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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:Times;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">The
NOAA Sea Grant FY 2018
aquaculture federal funding opportunity is open and is available
via </span><span
style="font-family:Times;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman""><a href="http://grants.gov"><span
style="color:black">grants.gov</span></a><span
style="color:black">, </span><a
href="http://seagrant.noaa.gov/Funding"><span
style="color:blue">opportunity NOAA-OAR-SG-2018-2005489</span></a>.<span
style="color:black"> Depending on appropriations, NOAA
National Sea Grant
College Program (NOAA Sea Grant) expects to have available a
total of
$7,000,000 to $11,500,000 across fiscal years 2018, 2019, and
2020 as part of
the Sea Grant National Aquaculture Initiative. The <b>deadline
to submit
proposals to your Sea Grant program is March 2, 2018</b>.
Information on
eligibility and specific application requirements can be found
on </span><a
href="https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=299412"><span
style="color:blue">grants.gov</span></a><span
style="color:black">. Applicants
are strongly encouraged to reach out to their Sea Grant
Program prior to the
Sea Grant program application deadline to receive guidance
regarding proposal
development and discuss their proposed project(s). The Woods
Hole Sea
Grant contact is Director Matt Charette, </span><a
href="mailto:mcharette@whoi.edu"><span style="color:black">mcharette@whoi.edu</span></a><span
style="color:black">.</span></span></p>
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