Apply Electronically at Grants.gov

Applicants to NOAA grant programs, including the Community-based Marine Debris Prevention and Removal Grants, Open Rivers Initiative grants, and Atlantic Salmon Conservation Grants should apply online through Grant.gov. The only electronic applications that will be accepted are those submitted through www.grants.gov.  If an applicant does not have Internet access, a hard copy application with the SF424 form bearing an original, ink signature must be postmarked, or provided to a delivery service and documented with a receipt, and sent to the program office by the application deadline.  Applicants submitting electronically through Grant.gov should note that they must first complete a one-time registration process on the site, which may take up to three weeks to process. Applicants applying through Grants.gov must be registered with the Central Contractor Registry (CCR) and designate an E-Business Point of Contact (POC) if they have not done so already. The E-Business Point of Contact will assign Authorized Organization Representative rights to those individuals who will have the ability to submit grant applications through Grants.gov.

Direct links to Funding Opportunities on Grants.gov:

• Marine Debris Prevention and Removal Grants, funding opportunity number NMFS-HCPO-2009-2001501
• Open Rivers Initiative Grants, funding opportunity number NMFS-HCPO-2009-2001496
• Atlantic Salmon Conservation Grants, funding opportunity number NMFS-HCPO-2009-2001540

NOAA Grants Online

Full implementation of electronic grant submission and servicing is a two-phase process which uses Grants.gov and NOAA's Grants Online system.  You can use Grants.gov to find and apply for Federal government competitive grant opportunities.
Grants Online is the system NOAA uses to accept applications from Grants.gov and route them to the proper competitive program to review, process, and administer. More importantly, Grants Online handles all the Financial and Progress Reporting, No-Cost Extension requests, and reprogramming once a grant has been awarded.
To keep informed about Grants Online we recommend you bookmark the Grants Online website and regularly check the site for updated information.