2010 Coral Reef Ecosystem Monitoring

The summary for the 2010 Coral Reef Ecosystem Monitoring 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:	2010 Coral Reef Ecosystem Monitoring
	CFDA Number:	11.426
	CFDA Description:	Financial Assistance for National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
	Federal Agency Name:	Department of Commerce
	Category of Funding Activity:	Environment Natural Resources Science and Technology
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	NOAA-NOS-NCCOS-2010-2001925
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
	Posted Date:	Jul 16, 2009
	Creation Date:	Jul 16, 2009
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Feb 19, 2010 Pre-applications 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.
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Feb 19, 2010 Pre-applications 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.
	Archive Date:	Mar 21, 2010
	Expected Number of Awards:	Information not provided
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$1,100,000
	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: Eligible applicants are limited to a natural resource management agency in each U.S. State or Territory, or an appropriate non-governmental 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.
Grant 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.
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Grant Announcement Contact: Steve Drescher Policy Advisor
For application download issues. [steve.j.drescher@noaa.gov]
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