Marine Debris Removal Grants Available from NOAA

The NOAA Marine Debris Program offers several nationwide, competitive funding opportunities for marine debris projects. These include: removal, prevention, and research grants.

Open Opportunities

  • The NOAA Marine Debris Program’s FY2021 Marine Debris Removal grant competition (NOAA-NOS-ORR-2021-2006587) is open and soliciting Letters of Intent for review. Letters of Intent (LOIs) are due September 4, 2020. Please follow all submission instructions for the LOI outlined in the Notice of Funding Opportunity published at Grants.gov.

Special Funding Opportunity: Hurricane Response Marine Debris Removal Fund
With financial support from the NOAA Marine Debris Program, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) is seeking applications for $10 million in grants to remove damaging marine debris from impacted coastal areas of communities. The program will primarily fund projects that will  assess, remove, and dispose of marine debris in communities within North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. This opportunity is now closed.

Community-based Marine Debris Removal Grants
The Marine Debris Program offers funding that supports locally driven, community-based marine debris removal projects. These projects benefit coastal habitat, waterways, and wildlife including migratory fish. View removal projects funded in fiscal year 2019.

Marine Debris Prevention Grants
The Marine Debris Program provides funding to prevent the introduction of marine debris into the marine and coastal environment. Projects awarded through this grant competition will actively engage and educate a target audience in hands-on programs designed to raise awareness, reduce barriers to marine debris prevention (e.g., lack of access to waste receptacles or alternatives to single-use items), and encourage and support changes in behaviors to ensure long-term prevention of marine debris. View prevention projects funded in fiscal year 2018.

Marine Debris Research Grants
Marine debris is a relatively new field of research, and there are many opportunities to advance understanding of how debris impacts the environment. The MDP offers funding for original, hypothesis-driven research projects focused on the ecological risk assessment, exposure studies, and fate and transport of marine debris. View projects funded in fiscal year 2019.

Fishing for Energy Grants
The NOAA MDP supports marine debris projects through its Fishing for Energy partnership. You can read more about the program and find open grant opportunities hereView projects funded in fiscal year 2018.

READ MORE at marinedebris.noaa.gov