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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">The <b>National Sea Grant Program</b> is pleased to announce the opening of
<b><u>TWO</u></b> funding opportunities: <b>American Lobster Research Funding Opportunity</b> and the
<b>Young Fishermen's Career Development Projects Competition</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">More details here: </span><a href="https://seagrant.whoi.edu/funding-2/funding/">https://seagrant.whoi.edu/funding-2/funding/</a><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="color:black;background:#9FC5E8">American Lobster Research Funding Opportunity</span></b><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#212121">Subject to the availability of funding, the National Sea Grant Office (NSGO) anticipates approximately $2,000,000 in FY2024 federal funds will be available to eligible applicants to support projects that will advance our scientific
knowledge of the American Lobster fishery and support the resiliency of fishing communities in the face of environmental change and economic uncertainty.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="color:#212121">Eligible Applicants</span></b><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#212121">Any individual; any public or private corporation, partnership, or other association or entity (including any Sea Grant College, Sea Grant Institute or other institution); or any State, political subdivision of a State, Tribal government
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<span style="color:#212121">May 7, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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the formal announcement on Grants.gov NOAA-OAR-SG-2024-25871</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="color:black;background:#9FC5E8">Young Fishermen's Career Development Projects Competition</span></b><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#212121">Subject to the availability of funding, the National Sea Grant Office (NSGO) anticipates approximately $1,000,000 in FY2024 federal funds will be available to eligible applicants to support 2-3 projects that will develop and execute
local, regional and national programs, workshops and services to enable fishermen to enter career paths and make a living supplying seafood from our oceans, coasts and Great Lakes.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#212121">Collaborative State, Tribal, local, or regionally based network or partnership of public or private entities, which may include— (A) a Sea Grant Institution; (B) a Federal or State agency or a Tribal organization; (C) a community-based
nongovernmental organization; (D) fishermen’s cooperatives or associations; (E) an institution of higher education (including an institution awarding an associate’s degree), or a foundation maintained by an institution of higher education; or (F) any other
appropriate entity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#212121">May 2, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Sea Grant<br>
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