Closed · NOAA-OAR-OER-2020-2006011 · CFDA 11.011 · Discretionary

Ocean Exploration Fiscal Year 2020 Funding Opportunity

Federal grant opportunity posted by Department of Commerce, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$10K-$750K
Award range
Closed
Status
September 13, 2019
Close date
10
Expected awards

The verdict

Ocean Exploration Fiscal Year 2020 Funding Opportunity is a closed discretionary listing from Department of Commerce that offered $10,000 -- $750,000 across 10 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 898 other opportunities from Department of Commerce.

$10K-$750K
award range
Closed
application status
10
expected awards
11.011
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Ocean Exploration Fiscal Year 2020 Funding Op… is closed (last close September 13, 2019). The parent program page for CFDA 11.011 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. Department of Commerce still indexes 898 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed September 13, 2019

Posted Apr 5 Closes Sep 13

Est. Total Funding

$3,000,000

Expected Awards

10

Instrument

Grant

Description

NOAA’s Office of Ocean Exploration & Research (OER) is soliciting proposals for ocean exploration in waters under U.S. jurisdiction, including the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). OER is interested in projects that provide data and information that may inform ocean-related segments of the U.S. economy, also referred to as the Blue Economy, and in projects that support Seabed 2030 goals, an international collaboration to fully map the global ocean by the year 2030.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · NOAA-OAR-OER-2020-2006011

Grants.gov marks Ocean Exploration Fiscal Year 2020 Funding Op… with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity codes span Environment · Natural Resources · Science and Technology / R&D (ENV;NR;ST). This eligibility-code string dominates the Department of Commerce book (689 peers, 77% of 899).

Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

Official Listing on Grants.gov

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Parent Grant Program

CFDA 11.011

Financial Assistance to Fisheries Affected by Disasters

U.S. Department of Commerce

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Agency Contact

Mr. Frank J. Cantelas 301-713-9444 1315 East West Hwy Silver Spring, MD 20910-3282

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What to do next

Ocean Exploration Fiscal Year 2020 Funding Op… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Parent CFDA 11.011 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
  • Financial Assistance to Fisheries Affected by… indexes 0 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
  • Department of Commerce lists 898 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog

Opportunity deadlines and eligibility change on Grants.gov; PlainGrants mirrors the extract and is not the submission system.

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