does not 

obligate NOAA to award any specific 

project or obligate all or any parts of any 

available funds. 

Statutory Authority: The Secretary of 

Commerce is authorized under the 

following statutes to provide grants and 

cooperative agreements for habitat 

restoration: Fish and Wildlife 

Coordination Act 16 U.S.C. 661, as 

amended by the Reorganization Plan 

No. 4 of 1970; Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Reauthorization Act of 2006, 16 U.S.C. 

1891a. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 11.463, Habitat 

Conservation. 

Application Deadline: Applications 

must be received and validated by 

Grants.gov, postmarked, or provided to 

a delivery service on or before 11:59 

p.m. EDT on September 30, 2009. Please 

note: Validation or rejection of your 

application by Grants.gov may take up 

to 2 business days after submission. 

Please consider this process in 

developing your submission timeline. 

Use of a delivery service must be 

documented with a receipt. No facsimile 

or electronic mail applications will be 

accepted. 

Address for Submitting Proposals: 

Applicants may submit their 

applications through Grants.gov. If an 

applicant does not have Internet access, 

a hard copy application must be 

postmarked, or provided to a delivery 

service and documented with a receipt, 

by September 30, 2009 and sent to: 

NOAA Restoration Center, NOAA 

Fisheries, 1315 East West Highway, Rm. 

14853, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Attn: 

Restoration Partnership Applications. 

Applications postmarked or provided to 


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a delivery service after that time will not 

be considered for funding. 

Applications submitted via the U.S. 

Postal Service must have an official 

postmark; private metered postmarks 

are not acceptable. In any event, 

applications received later than 7 

business days following the postmark 

closing date will not be accepted. No 

facsimile or electronic mail applications 

will be accepted. Paper applications 

should be printed on one side only, on 

8.5′′ × 11′′ paper, and should not be 

bound in any manner. Applicants 

submitting paper applications must also 

include a full copy of the application as 

a single PDF file, including Federal 

forms, on a compact disc (CD). 

Information Contacts: For further 

information contact Robin Bruckner or 

Melanie Gange at (301) 713–0174, or by 

e-mail at Robin.Bruckner@noaa.gov or 

Melanie.Gange@noaa.gov. Prospective 

applicants are invited to contact NOAA 

staff before submitting an application to 

discuss their partnership ideas. 

Additional information on habitat 

restoration can be found on the World 

Wide Web at http:// 

www.nmfs.noaa.gov/habitat/restoration. 

Eligibility: Eligible applicants are 

institutions of higher education, nonprofits, commercial (for profit) 

organizations, U.S. Territories, and 

state, local and Indian tribal 

governments. Applications from Federal 

agencies or employees of Federal 

agencies will not be considered. Federal 

agencies are strongly encouraged to 

work with states, non-governmental 

organizations, municipal and county 

governments, conservation corps 

organizations and others that are eligible 

to apply. 

The Department of Commerce/ 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (DOC/NOAA) is 

strongly committed to broadening the 

participation of historically black 

colleges and universities, Hispanicserving institutions, tribal colleges and 

universities, and institutions that work 

in under-served areas. NOAA 

encourages applications involving any 

of the above institutions. 

Cost Sharing Requirements: The 

overall focus of the CRP is to implement 

coastal and marine habitat restoration 

that leverages funds and other 

contributions from the public and 

private sector to accomplish broad yet 

locally important habitat benefits. To 

this end, applicants seeking national 

and regional Partnerships with NOAA 

are encouraged to demonstrate a 1:1 

non-Federal match overall for federal 

funds requested. 

Additionally, those Partnerships that 

propose to provide cash match toward 

project implementation funds at the 

national/regional level (before local, 

project-specific contributions are 

included) will be likely to score higher 

in the evaluation of project costs. While 

this is not a requirement, NOAA 

strongly advises applicants to leverage 

as much investment as possible. 

Applicants with less than 1:1 match and 

those that do not have cash match for 

project implementation funds at the 

national/regional level will not be 

disqualified, however applicants should 

note that cost sharing is an element 

considered in evaluation criteria #4. 

‘‘Project Costs’’ (Section V.A.4 of the 

Full Funding Opportunity 

announcement). 

Similarly, proposals that limit 

administrative costs to 20% at the 

national or regional level also will be 

likely to score higher on this criterion. 

The match can come from a variety of 

public and private sources and can 

include in-kind goods and services. 

Federal funds may not be considered 

matching funds, but can be described in 

the budget narrative to demonstrate 

additional leverage. Applicants are 

permitted to combine non-federal 

contributions from additional Partners 

in order to meet the 1:1 match expected 

to establish a Partnership, as long as the 

matching funds are not already being 

used to match other funding sources 

and are available within the project 

period stated in the application. 

Applicants are also permitted to apply 

federally negotiated indirect costs in 

excess of federal share limits as 

described in Section IV.E. ‘‘Funding 

Restrictions’’ in the Full Funding 

Opportunity announcement. 

Applicants whose proposals are 

selected for habitat restoration 

Partnership funding will be bound by 

the percentage of cost sharing reflected 

in the award document signed by the 

NOAA Grants Officer. Successful 

applicants must be prepared to carefully 

document matching contributions, 

including the number of volunteer or 

community participation hours devoted 

to individual habitat restoration 

projects. 

Intergovernmental Review: 

Applications submitted by state and 

local governments are subject to the 

provisions of Executive Order 12372, 

‘‘Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs.’’ Any applicant submitting an 

application for funding is required to 

complete item 16 on SF–424 regarding 

clearance by the State Single Point of 

Contact (SPOC) established as a result of 

EO 12372. To find out about and 

comply with a State’s process under EO 

12372, the names, addresses and phone 

numbers of participating SPOC’s are 

listed in the Office of Management and 

Budget’s home page at: http:// 

www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/ 

spoc.html. 

11. NOAA Coral Reef Conservation 

Grant Program/General Coral Reef 

Conservation Grants 

Summary Description: The NOAA 

Coral Reef Conservation Program/ 

General Coral Reef Conservation Grants 

(GCRCGP) provides funding to 

institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, commercial 

organizations, Freely Associated State 

government agencies, and local and 

Indian tribal governments to support 

coral reef conservation projects in the 

United States and the Freely Associated 

States in the Pacific, as authorized 

under the Coral Reef Conservation Act 

of 2000. Projects funded through the 

GCRCGP support on-the ground efforts 

that: (1) Help preserve, sustain and 

restore the condition of coral reef 

ecosystems, (2) promote the wise 

management and sustainable use of 

coral reef resources, (3) increase public 

knowledge and awareness of coral reef 

ecosystems and issues regarding their 

conservation, and (4) develop sound 

scientific information on the condition 

of coral reef ecosystems and the threats 

to such ecosystems. Projects should 

complement and fill gaps in state, 

territorial and commonwealth coral reef 

programs, emphasize community-based 

conservation, or address local action 

strategy priorities. Proposals selected for 

funding through this solicitation require 

a 1:1 match and will be implemented 

through a grant. Funding of up to 

$600,000 is expected to be available for 

GCRCGP in FY 2010. These funds will 

be divided approximately equally 

among the U.S. Pacific and Atlantic to 

maintain geographic balance, as 

outlined in the Coral Reef Conservation 

Act of 2000. Awards will range from 

$15,000–$50,000. 

Funding Availability: NOAA 

announces the availability of up to 

$600,000 of Federal assistance may be 

available in FY 2010 for the GCRCGP to 

support financial assistance awards for 

coral conservation activities. Proposals 

can be submitted for a minimum of 

$15,000 to a maximum of $50,000; 

NOAA will not accept proposals 

requesting over $50,000 of Federal 

funds. There is no limit on the number 

of applications that can be submitted by 

the same applicant during the 2010 

competitive grant cycle. 

However, multiple applications 

submitted by the same applicant must 

clearly identify different projects and 

must be successful in the competitive 

review process. The number of awards 


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made as a result of this solicitation will 

depend on the number of eligible 

applications received, the amount of 

funds requested for each project, the 

merit and ranking of the proposals, and 

the amount of funds made available to 

the Program by Congress. In addition, 

funding will be divided between the 

U.S. Pacific and U.S. Atlantic to meet 

requirements for geographic distribution 

of funds, as described in the Coral Reef 

Conservation Act. Attempts will also be 

made to fund one or more projects in 

each jurisdiction, provided that the 

project addresses priorities outlined 

above, it is identified as having 

sufficient merit, and it meets all other 

requirements as stipulated in this 

solicitation. The funds have not yet 

been appropriated for this program, and 

there is no guarantee that sufficient 

funds will be available to make awards 

for all qualified projects. Publication of 

this notice does not oblige NOAA to 

award any specific project or to obligate 

any available funds. 

Statutory Authority: Authority for the 

NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Grant 

Program is provided by Section 6403 

(Coral Reef Conservation Program) of 

the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000 

(16 U.S.C. 6401 et seq.). 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 11.463, Habitat 

Conservation. 

Application Deadline: Applications 

must be received and validated by 

Grants.gov, postmarked, or provided to 

a delivery service on or before 11:59 

p.m. EDT on November 2, 2009. Please 

note: Validation or rejection of your 

application by Grants.gov may take up 

to 2 business days after submission. 

Please consider this process in 

developing your submission timeline. 

Use of a delivery service must be 

documented with a receipt. 

Applications postmarked or provided to 

a delivery service after that time will not 

be accepted for funding. Applications 

submitted via U.S. Postal Service must 

have an official postmark; private 

metered postmarks are not acceptable. 

In any event, applications received later 

than 15 business days following the 

postmarked closing date will not be 

accepted. No facsimile or electronic 

mail applications will be accepted. 

There will be no extensions beyond 

these dates. If an application is not 

submitted through grants.gov or 

postmarked by the deadline listed 

above, it will not be reviewed or 

considered for FY 2010 funding. 

Address for Submitting Proposals: 

Applicants may submit their 

applications through Grants.gov. If 

Internet access is unavailable, hard 

copies can be submitted to: Jennifer 

Koss, NOAA Coral Reef Conservation 

Program, NOAA Fisheries, Office of 

Habitat Conservation (F/HC), 1315 East 

West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 

20910. Attn: CRCGP Project 

Applications. Applicants submitted by 

mail are required to include original 

signed and dated copies of the Federal 

financial assistance forms. Electronic 

copies of the project narrative and 

budget narrative are requested with the 

submission of a paper application. 

Please submit these to 

Jennifer.Koss@noaa.gov. All applicants, 

both electronic and paper, should be 

aware that adequate time must be 

factored into applicant schedules for 

delivery of the application. Electronic 

applicants are advised that volume on 

Grants.gov is currently extremely heavy, 

and if Grants.gov is unable to accept 

applications electronically in a timely 

fashion, applicants are encouraged to 

exercise their option to submit 

applications in paper format. Paper 

applicants should allow adequate time 

to ensure a paper application will be 

received on time, taking into account 

that guaranteed overnight carriers are 

not always able to fulfill their 

guarantees. 

Information Contacts: Technical point 

of contact for NOAA Coral Reef 

Conservation Grant Program/General 

Grants is Jennifer Koss, 301–713–4300 

extension 165 or e-mail at 

Jennifer.Koss@noaa.gov. 

Eligibility: Institutions of higher 

education, non-profit organizations, 

commercial organizations, local and 

Indian tribal governments and Freely 

Associated State Government Agencies 

can apply for funding under the 

GCRCGP. U.S. federal, state, territory, 

and commonwealth governments and 

Regional Fishery Management Councils 

are not eligible under this category. 

NOAA employees are not allowed to 

help in the preparation of applications 

or write letters of support for any 

application. NOAA staff are available to 

provide information on programmatic 

goals and objectives, ongoing coral reef 

conservation programs, Regional 

funding priorities, and, along with other 

Federal Program Officers, can provide 

information on application procedures 

and completion of required forms. For 

activities that involve collaboration with 

current NOAA programs or staff, NOAA 

employees must provide a letter 

verifying that they are collaborating 

with the project. 

Federal employee travel and salaries 

are not allowable costs under this 

program. 

Cost Sharing Requirements: As per 

section 6403(b)(1) of the Coral Reef 

Conservation Act of 2000, Federal funds 

for any coral conservation project 

funded under this Program may not 

exceed 50 percent of the total cost of the 

project. All GCRCGP projects submitted 

to this program require a 1:1 match 

obtained from non-Federal sources. 

Applicants must specify in their 

proposal the source of the match and 

provide letters of commitment to 

confirm stated match contributions. The 

match can include in-kind contributions 

and other non-cash support. Applicants 

are permitted to combine contributions 

from additional non-Federal partners in 

order to meet the 1:1 match expected, as 

long as such contributions are not being 

used to match any other funds. Federal 

funds may not be used as matching 

funds. The nature of the contribution 

(cash versus in-kind) and the amount of 

matching funds will be taken into 

consideration in the review process, 

with cash being the preferred method of 

contribution. Applicants with less than 

1:1 match will not be disqualified, if 

they provide justification for a lower 

amount of matching funds, however, 

applicants should note that cost sharing 

is an element considered in IV.E. 

Evaluation Criterion, 4. Project Costs in 

the Full Funding Opportunity. As per 

section 6403(b)(2) of the Coral Reef 

Conservation Act of 2000, the NOAA 

Administrator may waive all or part of 

the matching requirement if the 

Administrator determines that the 

project meets the following two 

requirements: (1) No reasonable means 

are available through which an 

applicant can meet the matching 

requirement; and (2) the probable 

benefit of such project outweighs the 

public interest in such matching 

requirement. In the case of a waiver 

request, the applicant must provide a 

detailed justification at the time the 

proposal is submitted explaining the 

need for the waiver including attempts 

to obtain sources of matching funds, 

how the benefit of the project outweighs 

the public interest in providing match, 

and any other extenuating 

circumstances preventing the 

availability of match. Notwithstanding 

any other provisions herein, and in 

accordance with 48 U.S.C. 1469a(d), the 

Program shall waive any requirement 

for local matching funds for any project 

under $200,000 (including in-kind 

contribution) to the governments of 

Insular Areas, defined as the 

jurisdictions of the U.S. Virgin Islands, 

Guam, American Samoa, and the 

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 

Islands. Eligible applicants choosing to 

apply 48 U.S.C. 1469a(d) must include 

a letter requesting a waiver that 


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demonstrates that their project meets 

the requirements of 48 U.S.C. 1469a(d). 

Intergovernmental Review: 

Applications under this Program are 

subject to Executive Order 12372, 

Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs. Any applicant submitting an 

application for funding is required to 

complete item 16 on SF–424 regarding 

clearance by the State Single Point of 

Contact (SSPOC) established as a result 

of EO 12372. The SSPOC for your state 

can be found at: http:// 

www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/ 

spoc.html. 

12. NOAA Coral Reef Conservation 

Grant Program/Projects To Improve or 

Amend Coral Reef Fishery Management 

Plans 

Summary Description: The NOAA 

Coral Reef Conservation Grant Program/ 

Projects to Improve or Amend Coral 

Reef Fishery Management Plans 

(CRFMPGP) provides funding to the 

Regional Fishery Management Councils 

for projects to conserve and manage 

coral reef fisheries, as authorized under 

the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000. 

Projects funded through the CRFMPGP 

are for activities that (1) provide better 

scientific information on the status of 

coral reef fisheries resources, critical 

habitats of importance to coral reef 

fishes, and the impacts of fishing on 

these species and habitats; (2) identify 

new management approaches that 

protect coral reef biodiversity and 

ecosystem function through regulation 

of fishing and other extractive uses; and 

(3) incorporate conservation and 

sustainable management measures into 

existing or new Federal fishery 

management plans for coral reef species. 

Proposals selected for funding through 

this solicitation will be implemented 

through a Cooperative Agreement. The 

role of NOAA in the CRFMPGP is to 

help identify potential projects that 

reduce impacts of fishing on coral reef 

ecosystems, strengthen the development 

and implementation of the projects, and 

assist in coordination of these efforts 

with Federal state, territory or 

commonwealth management authorities 

and various coral reef user groups. 

Funding up to $1,050,000 is expected 

to be available for CRFMPGP 

Cooperative Agreements in FY 2010. 

These funds will be divided equally 

among the Atlantic and Pacific to 

maintain the geographic split required 

by the Act. The NOAA Coral Reef 

Conservation Program anticipates that 

awards will range from $175,000– 

$525,000. 

Funding Availability: This solicitation 

announces that approximately 

$1,050,000 is expected to be available 

for cooperative agreements in support of 

coral reef conservation activities for 

Projects to Improve or Amend Coral 

Reef Fishery Management Plans 

(CRFMPGP) in fiscal year 2010. Actual 

funding availability for this program is 

contingent upon fiscal year 2010 

Congressional appropriations. The 

NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program 

anticipates that typical project awards 

will range from about $175,000 to 

$525,000; NOAA will not accept 

proposals for over $525,000 under this 

solicitation. Equal funding will be 

provided to the Atlantic and Pacific, up 

to a maximum of $525,000 for activities 

in the Western Pacific, and a maximum 

of $525,000 for activities in the South 

Atlantic, the Gulf of Mexico, and the 

Caribbean. The exact amount of funds 

that may be awarded will be determined 

in pre-award negotiations between the 

applicant and NOAA representatives. 

Activities approved by NOAA will be 

awarded as new cooperative agreements 

through the NMFS Office of Habitat 

Conservation (HC). The number of 

awards made as a result of this 

solicitation will depend on the number 

of eligible applications received, the 

amount of funds requested for each 

project, the merit and ranking of the 

proposals, and the amount of funds 

made available to the Program by 

Congress. The funds have not yet been 

appropriated for this program, and there 

is no guarantee that sufficient funds will 

be available to make awards for all 

qualified projects. Publication of this 

notice does not oblige NOAA to award 

any specific project or to obligate any 

available funds. 

Statutory Authority: Authority for the 

NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Grant 

Program is provided by Section 6403 

(Coral Reef Conservation Program) of 

the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000 

(16 U.S.C. 6401 et seq.). 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 11.441, Regional Fishery 

Management Councils. 

Application Deadline: Applications 

must be received and validated by 

Grants.gov, postmarked, or provided to 

a delivery service on or before 5 p.m. 

ET, on November 2, 2009. Please note: 

Validation or rejection of your 

application by Grants.gov may take up 

to 2 business days after submission. 

Please consider this process in 

developing your submission timeline. 

Applications received after the deadline 

will be rejected/returned to the sender 

without further consideration. Use of 

U.S. mail or another delivery service 

must be documented with a receipt. No 

facsimile or electronic mail applications 

will be accepted. 

Address for Submitting Proposals: 

Federal forms should be filled out and 

submitted on line at www.grants.gov 

with the rest of the grant application. If 

applicants are unable to submit through 

www.grants.gov, an original paper copy 

of signed Federal financial assistance 

forms and the complete project narrative 

and budget narrative must be submitted 

by mail to: Jennifer Koss, NOAA Coral 

Reef Conservation Program, NOAA 

Fisheries, Office of Habitat Conservation 

(F/HC1), 1315 East West Highway, 

Silver Spring, MD 20910. Attn: CRCGP 

Project Applications. Electronic copies 

of the project narrative and budget 

narrative are requested when submitting 

by mail (liz.fairey@noaa.gov), however 

e-mail applications submitted without a 

mailed hard copy with appropriate 

postal date stamp will not be accepted. 

Information Contacts: Technical point 

of contact for NOAA Coral Reef 

Conservation Grant Program/General 

Grants is Jennifer Koss, 301–713–4300 

or e-mail at Jennifer.Koss@noaa.gov. 

Eligibility: Eligible applicants are 

limited to the Western Pacific Regional 

Fishery Management Council, the South 

Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 

the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management 

Council, and the Caribbean Fishery 

Management Council. 

Cost Sharing Requirements: No cost 

sharing or matching is required under 

this program. The Administrator has 

waived the matching requirement for 

the Fishery Management Councils as 

discussed in Section VII of the Coral 

Reef Conservation Grant Program 

Implementation Guidelines (Federal 

Register Vol. 67, No. 76, page 19396, 

Friday, April 19, 2002.). This waiver is 

based on the fact that the Councils are 

funded solely by awards from the U.S. 

Federal Government, and therefore, do 

not have the ability to generate 

matching funds. 

Intergovernmental Review: 

Applications under this CRFMPGP are 

subject to Executive Order 12372, 

Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs. Specific information 

regarding Intergovernmental Review can 

be found above in Section IV. 

Application and Submission 

Information, D. Intergovernmental 

Review in the Full Funding 

Opportunity. 

13. NOAA New England Bay Watershed 

Education and Training (B–WET) 

Program 

Summary Description: NOAA B–WET 

is an environmental education program 

that promotes locally relevant, 

experiential learning in the K–12 

environment. Funded projects provide 

meaningful watershed educational 


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experiences for students, related 

professional development for teachers, 

and helps to support regional education 

and environmental priorities in New 

England. 

Funding Availability: It is anticipated 

that approximately $300,000 will be 

available in FY 2010 for new awards. 

NOAA anticipates making 

approximately 2 to 5 new awards during 

FY 2010. NOAA will consider only 

projects with duration of 1 to 3 years. 

The total Federal amount that may be 

requested from NOAA shall not exceed 

$100,000 per year and $300,000 for all 

years of the proposed project. The 

minimum Federal amount that must be 

requested from NOAA for one year is 

$10,000 and for all years is $30,000. 

Applications requesting Federal 

support from NOAA of less than 

$10,000 for one year or more than 

$100,000 per year and $300,000 total for 

the duration of the project will not be 

considered for funding. There is no 

guarantee that sufficient funds will be 

available to make awards for all 

qualified projects. The exact amount of 

funds that may be awarded will be 

determined in pre-award negotiations 

between the applicant and NOAA 

representatives. 

Publication of this notice does not 

oblige NOAA to award any specific 

project or to obligate any available 

funds. If applicants incur any costs prior 

to an award being made, they do so at 

their own risk of not being reimbursed 

by the government. Notwithstanding 

verbal or written assurance that may 

have been received, there is no 

obligation on the part of NOAA to cover 

pre-award costs unless approved by the 

Grants Officer as part of the terms when 

the award is made. 

Statutory Authority: Under 33 U.S.C 

893a(a), the Administrator of the 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration is authorized to 

conduct, develop, support, promote, 

and coordinate formal and informal 

educational activities at all levels to 

enhance public awareness and 

understanding of ocean, coastal, Great 

Lakes, and atmospheric science and 

stewardship by the general public and 

other coastal stakeholders, including 

underrepresented groups in ocean and 

atmospheric science and policy careers. 

In conducting those activities, the 

Administrator shall build upon the 

educational programs and activities of 

the agency. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 11.469, Congressionally 

Identified Awards and Projects. 

Application Deadline: Applications 

must be received and validated by 

Grants.gov, postmarked, or provided to 

a delivery service on or before 5 p.m. 

EDT, October 2, 2009. Please note: 

Validation or rejection of your 

application by Grants.gov may take up 

to 2 business days after submission. 

Please consider this process in 

developing your submission timeline. 

Applications received after the deadline 

will be rejected/returned to the sender 

without further consideration. Use of 

U.S. mail or another delivery service 

must be documented with a receipt. 

Address for Submitting Proposals: 

Applications submitted through 

Grants.gov will be accompanied by an 

automated receipt of the date and time 

of submission. Hard copy applications 

will be hand stamped with time and 

date when received in the NOAA 

Fisheries, Northeast Regional Office 

(Attn: New England B–WET Program). 

Note that late-arriving hard copy 

applications provided to a delivery 

service on or before 5 p.m., EDT October 

2, 2009 will be accepted for review if 

the applicant can document that the 

application was provided to the 

guaranteed delivery service by the 

specified closing date and time, and if 

the proposals are received NOAA 

Fisheries, Northeast Regional Office by 

5 p.m., EDT, no later than 2 business 

days following the closing date. 

Applicants are recommended to send 

hard copies via expedited shipping 

methods (e.g., Airborne Express, DHL, 

FedEx, UPS, etc.). No e-mail and/or 

facsimile pre-proposals and/or full 

applications will be accepted. 

Applications that are late or are received 

by fax or e-mail will not be considered 

for review. Important: All applicants, 

both electronic and paper, should be 

aware that adequate time must be 

factored into applicant schedules for 

delivery of the application. Electronic 

applicants are advised that volume on 

Grants.gov is currently extremely heavy, 

and if Grants.gov is unable to accept 

applications electronically in a timely 

fashion, applicants are encouraged to 

exercise their option to submit 

applications in paper format. Paper 

applicants should allow adequate time 

to ensure a paper application will be 

received on time, taking into account 

that guaranteed overnight carriers are 

not always able to fulfill their 

guarantees. 

Information Contacts: Kathi 

Rodrigues, New England B–WET 

Program Manager, NOAA, 55 Great 

Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930– 

2276, or via e-mail at 

kathi.rodrigues@noaa.gov. Questions 

about this opportunity may also be 

directed to Bronwen Rice, B–WET 

National Coordinator, by phone at 202– 

482–6797 or e-mail at 

bronwen.rice@noaa.gov. 

Eligibility: Eligible applicants are K– 

12 public and independent schools and 

school systems, institutions of higher 

education, community-based and 

nonprofit organizations, state or local 

government agencies, interstate 

agencies, and Indian tribal governments. 

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 

service underserved areas. While 

applicants do not need to be from the 

targeted geographical regions specified 

in the program objectives, they must be 

working with target audiences in these 

areas. 

Cost Sharing Requirements: No cost 

sharing is required under this program, 

however, the NOAA B–WET Program 

strongly encourages applicants include 

a 25% or higher match. Funds from 

other Federal awards may not be 

considered matching funds. The nature 

of the contribution (cash vs. in-kind) 

and the amount of matching funds will 

be taken into consideration during the 

review process. Priority selection is 

given to proposals that propose cash 

rather than in-kind services. 

Intergovernmental Review: 

Applications under this program are not 

subject to Executive Order 12372, 

‘‘Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs.’’ 

14. John H. Prescott Marine Mammal 

Rescue Assistance Grant Program 2010 

Summary Description: The Marine 

Mammal Health and Stranding 

Response Program of the National 

Marine Fisheries Service is charged 

under the Marine Mammal Protection 

Act with facilitating the collection and 

dissemination of reference data on 

stranded marine mammals and health 

trends of marine mammal populations 

in the wild. Through cooperation with 

NMFS Regional Coordinators, local 

organizations and state and local 

government officials respond to and 

collect valuable data from stranded 

marine mammals as participants in the 

national Marine Mammal Stranding 

Network. The John H. Prescott Marine 

Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant 

Program is conducted by NOAA to 

provide Federal assistance to eligible 

members of the Stranding Network to: 

(1) Support basic needs of organizations 

for response, treatment, and data 

collection from living and dead 

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scientific research objectives designed 

to answer questions about marine 

mammal strandings, health, or 

rehabilitation techniques utilizing data 

from living and dead stranded marine 

mammals, and (3) support facility 

operations directly related to the 

recovery or treatment of stranded 

marine mammals and collection of data 

from living or dead stranded marine 

mammals. 

Funding Availability: This solicitation 

announces that approximately 

$4,000,000 may be available for 

distribution under the FY 2010 annual 

competitive Prescott Grant Program. 

Applicants are hereby given notice 

that these funds have not yet been 

appropriated for this program. 

Therefore, exact dollar amounts cannot 

be given. There is no guarantee that 

sufficient funds will be available to 

make awards for all qualified projects. 

The maximum Federal award for each 

grant cannot exceed $100,000, as is 

stated in the legislative language 16 

U.S.C. 1421f–1. Funds may be set aside 

from the annual appropriation to 

provide for emergency assistance 

awards to eligible stranding network 

participants. These emergency funds 

will be available until expended. There 

is no limit on the number of proposals 

that can be submitted by the same 

stranding network participant during 

the 2010 competitive grant cycle. 

However, since there are insufficient 

funds to award financial assistance to 

every member of the network, 

organizations will receive no more than 

two awards per year as part of the 

competitive program. The two awards 

must be for projects that are clearly 

separate in their objectives, goals, and 

budget requests and must be successful 

in the competitive review process. The 

two projects should be completely 

independent (i.e., you will be able to 

carry out either proposal even if the 

other does not receive funding). Eligible 

researchers applying as Principal 

Investigators, but not independently 

authorized under MMPA Section 112(c), 

MMPA Section 109(h) (50 CFR 216.22), 

or the National Contingency Plan for 

Response to Marine Mammal Unusual 

Mortality Events, can only receive one 

award per year as part of the 

competitive cycle. 

Authorized stranding network 

participants and researchers may be 

identified as Co-Investigators or 

collaborators on as many proposals as 

needed as long as no more than 100 

percent of their time is funded through 

the Prescott Grant Program. In addition, 

Department of Commerce (DOC) and 

Department of Interior (DOI) employees 

may act as collaborators if they are 

responsible for performing analyses on 

data or samples collected under a 

Prescott award. See the section entitled 

Eligibility for information regarding the 

eligibility requirements. 

There is no guarantee that sufficient 

funds will be available to make awards 

for all qualified projects. Publication of 

this notice does not oblige NOAA to 

award any specific project or to obligate 

any available funds. If an application for 

a financial assistance award is selected 

for funding, NOAA/NMFS has no 

obligation to provide any additional 

funding in connection with that award 

in subsequent years beyond the award 

period. If an applicant incurs any costs 

prior to receiving an award agreement 

signed by an authorized NOAA official, 

the applicant would do so solely at their 

own risk of these costs not being 

included under the award. 

Notwithstanding any verbal or written 

assurance that applicants have received, 

pre-award costs are not allowed under 

the award unless the Grants Officer 

approves them in accordance with 15 

CFR 14.28. 

Statutory Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1421f– 

1 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 11.439, Marine Mammal 

Data Program. 

Application Deadline: Applications 

must be received and validated by 

Grants.gov, postmarked, or provided to 

a delivery service on or before 11:59 

p.m. EDT, October 5, 2009. Please note: 

Validation or rejection of your 

application by Grants.gov may take up 

to 2 business days after submission. 

Please consider this process in 

developing your submission timeline. 

Applications received after the deadline 

will be rejected/returned to the sender 

without further consideration. Use of 

U.S. mail or another delivery service 

must be documented with a receipt. No 

facsimile or electronic mail applications 

will be accepted. 

Address for Submitting Proposals: 

Submit your application electronically 

through Grants.gov at www.grants.gov. 

For those applicants without Internet 

access submit your applications to: 

Prescott Grant Program, NOAA/NMFS/ 

Office of Protected Resources (F/PR), 

1315 East-West Highway, Room 13620, 

Silver Spring, MD 20910. 

Information Contacts: The point of 

contact is: Michelle Ordono, Prescott 

Grant Program, NOAA/NMFS/Office of 

Protected Resources (F/PR), 1315 EastWest Highway, Room 13620, Silver 

Spring, MD 20910; Phone: (301) 713– 

2322; or e-mail at 

Michelle.Ordono@noaa.gov. 

Eligibility: There are three categories 

of eligible stranding network 

participants that may apply for funds 

under the Prescott Grant Program: (1) 

Stranding Agreement (SA) holders or 

their designee organizations; (2) holders 

of researcher authorization letters issued 

by a NMFS Regional Administrator; and 

(3) eligible Federal, state, or local 

government personnel or tribal 

personnel. 

All applicants must currently be: 1. 

Active as an authorized participant or 

researcher in the marine mammal 

stranding network; 2. ‘‘In good 

standing;’’ and 3. Not a current full or 

part-time employee or contractor of 

DOC or DOI. To be ‘‘in good standing,’’ 

you must meet all of the following 

criteria: 1. If the applicant is a 

designated Principal Investigator of an 

MMPA and/or Endangered Species Act 

(ESA) scientific research or 

enhancement permit holder, the 

applicant must have fulfilled all permit 

requirements including submission of 

all reports. The applicant must not have 

any pending or outstanding enforcement 

actions under the MMPA or ESA. 2. 

Have complied with the terms and 

responsibilities of the appropriate SA, 

MMPA Section 109(h) authorization, or 

researcher authorization letter. This 

includes, but is not limited to, the 

following reporting requirements: (a) 

Timely reporting of strandings to NMFS; 

(b) timely submission of complete 

reports on basic or Level A data to the 

Regional Coordinator (includes 

investigator’s name, species, stranding 

location, number of animals, date and 

time of stranding and recovery, length 

and condition, and sex; marine mammal 

parts retention or transfer; annual 

reports); and (c) collecting information 

or samples as necessary and as 

requested. This also includes the 

following coordination/cooperation 

requirements: (a) Cooperation with 

state, local, and Federal officials; (b) 

cooperation with state and local officials 

in the disposition of stranded marine 

mammals; and (c) cooperation with 

other stranding network participants. 3. 

Have cooperated in a timely manner 

with NMFS in collecting and submitting 

Level B (supplementary information 

regarding sample collection related to 

life history and to the stranding event) 

and Level C (necropsy results) data and 

samples, when requested. 4. Have no 

current enforcement investigation for 

the take of marine mammals contrary to 

MMPA/ESA regulations. 5. Have no 

record of a pending NMFS notice of 

violation(s) regarding the policies 

governing the goals and operations of 

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Agreement, if applicable (e.g., 

probation, suspension, or termination). 

In addition to these general criteria, 

organizations and individuals must 

meet the following eligibility criteria 

specific to their category of 

participation: 1. SA Holder Participant 

or SA Designee Participant. SA 

participants must be holding a current 

(active) SA for stranding response 

(either live or dead animal response) or 

rehabilitation from a NMFS Regional 

Administrator or the Assistant 

Administrator. SA Designee participants 

must be holding a current (active) letter 

of designation from a NMFS SA holder, 

and designees cannot request 

authorization for activities beyond the 

scope of what is authorized by the SA 

to the letter holder. 2. Researcher 

Participant. Researcher participants 

must be holding a current (active) 

authorizing letter for the proposed 

award period from the NMFS Regional 

Administrator or the Assistant 

Administrator to salvage stranded 

marine mammal specimens and parts or 

samples therefrom for the purpose of 

utilization in scientific research (50 CFR 

216.22). Persons authorized to salvage 

dead marine mammal specimens under 

this section must register the salvage 

with the appropriate NMFS Regional 

Office within 30 days after the taking 

occurs. Researchers who are authorized 

under an MMPA/ESA Scientific 

Research Permit must still obtain an 

authorizing letter from the Regional 

Stranding Coordinator in order to use 

parts or specimens from stranded 

animals. Researcher participants that 

would not require an authorizing letter 

from the NMFS Regional Administrator 

(i.e., they will be working with data 

only and not possessing samples or 

specimens) must still provide a letter of 

eligibility from the Regional Stranding 

Coordinator (see IV.B.8 in the Full 

Funding Opportunity). Researcher 

participants must also have designated 

Co-Investigator(s) that are active NMFS 

authorized stranding network 

participants in good standing, and 

provide documentation to this effect. 3. 

State, Local, Federal Government 

Employees or Tribal Participants, State 

and local government officials or 

employees participating pursuant to 

MMPA Section 109(h) (16 U.S.C. 

1379(h)) for marine mammal species not 

listed under the ESA must fulfill 

reporting obligations outlined in 50 CFR 

216.22. Government officials must be 

involved in areas of geographic need 

(i.e., municipality or larger region with 

no existing SA holder responder). 

Applicants must submit the required 

documentation in their proposal (see 

Section IV, Application and Submission 

Information in the Full Funding 

Opportunity) as evidence that they are 

an SA holder or designee participant, 

researcher participant, or a Federal, 

state, or local government employee, or 

tribal participant at the time of the 

submission and during the award 

period. All eligibility criteria specified 

for the participant’s category must be 

met in order for a proposal to be 

considered for funding. 

We support cultural and gender 

diversity in our programs and encourage 

eligible women and minority 

individuals and groups to submit 

proposals. Furthermore, we recognize 

the interest of the Secretaries of 

Commerce and Interior in defining 

appropriate marine management 

policies and programs that meet the 

needs of the U.S. insular areas. We 

encourage proposals from eligible 

individuals, government entities, 

universities, colleges, and businesses in 

U.S. insular areas as defined by the 

MMPA (Section 3(14), 16 U.S.C. 1362). 

This includes the Commonwealth of 

Puerto Rico, the U. S. Virgin Islands, 

American Samoa, Guam, and the 

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 

Islands. We are strongly committed to 

broadening the participation of Minority 

Serving Institutions (MSIs), which 

include Historically Black Colleges and 

Universities, Hispanic Serving 

Institutions, Tribal Colleges and 

Universities, and institutions that work 

in underserved areas in our programs. 

The DOC/NOAA/NMFS vision, mission, 

and goals are: To achieve full 

participation by MSIs; to advance the 

development of human potential; to 

strengthen the Nation’s capacity to 

provide high-quality education; and to 

increase opportunities for MSIs to 

participate in, and benefit from, Federal 

financial assistance programs. The 

Prescott Grant Program encourages all 

eligible applicants to include 

meaningful participation of MSIs 

whenever practicable. 

Applicants are not eligible to submit 

a proposal under this program if they 

are an employee of the DOC or DOI. 

NOAA/NMFS employees (whether fulltime, part-time, or intermittent) are not 

allowed to help in the preparation of 

proposals, except for providing 

information on data or sample analyses 

as an identified collaborator/CoInvestigator in the proposal. Since this 

is a competitive program, NOAA/NMFS 

employees cannot provide assistance in 

conceptualizing, developing, or 

structuring proposals, or write letters of 

support for any proposal. However, for 

activities that involve collaboration with 

current NOAA programs that include, 

but are not limited to, the National 

Marine Mammal Tissue Bank (NMMTB) 

or laboratories conducting analysis of 

tissues for contaminants, employees of 

NOAA or the National Institute of 

Standards and Technology can write a 

letter verifying that they are 

collaborating with the project, or that 

the organization or individual applying 

is trained to participate in the NMMTB 

or is currently participating in the 

National Marine Analytical Quality 

Assurance Program. Proposals 

encompassing activities conducted 

under the authority of a MMPA 

Scientific Research Permit issued to a 

DOC or DOI organization (e.g., NMFS 

Regional Science Center) should include 

a copy of the permit and a letter from 

the Principal Investigator (DOC/DOI 

employee) verifying that the work is 

being conducted with their approval. 

Federal employee travel costs or salaries 

are not allowable costs under this 

program. MMHSRP staff (at the Regional 

and National level) are available to 

provide information regarding statistics 

on strandings; MMHSRP programmatic 

goals and objectives; ongoing marine 

mammal programs; and regional 

funding priorities for the current and 

previous Prescott solicitations. 

MMHSRP staff and other Federal 

Program Officers can provide guidance 

on application procedures and proper 

completion of required forms. 

Unsatisfactory performance under 

prior or current Federal awards, 

including delinquency in submitting 

progress and financial reports, may 

result in proposals not being considered 

for funding under the 2010 Prescott 

Grant Program. 

Cost Sharing Requirements: All 

proposals submitted must provide a 

minimum non-Federal cost share of 25 

percent of the total budget (i.e., .25 × 

total project costs = total non-Federal 

share). Therefore, the total Federal share 

will be 75 percent or less of the total 

budget. For a proposed total Federal 

share of $100,000, the minimum nonFederal share is $33,334 (total budget of 

$133,334; .25 × $133, 334 = $33,334). 

For a proposed total Federal share of 

$80,000, the minimum non-Federal 

share is $26,667 (total budget of 

$106,667; .25 × $106,667 = $80,000). 

Cost share must be an integer, so please 

round up. The applicant can include a 

non-Federal cost share for more than 25 

percent of the total budget, but this 

obligation will be binding. In order to 

reduce calculation error when 

determining the correct cost share 

amounts, we urge all applicants to use 

the cost share calculator on the Prescott 

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www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/health/prescott/ 

proposals/costshare.htm). 

Legislation under which the Prescott 

Grant Program operates requires this 

cost sharing, or non-Federal match, to 

leverage the limited funds available for 

this program and to encourage 

partnerships among government, private 

organizations, non-profit organizations, 

the stranding network, and academia to 

address the needs of marine mammal 

health and stranding response. If a 

proposal does not comply with these 

cost share requirements, the proposal 

will not be returned to the applicant and 

it will not be considered in this annual 

funding cycle. Pursuant to 48 U.S.C. 

1469a, match may be waived for 

applicants that are residents in the U.S. 

insular areas (Commonwealth of the 

Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, 

American Samoa, and the U. S. Virgin 

Islands). 

The Federal Program Officer will 

determine the appropriateness of all 

non-Federal cost sharing proposals, 

including the valuation of in-kind 

contributions, according to the 

regulations in 15 CFR 14.23 and 24.24. 

An in-kind contribution is a non-cash 

contribution, donated or loaned, by a 

third party to the applicant. 

In general, the value of in-kind 

services or property used to fulfill a 

non-Federal cost share will be the fair 

market value of the services or property. 

The fair market value is the cost of 

obtaining such services or property, had 

they not been donated, or of obtaining 

such services or property for the period 

of a loan. The applicant must document 

the in-kind services or property used to 

fulfill the non-Federal cost share. If we 

decide to fund a proposal, we will 

require strict accounting of the in-kind 

contributions within the total nonFederal cost share included in the 

award document. The Grants Officer is 

the DOC official responsible for all 

business management and 

administrative aspects of a grant and 

with delegated authority to award, 

amend, administer, close out, suspend, 

and/or terminate awards. The Grants 

Officer is the final approving authority 

for the award, including the budget and 

any cost-sharing proposals. 

Intergovernmental Review: 

Applications submitted under this 

program are subject to the provisions of 

Executive Order (EO) 12372, 

‘‘Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs.’’ Any applicant submitting an 

application for funding is required to 

complete item 16 on SF–424 regarding 

clearance by the State Single Point of 

Contact (SPOC) established as a result of 

EO 12372. For information on a State’s 

process under EO 12372, the SPOC’s are 

listed in the Office of Management and 

Budget’s home page at: http:// 

www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/ 

spoc.html. 

15. Protected Species Cooperative 

Conservation 

Summary Description: States play an 

essential role in the conservation and 

recovery of endangered and threatened 

species. Protected species under the 

National Marine Fisheries Service’s 

(NMFS) jurisdiction may spend all or a 

part of their life-cycles in state waters, 

and success in conserving these species 

will depend in large part on working 

cooperatively with state agencies. The 

NMFS is authorized to provide Federal 

assistance to eligible States to support 

the development of conservation 

programs for marine and anadromous 

species that reside within that State. 

This assistance, provided in the form of 

grants through the Protected Species 

Cooperative Conservation program, can 

be used to support conservation of 

endangered, threatened, and candidate 

or proposed species, as well as postdelisting monitoring of recovered 

species. Funded activities may include 

development and implementation of 

management plans, scientific research, 

and public education and outreach; 

proposals should address priority 

actions identified in an ESA Recovery 

Plan, a State’s ESA Section 6 Program, 

or a State Wildlife Action Plan. Any 

State agency that has entered into or 

applied for an agreement with the 

NMFS pursuant to section 6(c) of the 

ESA is eligible to apply under this 

solicitation. Proposals focusing on listed 

Pacific salmon will not be considered 

for funding under this grant program; 

such projects can be considered under 

a NMFS Pacific salmon grant program. 

This document describes how to submit 

proposals for funding in fiscal year (FY) 

2010 and how the NMFS will determine 

which proposals will be funded; this 

document should be read in its entirety, 

as some information has changed from 

the previous year. 

Funding Availability: NOAA 

anticipates that up to $12 million may 

be available for distribution under the 

FY 2010 PSCC program; awards are 

expected to range between $500,000 and 

$2,000,000 in federal funding per year. 

Applications requesting less than 

$200,000 in federal funding per year 

may receive lower priority. The exact 

amount of funds that may be awarded 

will be determined during pre-award 

negotiations between the applicant and 

NOAA representatives. Funds have not 

yet been appropriated for this program, 

and there is no guarantee that sufficient 

funds will be available to make awards 

for all qualified projects. Publication of 

this notice does not oblige NOAA to 

award any specific grant proposal or to 

obligate any available funds. NOAA will 

consider funding more than one project 

under a single application. Applicants 

that bundle projects into a single 

application should ensure that there is 

sufficient detail for each project as per 

the guidelines and information 

requirements listed in this document if 

an application is to be competitive. 

Bundled projects should address the 

same or related species (e.g. shortnose 

and Atlantic sturgeon) or species that 

share similar habitats to allow for 

appropriate review of the proposal. 

There is no limit on the number of 

applications that can be submitted by 

the same Principal Investigator, agency, 

or State. Multiple applications 

submitted by the same applicant must, 

however, clearly identify distinct 

projects. If an application for a financial 

assistance award is selected for funding, 

NOAA has no obligation to provide any 

additional funding in connection with 

that award in subsequent years. 

Notwithstanding verbal or written 

assurance that may have been received, 

pre-award costs are not allowed under 

the award unless approved by the 

Grants Officer. 

Statutory Authority: 16 U.S.C. 661 et 

seq.; 16 U.S.C. 1535. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 11.472, Unallied Science 

Program. 

Application Deadline: Applications 

must be received and validated by 

Grants.gov, postmarked, or provided to 

a delivery service on or before 11:59 

p.m. EDT, October 5, 2009. Please note: 

Validation or rejection of your 

application by Grants.gov may take up 

to 2 business days after submission. 

Please consider this process in 

developing your submission timeline. 

Applications received after the deadline 

will be rejected/returned to the sender 

without further consideration. Use of 

U.S. mail or another delivery service 

must be documented with a receipt. No 

facsimile or electronic mail applications 

will be accepted. 

Address for Submitting Proposals: 

Applications should be submitted 

electronically through the Grants.gov 

Web site at http://www.grants.gov. 

NOAA strongly recommends that 

applicants do not wait until the 

application deadline to begin the 

application process through Grants.gov. 

To use Grants.gov, applicants must have 

a DUNS number and register in the 

Central Contractor Registry (CCR). 

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registration; registration is only required 

once. Also, it may take Grants.gov up to 

two business days to validate or reject 

an application. Please keep this in mind 

when developing your submission 

timeline. Following submission of 

applications through Grants.gov, 

applicants should receive two 

automated responses from Grants.gov: 

One confirms receipt of the application; 

the other confirms that the application 

has been forwarded to NOAA. If both 

confirmation messages from Grants.gov 

are not received, applicants should 

contact both the Grants.gov Helpdesk 

and the NMFS Office of Protected 

Resources to confirm the application 

has been transmitted and received by 

NOAA. For applicants lacking Internet 

access, hard copies may be submitted 

(by postal mail or commercial delivery) 

to the NMFS Office of Protected 

Resources, Attn: Lisa Manning, 1315 

East-West Highway, SSMC3, Silver 

Spring, MD 20910. Applications 

submitted by U.S. Postal Service must 

have an official postmark; private 

metered postmarks are not acceptable. 

Use of a delivery service other than U.S. 

mail must be documented with a 

receipt. Paper applications should be 

printed on one side only, on 8.5 inch x 

11 inch paper, and not be bound in any 

manner. A signed (in ink) SF 424 must 

be included. No facsimile or electronic 

mail applications will be accepted. 

Information Contacts: If you have any 

questions regarding this proposal 

solicitation, please contact Lisa 

Manning at the NOAA/NMFS/Office of 

Protected Resources, Endangered 

Species Division, 1315 East-West 

Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910, by 

phone at 301–713–1401, or by e-mail at 

Lisa.Manning@noaa.gov. You may also 

contact one of the following people in 

your region for further guidance: 

Amanda Johnson, Northeast Regional 

Office Amanda.Johnson@noaa.gov, 

978–282–8463); Karla Reece, Southeast 

Regional Office Karla.Reece@noaa.gov, 

727–824–5348); Scott Rumsey, 

Northwest Regional Office 

Scott.Rumsey@noaa.gov, 503–872– 

2791); Scott Hill, Southwest Regional 

Office Scott.Hill@noaa.gov, 562–908– 

872–5348); Kaja Brix, Alaska Regional 

Office Kaja.Brix@noaa.gov, 907–586– 

7824); Krista Graham, Pacific Islands 

Regional Office, 

Krista.Graham@noaa.gov, 808–944– 

2238). 

Eligibility: Eligible applicants are state 

agencies that have entered into an 

agreement with NMFS pursuant to 

section 6(c) of the ESA. The terms 

‘‘state’’ and ‘‘state agency’’ are used as 

defined in section 3 of the ESA (16 

U.S.C. 1532). Currently eligible state 

agencies are from the following states: 

Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, 

Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New 

Jersey, New York, North Carolina, 

Puerto Rico, South Carolina, the U.S. 

Virgin Islands, and Washington. Any 

state agency that enters into a section 

6(c) agreement with NMFS within 60 

days following the grant application 

deadline is also eligible to apply. State 

agencies may apply for funding to 

conduct work on federally listed species 

that are included in their ESA section 6 

agreement and any species that has 

become a candidate or a proposed 

species by the grant application 

deadline. State agencies may not apply 

for funding to conduct work on 

federally listed species that are not 

covered in their ESA section 6 

agreement unless said species is added 

to the agreement within 60 days 

following the grant application 

deadline. Federal agencies or 

institutions are not eligible to receive 

Federal assistance under this notice. In 

addition, NOAA and NMFS employees 

shall not provide assistance in writing 

applications, write letters of support for 

any application, or otherwise confer any 

unfair advantage on a particular 

application. However, for activities 

involving collaboration with current 

NMFS programs, NMFS employees can 

write a letter verifying that they are 

collaborating with the project. 

Cost Sharing Requirements: In 

accordance with section 6(d) of the ESA, 

proposals must include a minimum 

non-Federal cost share of 25 percent of 

the total budget if the proposal involves 

a single state. If a proposal involves 

collaboration of two or more states, the 

minimum non-Federal cost share 

decreases to 10 percent of the total 

project budget. The project proposal and 

budget should reflect the work and 

responsibilities to be carried out by each 

of the cooperating states. The nonFederal cost share should be identified 

in the project budget (and on the SF– 

424A) and may include in-kind 

contributions according to the 

regulations at 15 CFR part 24. Match 

requirements of section 6(d) of the ESA 

do not apply to insular areas covered by 

the Omnibus Insular Areas Act of 1977 

(48 U.S.C. 1469a) including Guam, 

American Samoa, Northern Mariana 

Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. 

Intergovernmental Review: 

Applications under this program are 

subject to Executive Order 12372, 

‘‘Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs.’’ 

National Ocean Service (NOS) 

1. 2010 NOAA Coral Reef Management 

Grant Program 

Summary Description: The NOAA 

Coral Reef Management Grant Program, 

as authorized under the Coral Reef 

Conservation Act of 2000, provides 

matching grants to the Governor 

appointed point of contact agencies for 

the jurisdictions of Puerto Rico, the U.S. 

Virgin Islands (USVI), Florida, Hawaii, 

Guam, the Commonwealth of the 

Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), and 

American Samoa for State and Territory 

Coral Reef Management activities. The 

objective of the NOAA Coral Reef 

Management Grant program is to 

support comprehensive management 

programs for the conservation of coral 

reef ecosystems in these jurisdictions. 

Funding Availability: Funding up to 

$2,700,000 is expected to be available 

from NOAA/CRCP for cooperative 

agreements to support priority coral reef 

management activities that address 

areas 1–10 in the Federal Funding 

Opportunity. There is no appropriation 

of funds at this time and the final 

funding amount will be subject to the 

availability of federal appropriations. 

Support in out-years following FY 2010 

is likewise contingent upon the 

availability of future funding and the 

requirements of the Federal agency 

supporting the project. Each eligible 

jurisdiction can apply for a maximum of 

$600,000. A minimum of 50% of the 

final award amount must be dedicated 

to the implementation and support of 

the Local Action Strategy initiative and/ 

or the outcomes of the state and territory 

coral reef management priority setting 

processes. In certain instances, when 

requested by the applicant, NOAA may 

hold back a portion of any awarded 

funds in order to provide specific coral 

reef conservation technical assistance in 

the form of contractual or other services. 

This will only be allowed where such 

priority technical assistance and/or the 

lack of sufficient means to deliver it are 

unavailable at the local level. Such 

requests proposed herein will be 

reviewed on a case by case basis with 

respect to the specific management 

objectives of this and the local coral reef 

program. If all funds that become 

available after Congressional 

appropriation are not awarded, NOAA 

will consult with the eligible applicants 

on the use of any residual funds. NOAA 

will work with each jurisdiction to 

ensure the greatest degree of success in 

meeting local, state, territorial and 

national coral reef management needs. 

Statutory Authority: Authority for the 

NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Grant 

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(Coral Reef Conservation Program) of 

the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000 

(16 U.S.C. 6401 et seq.). 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 11.419, Coastal Zone 

Management Administration Awards. 

Application Deadline: Preapplications must be received no later 

than 5 p.m. EST on Monday, November 

30, 2009. A pre-application must be 

submitted for review in order to submit 

a full application. Final applications 

must be received and validated by 

Grants.gov, postmarked, or provided to 

a delivery service on or before 5 p.m. 

ET, March 12, 2010. Please note: 

Validation or rejection of your 

application by Grants.gov may take up 

to 2 business days after submission. 

Please consider this process in 

developing your submission timeline. 

Applications received after the deadline 

will be rejected/returned to the sender 

without further consideration. Use of 

U.S. mail or another delivery service 

must be documented with a receipt. No 

facsimile or electronic mail applications 

will be accepted. 

Address for Submitting Proposals: If 

Internet access is not available, 

submissions by surface mail should be 

sent to Jenny Waddell, 1305 East West 

Highway, 10th Floor, N/ORM, Silver 

Spring, MD 20910, or telephone 301– 

713–3155 extension 150. Final 

applications must be submitted 

electronically to: www.grants.gov, the 

Federal grants portal. If Internet access 

is unavailable, hard copies can be 

submitted to Jenny Waddell, 1305 East 

West Highway, 10th Floor, N/ORM, 

Silver Spring, MD 20910, or telephone 

301–713–3155 extension 150. 

Information Contacts: Technical point 

of contact for State and Territory Coral 

Reef Management is Jenny Waddell, 

1305 East West Highway, 10th Floor, N/ 

ORM, Silver Spring, MD 20910, or 

telephone 301–713–3155 extension 150. 

Eligibility: Eligible applicants are the 

governor-appointed point of contact 

agencies for coral reef activities in each 

of the jurisdictions of American Samoa, 

Florida, the Commonwealth of the 

Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, 

Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin 

Islands. 

Cost Sharing Requirements: As per 

section 6403(b)(1) of the Coral Reef 

Conservation Act of 2000, Federal funds 

for any coral conservation project 

funded under this Program may not 

exceed 50 percent of the total cost of the 

projects. Therefore, any coral 

conservation project under this program 

requires a 1:1 match. Match can come 

from a variety of public and private 

sources and can include in-kind goods 

and services such as private boat use 

and volunteer labor. Federal sources 

cannot be considered for matching 

funds, but can be described in the 

budget narrative to demonstrate 

additional leverage. Applicants are 

permitted to combine contributions 

from multiple non-federal partners in 

order to meet the 1:1 match 

requirement, as long as such 

contributions are not being used to 

match any other funds. 

Applicants must specify in their 

proposal the source(s) of match and may 

be asked to provide letters of 

commitment to confirm stated match 

contributions. Applicants whose 

proposals are selected for funding will 

be bound by the percentage of cost 

sharing reflected in the award document 

signed by the NOAA Grants Officer. 

Applicants should be prepared to 

carefully document matching 

contributions for each project selected 

to be funded. As per section 6403(b)(2) 

of the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 

2000, the NOAA Administrator may 

waive all or part of the matching 

requirement if the Administrator 

determines that the project meets the 

following two requirements: 1. No 

reasonable means are available through 

which an applicant can meet the 

matching requirement, and, 2. The 

probable benefit of such project 

outweighs the public interest in such 

matching requirement. In the case of a 

waiver request, the applicant must 

provide a detailed justification 

explaining the need for the waiver 

including attempts to obtain sources of 

matching funds, how the benefit of the 

project outweighs the public interest in 

providing match, and any other 

extenuating circumstances preventing 

the availability of match. Match waiver 

requests including the appropriate 

justification should be submitted as part 

of the final application package. 

Notwithstanding any other provisions 

herein, and in accordance with 48 

U.S.C. 1469a(d), the Program shall 

waive any requirement for local 

matching funds for any project under 

$200,000 (including in-kind 

contribution) to the governments of 

Insular Areas, defined as the 

jurisdictions of the U.S. Virgin Islands, 

Guam, American Samoa, and the 

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 

Islands. Please Note: eligible applicants 

choosing to apply 48 U.S.C. 

1469a(d)should note the use of the 

waiver and the total amount of funds 

requested to be waived in the matching 

funds section of the respective 

application. 

Intergovernmental Review: 

Applications under this program are not 

subject to Executive Order 12372, 

Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs. 

2. 2010 NOAA Coral Reef Monitoring 

Grant Program 

Summary Description: The NOAA 

Coral Reef Monitoring Grant Program, as 

authorized under the Coral Reef 

Conservation Act of 2000, provides 

matching grants to Governor appointed 

point of contact agencies for the 

jurisdictions of Puerto Rico, the U.S. 

Virgin Islands (USVI), Florida, Hawaii, 

American Samoa, Guam, the 

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 

Islands (CNMI), the Republic of Palau, 

the Federated States of Micronesia 

(including Chuuk, Yap, Kosrae, and 

Pohnpei), and the Republic of the 

Marshall Islands to support State and 

Territory Coral Reef Monitoring 

activities in these jurisdictions. 

Funding Availability: NCCOS may 

provide approximately $1,100,000 in 

funding for FY 2010 to support coral 

reef ecosystem monitoring activities 

under this program. FY 2010 awards to 

Puerto Rico, Florida, U.S. Virgin 

Islands, Hawaii, American Samoa, 

Guam, and the Commonwealth of the 

Northern Mariana Islands are expected 

to range from $50,000 to $130,000. FY 

2010 awards to the Federated States of 

Micronesia (FSM—including Chuuk, 

Yap, Kosrae, and Pohnpei), Republic of 

Palau, and the Republic of the Marshall 

Islands (RMI) are expected to be 

approximately $30,000 per year. 

Funding will be subject to the 

availability of federal appropriations. 

FY 2010 grant seekers may submit 

proposals up to three years in duration, 

at funding levels specified above (i.e., 

up to $90,000 for three year proposals 

for Palau, FSM, and RMI, and up to 

$390,000 for three year proposals for all 

other eligible applicants). In certain 

instances, when requested by the 

applicant and agreed upon by NOAA, 

NOAA may hold back a portion of any 

awarded funds in order to provide 

specific technical assistance in the form 

of contractual or other services. This 

will only be allowed where such 

priority technical assistance and/or the 

lack of sufficient means to deliver it are 

unavailable at the local level. Such 

requests proposed herein will be 

reviewed on a case by case basis with 

respect to the specific management 

objectives of this and the local coral reef 

program. If all available funds are not 

awarded, NOAA will consult with the 

eligible applicants on the use of any 

residual funds. NOAA will work with 

each jurisdiction to ensure the greatest 

degree of success in meeting local, state, 

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monitoring needs in support of coral 

reef management objectives. 

Statutory Authority: Authority for the 

NOAA Coral Reef Monitoring Grant 

Program is provided by Section 6403 

(Coral Reef Conservation Program) of 

the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000 

(16 U.S.C. 6401 et seq.). 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 11.426, Financial 

Assistance for National Centers for Central 

Coastal Ocean Science. 

Application Deadline: Preapplications must be received no later 

than 5 p.m. EST on Friday, November 

20, 2009. A pre-application must be 

submitted for review in order to submit 

a full application. Final applications 

must be received and validated by 

Grants.gov, postmarked, or provided to 

a delivery service on or before 5 p.m. 

EST, February 19, 2010. Please note: 

Validation or rejection of your 

application by Grants.gov may take up 

to 2 business days after submission. 

Please consider this process in 

developing your submission timeline. 

Applications received after the deadline 

will be rejected/returned to the sender 

without further consideration. 

Address for Submitting Proposals: 

Pre-applications must be sent to 

coral.grants@noaa.gov or to Jenny 

Waddell, NOAA National Ocean 

Service, 1305 East-West Highway, 

SSMC4, N/ORM, Silver Spring, MD 

20910. All invited final applications 

should be submitted via www.grants.gov 

the Federal grants portal. If the 

applicant does not have Internet access, 

the applicant may submit by surface 

mail, one original and two signed copies 

of the Federal financial assistance forms 

along with the final application. 

Applicants should consider the delivery 

time when submitting their applications 

from international or remote areas. Use 

of U.S. mail or another delivery service 

must be documented with a receipt. No 

facsimile or electronic mail applications 

will be accepted. 

Information Contacts: The technical 

point of contact for State and Territory 

Coral Reef Monitoring is Jenny Waddell. 

She can be reached at 301–713–3155 

extension 150 or by e-mail at 

jenny.waddell@noaa.gov. 

Eligibility: Eligible applicants are 

limited to a natural resource 

management agency in each U.S. State 

or Territory, or an appropriate nongovernmental agency in the case of the 

Freely Associated States, with 

jurisdiction over and an ability to 

monitor the condition of coral reefs, as 

designated by the respective governors 

or other applicable senior jurisdictional 

official. Applicants from the Freely 

Associated States must also provide a 

letter of support from their respective 

officially-designated coral reef point of 

contact to ensure that the proposed 

activities are coordinated with other 

ongoing coral reef conservation efforts. 

NOAA is requesting proposals from 

Puerto Rico, Florida, U.S. Virgin 

Islands, Hawaii, American Samoa, 

Guam, the Commonwealth of the 

Northern Mariana Islands, the Federated 

States of Micronesia, the Republic of 

Palau, and the Republic of the Marshall 

Islands. 

Federal agencies are not eligible for 

funding under this Program. 

Furthermore, to be eligible for FY 2010 

funding, applicants previously receiving 

funds under this program must have 

made significant progress implementing 

those tasks and met data submission 

deadlines, including all performance 

and fiscal reporting requirements and 

data transfers. 

Cost Sharing Requirements: As per 

section 6403(b)(1) of the Coral Reef 

Conservation Act of 2000, Federal funds 

for any coral conservation project 

funded under this Program may not 

exceed 50 percent of the total cost of the 

projects. Therefore, any coral 

conservation project under this program 

requires a 1:1 match. Federal funds from 

NOAA or other Federal agencies may 

not be considered as matching funds. 

Matching funds must be from nonFederal sources and can include in-kind 

contributions and other non-cash 

support. 

NOAA strongly encourages applicants 

to leverage as much investment as 

possible. As per section 6403(b)(2) of 

the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000, 

the NOAA Administrator may waive all 

or part of the matching requirement if 

the Administrator determines that the 

project meets the following two 

requirements: 1. No reasonable means 

are available through which an 

applicant can meet the matching 

requirement, and, 2. The probable 

benefit of such project outweighs the 

public interest in such matching 

requirement. Applicants must specify in 

their proposal the source and may be 

asked to provide letters of commitment 

to confirm stated match contributions. 

In the case of a waiver request, the 

applicant must provide a detailed 

justification explaining the need for the 

waiver including attempts to obtain 

sources of matching funds, how the 

benefit of the project outweighs the 

public interest in providing match, and 

any other extenuating circumstances 

preventing the availability of match. 

Notwithstanding any other provisions 

herein, and in accordance with 48 

U.S.C. 1469a(d), the Program shall 

waive any requirement for local 

matching funds for any project under 

$200,000 (including in-kind 

contribution) to the governments of 

Insular Areas, defined as the 

jurisdictions of the U.S. Virgin Islands, 

Guam, American Samoa, and the 

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 

Islands. Please Note: eligible applicants 

choosing to apply 48 U.S.C. 1469a(d) 

should note the use and amount in the 

matching funds section of the respective 

application. 

Intergovernmental Review: 

Applications under this program are not 

subject to Executive Order 12372, 

Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs. 

3. Coastal Hypoxia Research Program 

(CHRP) 

Summary Description: The purpose of 

this document is to advise the public 

that NOAA is soliciting proposals for 

projects of 2 to 5 years in duration that 

advance understanding, prediction, and 

management of the causes and 

ecological and economic impacts of 

hypoxia in representative coastal 

ecosystems. Funding is contingent upon 

the availability of Fiscal Year 2010 

Federal appropriations. It is anticipated 

that final recommendations for funding 

under this announcement will be made 

by early Calendar Year 2010, and that 

projects funded under this 

announcement will have an August 1, 

2010 start date. 

Background Information about the 

needs and priorities for research related 

to hypoxia in U.S. coastal waters is 

available in: 1. An Assessment of 

Coastal Hypoxia and Eutrophication in 

U.S. Waters (2003), Committee on 

Environment and Natural Resources. 

(Report prepared pursuant to Harmful 

Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and 

Control Act): http:// 

www.nccos.noaa.gov/publications/ 

hypoxia.pdf; 2. A Scientific Assessment 

of Hypoxia in US Coastal Waters (2009) 

(updated version of An Assessment of 

Coastal Hypoxia and Eutrophication in 

U.S. Waters), available soon at either 

http://www.cop.noaa.gov/stressors/ 

extremeevents/hab/habhrca/ 

Report_Plans.html or http:// 

ocean.ceq.gov/about/ 

sup_jsost_iwgs.html; 3. Effects of 

Nutrient Enrichment in the Nation’s 

Estuaries: A Decade of Change (2007): 

http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/publications/ 

eutroupdate/. 4. Priority Topics for 

Nutrient Pollution in Coastal Waters: An 

Integrated National Research Program 

for the United States (2003), Howarth et 

al. NOAA/NCCOS, in cooperation with 

the National Science Foundation, 

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and United States Geological Survey: 

http://www.nccos.noaa.gov/documents/ 

nutrientpollution.pdf; 5. Gulf of Mexico 

Alliance (GOMA) documents http:// 

www.gulfofmexicoalliance.org/; and 6. 

CSCOR’s CHRP Web site describing past 

and current projects and program 

priorities: http://www.cop.noaa.gov/ 

stressors/pollution/current/chrp.html. 

Funding Availability: Funding is 

contingent upon availability of Federal 

appropriations. NOAA is committed to 

continual improvement of the grants 

process and accelerating the award of 

financial assistance to qualified 

recipients in accordance with the 

recommendations of the Business 

Process Reengineering Team. In order to 

fulfill these responsibilities, this 

solicitation announces that award 

amounts will not exceed $350,000 per 

project per year with project durations 

from 2 to 5 years (except for the Gulf of 

Mexico projects which, given the 

timetable outlined in the GOMA 

framework described in the Governors’ 

Action Plan (http:// 

www.gulfofmexicoalliance.org/), should 

be completed in no more than 4 years). 

It is anticipated that 4 to 8 total projects 

will be funded, including 1 to 2 projects 

submitted under the Gulf of Mexico 

Regional Subcomponent and 3 to 6 

projects from other regions. Proposals 

for the Gulf of Mexico Regional 

Subcomponent will be evaluated 

separately from other regions. Support 

in out years after FY 2010 is contingent 

upon the availability of funds. 

Applicants are hereby given notice that 

funds have not yet been appropriated 

for this program. In no event will NOAA 

or the Department of Commerce be 

responsible for proposal preparation 

costs if this program fails to receive 

funding or is cancelled because of other 

agency priorities. There is no guarantee 

that sufficient funds will be available to 

make awards for all qualified projects. 

Publication of this notice does not 

oblige NOAA to award any specific 

project or to obligate any available 

funds. If one incurs any costs prior to 

receiving an award agreement signed by 

an authorized NOAA official, one would 

do so solely at ones own risk of these 

costs not being included under the 

award. Recipients and subrecipients are 

subject to all Federal laws and agency 

policies, regulations and procedures 

applicable to Federal financial 

assistance awards. 

Statutory Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1442 

and Public Law 105–383 title VI, Nov. 

13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3447. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 11.478, Center for 

Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research— 

Coastal Ocean Program. 

Application Deadline: Applications 

must be received and validated by 

Grants.gov, postmarked, or provided to 

a delivery service on or before 3 p.m. 

ET, October 14, 2009. Please note: 

Validation or rejection of your 

application by Grants.gov may take up 

to 2 business days after submission. 

Please consider this process in 

developing your submission timeline. 

Applications received after the deadline 

will be rejected/returned to the sender 

without further consideration. Use of 

U.S. mail or another delivery service 

must be documented with a receipt. No 

facsimile or electronic mail applications 

will be accepted. 

Address for Submitting Proposals: 

Applications must be submitted through 

www.grants.gov, unless an applicant 

does not have Internet access. In that 

case, hard copies with original 

signatures may be sent to: Laura J. 

Golden, 1305 East West Hwy., Routing 

Code: N/SCI2, Building: SSMC4, Silver 

Spring, MD 20910–3278. 

Information Contacts: Technical 

Information: Libby Jewett Program 

Manager, 301–713–3338 ext 121, 

Internet: Libby.Jewett@noaa.gov. 

Business Management Information: 

Laurie Golden, NCCOS/CSCOR Grants 

Administrator, 301–713–3338/ext 151, 

Internet: Laurie.Golden@noaa.gov. 

Eligibility: Eligible applicants are 

institutions of higher education, other 

non-profits, state, local, Indian Tribal 

Governments, commercial organizations 

and Federal agencies that possess the 

statutory authority to receive financial 

assistance. Please note that: (1) NCCOS/ 

CSCOR will not fund any Federal Full 

Time Employee (FTE) salaries, but will 

fund travel, equipment, supplies, and 

contractual personnel costs associated 

with the proposed work. (2) Researchers 

must be employees of an eligible entity 

listed above; and proposals must be 

submitted through that entity. NonFederal researchers should comply with 

their institutional requirements for 

proposal submission. (3) Non-NOAA 

Federal applicants will be required to 

submit certifications or documentation 

showing that they have specific legal 

authority to receive funds from the 

Department of Commerce (DOC) for this 

research. (4) NCCOS/CSCOR will accept 

proposals that include foreign 

researchers as collaborators with a 

researcher who has met the above stated 

eligibility requirements. (5) Non-Federal 

researchers affiliated with NOAA– 

University Cooperative/Joint Institutes 

should comply with joint institutional 

requirements; they will be funded 

through grants either to their 

institutions or to joint institutes. 

Cost Sharing Requirements: None 

Required. 

Intergovernmental Review: 

Applications under this program are not 

subject to Executive Order 12372, 

Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs. 

4. FY 2010 Bay Watershed Education 

and Training (B–WET) Hawaii Program 

Summary Description: This federal 

funding opportunity meets NOAA’s 

mission goals to: (1) Protect, restore and 

manage the use of coastal and ocean 

resources through ecosystems-based 

management, and (2) understand 

climate variability and change to 

enhance society’s ability to plan and 

respond. The purpose for this financial 

assistance will support NOAA’s goal by 

developing a well-informed citizenry 

involved in decision-making that 

positively impacts our coastal, marine 

and watershed ecosystems in the State 

of Hawaii. 

This opportunity is a competitivelybased grant that provides funding to 

assist in the development of new 

programs, encourage innovative 

partnerships among environmental 

education programs and support 

geographically targeted programs to 

advance environmental education 

efforts that complement national and 

state school requirements. The B–WET 

Hawaii Program is an environmental 

education program that promotes locally 

relevant, experiential learning in the K– 

12 environment on priority topics, such 

understanding climate change, earth 

sciences and community resilience to 

hazards. Funded projects provide 

meaningful watershed educational 

experiences for students, related 

professional development for teachers, 

and support regional education and 

environmental priorities. 

Funding Availability: This solicitation 

announces that approximately 

$1,000,000 may be available in FY 2010 

in award amounts to be determined by 

the proposals and available funds. The 

NOAA Pacific Services Center 

anticipates that approximately 5 to 15 

grants will be awarded with these funds, 

pending availability of funds. 

Applicants are hereby given notice that 

funds have not yet been appropriated 

for this program. It is anticipated that 

typical project awards for NOAA 

Mission Goals 1 and 2 will range from 

approximately $10,000 to $100,000. 

Applications requesting Federal support 

from NOAA of more than $100,000 total 

will not be considered for review or 

funding. There is no guarantee that 

sufficient funds will be available to 

make awards for all qualified projects. 

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awarded will be determined in preaward negotiations between the 

applicant and NOAA representatives. 

Publication of this notice does not 

oblige NOAA to award any specific 

project or to obligate any available 

funds. If applicants incur any costs prior 

to an award being made, they do so at 

their own risk of not being reimbursed 

by the government. 

Notwithstanding verbal or written 

assurance that may have been received, 

there is no obligation on the part of 

NOAA to cover pre-award costs unless 

approved by the Grants Officer as part 

of the terms when the award is made. 

Statutory Authority: 15 U.S.C. 1540; 

33 U.S.C. 892a(a). 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 11.473, Coastal Services 

Center. 

Application Deadline: Applications 

must be received and validated by 

Grants.gov, postmarked, or provided to 

a delivery service on or before 5:59 p.m. 

Hawaii Time, August 31, 2009. Please 

note: Validation or rejection of your 

application by Grants.gov may take up 

to 2 business days after submission. 

Please consider this process in 

developing your submission timeline. 

Applications received after the deadline 

will be rejected/returned to the sender 

without further consideration. Use of 

U.S. mail or another delivery service 

must be documented with a receipt. No 

facsimile or electronic mail applications 

will be accepted. 

Address for Submitting Proposals: 

Applications must be submitted through 

www.grants.gov, unless an applicant 

does not have Internet access. In that 

case, application packages may be hand 

delivered or sent to: NOAA Pacific 

Services Center, 737 Bishop Street, 

Suite 1550, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813, 

ATTN: Stephanie Bennett. The 

postmark will be used to determine the 

timeliness of the proposal. Applicants 

submitting hard copy applications must 

submit one (1) hard copy of the entire 

application package, a CD copy of the 

package, including all forms with 

original signatures. No e-mail or fax 

copies will be accepted. Proposals 

received after the deadline will not be 

accepted. 

Information Contacts: For 

administrative and technical questions, 

contact Stephanie Bennett, Federal 

Program Officer at NOAA Pacific 

Services Center, 737 Bishop Street, 

Suite 1550, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 or 

by phone at (808) 522–7481, or via email at Stephanie.Bennett@noaa.gov. 

Eligibility: Eligible applicants are K– 

12 public and independent schools and 

school systems, institutions of higher 

education, commercial and nonprofit 

organizations, state or local government 

agencies, and Indian tribal governments. 

Individual applicants and Federal 

agencies are not eligible. Federal 

agencies are not allowed to receive 

funds under this announcement but 

may serve as collaborative project 

partners. The Department of Commerce/ 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (DOC/NOAA) is 

strongly committed to broadening the 

participation of historically Black 

Colleges and Universities, Hispanicserving institutions, Tribal colleges and 

universities, Alaskan Native and Native 

Hawaiian institutions, and institutions 

that service undeserved areas. 

Cost Sharing Requirements: No cost 

sharing is required under this program, 

however, the NOAA Pacific Services 

Center strongly encourages applicants to 

share as much of the costs of the award 

as possible. Funds from other Federal 

sources may not be considered matching 

funds. The nature of the contribution 

(cash versus in-kind) and the amount of 

matching funds will be taken into 

consideration in the review process 

with cash being the preferred method of 

contribution. 

Intergovernmental Review: Funding 

applications under the Center are 

subject to Executive Order 12372, 

Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs. It is the state agency’s 

responsibility to contact their state’s 

Single Point of Contact (SPCO) to find 

out about and comply with the state’s 

process under EO 12372. To assist the 

applicant, the names and addresses of 

the SPOCs are listed on the Office of 

Management and Budget’s Web site 

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/ 

spoc.html. 

5. FY 2010 California Bay Watershed 

Education and Training Program 

Summary Description: The California 

B–WET grant program is a competitively 

based program that supports existing 

environmental education programs, 

fosters the growth of new programs, and 

encourages the development of 

partnerships among environmental 

education programs throughout the San 

Francisco Bay, Monterey Bay, and Santa 

Barbara Channel watersheds. Projects 

support organizations that provide 

students ‘‘meaningful’’ watershed 

educational experiences and teachers 

professional development opportunities 

in the area of environmental education. 

Funding Availability: This solicitation 

announces that approximately 

$2,000,000 may be available in FY 2010 

in award amounts to be determined by 

the proposals and available funds. 

About $850,000 will be made available 

to the San Francisco Bay area, about 

$700,000 will be made available to the 

Monterey Bay area, and about $450,000 

will be made available to the Santa 

Barbara area. The NOAA Office of 

National Marine Sanctuaries anticipates 

that approximately 35 grants will be 

awarded with these funds. The 

California B–WET Program should not 

be considered a long-term source of 

funds; applicants must demonstrate 

how ongoing programs, once initiated, 

will be sustained. The NOAA Office of 

National Marine Sanctuaries anticipates 

that typical project awards for 

Meaningful Watershed Experiences and 

Professional Development in the Area of 

Environmental Education for Teachers 

will range from $30,000 to $60,000. 

Proposals will be considered for funds 

greater than the specified ranges if there 

is sufficient demonstration that the 

project requires additional funds and/or 

if the proposal includes multiple 

partners. There is no guarantee that 

sufficient funds will be available to 

make awards for all qualified projects. 

The exact amount of funds that may be 

awarded will be determined in preaward negotiations between the 

applicant and NOAA representatives. 

Publication of this notice does not 

oblige NOAA to award any specific 

project or to obligate any available 

funds. If applicants incur any costs prior 

to an award being made, they do so at 

their own risk of not being reimbursed 

by the government. Notwithstanding 

verbal or written assurance that may 

have been received, there is no 

obligation on the part of NOAA to cover 

pre-award costs unless approved by the 

Grants Officer as part of the terms when 

the award is made. 

Statutory Authority: Under 33 U.S.C 

893a(a), the Administrator of the 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration is authorized to 

conduct, develop, support, promote, 

and coordinate formal and informal 

educational activities at all levels to 

enhance public awareness and 

understanding of ocean, coastal, Great 

Lakes, and atmospheric science and 

stewardship by the general public and 

other coastal stakeholders, including 

underrepresented groups in ocean and 

atmospheric science and policy careers. 

In conducting those activities, the 

Administrator shall build upon the 

educational programs and activities of 

the agency. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 11.429, Marine Sanctuary 

Program. 

Application Deadline: Applications 

must be received and validated by 

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a delivery service on or before 5 p.m. 

PDT, October 8, 2009. Please note: 

Validation or rejection of your 

application by Grants.gov may take up 

to 2 business days after submission. 

Please consider this process in 

developing your submission timeline. 

Applications received after the deadline 

will be rejected/returned to the sender 

without further consideration. Use of 

U.S. mail or another delivery service 

must be documented with a receipt. No 

facsimile or electronic mail applications 

will be accepted. 

Address for Submitting Proposals: 

Applications must be received and 

validated by Grants.gov. For applicants 

without Internet service applications 

should be sent to: Seaberry Nachbar, 

Monterey Bay National Marine 

Sanctuary office; 299 Foam Street, 

Monterey, CA 93940. 

Information Contacts: Please visit the 

National Marine Sanctuaries CA B–WET 

Web site at: http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/ 

news/bwet/welcome.html or contact 

Seaberry Nachbar, Monterey Bay 

National Marine Sanctuary office; 299 

Foam Street, Monterey, CA 93940, or by 

phone at 831–647–4201, or fax to 831– 

647–4250, or via Internet at 

seaberry.nachbar@noaa.gov. 

Eligibility: Eligible applicants are Kthrough-12 public and independent 

schools and school systems, institutions 

of higher education, nonprofit 

organizations, state or local government 

agencies, and Indian tribal governments. 

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 

service undeserved areas. 

The NOAA Office of National Marine 

Sanctuaries encourages proposals 

involving any of the above institutions. 

Cost Sharing Requirements: No cost 

sharing is required under this program; 

however, the NOAA Office of National 

Marine Sanctuaries strongly encourages 

applicants applying for either area of 

interest to share as much of the costs of 

the award as possible. 

Funds from other Federal awards may 

not be considered matching funds. The 

nature of the contribution (cash versus 

in-kind) and the amount of matching 

funds will be taken into consideration 

in the review process with cash being 

the preferred method of contribution. 

Intergovernmental Review: 

Applications under this program are not 

subject to Executive Order 12372, 

Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs. 

6. Harmful Algal Blooms Program 

Summary Description: The purpose of 

this document is to advise the public 

that NOAA is soliciting proposals for 

the interagency Ecology and 

Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms 

Program (ECOHAB), the NOAA 

Monitoring and Event Response for 

Harmful Algal Blooms Program 

(MERHAB), and the NOAA Prevention, 

Control, and Mitigation of Harmful 

Algal Blooms Program (PCMHAB). 

ECOHAB Objectives 

ECOHAB aims to develop quantitative 

understanding of HABs and, where 

applicable, their toxins in relation to the 

surrounding environment with the 

intent of providing new information and 

tools, predictive models and forecasts, 

and prevention strategies and to develop 

models of trophic transfer of toxins, 

knowledge of biosynthesis and 

metabolism of toxins, and assessment of 

impacts of toxins on higher trophic 

levels. Information in these areas, in 

turn, supports a critical goal of the 

ECOHAB program, the development of 

reliable models to forecast bloom 

development, persistence, toxicity, and 

impacts. Research results will be used 

directly to guide management of coastal 

resources to reduce HAB development, 

impacts, and future threats and will feed 

into other HAB programs for 

development of tools to improve HAB 

management and response. 

MERHAB Objectives 

The principal objective of MERHAB is 

to build capacity of local, state, and 

tribal governments, and the private 

sector, for less costly and more precise 

and comprehensive monitoring of HAB 

cells and toxins, and for responding to 

HAB events. With these advances, State 

programs will be better able to take 

preventative actions (e.g. increase 

monitoring efforts, close shellfish beds, 

warn affected communities) to safeguard 

the public health, local economies, and 

fisheries. Further advancements will 

assist the wildlife health communities 

respond to HAB-related mortalities. As 

a result of the MERHAB Program, 

managers will be able to mitigate the 

expanding HAB problems in their 

coastal regions and be better positioned, 

especially during difficult state fiscal 

climates, to request long-term support 

from local, state, regional or Federal 

funding sources. 

PCMHAB Objectives 

The PCM HAB program will 

transition promising technologies and 

strategies for preventing, controlling, or 

mitigating HABs and their impacts from 

development through demonstration 

and technology transfer for field 

application by end-users. The 

technologies will arise from HAB 

research conducted by the two existing 

national HAB programs, ECOHAB and 

MERHAB, or other research programs 

which conduct some HAB research. The 

purpose is to develop new tools to 

improve HAB management and 

response. 

Funding Availability: Funding is 

contingent upon availability of Federal 

appropriations. NOAA is committed to 

continual improvement of the grants 

process and accelerating the award of 

financial assistance to qualified 

recipients in accordance with the 

recommendations of the Business 

Process Reengineering Team. In order to 

fulfill these responsibilities, this 

solicitation announces that award 

amounts will be determined by the 

proposals and available funds. The 

following program-specific guidelines 

for budget requests are provided. (1) 

ECOHAB Targeted: $100,000–$250,000/ 

yr not including ship time (2) MERHAB 

Targeted: $100,000–$250,000/yr not 

including ship time (3) ECOHAB 

Regional: $1,000,000/yr, not including 

ship time (4) MERHAB Regional: 

$600,000/yr, not including ship time (5) 

PCM HAB: $100,000–$600,000/yr, not 

including ship time. Budget requests 

that exceed the guidelines will need to 

be specifically justified. Project periods 

may be modified after review due to the 

availability of Federal appropriations. It 

is anticipated that 1–3 regional-scale 

ECOHAB or MERHAB projects and 4–15 

targeted ECOHAB, targeted MERHAB or 

PCM HAB projects will be funded. 

Applicants are hereby given notice that 

funds have not yet been appropriated 

for this program. In no event will NOAA 

or the Department of Commerce be 

responsible for proposal preparation 

costs if this program fails to receive 

funding or is cancelled because of other 

agency priorities. There is no guarantee 

that sufficient funds will be available to 

make awards for all qualified projects. 

Publication of this notice does not 

oblige NOAA to award any specific 

project or to obligate any available 

funds. If one incurs any costs prior to 

receiving an award agreement signed by 

an authorized NOAA official, one would 

do so solely at ones own risk of these 

costs not being included under the 

award. Publication of this notice does 

not obligate any agency to any specific 

award or to obligate any part of the 

entire amount of funds available. Project 

periods may be modified after review 

due to the availability of federal 

appropriations. 

Recipients and subrecipients are 

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policies, regulations and procedures 

applicable to Federal financial 

assistance awards. 

Statutory Authority: ECOHAB: 16 

U.S.C. 1456C; 33 U.S.C. 883d; 33 U.S.C. 

1442; 15 U.S.C. 1540; Pub. L. 105–383, 

as amended by Pub. L. 108–456. 

MERHAB HAB: 16 U.S.C. 1456C; 33 

U.S.C. 883d; 33 U.S.C. 1442; 15 U.S.C. 

1540; Pub. L. 105–383, as amended by 

Pub. L. 108–456. PCM HAB: 16 U.S.C. 

1456C; 33 U.S.C. 883d; 33 U.S.C. 1442; 

15 U.S.C. 1540; Pub. L. 105–383, as 

amended by Pub. L. 108–456. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 11.478, Center for 

Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research— 

Coastal Ocean Program. 

Application Deadline: Applications 

must be received and validated by 

Grants.gov on or before 3 p.m. ET on 

October 14, 2009. Please note: 

Validation or rejection of your 

application by Grants.gov may take up 

to 2 business days after submission. 

Please consider this process in 

developing your submission timeline. 

Letters of Intent (LOI) for all 

Competitions, although not required, 

should be received by 5 p.m. Eastern 

Time, August 17, 2009. 

Address for Submitting Proposals: 

LOIs should be submitted by e-mail to 

the identified NOAA Program Manager 

listed in the Agency Contact section. If 

an applicant does not have Internet 

access, LOI hard copies may be sent to 

the Program Managers. Hard copies 

LOIs should be sent to NOAA Center for 

Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research, 

1305 East-West Highway, SSMC4, Mail 

Station 8218, 8th floor, Silver Spring, 

MD 20910 or faxed to 301–713–04044. 

Please allow two weeks after receipt for 

a response. 

Applications must be received and 

validated by Grants.gov. For applicants 

without Internet service applications 

should be sent to: NOAA Center for 

Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research, 

1305 East-West Highway, SSMC4, Mail 

Station 8218, 8th floor, Silver Spring, 

MD 20910. 

Information Contacts: Technical 

Information—ECOHAB: Quay Dortch, 

ECOHAB Coordinator, 301/713–3338 

ext 157, Quay.Dortch@noaa.gov. 

MERHAB: Marc Suddleson, MERHAB 

Program Manager, 301/713–3338 ext 

162, Marc.Suddleson@noaa.gov. PCM: 

Quay Dortch, Acting PCM Program 

Manager, 301/713–3338 ext 157, 

Quay.Dortch@noaa.gov. Business 

Management Information: Laurie 

Golden, NCCOS/CSCOR Grants 

Administrator, 301–713–3338/ext 151, 

Internet: Laurie.Golden@noaa.gov. 

Eligibility: Eligible applicants are 

institutions of higher education, other 

non-profits, state, local, Indian Tribal 

Governments, commercial 

organizations, and Federal agencies that 

possess the statutory authority to 

receive financial assistance. Please note 

that: (1) NCCOS/CSCOR will not fund 

any Federal Full Time Employee (FTE) 

salaries, but will fund travel, 

equipment, supplies, and contractual 

personnel costs associated with the 

proposed work. (2) Researchers must be 

employees of an eligible entity listed 

above; and proposals must be submitted 

through that entity. Non-Federal 

researchers should comply with their 

institutional requirements for proposal 

submission. (3) Non-NOAA Federal 

applicants will be required to submit 

certifications or documentation showing 

that they have specific legal authority to 

receive funds from the Department of 

Commerce (DOC) for this research. (4) 

NCCOS/CSCOR will accept proposals 

that include foreign researchers as 

collaborators with a researcher who has 

met the above stated eligibility 

requirements. (5) Non-Federal 

researchers affiliated with NOAAUniversity Cooperative/Joint Institutes 

should comply with joint institutional 

requirements; they will be funded 

through grants either to their 

institutions or to joint institutes. 

Cost Sharing Requirements: None 

required. 

Intergovernmental Review: 

Applications under this program are not 

subject to Executive Order 12372, 

Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs. 

7. NOAA International Coral Reef Grant 

Program 

Summary Description: The NOAA 

Coral Reef Conservation Grant Program, 

as authorized under the Coral Reef 

Conservation Act of 2000, provides 

matching grants of financial assistance 

for international coral reef conservation 

projects. The Program solicits proposals 

under three funding categories: (1) 

Support Planning for Effective Marine 

Protected Area Management; (2) 

Encourage the Development of National 

Networks of Marine Protected Areas in 

the Wider Caribbean, Bermuda, Brazil, 

Southeast Asia, and the South Pacific; 

and (3) Promote Regional SocioEconomic Training and Monitoring in 

Coral Reef Management in the Wider 

Caribbean, Brazil, Bermuda, the Western 

Indian Ocean, the Red Sea, the South 

Pacific, South Asia, and Southeast Asia. 

Each funding category has specific 

applicant and project eligibility criteria. 

Funding Availability: NOAA 

announces the availability of up to 

$1,000,000 in FY 2010 to support grants 

and cooperative agreements under the 

NOAA International Coral Reef Grant 

Program. These funds will be used to 

support financial assistance awards 

under the program categories listed in 

section I.B. Program Priorities and III.C. 

Other Criteria that Affect Eligibility 

(found in the Full Funding Opportunity 

announcement). Applicants that are 

invited to submit a final application 

may be requested to revise award 

objectives, work plans, or budgets prior 

to submittal of the final application. 

The amount of funds to be awarded 

and the final scope of activities will be 

determined in pre-award negotiations 

among the applicant, NOAA Grants 

Management Division (GMD) and 

relevant NOAA staff. Up to 

approximately $1,000,000 may be 

available in FY 2010 to support grants 

and cooperative agreements under this 

program. Approximately $75,000– 

$100,000 may be allocated to each of the 

four project categories listed below, 

with the following award ranges: 1. 

Planning for Effective Marine Protected 

Area Management: Single sites: up to 

$50,000; Multiple sites: up to $80,000 2. 

MPA National Networks: $40,000– 

$50,000 3. Regional Socio-Economic 

Monitoring projects: $20,000–$40,000 

Pre- and final applications with requests 

over the limit of each category will NOT 

be accepted. 

Pre-applications and final 

applications must be submitted under 

only one of the above mentioned 

categories. Funding will be subject to 

the availability of federal 

appropriations. Applicants should never 

begin a project in expectation of funds 

under this program. The International 

Program Office reserves the right to 

transfer any given proposal to another 

category within the International 

program if the proposal better addresses 

the criteria of another category. 

Statutory Authority: Authority for the 

NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Grant 

Program is provided by Section 6403 

(Coral Reef Conservation Program) of 

the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000 

(16 U.S.C. 6401 et seq.). 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 11.463, Habitat 

Conservation. 

Application Deadline: Preapplications must be received by NOAA 

by 5 p.m., ET, on Monday, November 9, 

2009. Final applications must be 

received and validated by Grants.gov, 

postmarked, or provided to a delivery 

service on or before 5 p.m. ET, February 

17, 2010. Please note: Validation or 

rejection of your application by 

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days after submission. Please consider 

this process in developing your 

submission timeline. Applications 

received after the deadline will be 

rejected/returned to the sender without 

further consideration. Use of U.S. mail 

or another delivery service must be 

documented with a receipt. No facsimile 

or electronic mail applications will be 

accepted. 

Address for Submitting Proposals: 

Pre-applications may be submitted by 

surface mail or e-mail by 5 p.m., ET, 

November 9, 2009. Submissions by email are preferred to 

coral.grants@noaa.gov. Acceptable 

electronic formats for narratives, 

attachments, and images are limited to 

Adobe Acrobat (.PDF), or Microsoft 

Word files. If submitting by surface 

mail, please include an electronic copy 

of the pre-application on CD. Federal 

financial assistance forms are not 

required to be submitted with the preapplication. If surface mail is selected, 

paper pre-applications must be 

submitted to: Scot Frew, NOAA/NOS 

International Program Office, 1315 East 

West Highway, 5th Floor, N/IP, Room 

5735, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Fax 

submittals will also be accepted for preapplications only (Fax: 301–713–4263). 

Please note that late pre-applications 

cannot be considered under any 

circumstances including e-mail 

transmission malfunctions. Electronic 

files of pre-applications must arrive 

without viruses. If attachments cannot 

be opened due to a virus or they arrive 

with a virus, the pre-applications will 

be disqualified. You may call us at 301– 

713–3078 x218 before the deadline to 

ensure that your pre-application arrived. 

Final applications will be accepted 

only from those applicants who are 

invited to submit a final application. 

Applicants may be required to make 

modifications or revisions to the project 

and budget narratives and must submit 

these narratives with a Federal financial 

assistance award application package 

(federal forms described below). Only 

applicants who submitted preapplications by the deadline will be 

eligible to be considered for invitations 

to submit a final application by 5 p.m., 

ET, on February 17, 2010. The applicant 

may submit the final application 

(narratives, federal forms, and 

supporting documentation) in one of 

two ways: Applications must be 

submitted through www.grants.gov, 

unless an applicant does not have 

Internet access. In that case, hard copies 

with original signatures and scanned 

copies on a CD may be sent to: Scot 

Frew, NOAA/NOS International 

Program Office, 1315 East West 

Highway, 5th Floor, N/IP, Room 5735, 

Silver Spring, MD 20910. Applicants 

should consider the delivery time when 

submitting their pre- and final 

applications from international or 

remote areas. Late applications by any 

method cannot be accepted under any 

circumstances. 

Information Contacts: Technical point 

of contact for International Coral Reef 

Conservation is Scot Frew, NOAA/NOS 

International Program Office, 301–713– 

3078, extension 220 or e-mail at 

scot.frew@noaa.gov. 

Eligibility: Eligible applicants include 

institutions of higher education, U.S. 

and international non-profit 

organizations, and commercial 

organizations. U.S. federal agencies and 

individuals are not eligible. For specific 

country eligibility per category, please 

refer to individual category descriptions 

in Section V of the Federal Funding 

Opportunity. The proposed work must 

be conducted at a non-U.S. site. Eligible 

countries are defined as follows: The 

Wider Caribbean includes the 37 States 

and territories that border the marine 

environment of the Gulf of Mexico, the 

Caribbean Sea, and the areas of the 

Atlantic Ocean adjacent thereto, and 

Brazil and Bermuda, but excluding areas 

under U.S. jurisdiction. The South 

Pacific Region includes South Pacific 

Regional Environment Program’s Pacific 

island countries and territories, 

including the Federated States of 

Micronesia, Republic of Palau, and the 

Republic of the Marshall Islands, but 

excluding U.S. territories and four 

developed country members and their 

territories or protectorates. South Asia 

includes India, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, 

Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Southeast 

Asia Region includes Brunei, Cambodia, 

Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, 

Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, and 

Vietnam. The Western Indian Ocean 

Region includes Comoros, France (La 

Reunion), Kenya, Madagascar, 

Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, the 

United Republic of Tanzania, and South 

Africa. 

The Red Sea Region includes five 

member countries of the Regional 

Organization for the Conservation of the 

Environment of the Red Sea and Gulf of 

Aden (PERSGA): Djibouti, Egypt, 

Jordan, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 

and Yemen. 

Cost Sharing Requirements: The 

NOAA International Coral Reef Grant 

Program is subject to the matching fund 

requirements described below. As per 

section 6403(b)(1) of the Coral Reef 

Conservation Act of 2000, Federal funds 

for any coral conservation project 

funded under this Program may not 

exceed 50 percent of the total cost of the 

projects. Therefore, any coral 

conservation project under this program 

requires a 1:1 match. Match can come 

from a variety of public and private 

sources and can include in-kind goods 

and services such as private boat use 

and volunteer labor. Federal sources 

cannot be considered for matching 

funds, but can be described in the 

budget narrative to demonstrate 

additional leverage. Applicants are 

permitted to combine contributions 

from multiple non-federal partners in 

order to meet the 1:1 match 

recommendation, as long as such 

contributions are not being used to 

match any other funds. 

Applicants must specify in their 

proposal the source(s) of match and may 

be asked to provide letters of 

commitment to confirm stated match 

contributions. Applicants whose 

proposals are selected for funding will 

be bound by the percentage of cost 

sharing reflected in the award document 

signed by the NOAA Grants Officer. 

Applicants should be prepared to 

carefully document matching 

contributions for each project selected 

to be funded. As per section 6403(b)(2) 

of the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 

2000, the NOAA Administrator may 

waive all or part of the matching 

requirement if the Administrator 

determines that the project meets the 

following two requirements: 1. No 

reasonable means are available through 

which an applicant can meet the 

matching requirement, and, 2. The 

probable benefit of such project 

outweighs the public interest in such 

matching requirement. In the case of a 

waiver request, the applicant must 

provide a detailed justification 

explaining the need for the waiver 

including attempts to obtain sources of 

matching funds, how the benefit of the 

project outweighs the public interest in 

providing match, and any other 

extenuating circumstances preventing 

the availability of match. Match waiver 

requests including the appropriate 

justification should be submitted as part 

of the final application package. 

Notwithstanding any other provisions 

herein, and in accordance with 48 

U.S.C. 1469a(d), the Program shall 

waive any requirement for local 

matching funds for any project under 

$200,000 including in-kind contribution 

to the governments of Insular Areas, 

defined as the jurisdictions of the U.S. 

Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, 

and the Commonwealth of the Northern 

Mariana Islands. Please Note: eligible 

applicants choosing to apply 48 U.S.C. 

1469a(d) should note the use of the 

waiver and the total amount of funds 

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funds section of the respective pre- and 

final applications. 

Intergovernmental Review: 

Applications under the NOAA 

International Coral Reef Grant program 

are not subject to Executive Order 

12372, Intergovernmental Review of 

Federal Programs. 

8. NOAA Pacific Northwest Bay 

Watershed Education and Training 

(B–WET) Program 

Summary Description: NOAA B–WET 

is an environmental education program 

that promotes locally relevant, 

experiential learning in the K–12 

environment. Funded projects provide 

meaningful watershed educational 

experiences for students, related 

professional development for teachers, 

and helps to support regional education 

and environmental priorities in the 

Pacific Northwest. 

Funding Availability: It is anticipated 

that approximately $700,000 will be 

available in FY2010 for all Pacific 

Northwest projects, including projects 

awarded in 2008 and 2009, which were 

multi-year awards. NOAA anticipates 

making approximately five new awards 

during FY 2010. NOAA will consider 

only projects with a duration of one 

year. The total Federal amount that may 

be requested from NOAA shall not 

exceed $60,000 per year. The minimum 

Federal amount that must be requested 

from NOAA for all years is $25,000. 

Applications requesting Federal support 

from NOAA of less than $25,000 total or 

more than $60,000 per year will not be 

considered for funding. Proposals may 

be considered eligible for renewal 

beyond the first project period. 

However, funds will be made available 

for only a 12–month award period and 

any renewal of the award period will 

depend on submission of a successful 

proposal subject to panel reviews, 

adequate progress on previous award(s), 

and available funding to renew the 

award. No assurance for funding 

renewal exists; funding will be at the 

complete discretion of NOAA. Projects 

that plan on renewal must include in 

their first-year submission a full 

description of the activities and budget 

for the first year as described in this 

announcement, and a summary 

description of the proposed work and 

estimated budget for each subsequent 

year. If selected for funding, the 

applicant will be required to submit a 

full proposal each subsequent year by 

the deadline announced in the 

following competitive cycle. In addition 

to the requirements for new proposals, 

renewed projects should include the 

accomplishments to date on the 

previous year’s grant in their subsequent 

grant submissions. No proposal will be 

considered for renewal more than two 

times. There is no guarantee that 

sufficient funds will be available to 

make awards for all qualified projects. 

The exact amount of funds that may be 

awarded will be determined in preaward negotiations between the 

applicant and NOAA representatives. 

Publication of this notice does not 

oblige NOAA to award any specific 

project or to obligate any available 

funds. If applicants incur any costs prior 

to an award being made, they do so at 

their own risk of not being reimbursed 

by the government. 

Notwithstanding verbal or written 

assurance that may have been received, 

there is no obligation on the part of 

NOAA to cover pre-award costs unless 

approved by the Grants Officer as part 

of the terms when the award is made. 

Statutory Authority: Under 33 U.S.C. 

893 a(a), the Administrator of the 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration is authorized to 

conduct, develop, support, promote, 

and coordinate formal and informal 

educational activities at all levels to 

enhance public awareness and 

understanding of ocean, coastal, Great 

Lakes, and atmospheric science and 

stewardship by the general public and 

other coastal stakeholders, including 

underrepresented groups in ocean and 

atmospheric science and policy careers. 

In conducting those activities, the 

Administrator shall build upon the 

educational programs and activities of 

the agency. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 11.429, Marine Sanctuary 

Program. 

Application Deadline: Applications 

must be received and validated by 

Grants.gov, postmarked, or provided to 

a delivery service on or before 5 p.m. 

PDT, October 8, 2009. Please note: 

Validation or rejection of your 

application by Grants.gov may take up 

to 2 business days after submission. 

Please consider this process in 

developing your submission timeline. 

Applications received after the deadline 

will be rejected/returned to the sender 

without further consideration. Use of 

U.S. mail or another delivery service 

must be documented with a receipt. No 

e-mail and/or facsimile pre-proposals 

and/or full applications will be 

accepted. Applications that are late or 

are received by fax or e-mail will not be 

considered for review. Applications 

submitted through Grants.gov will be 

accompanied by an automated receipt of 

the date and time of submission. Hard 

copy applications will be hand stamped 

with time and date when received in the 

Office of Education. (Note that latearriving hard copy applications 

provided to a delivery service on or 

before 5 p.m., PDT, October 8, 2009 will 

be accepted for review if the applicant 

can document that the application was 

provided to the guaranteed delivery 

service by the specified closing date and 

time, and if the application is received 

before 5 p.m., PDT, no later than two 

business days following the closing 

date. Applicants are recommended to 

send hard copies via expedited shipping 

methods (e.g., Airborne Express, DHL, 

FedEx, UPS, etc.). 

Address for Submitting Proposals: 

Applications must be received and 

validated by Grants.gov. For applicants 

without Internet access applications 

should be sent to Robert Steelquist, 

NOAA B–WET PNW Manager, 115 E. 

Railroad Ave., Suite 301, Port Angeles, 

WA, 98362. 

Information Contacts: For the Pacific 

Northwest, please contact Robert 

Steelquist, NOAA B–WET PNW 

Manager, 115 E. Railroad Ave., Suite 

301, Port Angeles, WA, 98362; 360/457– 

6622 ext.19 or by e-mail at: 

Robert.steelquist@noaa.gov. 

Eligibility: Eligible applicants are K– 

12 public and independent schools and 

school systems, institutions of higher 

education, community-based and 

nonprofit organizations, state or local 

government agencies, interstate 

agencies, and Indian tribal governments. 

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 

service underserved areas. 

While applicants do not need to be 

from the targeted geographical regions 

specified in the program objectives, they 

must be working with target audiences 

in these areas. 

Cost Sharing Requirements: No cost 

sharing is required under this program, 

however, the NOAA B–WET Program 

strongly encourages applicants include 

a 25% or higher match. Funds from 

other Federal awards may not be 

considered matching funds. The nature 

of the contribution (cash vs. in-kind) 

and the amount of matching funds will 

be taken into consideration during the 

review process. Priority selection is 

given to proposals that propose cash 

rather than in-kind services. 

Intergovernmental Review: 

Applications under this program are not 

subject to Executive Order 12372, 

‘‘Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

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9. National Estuarine Research Reserve 

Graduate Research Fellowship Program 

FY 2010 

Summary Description: The National 

Estuarine Research Reserve System 

(NERRS) consists of estuarine areas of 

the United States and its territories 

which are designated and managed for 

research and educational purposes. 

Each reserve within the system is 

chosen to reflect regional differences 

and to include a variety of ecosystem 

types in accordance with the 

classification scheme of the national 

program as presented in 15 CFR Part 

921. Each reserve supports a wide range 

of beneficial uses of ecological, 

economic, recreational, and aesthetic 

values which are dependent upon the 

maintenance of a healthy ecosystem. 

The sites provide habitats for a wide 

range of ecologically and commercially 

important species of fish, shellfish, 

birds, and other aquatic and terrestrial 

wildlife. Each reserve has been designed 

to ensure its effectiveness as a 

conservation unit and as a site for longterm research and monitoring. As part of 

a national system, the reserves 

collectively provide an excellent 

opportunity to address research 

questions and estuarine management 

issues of national significance. For 

detailed descriptions of the sites, refer 

to the NERR Web site at http:// 

www.nerrs.noaa.gov. 

Funding Availability: The National 

Estuarine Research Reserve System of 

NOAA announces the availability of 

Graduate Research Fellowships. Based 

on funds available, the Estuarine 

Reserves Division anticipates that up to 

22 Graduate Research Fellowships will 

be competitively awarded to provide 

funding to qualified graduate students 

whose research occurs within the 

boundaries of at least one National 

Estuarine Research Reserve. Minority 

students are encouraged to apply. The 

amount of the fellowship is $20,000; at 

least 30% of total project cost match is 

required by the student’s institution. To 

illustrate, the total project cost for a one 

year Graduate Research Fellowship is 

$28,572. Twenty-thousand of this 

amount is supplied by the federal 

government with a minimum 30% nonfederal match in the amount of $8,572 

supplied by the student’s eligible 

institution for a total 1 year project cost 

of $28,572. 

Statutory Authority: Section 315 of 

the Coastal Zone Management Act of 

1972, as amended CZMA, 16 U.S.C. 

1461, establishes the National Estuarine 

Research Reserve System (NERRS). 

Section 1461 (e)(1)(B) authorizes the 

Secretary of Commerce to make grants 

to any coastal state or public or private 

person for purposes of supporting 

research and monitoring within a 

National Estuarine Research Reserve 

that are consistent with the research 

guidelines developed under subsection 

(c). 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 11.420, Coastal Zone 

Management Estuarine Research Reserves. 

Application Deadline: Applications 

must be received and validated by 

Grants.gov, postmarked, or provided to 

a delivery service on or before 11 p.m. 

ET, November 2, 2009. Please note: 

Validation or rejection of your 

application by Grants.gov may take up 

to 2 business days after submission. 

Please consider this process in 

developing your submission timeline. 

Applications received after the deadline 

will be rejected/returned to the sender 

without further consideration. Use of 

U.S. mail or another delivery service 

must be documented with a receipt. No 

facsimile or electronic mail applications 

will be accepted. 

Address for Submitting Proposals: 

Applications submitted in response to 

this announcement are strongly 

encouraged to be submitted through the 

www.grants.gov Web site no later than 

November 2, 2009 at 11 p.m. ET. 

Electronic access to the full funding 

announcement for this program is 

available via the www.grants.gov Web 

site. The announcement will also be 

available by contacting Alison Krepp 

with the Estuarine Reserves Division at 

Alison.Krepp@noaa.gov or 301–713– 

3155 x 105. Applicants who do not have 

Internet access may submit a paper 

application (one signed original and two 

copies) to the Estuarine Reserves 

Division at the following address, 

postmarked by November 2, 2009: Attn: 

Alison Krepp, NOAA/Estuarine 

Reserves Division, 1305 East West 

Highway, Room 10503, Silver Spring, 

Maryland 20910. 

Information Contacts: For questions 

regarding the program and application 

process, please contact Alison Krepp 

(301–713–3155 ext. 105) at NOAA/ 

Estuarine Reserves Division, 1305 EastWest Highway, N/ORM5, SSMC4, 

Station 10503, Silver Spring, MD 20910 

or via e-mail at Alison.Krepp@noaa.gov, 

or fax at 301–713–4012. The program 

Web site can be accessed at http:// 

www.nerrs.noaa.gov/fellowship. If the 

Web page does not provide sufficient 

information and Alison Krepp is 

unavailable, please contact Erica Seiden 

at (301) 713–3155 ext. 172 or 

Erica.Seiden@noaa.gov. 

Eligibility: Awards are normally made 

to the fellow’s graduate institution 

through the use of a grant. Therefore, 

students must work with their 

institution’s authorized representatives 

to complete the following required 

standard federal forms: SF 424, CD–511, 

and SF 424B. Institutions eligible to 

receive awards include institutions of 

higher education, other non-profits, 

state and local governments. All reserve 

staff are ineligible to submit an 

application for a fellowship under this 

announcement. Funds are expected to 

be available on a competitive basis to 

qualified graduate students for research 

within a reserve(s) leading to a graduate 

degree. Students must be admitted to or 

enrolled in a full-time master’s or 

doctoral program at a U.S. accredited 

university in order to be eligible to 

apply. Students should have completed 

a majority of their graduate course work 

at the beginning of their fellowship and 

have an approved thesis research 

program. Minority students are 

encouraged to apply. 

Cost Sharing Requirements: 

Requested federal funds must be 

matched by at least 30 percent of the 

TOTAL cost, not the federal share, of 

the project. To illustrate, the total 

project cost for a one year Graduate 

Research Fellowship is $28,572. 

Twenty-thousand of this funding is 

supplied by the federal government 

with a minimum 30% non-federal 

match for the total project cost ($28,572) 

in the amount of $8,572 is supplied by 

the student’s eligible applicant 

institution. Requested overhead costs 

under fellowship awards are limited to 

10% of the federal amount and 

institutional fees that do not qualify as 

direct costs under fellowship awards are 

limited to 10% of the federal amount as 

well. Waived overhead costs may be 

used as match. 

Intergovernmental Review: 

Applications under this program are 

subject to Executive Order 12372, 

‘‘Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs.’’ Applicants should contact 

their State Single Point of Contact 

(SPOC) to find out about and comply 

with the State’s process under EO12372. 

The names and addresses of the SPOCs 

are listed in the Office of Management 

and Budget’s Web site at http:// 

www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/ 

spoc.html. 

10. National Estuarine Research Reserve 

System (NERRS) Land Acquisition and 

Construction Program FY 2010 

Summary Description: The National 

Estuarine Research Reserve System 

consists of estuarine areas of the United 

States and its territories which are 

designated and managed for research 

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within the system is chosen to represent 

different bio-geographic regions and to 

include a variety of ecosystem types in 

accordance with the classification 

scheme of the national program as 

presented in 15 CFR Part 921. 

Through the funding of designated 

reserve agencies and universities to 

undertake land acquisition and 

construction projects that support the 

NERRS purpose, NOAA will strengthen 

protection of key land and water areas; 

enhance long-term protection of the area 

for research and education; and provide 

for facility and exhibit construction and 

enhancement. 

Funding Availability: This funding 

opportunity announces that 

approximately $3.89 million may be 

available to designated reserve agencies 

or universities only through this 

announcement for fiscal year 2010. 

Awards will be issued as competitive 

grants. It is anticipated that the awards 

generally will run for up to two years. 

In the past, funding for land acquisition/ 

construction awards has ranged in 

amount from approximately $50,000 to 

$3 million. 

Statutory Authority: Authority for the 

NERR program is provided by 16 U.S.C. 

1461(e)(1)(A)(i), (ii), and (iii). 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 11.420, Coastal Zone 

Management Estuarine Research Reserves. 

Application Deadline: Applications 

must be received and validated by 

Grants.gov, postmarked, or provided to 

a delivery service on or before 11:59 

p.m. ET, November 30, 2009. Please 

note: Validation or rejection of your 

application by Grants.gov may take up 

to 2 business days after submission. 

Please consider this process in 

developing your submission timeline. 

Applications received after the deadline 

will be rejected/returned to the sender 

without further consideration. Use of 

U.S. mail or another delivery service 

must be documented with a receipt. No 

facsimile or electronic mail applications 

will be accepted. 

Address for Submitting Proposals: 

Applications submitted in response to 

this announcement are strongly 

encouraged to be submitted through the 

www.grants.gov Web site no later than 

November 30, 2009 at 11:59 ET. 

Electronic access to the full funding 

announcement for this program is 

available via the www.grants.gov Web 

site. The announcement will also be 

available by contacting Nina Garfield 

with the Estuarine Reserves Division at 

nina.garfield@noaa.gov or 301–713– 

3155 x 171. Applicants who do not have 

Internet access may submit a paper 

application (one signed original and two 

copies) to the Estuarine Reserves 

Division at the following address 

postmarked by November 2, 2009: Attn: 

Nina Garfield, NOAA/Estuarine 

Reserves Division, 1305 East West 

Highway, Room 10503, Silver Spring, 

Maryland 20910. 

Information Contacts: Administrative 

and Technical questions regarding the 

program and application process, please 

contact Nina Garfield, program 

coordinator, at NOAA/Estuarine 

Reserves Division, 1305 East-West 

Highway, N/ORM5, SSMC4, Station 

10500, Silver Spring, MD 20910 or via 

phone: 301–713–3155 ext. 171, e-mail: 

nina.garfield@noaa.gov, or fax: 301– 

713–4012. The program Web site can be 

accessed at http:// 

coastalmanagement.noaa.gov/ 

programs/nerr.html. Other questions 

should be directed to Nina Garfield at 

301–713–3155, extension 171, 

nina.garfield@noaa.gov or Laurie 

McGilvray at (301) 713–3155 ext. 158, 

laurie.mcgilvray@noaa.gov. 

Eligibility: Eligible applicants are 

National Estuarine Research Reserve 

lead state agencies or universities in 

coastal states. Eligible applicants should 

have completed all requirements as 

stated in the NERRS regulations at Title 

15, Part 921 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (15 CFR part 921) http:// 

nerrs.noaa.gov/ 

Background_Regulations.html. 

Cost Sharing Requirements: The 

amount of federal funds requested must 

be matched by the applicant: 30 percent 

of total project cost for construction 

awards and 50 percent of total project 

cost for land acquisition awards. Cash or 

in-kind contributions directly benefiting 

the project may be used to satisfy the 

matching requirements. If using Reserve 

land acquisition banked match, a list of 

the banked match must be included 

with the application. Applicants must 

identify all match sources and amounts 

equal to that requested above. 

Intergovernmental Review: 

Applications under this program are 

subject to Executive Order 12372, 

‘‘Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs.’’ Applicants should contact 

their State Single Point of Contact 

(SPOC) to find out about and comply 

with the States process under EO12372. 

The names and addresses of the SPOCs 

are listed in the Office of Management 

and Budget’s Web site at http:// 

www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/ 

spoc.html. 

11. Sea Level Rise (SLR) 

Summary Description: The purpose of 

this document is to advise the public 

that NOAA is soliciting research 

proposals for projects of 3 to 5 years in 

duration for development of modeling 

and mapping tools to better understand 

and predict the impacts of sea level rise 

on coastal ecosystems, including 

ecologically and economically valuable 

natural resources, to support proactive 

coastal management and mitigation 

decisions. The area of interest includes 

the coastal ecosystems in the northern 

Gulf of Mexico, ranging from the eastern 

boundary of the Apalachicola National 

Estuarine Research Reserve to the 

western extent of the Mississippi coast. 

Projects should be interdisciplinary, 

multiple investigator, and well 

integrated studies designed to develop 

capabilities for understanding, 

predicting, and mitigating the effects of 

long term sea level rise. Funding is 

contingent upon the availability of 

Fiscal Year 2010 Federal appropriations. 

It is anticipated that final 

recommendations for funding under this 

announcement will be made in early 

calendar year 2010, and that projects 

funded under this announcement will 

have a July 2010, start date. Electronic 

Access: Background information about 

NOAA’s efforts in the Ecological Effects 

of Sea Level Rise Program can be found 

at http://www.cop.noaa.gov/stressors/ 

climatechange/welcome.html. 

Funding Availability: Funding is 

contingent upon availability of Federal 

appropriations. NOAA is committed to 

continual improvement of the grants 

process and accelerating the award of 

financial assistance to qualified 

recipients in accordance with the 

recommendations of the Business 

Process Reengineering Team. In order to 

fulfill these responsibilities, this 

solicitation announces that award 

amounts will be determined by the 

proposals and available funds. Award 

amount will not exceed $1 million per 

project per year with project durations 

of three to five years; total project 

funding will not exceed $3 million. 

It is anticipated that 1 award will be 

funded through this solicitation. 

Applicants are hereby given notice that 

funds have not yet been appropriated 

for this program. In no event will NOAA 

or the Department of Commerce be 

responsible for proposal preparation 

costs if this program fails to receive 

funding or is cancelled because of other 

agency priorities. There is no guarantee 

that sufficient funds will be available to 

make awards for all qualified projects. 

Publication of this notice does not 

oblige NOAA to award any specific 

project or to obligate any available 

funds. If one incurs any costs prior to 

receiving an award agreement signed by 

an authorized NOAA official, one would 

do so solely at one’s own risk of these 

costs not being included under the 


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award. Publication of this notice does 

not obligate any agency to any specific 

award or to obligate any part of the 

entire amount of funds available. 

Recipients and subrecipients are subject 

to all Federal laws and agency policies, 

regulations and procedures applicable 

to Federal financial assistance awards. 

Statutory Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1456c. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 11.478, Center for 

Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research— 

Coastal Ocean Program. 

Application Deadline: Applications 

must be received and validated by 

Grants.gov, postmarked, or provided to 

a delivery service on or before 3 p.m. 

ET, October 14, 2009. Please note: 

validation or rejection of your 

application by Grants.gov may take up 

to 2 business days after submission. 

Please consider this process in 

developing your submission timeline. 

Applications received after the deadline 

will be rejected/returned to the sender 

without further consideration. Use of 

U.S. mail or another delivery service 

must be documented with a receipt. No 

facsimile or electronic mail applications 

will be accepted. 

Address for Submitting Proposals: 

Applications must be submitted through 

www.grants.gov, unless an applicant 

does not have Internet access. In that 

case, hard copies with original 

signatures may be sent to: Laura J. 

Golden, 1305 East-West Hwy., Routing 

Code: N/SCI2, Building: SSMC4, Silver 

Spring, MD 20910–3278. 

Information Contacts: Technical 

Information: Carol Auer, Program 

Manager, 301–713–3338/ext 164, 

Internet: Carol.Auer@noaa.gov. Business 

Management Information: Laurie 

Golden, NCCOS/CSCOR Grants 

Administrator, 301–713–3338/ext 151, 

Internet: Laurie.Golden@noaa.gov. 

Eligibility: Eligible applicants are 

institutions of higher education, other 

non-profits, state, local, Indian Tribal 

Governments, commercial organizations 

and Federal agencies that possess the 

statutory authority to receive financial 

assistance. Please note that: (1) NOAA 

will not fund any Federal Full Time 

Employee (FTE) salaries, but will fund 

travel, equipment, supplies, and 

contractual personnel costs associated 

with the proposed work. (2) Researchers 

must be employees of an eligible entity 

listed above; and proposals must be 

submitted through that entity. NonFederal researchers should comply with 

their institutional requirements for 

proposal submission. (3) Non-NOAA 

Federal applicants will be required to 

submit certifications or documentation 

showing that they have specific legal 

authority to receive funds from the 

Department of Commerce (DOC) for this 

research. (4) NOAA will accept 

proposals that include foreign 

researchers as collaborators with a 

researcher who has met the above stated 

eligibility requirements. (5) Non-Federal 

researchers affiliated with NOAA– 

University Cooperative/Joint Institutes 

should comply with joint institutional 

requirements; they will be funded 

through grants either to their institution 

or to joint institutes. 

Cost Sharing Requirements: The 

applicant is responsible for identifying 

a funding source for the annual 

Managers’ Workshops to support 100% 

of the costs after Year 1. 

Intergovernmental Review: 

Applications under this program are not 

subject to Executive Order 12372, 

‘‘Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs.’’ 

12. 2010 Integrated Ocean Observing 

System Implementation 

Summary Description: The Integrated 

Ocean Observing System (IOOS) is 

working to link national and regional 

observations, data management, and 

modeling to provide required data and 

information on local to global scales. 

IOOS Regional Coastal Ocean Observing 

Systems (RCOOS) complement the 

observing systems managed directly by 

federal agencies to meet national 

priorities. With the guidance of Regional 

Associations to understand regional 

priorities, RCOOS provide the data, 

information, and products needed to 

address estuarine and coastal issues of 

importance to the nation’s ocean and 

coastal regions and the Great Lakes. 

NOAA views this announcement as an 

opportunity to enhance the regional 

coastal component of IOOS. In addition, 

NOAA views the testing and 

development of sensor technologies to 

study and monitor coastal and ocean 

environments as essential to a sustained 

and operational IOOS. Thus, this 

announcement includes two focus areas 

for proposals: (1) Regional Coastal 

Ocean Observing Systems by Geography 

and (2) Verification and validation of 

sensors for coastal and ocean observing 

systems. The program priorities for this 

funding opportunity support NOAA’s 

mission goals to: Serve society’s needs 

for weather and water information; 

Protect, restore, and manage the use of 

coastal and ocean resources through an 

ecosystem approach to management; 

Understand climate variability and 

change to enhance society’s ability to 

plan and respond; and Support the 

Nation’s commerce with information for 

safe, efficient, and environmentally 

sound transportation. For focus area 

one, NOAA seeks proposals for one-year 

cooperative agreements to continue the 

implementation and development of the 

regional component of IOOS within the 

following regions of the United States: 

Northeast (Maine to Rhode Island), MidAtlantic (Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras), 

Southern California (Point Conception 

to the Mexico border), Pacific Northwest 

(Washington, Oregon, and northern 

California), and Pacific Islands (Hawaii). 

Proposed projects must build upon 

the progress already made by IOOS 

Regional Associations. It is expected 

that these efforts will result in a regional 

system that is optimized to provide data 

and products that meet regional needs 

and national IOOS specifications, and 

that are available in forms and at rates 

designed to meet the needs of regional 

decision makers. To accomplish that 

task, the regional systems will integrate 

existing observing system components, 

and construct products and data 

management processes to deliver data 

and information to the regional 

stakeholders for the benefit of the 

region. Proposals should demonstrate 

the approach and benefits of integration 

and implementation at the scale of the 

Regional Association (not sub-regional) 

and should address the following: (a) 

Regional deployment, operation and 

maintenance of sensors and platforms to 

address needs for data and information 

that have been clearly articulated by the 

IOOS Regional Associations as 

representative of their stakeholders. (b) 

Regional participation in developing a 

standards-based data integration 

framework (DIF) for data streams, 

quality assurance procedures, and data 

delivery. (c) Generation of regional or 

appropriately-scaled products, 

including data and model output, and 

improved interoperability of these 

outputs based on emerging standards 

and protocols, to facilitate the 

development of value-added, targeted 

products for identified users. For focus 

area two, NOAA seeks proposals that 

will provide information useful for 

selecting the most appropriate sensor 

technologies to study and monitor ocean 

and coastal environments, and to test, 

validate, and verify such technologies. 

NOAA anticipates making six (6) total 

awards in response to this 

announcement, five (5) awards in focus 

area one and one (1) award in focus area 

two. 

Funding Availability: Total 

anticipated funding for all awards is 

subject to the availability of 

appropriations. The anticipated federal 

funding per award (min-max) is 

approximately $500,000 to $3,000,000 

per year. The anticipated number of 

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approximately, and will be adjusted 

based on available funding. 

Statutory Authority: Statutory 

authority for this program is provided 

under Coastal Zone Management Act, 16 

U.S.C. 1456c (Technical Assistance); 33 

U.S.C. 883d; and 33 U.S.C. 1442 

(Research program investigating 

possible long-range effects of pollution, 

overfishing, and anthropogenicallyinduced changes of ocean ecosystems). 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 11.473, Coastal Services 

Center. 

Application Deadline: Applications 

must be received and validated by 

Grants.gov, postmarked, or provided to 

a delivery service on or before 5 p.m. 

EDT, October 30, 2009. Please note: 

Validation or rejection of your 

application by Grants.gov may take up 

to 2 business days after submission. 

Please consider this process in 

developing your submission timeline. 

Applications received after the deadline 

will be rejected/returned to the sender 

without further consideration. Use of 

U.S. mail or another delivery service 

must be documented with a receipt. No 

facsimile or electronic mail applications 

will be accepted. 

Address for Submitting Proposals: All 

proposal package materials, including 

any letters of support, must be 

submitted through Grants.gov. 

Applicants without Internet access may 

submit proposals by surface mail to 

Gabrielle Canonico, NOAA IOOS, 1100 

Wayne Avenue, Suite 1225, Silver 

Spring, Maryland 20910. No e-mail or 

fax copies will be accepted. Please be 

advised that potential funding 

applicants must register with Grants.gov 

before any application materials can be 

submitted. An organization’s one-time 

registration process may take up to three 

weeks to complete, so please allow 

sufficient time to ensure applications 

are submitted before the closing date. 

The Grants.gov site contains directions 

for submitting an application, the 

application package (forms), and is also 

where the completed application is 

submitted. Applicants using Grants.gov 

must locate the downloadable 

application package for this solicitation 

by the Funding Opportunity Number or 

the CFDA number (11.473). Applicants 

will be able to download a copy of the 

application package, complete it off 

line, and then upload and submit the 

application via the Grants.gov site. 

Grants.gov will provide information 

about submitting a proposal through the 

site as well as the hours of operation. 

After electronic submission of the 

application, the person submitting the 

application will receive within the next 

24 to 48 hours two e-mail messages from 

Grants.gov updating them on the 

progress of their application. The first email will confirm receipt of the 

application by the Grants.gov system, 

and the second will indicate that the 

application has either been successfully 

validated by the system prior to 

transmission to the grantor agency or 

has been rejected due to errors. After the 

application has been validated, this 

same person will receive another e-mail 

when the application has been 

downloaded by the federal agency. To 

use Grants.gov, applicants must have a 

Dun and Bradstreet Data Universal 

Numbering System (DUNS) number and 

be registered in the Central Contractor 

Registry (CCR). Allow a minimum of 

five days to complete the CCR 

registration. (Note: Your organization’s 

Employer Identification Number (EIN) 

will be needed on the application form.) 

Information Contacts: For questions 

regarding this announcement, contact: 

Gabrielle Canonico, NOAA IOOS; 1100 

Wayne Avenue, Suite 1225, Silver 

Spring, Maryland 20910; or by phone at 

301–427–2428, fax at 301–427–2073, or 

e-mail at Gabrielle.Canonico@noaa.gov. 

Eligibility: Eligible applicants are 

institutions of higher education, nonprofit and for-profit organizations, and 

state, local and Indian tribal 

governments. Federal agencies or 

institutions and foreign governments 

may not be the primary recipient of 

awards under this announcement, but 

are encouraged to partner with 

applicants when appropriate. If 

requesting funds under this award, 

federal partners must identify the 

relevant statutory authorities that will 

allow for the receipt of funds. If a 

federal partner is a NOAA office, the 

funds will be transferred internally. If 

the Federal partner is an agency other 

than NOAA, they must demonstrate that 

they have legal authority to accept funds 

in excess of their appropriation. Because 

they would be receiving funds from a 

non-Federal source, the Economy Act 

(31 U.S.C 1535) would not be an 

appropriate authority. 

Cost Sharing Requirements: There is 

no requirement for cost sharing. NOAA 

appreciates that IOOS Regional 

Associations are seeking additional 

support (in-kind or cash) to support 

development of regional observing 

systems under the umbrella of IOOS. 

While a cost share of funding is not 

required, applicants are encouraged to 

provide a description of complementary 

funding and in-kind contributions from 

project partners. 

Intergovernmental Review: 

Applications under the Center are 

subject to Executive Order 12372, 

‘‘Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs.’’ It is the state agency’s 

responsibility to contact their state’s 

Single Point of Contact (SPOC) to find 

out about and comply with the state’s 

process under EO 12372. To assist the 

applicant, the names and addresses of 

the SPOCs are listed on the Office of 

Management and Budget’s Web site 

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/ 

spoc.html. 

13. NOAA’s National Height 

Modernization Program 

Summary Description: NOAA’s 

National Height Modernization Program 

did not receive Congressional 

Appropriations to fund Fiscal Year 2009 

grants applications. NOAA’s Geodetic 

Survey office will be holding all 

proposals received in response to the 

Fiscal Year 2009 solicitation and use 

those applications for Fiscal Year 2010 

funding. Funding of these applications 

are still contingent on the availability of 

funds in Fiscal Year 2010. For 

administrative questions please contact 

Sonita Tiwari, NOAA NOS, SSMC3; 

1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring 

MD, 20910, Phone 301–713–3231X115 

or E-mail sonita.tiwari@noaa.gov. 

National Weather Service (NWS) 

1. Collaborative Science, Technology, 

and Applied Research (CSTAR) Program 

Summary Description: The CSTAR 

Program represents an NOAA/NWS 

effort to create a cost-effective transition 

from basic and applied research to 

operations and services through 

collaborative research between 

operational forecasters and academic 

institutions that have expertise in the 

environmental sciences. These activities 

will engage researchers and students in 

applied research of interest to the 

operational meteorological community 

and will improve the accuracy of 

forecasts and warnings of environmental 

hazards by applying scientific 

knowledge and information to 

operational products and services. The 

NOAA CSTAR Program is a contributing 

element of the U.S. Weather Research 

Program (USWRP). 

NOAA’s program is designed to 

complement other agency contributions 

to that national effort. The CSTAR 

Program addresses NOAA’s Mission 

Goal 3, Serve society’s needs for 

weather and water information. 

Funding Availability: The total 

funding amount available for proposals 

is anticipated to be approximately 

$750,000. However, there is no 

appropriation of funds at this time and 

no guarantee that there will be. 

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cooperative agreements are limited to a 

maximum of $125,000 per year for no 

more than three years. We anticipate 

making 4–6 awards. 

Statutory Authority: Authority for the 

CSTAR program is provided by the 

following: 15 U.S.C. 313; 49 U.S.C. 

44720(b); 33 U.S.C. 883d; 15 U.S.C. 

2904; 15 U.S.C. 2934. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 11.468, Applied 

Meteorological Research. 

Application Deadline: Applications 

must be received and validated by 

Grants.gov, postmarked, or provided to 

a delivery service on or before 5 p.m. 

EDT, October 16, 2009. Please note: 

Validation or rejection of your 

application by Grants.gov may take up 

to 2 business days after submission. 

Please consider this process in 

developing your submission timeline. 

Applications received after the deadline 

will be rejected/returned to the sender 

without further consideration. Use of 

U.S. mail or another delivery service 

must be documented with a receipt. No 

facsimile or electronic mail applications 

will be accepted. 

Address for Submitting Proposals: 

Applications should be submitted 

through www.grants.gov. For those 

organizations without Internet access, 

applications may be sent to Sam 

Contorno, CSTAR Program Manager, 

NOAA/NWS, 1325 East-West Highway, 

Room 15330, Silver Spring, Maryland 

20910. 

Information Contacts: The point of 

contact is Sam Contorno, NOAA/NWS, 

1325 East-West Highway, Room 15330, 

Silver Spring, Maryland 20910–3283, or 

by phone at 301–713–3557 ext. 150, by 

fax to 301–713–1253, or via e-mail at 

samuel.contorno@noaa.gov. 

Questions concerning this 

announcement must be made via e-mail 

to samuel.contorno@noaa.gov. 

Questions and NOAA responses will be 

made public via the Web at http:// 

www.nws.noaa.gov/ost/cstar.htm. 

Eligibility: Eligible applicants are 

institutions of higher education and 

federally funded educational 

institutions such as the Naval 

Postgraduate School. This restriction is 

needed because the results of the 

collaboration are to be incorporated in 

academic processes which ensure 

academic multidisciplinary peer review 

as well as Federal review of scientific 

validity for use in operations. 

Cost Sharing Requirements: No cost 

sharing is required under this program. 

Intergovernmental Review: 

Applications under this program are not 

subject to Executive Order 12372, 

Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs. 

2. Remote Community Alert Systems 

Program 2010 

Summary Description: The Remote 

Community Alert Systems Program 

2010 represents a NOAA/NWS effort to 

provide for outdoor alerting 

technologies in remote communities 

effectively underserved by commercial 

mobile service for the purpose of 

enabling residents of those communities 

to receive emergency messages. These 

activities will engage the private sector, 

academia, county and local 

governments with their State 

Government office, U.S. Territory or 

Possession Government office or Tribal 

Community Government office in 

opportunities and technologies to 

further disseminate emergency 

messages. This program is a 

contributing element of the Warning, 

Alert, and Response Network (WARN) 

Act, and is designed to complement 

other agency contributions to that 

national effort. This program adopts the 

Federal Communications Commission’s 

definition of the term ‘‘remote’’ which 

means an area consisting of a county 

with a population density of 100 

persons per square mile or less, based 

on the most recently available Census 

data. Also, ‘‘commercial mobile service’’ 

means those services that are required to 

provide E911 services in accordance 

with Section 20.18 of the Commission’s 

rules. ‘‘Effectively underserved’’ 

identifies ‘‘remote communities’’ that do 

not receive ‘‘commercial mobile 

service’’ as demonstrated by coverage 

maps, technical analysis, field tests, or 

any other reasonable means. 

Funding Availability: The total 

funding amount available for proposals 

is anticipated to be approximately 

$2,000,000. We anticipate making 

multiple awards, approximately 20, 

ranging from $50,000 to $250,000. 

Statutory Authority: Authority for the 

Remote Community Alert Systems 

Program is provided by: 47 U.S.C. 1204. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 11.468, Applied 

Meteorological Research. 

Application Deadline: Applications 

must be received on or before 5 p.m. 

EST, February 26, 2010. For 

applications submitted through 

Grants.gov, timeliness will be 

determined by the time and date 

indicator in the grants.gov submission. 

Please note: Validation or rejection of 

your application by Grants.gov may take 

up to 2 business days after submission. 

Please consider this process in 

developing your submission timeline. 

For applications submitted by hard 

copy, the submission date will be the 

time stamp on the received documents. 

Applications received after the date and 

time due will not be reviewed. 

Address for Submitting Proposals: 

Applications must be submitted through 

www.grants.gov. For those organizations 

without Internet access, applications 

may be sent to Craig Hodan, NOAA/ 

NWS, 1325 East-West Highway, Room 

3348, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910. Email and fax submissions will not be 

accepted. 

Information Contacts: Craig Hodan, 

NOAA/NWS, 1325 East-West Highway, 

Room 3348, Silver Spring, Maryland 

20910, Phone: 301–713–9480 x 187, email: craig.hodan@noaa.gov. 

Eligibility: Eligible applicants are 

State Governments, U.S. Territories or 

Possessions and Tribal Communities. 

This restriction is needed to efficiently 

manage the potential number of 

applications. Private sector, academia, 

County and Local governments must 

collaborate with their State Government 

office, U.S. Territory or Possession 

Government office or Tribal Community 

Government office to have their project 

proposal included in an application 

from the State Government, U.S. 

Territory or Possession or Tribal 

Community. 

Cost Sharing Requirements: No cost 

sharing is required under this program. 

Intergovernmental Review: 

Applications under this program are not 

subject to Executive Order 12372, 

Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs. 

Oceanic and Atmospheric Research 

(OAR) 

1. 2010 NMFS—Sea Grant Fellowships 

in Marine Resource Economics 

Summary Description: The Graduate 

Fellowship Program generally awards 

two new PhD fellowships each year to 

students who are interested in careers 

related to the development and 

implementation of quantitative methods 

for assessing the economics of the 

conservation and management of living 

marine resources. Fellows will work on 

thesis problems of public interest and 

relevance to NMFS under the guidance 

of NMFS mentors at participating NMFS 

Science Centers or Laboratories. The 

NMFS—Sea Grant Fellowships in 

Marine Resource Economics meets 

NOAAs Mission goal to ‘‘Protect, 

Restore and Manage the Use of Coastal 

and Ocean Resources Through 

Ecosystem-Based Management.’’ 

Funding Availability: The NMFS—Sea 

Grant Joint Graduate Fellowship 

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expects to support two new fellowships 

for up to 2 years for each fellowship. 

Statutory Authority: Authority for the 

Resource Economics Graduate 

Fellowship Program is provided by the 

following: 33 U.S.C. 1127(a). 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 11.417, Sea Grant 

Support. 

Application Deadline: Applications 

must be received and validated by 

Grants.gov, postmarked, or provided to 

a delivery service on or before 4 p.m. 

ET, February 12, 2010. Please note: 

Validation or rejection of your 

application by Grants.gov may take up 

to 2 business days after submission. 

Please consider this process in 

developing your submission timeline. 

Applications received after the deadline 

will be rejected/returned to the sender 

without further consideration. Use of 

U.S. mail or another delivery service 

must be documented with a receipt. No 

facsimile or electronic mail applications 

will be accepted. 

Address for Submitting Proposals: 

Applications must be submitted through 

www.Grants.gov. For those 

organizations without Internet access, 

applications may be sent to: National 

Sea Grant College Program, 1315 EastWest Highway, Silver Spring, MD 

20910. Facsimile transmission and 

electronic mail submission of 

applications will not be accepted. 

Information Contacts: Contact Terry 

Smith, National Sea Grant College 

Program, 1315 East-West Highway, 

Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone: (301) 

734–1084; e-mail: 

Terry.Smith@noaa.gov. 

Eligibility: Prospective Fellows must 

be United States citizens. At the time of 

application, prospective Marine 

Resource Economics Fellows must be 

admitted to a PhD degree program in 

natural resource economics or a related 

field at an institution of higher 

education in the United States or its 

territories or submit a signed letter from 

the institution indicating provisional 

acceptance to a PhD degree program 

conditional on obtaining financial 

support such as this fellowship. 

Applications must be submitted by the 

institution of higher education, which 

may be any such institution in the 

United States or its territories. 

Cost Sharing Requirements: Of the 

$38,500 award, 50 percent ($19,250) 

will be contributed by NMFS, 331⁄3

percent ($12,833) by the National Sea 

Grant Office (NSGO), and 162⁄3 percent 

($6,417) by the institution of higher 

education as the required 50 percent 

match of NSGO funds. 

Intergovernmental Review: 

Applications under this program are not 

subject to Executive Order 12372, 

Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs. 

2. 2010 NMFS–Sea Grant Fellowships in 

Population Dynamics 

Summary Description: The Graduate 

Fellowship Program awards at least two 

new PhD fellowships each year to 

students who are interested in careers 

related to the population dynamics of 

living marine resources and the 

development and implementation of 

quantitative methods for assessing their 

status. Fellows will work on thesis 

problems of public interest and 

relevance to NMFS under the guidance 

of NMFS mentors at participating NMFS 

Science Centers or Laboratories. The 

NMFS–Sea Grant Fellowships in 

Population Dynamics meets NOAA’s 

Mission goal of ‘‘Protect, Restore and 

Manage the Use of Coastal and Ocean 

Resources Through Ecosystem-Based 

Management’’. 

Funding Availability: The Graduate 

Fellowship Program awards at least two 

new PhD fellowships each year to 

students who are interested in careers 

related to the population dynamics of 

living marine resources and the 

development and implementation of 

quantitative methods for assessing their 

status. The award for each Fellowship, 

contingent upon the availability of 

Federal funds, will be a multi-year 

cooperative agreement in the amount of 

$38,500 per year for up to three years. 

This involvement includes serving for 

10–20 days aboard a research or 

commercial vessel during a scientific 

survey or experimental activity. 

Additionally, the Fellow may work on 

his/her thesis research or related 

activity at a participating NMFS facility. 

The Fellow’s work will be overseen by 

a NMFS mentor who will provide 

advice and guidance. 

Statutory Authority: Authority for the 

Population Dynamics Graduate 

Fellowship Program is provided by the 

following: 33 U.S.C. 1127(a). 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 11.417, Sea Grant 

Support. 

Application Deadline: Applications 

must be received and validated by 

Grants.gov, postmarked, or provided to 

a delivery service on or before 4 p.m. 

ET, February 12, 2010. Please note: 

Validation or rejection of your 

application by Grants.gov may take up 

to 2 business days after submission. 

Please consider this process in 

developing your submission timeline. 

Applications received after the deadline 

will be rejected/returned to the sender 

without further consideration. Use of 

U.S. mail or another delivery service 

must be documented with a receipt. No 

facsimile or electronic mail applications 

will be accepted. 

Address for Submitting Proposals: 

Applications must be submitted through 

www.Grants.gov. For those 

organizations without Internet access, 

applications may be sent to: National 

Sea Grant College Program, 1315 EastWest Highway, Silver Spring, MD 

20910. Facsimile transmission and 

electronic mail submission of 

applications will not be accepted. 

Information Contacts: Contact Terry 

Smith, National Sea Grant College 

Program, 1315 East-West Highway, 

Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone: (301) 

734–1084; e-mail: 

Terry.Smith@noaa.gov. 

Eligibility: Prospective Fellows must 

be United States citizens. At the time of 

application, prospective Population 

Dynamics Fellows must be admitted to 

a PhD degree program in population 

dynamics or a related field such as 

applied mathematics, statistics, or 

quantitative ecology at an institution of 

higher education in the United States or 

its territories, or submit a signed letter 

from the institution indicating 

provisional acceptance to a PhD degree 

program conditional on obtaining 

financial support such as this 

fellowship. 

Applications must be submitted by 

the institution of higher education, 

which may be any such institution in 

the United States or its territories. 

Cost Sharing Requirements: Of the 

$38,500 award, 50 percent ($19,250) 

will be contributed by NMFS, 331⁄3

percent ($12,833) by the National Sea 

Grant Office (NSGO), and 162⁄3 percent 

($6,417) by the institution of higher 

education as the required 50 percent 

match of NSGO funds. 

Intergovernmental Review: 

Applications under this program are not 

subject to Executive Order 12372, 

Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs. 

3. 2010 Sea Grant/Regional Team 

Climate Engagement 

Summary Description: For FY 2010, 

the NOAA National Sea Grant College 

Program and Office of Program Planning 

and Integration anticipate making 

available up to $200,000 to support 

projects that advance priority climate 

engagement strategies throughout 

NOAA. 

The climate engagement mini-grants 

will be awarded only to proposals 

endorsed jointly by the NOAA Regional 

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Grant Liaison to the NOAA Regional 

Collaboration Team (selected among the 

Sea Grant Directors programs in the 

region). Awards will be made as 

interoffice transfers to NOAA entities 

and cooperative agreements to nonFederal entities, or a combination of 

interoffice transfers and cooperative 

agreements for projects that support 

both NOAA and non-Federal entities. 

Although other federal, state, tribal, 

Native Hawaiian, other native cultures, 

academic and non-profit or nongovernmental organizations can act as 

partners, the Project Principal 

Investigator of the grant must be a 

NOAA Federal employee or a Sea Grant 

employee. Requests for individual 

projects may not exceed $25,000. Up to 

eight mini-grants of up to $25,000 are 

expected to be awarded through a 

competitive process, subject to the 

availability of funds. This competition 

supports four NOAA Program Goals: 

‘‘Protect, Restore and Manage the Use of 

Coastal and Ocean Resources Through 

Ecosystem-Based Management’’; 

‘‘Understand Climate Variability and 

Change To Enhance Society’s Ability To 

Plan and Respond’’; Serve Society’s 

Needs for Weather and Water 

Information’’; and ‘‘Support the Nation’s 

Commerce With Information for Safe, 

Efficient, and Environmentally Sound 

Transportation’’. 

Funding Availability: For FY 2010, 

the NOAA National Sea Grant College 

Program and Office of Program Planning 

and Integration anticipate making 

available up to $200,000 to support 

projects that advance priority climate 

engagement strategies throughout 

NOAA. 

The climate engagement mini-grants 

will be awarded only to proposals 

endorsed jointly by the NOAA Regional 

Collaboration Team Lead and the Sea 

Grant Liaison in the region. Awards will 

be made as interoffice transfers to 

NOAA entities and cooperative 

agreements to non-Federal entities, or 

through a combination of interoffice 

transfers and cooperative agreements for 

projects that support both NOAA and 

non-Federal entities. Although other 

Federal, Sea Grant, state, tribal, Native 

Hawaiian, other native cultures, 

academic and non-profit or nongovernmental organizations can act as 

partners, the Project PI of the grant must 

be either a NOAA Regional 

Collaboration Team member or a Sea 

Grant employee, and the Co-PI must be 

the opposite, e. g., if a Sea Grant 

employee is the PI, then the NOAA 

Regional Collaboration Team member 

must be the Co-PI and vice versa. A 

maximum of one cooperative agreement 

award will be made per region. All other 

participating Sea Grant Programs and 

institutions must be handled through 

subawards. It is expected that in each 

NOAA Region, the Sea Grant Programs 

and NOAA Regional Collaboration 

Team, working through their Team Lead 

and Sea Grant Liaison, will identify and 

submit only one application for that 

Region. 

Statutory Authority: Authority for the 

Climate Extension Partnership minigrants is provided by 33 U.S.C. 1121 et 

seq., as amended. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number(s): 11.417, Sea Grant 

Support. 

Application Deadline: Applications 

must be received and validated by 

Grants.gov, postmarked, or provided to 

a delivery service on or before 11:59 

p.m. EDT, September 1, 2009. Please 

note: Validation or rejection of your 

application by Grants.gov may take up 

to 2 business days after submission. 

Please consider this process in 

developing your submission timeline. 

Applications received after the deadline 

will be rejected/returned to the sender 

without further consideration. Use of 

U.S. mail or another delivery service 

must be documented with a receipt. No 

facsimile or electronic mail applications 

will be accepted. 

Address for Submitting Proposals: 

Applications must be submitted through 

grants.gov by the Sea Grant entity of the 

collaboration, unless the applicant does 

not have Internet access. Applicants 

without Internet access must submit the 

proposal in hardcopy (one unbound 

original and one copy) to Gina Barerra, 

National Sea Grant College Program, R/ 

SG, Attn: Climate Extension Partnership 

Minigrants, Room 11841, NOAA, 1315 

East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 

20910. 

If the application does not request any 

funding for non-Federal investigators 

(that is, the Sea Grant co-principal 

investigator is not requesting any 

funding), then contact Jim Murray listed 

in Information Contacts, below, for 

instructions on submitting the 

application. 

Information Contacts: Jim Murray in 

NOAA’s National Sea Grant Office 

jim.d.murray@noaa.gov, or phone 301– 

734–1070 or Lisa Iwahara in NOAA’s 

Program Planning and Integration Office 

lisa.iwahara@noaa.gov, or phone 301– 

713–1622 x 181. 

Eligibility: Only NOAA entities or Sea 

Grant institutions are eligible to apply. 

Only applications that include a cosigned letter of endorsement from the 

Regional Collaboration Team Lead and 

the Sea Grant Liaison are eligible. 

Information on the Regional 

Collaboration Teams is available at 

http://www.ppi.noaa.gov/ 

PPI_Capabilities/ 

regional_collaboration.html. 

Cost Sharing Requirements: None 

required (per 33 U.S.C 1124(b), special 

grants). 

Intergovernmental Review: 

Applications under this Program are not 

subject to Executive Order 12372, 

‘‘Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs.’’ 

4. 2011 National Sea Grant College 

Program Dean John A. Knauss Marine 

Policy Fellowship 

Summary Description: This notice 

announces that applications may be 

submitted for the Dean John A. Knauss 

Marine Policy Fellowship (Knauss Sea 

Grant Fellowship Program). The Knauss 

Sea Grant Fellowship Program is a 

program initiated by the National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA) National Sea 

Grant College Program, in fulfilling its 

broad educational responsibilities and 

legislative mandate of the Sea Grant Act, 

to provide educational experience in the 

policies and processes of the Legislative 

and Executive Branches of the Federal 

Government to graduate students in 

marine and aquatic-related fields. The 

Knauss Sea Grant Fellowship Program 

meets NOAA’s Mission goal of Protect, 

Restore and Manage the Use of Coastal 

and Ocean Resources Through 

Ecosystem-Based Management. 

Funding Availability: The state SGCP 

receives and administers the overall 

cooperative agreement of $46,000 per 

student on behalf of each Fellow 

selected from their program. Of this 

amount, the state SGCP provides 

$35,000 to each Fellow for stipend and 

living expenses (per diem). Of the total 

cooperative agreement amount, the state 

SGCP provides $9,000 to cover 

mandatory health insurance for the 

Fellow and moving expenses. 

Any remaining funds of the $9,000 

shall be used for the fellow during the 

Fellowship year, first to satisfy 

academic degree-related activities, and 

second for Fellowship-related activities. 

Finally, up to $2,000 from the total 

$46,000 can be used to cover placement 

week costs. Indirect costs are not 

allowable from the Federal funds either 

for the Fellowships or for any costs 

associated with the Fellowships, 

including the $2,000 budgeted for 

placement week. During the Fellowship, 

the host may provide supplemental 

funds for work-related travel by the 

Fellow. Not less than 30 applicants will 

be selected, of which the selected 

applicants assigned to the Legislative 

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Statutory Authority: 33 U.S.C. 

1127(b). 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 11.417, Sea Grant 

Support. 

Application Deadline: Applications 

from prospective fellows to the State 

Sea Grant College Programs (SGCP) are 

due by 5 p.m. February 19, 2010. 

Contact your state SGCP (see IV.A. of 

the Federal Funding Opportunity for 

program contact information) for 

information on application submission 

deadlines. Selected applications from 

the sponsoring state SGCP must be 

received and validated by Grants.gov, 

postmarked, or provided to a delivery 

service on or before 5 p.m. April 2, 

2010. Please note: Validation or 

rejection of your application by 

Grants.gov may take up to 2 business 

days after submission. Please consider 

this process in developing your 

submission timeline. Applications 

received after the deadline will be 

rejected/returned to the sender without 

further consideration. Use of U.S. mail 

or another delivery service must be 

documented with a receipt. No facsimile 

or electronic mail applications will be 

accepted. For state SGCP applications 

submitted through Grants.gov, a date 

and time receipt indication is included 

and will be the basis of determining 

timeliness. Hard copy applications will 

only be accepted if a state SGCP can 

justify in writing that Internet access is 

not available to them at the time of 

submission. Hard copy applications will 

be date and time stamped when they are 

received. 

Address for Submitting Proposals: 

Eligible graduate students must submit 

applications to the state SGCP. The 

addresses and contact information for 

each state SGCP can be found at 

http://www.seagrant.noaa.gov/other/ 

programsdirectors.html. The addresses 

can also be received from Miguel Lugo, 

Knauss Sea Grant Fellowship Program 

Manager, National Sea Grant College 

Program, 1315 East-West Highway, R/ 

SG, Rm 11828, Silver Spring, MD 20910. 

After completion of the state SGCP 

review, selected applications will be 

submitted through www.grants.gov to 

the National Sea Grant College Program. 

State SGCP without Internet access may 

send hard copy proposals to Miguel 

Lugo at the above address. 

Information Contacts: Contact Miguel 

Lugo, Knauss Fellowship Program 

Manager, National Sea Grant College 

Program, 1315 East-West Highway, R/ 

SG, Rm 11828, Silver Spring, MD 20910; 

phone: (301) 734–1077 x 1075. 

Eligibility: Any student, regardless of 

citizenship, who, on February 19, 2010, 

is in a graduate or professional program 

in a marine or aquatic-related field at a 

United States accredited institution of 

higher education in the United States or 

U.S. Territories may apply to the state 

SGCP. Only state SGCP are eligible to 

submit applications to the National Sea 

Grant College Program. 

Cost Sharing Requirements: None 

required. 

Intergovernmental Review: 

Applications under this program are not 

subject to Executive Order 12372, 

Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs. 

5. Climate Program Office for FY 2010 

Summary Description: NOAA’s 

Climate Mission is to understand 

climate variability and change to 

enhance society’s ability to plan and 

respond. The long-term climate efforts 

of NOAA are designed to develop a 

predictive understanding of variability 

and change in the global climate system, 

and to advance the application of this 

information in climate-sensitive sectors 

through a suite of process research, 

observations and modeling, and 

application and assessment activities. 

The NOAA Climate Program Office 

coordinates climate activities across all 

NOAA in fulfillment of NOAA’s Climate 

Mission. The Program partners with 

Federal, academic, private, and 

international research institutions; the 

Program is also a key contributing 

element of the U.S. Climate Change 

Science Program (CCSP). 

Funding Availability: In FY 2008, 

approximately $14M in first-year 

funding was available for 102 new 

awards. While similar funds and 

number of awards are anticipated in FY 

2010, the number of new awards and 

funding levels depends upon the final 

FY 2010 budget appropriations. It is 

anticipated that awards will depend 

upon the program, but for the office as 

a whole be up to three years in length 

and cost between $50,000 and $200,000 

per year (e.g., awards from the Sector 

Applications Research Program are 

limited to $150,000 per year). Federal 

funding for FY 2011 may be used to 

fund some awards submitted under this 

Competition. Current or previous 

grantees are eligible to apply for a new 

award that builds on, but does not 

replicate, activities covered in the 

current or previous award. Current 

grantees should not apply for 

supplementary funding through this 

announcement. 

Statutory Authority: 49 U.S.C. 

47720(b), 15 U.S.C. 2904, 15 U.S.C. 

2931–2934. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 11.431, Climate and 

Atmospheric Research. 

Application Deadline: Full 

applications for all Competitions other 

than U.S. CLIVAR Climate Process 

Teams must be received and validated 

by Grants.gov, postmarked, or provided 

to a delivery service by 5 p.m. ET, 

August 31, 2009. Applications received 

after that time will not be considered for 

funding. For applications submitted 

through grants.gov a date and time 

receipt indication is included and will 

be the basis of determining timeliness. 

Hard copy submissions will be date and 

time stamped when they are received in 

the Climate Program Office. Faxed or emailed copies of applications will not 

be accepted. 

Full applications for U.S. CLIVAR 

Climate Process Teams must be received 

and validated by Grants.gov, 

postmarked, or provided to a delivery 

service by 5 p.m. ET, September 15, 

2009. Applications received after that 

time will not be considered for funding. 

For applications submitted through 

grants.gov a date and time receipt 

indication is included and will be the 

basis of determining timeliness. Hard 

copy submissions will be date and time 

stamped when they are received in the 

Climate Program Office. Faxed or emailed copies of applications will not 

be accepted. 

Important: All applicants, both 

electronic and paper, should be aware 

that adequate time must be factored into 

applicant schedules for delivery of the 

application. Electronic applicants are 

advised that the volume on Grants.gov 

is currently extremely heavy, and if 

Grants.gov is unable to accept 

applications electronically in a timely 

fashion, applicants are encouraged to 

exercise their option to submit 

applications in paper format. You 

should contact the Grants.Gov office in 

the event you are having difficulty 

submitting an application electronically. 

Paper applicants should allow adequate 

time to ensure a paper application will 

be received on time, taking into account 

that guaranteed overnight carriers are 

not always able to fulfill their 

guarantees. 

Address for Submitting Proposals: 

Applications are submitted through 

Grants.Gov ‘‘Apply for Grants’’. If an 

applicant does not have Internet access, 

the CPO Grants Manager Diane Brown 

should be contacted by mail at NOAA 

Climate Program Office (R/CP1), 

SSMC3, Room 12112, 1315 East-West 

Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910 for 

hard copy submission instructions. 

Please allow two weeks after receipt for 

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Information Contacts: Please visit the 

CPO Web site for further information 

http://www.climate.noaa.gov/ or contact 

the CPO Grants Manager, Diane Brown 

by mail (see address above). Please 

allow up to two weeks after receipt for 

a response. 

Eligibility: Eligible applicants are 

institutions of higher education, other 

nonprofits, commercial organizations, 

international organizations, and state, 

local and Indian tribal governments. 

Federal agencies or institutions are not 

eligible to receive Federal assistance 

under this notice. 

Cost Sharing Requirements: None 

required. 

Intergovernmental Review: 

Applications under this program are not 

subject to Executive Order 12372, 

Intergovernmental Review of federal 

programs. 

6. FY 2010 Ocean Exploration and 

Research Appropriation—Marine 

Archaeology 

Summary Description: Proposals for 

exploration and discovery of significant 

maritime heritage sites are the priority. 

Submerged, previously subaerial, 

landscapes, shipwrecks, and other 

maritime cultural sites are typical focus 

subjects of the program. 

Proposals will emphasize the early 

phases of field archaeology: searching, 

locating, evaluating or inventorying 

sites. This Announcement does not 

invite proposals to support later phases 

of archaeological research, such as 

intensive site excavations, and major 

conservation projects. All applicants 

must convincingly describe: The 

potential archaeological significance of 

their site(s), and their importance to 

American or world history; how their 

research fits within the realm of 

exploration; why their methodologies 

are innovative and make the most 

economical use of current marine 

technology. NOAA’s Office of Ocean 

Exploration and Research (OER) is 

seeking pre-proposals and full proposals 

to support its mission, consistent with 

NOAA’s Strategic Plan http:// 

www.nrc.noaa.gov, to search, 

investigate, and document marine 

archaeological resources. OER is seeking 

proposals for exploration and discovery 

of significant maritime heritage sites, 

including submerged, previously 

subaerial, landscapes, shipwrecks, 

aircraft, and other maritime cultural 

sites. 

Competitive OER proposals will be 

bold, innovative and interdisciplinary 

in their approach and objectives. 

Proposals will emphasize the early 

phases of field archaeology: searching, 

locating, evaluating or inventorying 

sites. Marine Archaeology projects may 

be conducted in any of the world’s 

oceans, coasts or Great Lakes regions, on 

any suitable platform, vessel or other 

charter. It is anticipated that up to a 

total of approximately $400,000 will be 

available through this announcement. 

Only marine archaeology proposals will 

be funded, any other kind of project will 

not be reviewed. Applicants are 

encouraged to visit the Ocean Explorer 

Web site http:// 

www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov to 

familiarize themselves with past and 

present OER-funded marine 

archaeological activities. Background on 

how to apply and the required proposal 

cover sheets are accessible through the 

OER Office Web site at http:// 

www.explore.noaa.gov/opportunity/ 

welcome.html. The program priorities 

for this opportunity support NOAA’s 

mission support goal to ‘‘Protect, 

Restore, and Manage Use of Coastal and 

Ocean Resources through EcosystemBased Management.’’ 

Funding Availability: In anticipation 

of the FY 2010 President’s Budget, OER 

anticipates up to $400,000 will be 

available through this announcement for 

Marine Archaeology. OER anticipates 

supporting approximately three to four 

awards through this solicitation, 

averaging $100,000 each. The OER 

Director may hold over select proposals 

submitted for FY 2010 funding for 

consideration in FY 2011. The amount 

of funding available through this 

announcement is subject to the final FY 

2010 appropriation for Ocean 

Exploration and Research. Publication 

of this announcement does not obligate 

NOAA to fund any specific project or to 

obligate all or any part of available 

funds. There is no guarantee that 

sufficient funds will be available to 

initiate or continue research activities 

where funding has been recommended 

by OER. The exact amount of funds that 

OER may recommend be granted will be 

determined in pre-award negotiations 

between the applicant and NOAA 

representatives. Future opportunities for 

submitting proposals may be available 

and will depend on OER funding levels. 

Statutory Authority: 33 U.S.C. 

3403(a)(4). 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 11.460, Special Oceanic 

and Atmospheric Projects. 

Application Deadline: Completed preproposals are required for all categories 

and must be received by 5 p.m. EST 

August 17, 2009. A complete preproposal is a prerequisite for submission 

of a full proposal. 

Full proposals must be received and 

validated by Grants.gov, postmarked, or 

provided to a delivery service on or 

before 5 p.m. EST, October 13, 2009. 

Please note: Validation or rejection of 

your application by Grants.gov may take 

up to 2 business days after submission. 

Please consider this process in 

developing your submission timeline. 

Applications received after the deadline 

will be rejected/returned to the sender 

without further consideration. Use of 

U.S. mail or another delivery service 

must be documented with a receipt. No 

facsimile or electronic mail full 

proposals will be accepted from nonFederal applicants. 

Address for Submitting Proposals: 

Pre-proposal submissions can be either 

by e-mail (preferred, send to 

OAR.OE.FAQ@noaa.gov) or by hardcopy (send three copies to the mailing 

address below). If by e-mail, please put 

your last name in the subject heading 

along with the words OER Pre-proposal, 

e.g., ‘‘Smith OER Pre-proposal.’’ Adobe 

PDF format is preferred. No facsimile 

pre-proposals will be accepted. Full 

proposal submissions for non-Federal 

applicants must be submitted through 

Grants.gov. Federal applicants are 

ineligible to submit via grants.gov and 

may submit their submissions by e-mail 

(preferred, send to 

OAR.OE.FAQ@noaa.gov) or by hardcopy (send three copies to the mailing 

address below). Non-Federal applicants 

without Internet access may submit 

hard-copies to: Attn: Dr. Nicolas 

Alvarado, Ocean Exploration Proposal 

Manager, NOAA Office of Ocean 

Exploration & Research, SSMC III, 10th 

Floor, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver 

Spring, Maryland 20910. No e-mail from 

non-Federal applicants or facsimile full 

proposal submissions from Federal and 

non-Federal applicants will be accepted. 

Information Contacts: For further 

information contact the NOAA Office of 

Ocean Exploration at (301) 734–1015 or 

submit inquiries via e-mail to the 

Frequently Asked Questions address: 

OAR.OE.FAQ@noaa.gov. E-mail 

inquiries should include the Principal 

Investigator’s name in the subject 

heading. Inquiries can be mailed to 

ATTN: Dr. Nicolas Alvarado (Ocean 

Exploration Proposal Manager) NOAA 

Office of Ocean Exploration and 

Research 1315 East-West Highway 

SSMC3, 10th Floor, Silver Spring, 

Maryland, 20910. 

Eligibility: Eligible applicants are 

institutions of higher education; other 

nonprofits; commercial organizations; 

foreign governments; organizations 

under the jurisdiction of foreign 

governments; international 

organizations; state, local and Indian 

tribal governments; and Federal 

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NOAA Federal applicants may be 

funded, they must demonstrate that they 

have legal authority to receive funds 

from another Federal agency in excess 

of their appropriation. Because this 

announcement is not proposing to 

procure goods or services from 

applicants, the Economy Act (31 U.S.C. 

1535) is not an appropriate legal basis. 

Cost Sharing Requirements: Costsharing is not required. 

Intergovernmental Review: 

Applications under this program are 

subject to Executive Order 12372, 

‘‘Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs.’’ Applicants must contact 

their State’s Single Point of Contact 

(SPOC) to find out about and comply 

with the State’s process under EO 

12372. The names and addresses of the 

SPOC’s are listed in the Office of 

Management and Budget’s Web site: 

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/ 

spoc.html. 

National Environmental Satellite Data 

and Information Service (NESDIS) 

1. Research in Satellite Data 

Assimilation for Numerical Weather, 

Climate and Environmental Forecast 

Systems 

Summary Description: The NOAA/ 

NASA/DOD Joint Center for Satellite 

Data Assimilation (JCSDA) is a 

distributed center that engages units of 

NASA: Goddard Space Flight Center 

(GSFC) Earth–Sun Exploration Division; 

NOAA: NESDIS Center for Satellite 

Applications and Research (STAR), 

National Weather Service (NWS), 

National Centers for Environmental 

Prediction (NCEP)/Environmental 

Modeling Center (EMC), and Office of 

Oceanic and Atmospheric Research 

(OAR); US Navy: Oceanographer of the 

Navy and the Naval Research Laboratory 

(NRL); and U.S. Air Force Air Weather 

Agency. The Joint Center’s goal is to 

accelerate the abilities of NOAA, DOD, 

and NASA to ingest and effectively use 

the large volumes of data from current 

satellite-based instruments and planned 

satellite missions over the next 10 years. 

JCSDA activities are divided into 

infrastructure development and 

proposal-driven scientific projects. 

Infrastructure activities will focus 

initially on the development and 

maintenance of a scientific backbone for 

the JCSDA, including a communitybased radiative transfer model, a 

community-based surface emissivity 

model, and numerical prediction 

systems for performing assimilation 

experiments with real and simulated 

observations from new and future 

satellite instruments. The proposaldriven scientific projects are the 

primary mechanism for accelerating the 

transition of research and technological 

advances in remote sensing and data 

assimilation into the operational and 

product driven weather, ocean, climate, 

and environmental prediction systems. 

This mechanism also aims at improving 

community radiative transfer models 

and surface emissivity models, and 

characterizing the error covariances 

related to forecast models, radiative 

transfer models and satellite 

observations. 

This research is directed toward 

acceleration of the science of satellite 

data assimilation in numerical weather 

forecast models and in ocean and land 

surface models used for climate 

prediction and operational ocean 

applications. A primary measure of 

potential impact in this solicitation will 

be the acceleration of satellite data 

usage into NOAA, and DoD forecast 

systems, and the improvement of 

forecasts from those systems. This 

opportunity supports the JCSDA shortterm goal to ‘‘contribute to making the 

forecast skill of the operational NWP 

systems of the JCSDA partners 

internationally competitive by 

assimilating the largest possible number 

of satellite observations in the most 

effective way.’’ It also supports the 

JCSDA partners individual missions, 

including NOAA’s mission goal of 

Weather and Water—Serve Society’s 

Needs for Weather and Water 

Information, as well as NASA’s mission 

to understand and protect our home 

planet and DoD’s Air Force and Navy 

respective missions. 

Research supporting development of 

the radiative transfer models used in 

assimilation applications should be in 

fast radiative transfer codes such as 

those used in real-time Numerical 

Weather Prediction (NWP). Broader 

research topics in data assimilation, 

data impact, and improvement of 

radiative schemes for data assimilation 

applications that do not have the 

potential for direct application to realtime NWP or other operational 

environmental prediction systems are of 

less interest for this announcement. 

Funding Availability: Total funding 

available for this program is anticipated 

to be approximately $600,000. 

Individual annual awards in the form of 

grants or cooperative agreements are 

expected to range from $50,000 to 

$150,000, although larger amounts may 

be awarded. It is anticipated that 4–6 

awards will be made. 

Statutory Authority: Authority for this 

program are provided under 15 U.S.C. 

313, 49 U.S.C. 44720(b); 15 U.S.C. 2901. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 11.440, Environmental 

Sciences, Applications, Data, and 

Education. 

Application Deadline: Letters of 

Intent must be received by NOAA/ 

NESDIS no later than 5 p.m. EDT Time 

August 24, 2009. For Letters of Intent 

received after that date, a timely 

response from the JCSDA may not be 

possible. 

Full proposals must be received and 

validated by Grants.gov, postmarked, or 

provided to a delivery service on or 

before 5 p.m. EDT on October 13, 2009. 

Please note: Validation or rejection of 

your application by Grants.gov may take 

up to 2 business days after submission. 

Please consider this process in 

developing your submission timeline. 

For LOIs sent by e-mail or fax, the 

date and time indicator on the e-mail or 

fax will be used. LOIs sent by hard copy 

will be date and time stamped when 

they are received. For full proposals 

sent through Grants.gov, the Grants.gov 

date and time indicator will be used. 

Full proposals sent by hard copy will be 

date and time stamped when they are 

received. All proposals must be 

submitted in accordance with the 

guidelines below. Failure to follow 

these guidelines will result in proposals 

being returned to the submitter. 

Address for Submitting Proposals: 

Letters of Intent (LOIs) may be e-mailed 

to Sid.Boukabara@noaa.gov. Hard 

copies may be sent to Dr. Sid 

Boukabara, JCSDA, NOAA/NESDIS, 

5200 Auth Rd., Rm 808, Camp Springs, 

MD 20746. LOIs may be faxed to 301– 

763–8149 and directed to Dr. Sid 

Boukabara. Full proposals from nonFederal organizations must be submitted 

through www.grants.gov, unless the 

organization is without Internet access. 

In that case, hard copy proposals may be 

sent to Dr. Sid Boukabara, JCSDA, 

NOAA/NESDIS, 5200 Auth Rd., Rm 

808, Camp Springs, MD 20746. Full 

proposals from federal agencies must be 

submitted by e-mail to 

Sid.Boukabara@noaa.gov or sent by 

hard copy to Dr. Sid Boukabara, Deputy 

Director, JCSDA, NOAA/NESDIS, 5200 

Auth Rd., Rm 808, Camp Springs, MD 

20746. 

Information Contacts: Administrative 

questions: Ms. Patty Mayo, by phone 

(301) 763–8127, x107, fax: 301–763– 

8108, or e-mail: patty.mayo@noaa.gov. 

Technical questions: Dr. Sid Boukabara, 

(NOAA Program Officer), by phone 301– 

763–8136, fax: 301–763–8149 or via email: Sid.Boukabara@noaa.gov. 

Eligibility: Eligible applicants are 

institutions of higher education; other 

nonprofit; for profits; international 

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tribal governments; and Federal 

agencies. Applications from non-Federal 

and Federal applicants will be 

competed against each other. Proposals 

selected for funding from non-Federal 

applicants will be funded through a 

grant or cooperative agreement as 

described in this notice. Proposals 

selected for funding from NOAA 

scientists shall be effected by an intraagency fund transfer. Proposals select 

for funding from non-NOAA Federal 

agency will be funded through an interagency transfer. Please Note: Before 

non-NOAA Federal applicants may be 

funded, they must demonstrate that they 

have legal authority to receive funds 

from another Federal agency in excess 

of their appropriation. The only 

exception to this is governmental 

research facilities for awards issued 

under the authority of 49 U.S.C. 

44720(b). Because this announcement is 

not proposing to procure goods or 

services from applicants, the Economy 

Act (31 U.S.C. 1535) is not an 

appropriate legal basis. 

Cost Sharing Requirements: No cost 

sharing nor matching is required under 

this program. 

Intergovernmental Review: 

Applications under this program are not 

subject to Executive Order 12372, 

‘‘Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs.’’ 

7. Student Opportunity for Learning 

Summary Description: The National 

Environmental Satellite, Data, and 

Information Service (NESDIS), Office of 

Research and Applications (ORA), 

announces the availability of Federal 

assistance for an educational institution 

to provide a summer enrichment 

program for middle school student in 

the area Mathematics, Science, 

Engineering, and Technology (MSET) 

for minority and economically 

disadvantaged students. This program 

responds to a need for these targeted 

students to receive instruction and 

activities that will encourage them to 

pursue careers in (MSET) fields. 

Funding Availability: NOAA believes 

its Science and Technology related 

fields as a whole will benefit 

significantly from encouraging students 

to pursue Mathematics, Science, 

Engineering and Technology Degrees. 

Current program plans assume the total 

resources provided through this 

announcement will support the twoweek enrichment program. The total 

amount available for proposals is 

anticipated to be approximately 

$126,000. It is anticipated that three, 

one-year awards will be made from this 

budget. Funding is available to make the 

award for the first of these three 

planned awards, however, there is no 

guarantee that sufficient funds will be 

available to make all awards. 

Publication of this notice does not 

oblige NOAA to award any specific 

project or to obligate any available 

funds. If one incurs costs prior to 

receiving an award agreement signed by 

an authorized NOAA official, one would 

do so solely at one’s own risk of these 

costs not being included under the 

award. 

Statutory Authority: Statutory 

authority for this program is provided 

under 15 U.S.C. 1540. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 11.440, Environmental 

Sciences, Applications, Data, and 

Education. 

Application Deadline: Applications 

must be received and validated by 

Grants.gov, postmarked, or provided to 

a delivery service on or before 4 p.m. 

EDT, October 19, 2009. Please note: 

Validation or rejection of your 

application by Grants.gov may take up 

to 2 business days after submission. 

Please consider this process in 

developing your submission timeline. 

Applications received after the deadline 

will be rejected/returned to the sender 

without further consideration. Use of 

U.S. mail or another delivery service 

must be documented with a receipt. No 

facsimile or electronic mail applications 

will be accepted. Hard copy proposals 

will be date and time stamped when 

they are received in the program office. 

Proposals received after the deadline 

will not be considered for award. 

Address for Submitting Proposals: 

Proposals must be submitted 

electronically via http:// 

www.grants.gov. For applicants without 

Internet access, hard copies (by postal 

mail, commercial delivery service, or 

hand delivery) may be sent to the 

Wallops CDA Station, Attn: Van 

Crawford, NOAA/NESDIS/WCDAS; 

35663 Chincoteague Road, Wallops, 

Virginia 23337. 

Information Contacts: Administrative 

or technical questions: Van D. Crawford, 

NOAA/NESDIS/WCDAS; 35663 

Chincoteague Road, Wallops, Virginia 

23337. Phone: 757–824–7375. E-mail 

van.d.crawford@noaa.gov. 

Eligibility: Eligible applications can be 

from any institution of higher education 

in the United States. 

Cost Sharing Requirements: None 

required. 

Intergovernmental Review: 

Applications under this program are not 

subject to Executive Order 12372: 

Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs. 

V. Non-Competitive Financial 

Assistance Project Announcement 

1. NOAA Coral Reef Conservation 

Grant Program—Coral Reef Ecosystem 

Research Grants 

Summary Description: The NOAA 

Coral Reef Conservation Grant Program 

announces that it is providing funding 

to the NOAA Undersea Research 

Program (NURP) Centers for the 

Southeastern U.S., Florida, and Gulf of 

Mexico Region, the Southeast U.S. and 

Gulf of Mexico Center; and the Hawaii 

and Western Pacific Region, the Hawaii 

Undersea Research Laboratory, to 

administer two external, competitive 

coral reef ecosystem research grants 

programs. Research supported through 

these programs will address priority 

information needs identified by coral 

reef ecosystem managers and scientists. 

Coral reef research priorities supported 

through these programs will focus 

efforts on strategic management needs 

and understanding and addressing the 

following three key priority threats: 

impacts of fishing, impacts of landbased sources of pollution, and impacts 

of climate change. Specific priorities 

within these broad areas, and 

geographic preferences, will be 

indicated in each NURP Center’s request 

for proposals. The NURP Center 

external coral reef research grants 

programs are part of the NOAA Coral 

Reef Conservation Grants Program 

under the Coral Reef Conservation Act 

of 2000. The program priorities for this 

opportunity support NOAA’s mission 

support goal of: Ecosystems—Protect, 

Restore, and Manage Use of Coastal and 

Ocean Resources through EcosystemBased Management. 

Funding Availability: Approximately 

$600,000 may be available in FY 2010 

to support awards under this program. 

Statutory Authority: Statutory 

authority for this program is provided 

under 16 U.S.C. 6403. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 11.430, National 

Undersea Research Program. 

Information Contact: John Tomczuk, 

301–734–1009 or e-mail at 

john.tomczuk@noaa.gov. 

Announcements requesting proposals 

will be announced on: http:// 

www.uncw.edu/nurc, for the NURP 

Center for the Southeastern U.S. and the 

Gulf of Mexico; on http:// 

www.soest.hawaii.edu/HURL, for the 

NURP Center for Hawaii and the 

Western Pacific, the Hawaii Undersea 

Research Laboratory. 

Cost Sharing Requirements: The 

awards require a 1:1 federal to nonfederal match. 


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Intergovernmental Review: 

Applications under this program are not 

subject to Executive Order 12372, 

‘‘Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs.’’ 

Limitation of Liability 

Funding for programs listed in this 

notice is contingent upon the 

availability of Fiscal Year 2010 

appropriations. Applicants are hereby 

given notice that funds have not yet 

been appropriated for the programs 

listed in this notice. In no event will 

NOAA or the Department of Commerce 

be responsible for proposal preparation 

costs if these programs fail to receive 

funding or are cancelled because of 

other agency priorities. Publication of 

this announcement does not oblige 

NOAA to award any specific project or 

to obligate any available funds. 

Universal Identifier 

Applicants should be aware that, they 

are required to provide a Dun and 

Bradstreet Data Universal Numbering 

System (DUNS) number during the 

application process. See the October 30, 

2002 Federal Register (67 FR 66177) for 

additional information. Organizations 

can receive a DUNS number at no cost 

by calling the dedicated toll-free DUNS 

Number request line at 1–866–705–5711 

or via the Internet at http:// 

www.dunandbradstreet.com. 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) 

NOAA must analyze the potential 

environmental impacts, as required by 

the National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA), for applicant projects or 

proposals which are seeking NOAA 

federal funding opportunities. Detailed 

information on NOAA compliance with 

NEPA can be found at the following 

NOAA NEPA Web site: http:// 

www.nepa.noaa.gov/, including our 

NOAA Administrative Order 216–6 for 

NEPA, http://www.nepa.noaa.gov/ 

NAO216-6-TOC.pdf, NEPA 

Questionnaire, http:// 

www.nepa.noaa.gov/questionnaire.pdf, 

and the Council on Environmental 

Quality implementation regulations, 

http://ceq.eh.doe.gov/nepa/regs/ceq/tocceq.htm. Consequently, as part of an 

applicant’s package, and under their 

description of their program activities, 

applicants are required to provide 

detailed information on the activities to 

be conducted, locations, sites, species 

and habitat to be affected, possible 

construction activities, and any 

environmental concerns that may exist 

(e.g., the use and disposal of hazardous 

or toxic chemicals, introduction of nonindigenous species, impacts to 

endangered and threatened species, 

aquaculture projects, and impacts to 

coral reef systems). In addition to 

providing specific information that will 

serve as the basis for any required 

impact analyses, applicants may also be 

requested to assist NOAA in drafting of 

an environmental assessment, if NOAA 

determines an assessment is required. 

Applicants will also be required to 

cooperate with NOAA in identifying 

feasible measures to reduce or avoid any 

identified adverse environmental 

impacts of their proposal. The failure to 

do so shall be grounds for not selecting 

an application. In some cases if 

additional information is required after 

an application is selected, funds can be 

withheld by the Grants Officer under a 

special award condition requiring the 

recipient to submit additional 

environmental compliance information 

sufficient to enable NOAA to make an 

assessment on any impacts that a project 

may have on the environment. 

Compliance With Department of 

Commerce Bureau of Industry and 

Security Export Administration 

Regulations 

(a) This clause applies to the extent 

that this financial assistance award 

involves access to export-controlled 

information or technology. 

(b) In performing this financial 

assistance award, the recipient may gain 

access to export-controlled information 

or technology. The recipient is 

responsible for compliance with all 

applicable laws and regulations 

regarding export-controlled information 

and technology, including deemed 

exports. The recipient shall establish 

and maintain throughout performance 

of the financial assistance award 

effective export compliance procedures 

at non-NOAA facilities. At a minimum, 

these export compliance procedures 

must include adequate controls of 

physical, verbal, visual, and electronic 

access to export-controlled information 

and technology. 

(c) Definitions 

(1) Deemed export. The Export 

Administration Regulations (EAR) 

define a deemed export as any release 

of technology or source code subject to 

the EAR to a foreign national, both in 

the United States and abroad. Such 

release is ‘‘deemed’’ to be an export to 

the home country of the foreign 

national. 15 CFR 734.2(b)(2)(ii). 

(2) Export-controlled information and 

technology. Export-controlled 

information and technology is 

information and technology subject to 

the EAR (15 CFR parts 730 et seq.), 

implemented by the DOC Bureau of 

Industry and Security, or the 

International Traffic I Arms Regulations 

(ITAR) (22 CFR parts 120–130), 

implemented by the Department of 

State, respectively. This includes, but is 

not limited to, dual-use items, defense 

articles and any related assistance, 

services, software or technical data as 

defined in the EAR and ITAR. 

(d) The recipient shall control access 

to all export-controlled information and 

technology that it possesses or that 

comes into its possession in 

performance of a financial assistance 

award, to ensure that access is 

restricted, or licensed, as required by 

applicable Federal laws, Executive 

Orders, and/or regulations. 

(e) Nothing in the terms of this 

financial assistance award is intended to 

change, supersede, or waive the 

requirements of applicable Federal laws, 

Executive Orders or regulations. 

(f) The recipient shall include this 

clause, including this paragraph (f), in 

all lower tier transactions (subawards, 

contracts, and subcontracts) under the 

financial assistance award that may 

involve access to export-controlled 

information technology. 

NOAA implementation of Homeland 

Security Presidential Directive-12 

If the performance of a financial 

assistance award, if approved by NOAA, 

requires recipients to have physical 

access to Federal premises for more than 

180 days or access to a Federal 

information system, any items or 

services delivered under a financial 

assistance award shall comply with the 

Department of Commerce personal 

identity verification procedures that 

implement Homeland Security 

Presidential Directive-12, FIPS PUB 201, 

and the Office of Management and 

Budget Memorandum M–05–24. The 

recipient shall insert this clause in all 

subawards or contracts when the 

subaward recipient or contractor is 

required to have physical access to a 

Federally controlled facility or access to 

a Federal information system. 

The Department of Commerce PreAward Notification Requirements for 

Grants and Cooperative Agreements 

The Department of Commerce PreAward Notification Requirements for 

Grants and Cooperative Agreements 

contained in the Federal Register notice 

of February 11, 2008 (73 FR 7696) are 

applicable to this solicitation. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

This document contains collection-ofinformation requirements subject to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The 

use of Standard Forms 424 and 424A, 

424B, 424C, 424D, and SF–LLL has been 


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approved by OMB under the respective 

control numbers 4040–0004, 4040–0006, 

4040–0007, 4040–0008, 4040–0009, and 

0348–0046. Notwithstanding any other 

provision of law, no person is required 

to respond to, nor shall any person be 

subject to a penalty for failure to comply 

with, a collection of information subject 

to the requirements of the PRA unless 

that collection of information displays a 

currently valid OMB control number. 

Executive Order 12866 

This notice has been determined to be 

not significant for purposes of Executive 

Order 12866. 

Executive Order 13132 (Federalism) 

It has been determined that this notice 

does not contain policies with 

Federalism implications as that term is 

defined in Executive Order 13132. 

Administrative Procedure Act/ 

Regulatory Flexibility Act 

Prior notice and an opportunity for 

public comment are not required by the 

Administrative Procedure Act or any 

other law for rules concerning public 

property, loans, grants, benefits, and 

contracts (5 U.S.C. 553(a)(2)). Because 

notice and opportunity for comment are 

not required pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553 or 

any other law, the analytical 

requirements of the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) are 

inapplicable. Therefore, a regulatory 

flexibility analysis has not been 

prepared. 

Mitchell J. Ross, 

Director, Acquisition and Grants Office, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA). 

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