Coral Reef Conservation Program

The NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program provides financial assistance to supplement, complement, and strengthen State and community-based management programs to conserve and restore the condition of United States coral reef ecosystems.

Government - General, Federal, Interstate, Intrastate, State (includes District of Columbia, public institutions of higher education and hospitals), Local (includes State-designated Indian Tribes, excludes institutions of higher education and hospitals, Sponsored organization, Public nonprofit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals), Other public institution/organization, Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Governments, U.S. Territories and possessions, U.S. Territories and possessions (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals), Non-Government - General, Small business (less than 500 employees), Profit organization, Private nonprofit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals), Quasi-public nonprofit institution/organization, Other private institutions/organizations, State, Anyone/general public, Native American/Native Hawaiian Organizations (includes Indian groups, cooperatives, corporations, partnerships, associations), Institutions of higher education, non-profit organizations, commercial organizations, local and Indian tribal government agencies, foreign governments of the Freely Associated States, relevant Regional Fishery Management Councils (i.e., Caribbean Fishery Management Council, the Gulf Fishery Management Council, the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, and...

Proposals are subject to office evaluations, technical reviews, administrative reviews, panel reviews, and external reviews, if applicable. Recommendations for funding to the selecting official take into consideration factors such as scientific/technical merit, applicability to the goals of NOAA CRCP and jurisdictional partners, direct benefit to coral reef resources and ecosystems, past performance of the recipient, cost-effectiveness, adequacy of the project implementation plan, and availability of matching funds, as described in annual Federal Funding Opportunity notices for each competition.

Match: none required (federal program listing). Statutory Formula: Title Federal Grants and Cooperative Agreements Uniform Guidance, Part 200, Subpart C,Public Law P.L. 95-405 (Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreement Act of 1977)

Fiscal year 2016: Projects in FY15 will continue to support the Coral Reef Conservation Program�s Goals and Objectives and International Strategy as outlined at: http://coralreef.noaa.gov/aboutcrcp/strategy/currentgoals/. Funded projects are expected to focus on key threats to coral reef ecosystems and the specific local coral reef management priorities identified in collaboration with state and territorial partners. For information about these priorities, please see: http://coralreef.noaa.gov/aboutcrcp/strategy/reprioritization/managementpriorities/. Fiscal year 2017: Funded projects will support continued implementation of the Coral Reef Conservation Program�s Goals and Objectives and International Strategy outlined at: http://coralreef.noaa.gov/aboutcrcp/strategy/currentgoals and address established local coral reef management priorities identified in collaboration with state and territorial partners. Fiscal year 2025: Block grants to the governments of American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Florida, Guam, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands; The Coral Reef Stewardship Fund to support coral reef stewardship activities; The Coral Reef...