Opportunity Information: Apply for NOAA OAR SG 2017 2005176
The NOAA Sea Grant 2017 Aquaculture Initiative: Integrated Projects to Increase Aquaculture Production is a national competitive grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of Commerce, administered through NOAA Sea Grant, aimed at boosting domestic aquaculture output in the near term. The initiative is framed around practical, production-focused results, with an emphasis on sustainable aquaculture in marine, coastal, and Great Lakes settings. NOAA Sea Grant anticipated a total funding pool of about $10 million to $12 million spread across fiscal years 2017, 2018, and 2019, with the intent to support projects that can meaningfully increase U.S. aquaculture production within about 2 to 4 years.
The opportunity supports awards made as grants or cooperative agreements under CFDA 11.417 and is categorized as discretionary funding in the areas of environment, natural resources, and research and development. NOAA expected to make roughly 12 awards, with individual federal funding requests allowed between $100,000 and $1,000,000 for project periods of two to three years. A major financial requirement is cost share: applicants must provide at least a 50 percent non-federal match. In practical terms, that means a project seeking $1,000,000 in federal support must bring at least $500,000 in matching funds, producing a minimum total project budget of $1,500,000.
What distinguishes this competition is its focus on integrated projects that tackle real bottlenecks holding back aquaculture growth in the United States. Proposals are expected to go beyond stand-alone research by directly addressing major constraints, barriers, or hurdles that limit increased production. The solicitation explicitly allows multiple types of work as long as they are tied to production outcomes, including applied research, extension, technology transfer, and even legal or policy-related activities when they are necessary to support production, market access, distribution, or related implementation needs. The target is not long-range basic science, but actionable solutions that can be adopted in a relatively short timeframe.
To be responsive, applications must align with a set of specific program objectives. Projects must support aquaculture of ocean, coastal, or Great Lakes species, including species managed at the state or federal level, and the work must be tied to production occurring within the coastal zone as defined by the Coastal Zone Management Act (explicitly including the Great Lakes region). Eligible project settings include state waters, the terrestrial coastal zone, and federal waters, reflecting a broad view of where aquaculture operations and enabling activities can occur. Beyond the location and species focus, the proposal must clearly demonstrate how it will remove or reduce key development barriers that currently prevent production from scaling.
A strong emphasis is placed on collaboration and real-world adoption. Proposals must use a team approach that fully integrates at least one Sea Grant program and includes at least one end-user or a public-private partnership, ensuring the work is grounded in industry or stakeholder needs and has a pathway to implementation. Applicants also need to explain how impacts will extend beyond a single site or local area by building regional or topical partnerships, so that lessons learned, tools developed, or practices validated can be applied across a broader geography or sector segment. Finally, proposals must make a credible case that, once the project is complete, the outcomes are likely to be implemented successfully within 2 to 4 years, keeping the initiative anchored to near-term production gains.
In terms of timing and submission details captured in the opportunity notice, the funding opportunity was created on February 17, 2017, with an original closing date of May 9, 2017. NOAA anticipated that awards would begin no later than September 1, 2017, and noted that additional applications from the same competition could be selected for funding in later fiscal years depending on appropriations. The opportunity number is NOAA OAR SG 2017 2005176, and eligibility is listed broadly as "Others," with applicants directed to consult the solicitation’s additional eligibility information for specifics.Apply for NOAA OAR SG 2017 2005176
- The Department of Commerce in the environment, natural resources, science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "NOAA Sea Grant 2017 Aquaculture Initiative: Integrated Projects to Increase Aquaculture Production" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 11.417.
- This funding opportunity was created on Feb 17, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by May 09, 2017. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $1,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 12 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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