<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: static; z-index: auto;">The National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research (CSCOR) has released three competitive Federal Funding Opportunities for the 2015 Fiscal Year beginning October 1, 2014.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: static; z-index: auto;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The competitive Federal Funding Announcements of Opportunity (FFOs), published in <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.grants.gov/search-grants.html?agencies%3DDOC%7CDepartment%20of%20Commerce" style="color: purple;">GRANTS.GOV</a>, are:<o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0in; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 0in;"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailbox:///C:/Users/john.wickham/Documents/Mail5/Mail/Local%20Folders/Drafts?number=2314257&part=1.2&filename=NOAA-NOS-NCCOS-2015-2004198%20FFO%20Report.pdf" style="color: purple;">2015 Ecological Effects of Sea Level Rise Program</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailbox:///C:/Users/john.wickham/Documents/Mail5/Mail/Local%20Folders/Drafts?number=2314257&part=1.3&filename=NOAA-NOS-NCCOS-2015-2004197%20FFO%20Report.pdf" style="color: purple;">2015 Northern Gulf of Mexico Ecosystems and Hypoxia Assessment Program (NGOMEX); Glider Application to Gulf of Mexico Hypoxic Zone Monitoring: Pilot Study and Transition to Operations</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailbox:///C:/Users/john.wickham/Documents/Mail5/Mail/Local%20Folders/Drafts?number=2314257&part=1.4&filename=NOAA-NOS-NCCOS-2015-2004202%20FFO%20Report.pdf" style="color: purple;">Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research, Fiscal Year 2015 National Competitive HAB Programs (for ECOHAB, MERHAB and PCMHAB)</a><o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The Current Closing Date and Deadline for receiving Full Applications under these notifications is <b>3 p.m. Eastern Time</b> on:<o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0in; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 0in;"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b>November 18, 2014,</b> for the 2015 Ecological Effects of Sea Level Rise Program<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b>November 18, 2014,</b> for the 2015 Northern Gulf of Mexico Ecosystems and Hypoxia Assessment Program (NGOMEX)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b>December 15, 2014</b>, for the 2015 National Competitive HAB Programs <i>(*see special note on Letters of Intent below)<o:p></o:p></i></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">*<b>Letters of Intent</b>: Please note we require Letters of Intent (LOI) for the National Competitive HAB Programs. LOI must be submitted by <b>5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, on September 30, 2014</b>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">We will not accept applications and LOI received after the closing date and time.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">To search on all the NCCOS announcements in <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.grants.gov/search-grants.html?agencies%3DDOC%7CDepartment%20of%20Commerce" style="color: purple;">GRANTS.GOV</a> please use CFDA # 11.478.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">New announcements are available on the NCCOS funding announcements webpage at <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://coastalscience.noaa.gov/funding/" style="color: purple;">http://coastalscience.noaa.gov/funding/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">We post Notices of Specific Announcements of Federal Funding Opportunities herein as a courtesy to our research community. 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