Funding & Financial Services | NOAA Fisheries
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Funding & Financial Services | NOAA Fisheries
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Funding & Financial Services
Funding Opportunities
Find open funding opportunities and resources for applying for and managing grants.
Funding & Financial Services - Grant Opportunities
Search for an Opportunity
How to Build Your Proposals
How to Manage Your Grant
Open Opportunities
Species Recovery Grants to States
These grants support management, research, monitoring, and/or outreach activities that have direct conservation benefits for ESA-listed species. Recently delisted species, proposed, and candidate species are also eligible.
Open Date
04/21/2026
Closed Date
06/20/2026
NOAA Great Lakes Fish Habitat Restoration Partnership Grants
Up to $12 million in Great Lakes Restoration Initiative funding is available to restore habitat for Great Lakes native fish species.
Open Date
08/27/2024
Closed Date
09/04/2026
Fiscal Year 2024–2026: Broad Agency Announcement
Category of funding opportunity: Environment, natural resources, science and technology, and other research and development.
Open Date
07/29/2024
Closed Date
09/30/2026
NOAA Gulf of America (formerly Gulf of Mexico) Watershed Education and Training (Gulf B-WET) Program
Gulf B-WET promotes locally relevant, experiential learning via Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences for students & teachers.
Open Date
12/31/2050
Closed Date
12/31/2050
View More Opportunities
Helpful Resources
Grants.gov
eRA Commons
NOAA Acquisition & Grants Office
Pay.gov
Sea Grant
National Grant Opportunities
Coastal and Marine Habitat Restoration Grants
Investing in habitat restoration projects leads to real, lasting differences—for communities, businesses, and the environment. This program funds restoration projects that use a habitat-based approach to rebuild productive and sustainable fisheries, contribute to the recovery and conservation of protected resources, and promote healthy ecosystems and resilient communities.
Learn more
John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Program
This program provides assistance to National Marine Mammal Stranding Network participants and researchers. Funding is provided to support (1) recovery, treatment, and rehabilitation of stranded marine mammals; (2) data collection from living or dead stranded marine mammals, and (3) facility upgrades, operation costs, and staffing needs directly related to the recovery and treatment of stranded marine mammals and associated data collection.
Learn More
Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program
This program funds projects that address the needs of fishing communities, optimize economic benefits by building and maintaining sustainable fisheries, and increase other opportunities to keep working waterfronts viable.
Learn More
Financial Services
Learn about financing and other assistance programs programs designed to support the fishing industry and advance sustainable fishery management.
Financial Services Portal
NOAA Fisheries administers a number of programs to improve access to capital, reduce fishing overcapacity, mitigate the effects of conflicting uses and fisheries resource disasters, and provide fisheries research and development grants. The financial services portal provides a centralized hub for applying for many of these programs.
Visit the Portal
Fisheries Disaster Assistance
We administer disaster assistance under the Magnuson-Stevens Act and the Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act. At the request of a state governor or an elected or duly-appointed representative for an affected fishing community, the Secretary of Commerce determines if a fishery is eligible for disaster assistance subject to appropriation of funds by Congress.
View Details
Fisheries Finance Program
The Fisheries Finance Program provides long term financing for the cost of construction or reconstruction of fishing vessels, fisheries facilities, aquaculture facilities, and individual fishing quota in the Northwest halibut/sablefish and Alaskan crab fisheries.
View Details
Fishing Capacity Reduction Program
We are authorized under the Magnuson-Stevens Act to conduct a fishing capacity reduction program if funds are provided and it is determined that such a program is necessary to prevent or end overfishing, rebuild stocks of fish, or achieve measurable or significant improvements in the conservation and management of the fishery.
View Details
Fishermen’s Contingency Fund
The Fishermen's Contingency Fund compensates fishermen for economic and property losses caused by oil and gas obstructions on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf.
View Details
Capital Construction Fund
The purpose of the Capital Construction Fund Program is to improve the fishing fleet by allowing fishermen to accelerate their accumulation of funds with which to replace or improve their fishing vessels.
View Details
Skip to main content
Funding & Financial Services
Funding Opportunities
Find open funding opportunities and resources for applying for and managing grants.
Funding & Financial Services - Grant Opportunities
Search for an Opportunity
How to Build Your Proposals
How to Manage Your Grant
Open Opportunities
Species Recovery Grants to States
These grants support management, research, monitoring, and/or outreach activities that have direct conservation benefits for ESA-listed species. Recently delisted species, proposed, and candidate species are also eligible.
Open Date
04/21/2026
Closed Date
06/20/2026
NOAA Great Lakes Fish Habitat Restoration Partnership Grants
Up to $12 million in Great Lakes Restoration Initiative funding is available to restore habitat for Great Lakes native fish species.
Open Date
08/27/2024
Closed Date
09/04/2026
Fiscal Year 2024–2026: Broad Agency Announcement
Category of funding opportunity: Environment, natural resources, science and technology, and other research and development.
Open Date
07/29/2024
Closed Date
09/30/2026
NOAA Gulf of America (formerly Gulf of Mexico) Watershed Education and Training (Gulf B-WET) Program
Gulf B-WET promotes locally relevant, experiential learning via Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences for students & teachers.
Open Date
12/31/2050
Closed Date
12/31/2050
View More Opportunities
Helpful Resources
Grants.gov
eRA Commons
NOAA Acquisition & Grants Office
Pay.gov
Sea Grant
National Grant Opportunities
Coastal and Marine Habitat Restoration Grants
Investing in habitat restoration projects leads to real, lasting differences—for communities, businesses, and the environment. This program funds restoration projects that use a habitat-based approach to rebuild productive and sustainable fisheries, contribute to the recovery and conservation of protected resources, and promote healthy ecosystems and resilient communities.
Learn more
John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Program
This program provides assistance to National Marine Mammal Stranding Network participants and researchers. Funding is provided to support (1) recovery, treatment, and rehabilitation of stranded marine mammals; (2) data collection from living or dead stranded marine mammals, and (3) facility upgrades, operation costs, and staffing needs directly related to the recovery and treatment of stranded marine mammals and associated data collection.
Learn More
Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program
This program funds projects that address the needs of fishing communities, optimize economic benefits by building and maintaining sustainable fisheries, and increase other opportunities to keep working waterfronts viable.
Learn More
Financial Services
Learn about financing and other assistance programs programs designed to support the fishing industry and advance sustainable fishery management.
Financial Services Portal
NOAA Fisheries administers a number of programs to improve access to capital, reduce fishing overcapacity, mitigate the effects of conflicting uses and fisheries resource disasters, and provide fisheries research and development grants. The financial services portal provides a centralized hub for applying for many of these programs.
Visit the Portal
Fisheries Disaster Assistance
We administer disaster assistance under the Magnuson-Stevens Act and the Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act. At the request of a state governor or an elected or duly-appointed representative for an affected fishing community, the Secretary of Commerce determines if a fishery is eligible for disaster assistance subject to appropriation of funds by Congress.
View Details
Fisheries Finance Program
The Fisheries Finance Program provides long term financing for the cost of construction or reconstruction of fishing vessels, fisheries facilities, aquaculture facilities, and individual fishing quota in the Northwest halibut/sablefish and Alaskan crab fisheries.
View Details
Fishing Capacity Reduction Program
We are authorized under the Magnuson-Stevens Act to conduct a fishing capacity reduction program if funds are provided and it is determined that such a program is necessary to prevent or end overfishing, rebuild stocks of fish, or achieve measurable or significant improvements in the conservation and management of the fishery.
View Details
Fishermen’s Contingency Fund
The Fishermen's Contingency Fund compensates fishermen for economic and property losses caused by oil and gas obstructions on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf.
View Details
Capital Construction Fund
The purpose of the Capital Construction Fund Program is to improve the fishing fleet by allowing fishermen to accelerate their accumulation of funds with which to replace or improve their fishing vessels.
View Details