<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><font color="#777777" class="">The NOAA Marine Debris Program is advertising a </font></span><a href="https://marinedebris.noaa.gov/funding/funding-opportunities" style="border: 0px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 155, 194); text-decoration: none;" class="">“Marine Debris Research” federal funding opportunity</a><span style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">.</span></span></div><div class=""><span style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 14px;" class="">This opportunity provides funding to support eligible organizations to conduct research directly related to marine debris through field, laboratory, and modeling experiments. Applicants requesting funding for research that explores the ecological risk associated with marine debris, determines debris exposure levels, and examines the fate and transport of marine debris in nearshore, coastal environments are welcome to apply. Projects may address one or more of these research priorities and should be original, hypothesis-driven projects that have not previously been addressed to scientific standards.</span></div><div class=""><span style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">To apply for this grant opportunity, visit </span><a href="http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=289016" style="border: 0px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 155, 194); text-decoration: none;" class="">Grants.gov</a><span style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">.</span></span></div></body></html>