2009 Fisheries Extension Transition

The summary for the 2009 Fisheries Extension Transition Federal Grant is detailed below. It contains information such as the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number, who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, important deadlines, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed in the Grant Announcement Contact section. If these sections are incomplete, please visit the website of the government agency that is offering this grant.


	Federal Grant Title:	2009 Fisheries Extension Transition
	CFDA Number:	11.417
	CFDA Description:	Sea Grant Support
	Federal Agency Name:	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
	Category of Funding Activity:	Education Environment Natural Resources Science and Technology
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	NOAA-OAR-SG-2009-2001730
	Document Type:	Modification to Previous Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
	Posted Date:	Mar 23, 2009
	Creation Date:	Mar 24, 2009
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Apr 13, 2009
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Apr 13, 2009 Proposals must be submitted to grants online under FFO number NOAA-OAR-SG-2009-2001730 by 3:59 pm EDT on April 13, 2009. Timeliness is determined by the time stamp provided by Grants.Gov during the submission process. Hardcopy applications will be time-stamped on receipt.
	Archive Date:	May 13, 2009
	Expected Number of Awards:	16
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$800,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	Information not provided
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	Yes

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: This competition is only open to the 16 state Sea Grant programs that received FEE funding (not just regional coordination funding) between FY 2003-2008. The following Sea Grant programs are eligible to apply to this competition: Alaska, California, Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Virginia, and Washington.
Grant Description: The sixteen (16) state Sea Grant programs thatreceived fiscal year 2003 through 2008 Fisheries Extension Enhancement (FEE)Initiative funding are hereby notified by the National Sea Grant Office (NSGO) of itsintent to competitively award additional two-year, state-based projects. The NSGO'sfive-year commitment to enhance fisheries extension efforts will end on April 30,2009 and such transitional funding will insure that the institutional capacity builtunder the FEE Initiative is retained through an orderly transition from NSGO to otherfunding sources. Up to eighteen awards, with a median value of about $80,000, are expected to bemade. Maximum allowable award size varies among applicants as detailed in section II.A of the Full Funding Opportunity.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: on full funding button located at the top of this page.
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Grant Announcement Contact: Contact Michael Liffmann, Extension Leader, National Sea Grant College Program, 1315 East-West Highway, R/SG, Rm 11841, Silver Spring, MD 20910; tel: (301) 734-1074; email: oar.hq.nsgo.competitions@noaa.gov .
Sea Grant Contact [oar.hq.nsgo.competitions@noaa.gov]
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