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        mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;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:&quot;Times New
        Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:
        &quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><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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