Closed · NOAA-NOS-ORR-2021-2006620 · CFDA 11.999 · Discretionary
FY2021 Marine Debris Research
Federal grant opportunity posted by Department of Commerce, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $75K-$350K
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- February 8, 2021
- Close date
- 5
- Expected awards
The verdict
FY2021 Marine Debris Research is a closed discretionary listing from Department of Commerce that offered $75,000 -- $350,000 across 5 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 898 other opportunities from Department of Commerce.
- $75K-$350K
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 5
- expected awards
- 11.999
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
FY2021 Marine Debris Research is closed (last close February 8, 2021). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. 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 February 8, 2021
Est. Total Funding
$2,000,000
Expected Awards
5
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Cost Sharing
Required
Description
The NOAA Marine Debris Program (MDP), authorized in the Marine Debris Act (33 U.S.C. 1951-1958), provides funding to support eligible organizations to conduct research directly related to marine debris through field, laboratory, and modeling experiments. NOAA MDP invites applications for research that investigates and identifies the critical input pathways for marine debris introduction into the coastal zone (shoreline or nearshore), including evaluation of appropriate simultaneous pathways of riverine transport downstream, surface runoff, stormwater discharge, and wind-driven transport, and degradation and fragmentation of debris during transport. Projects should be original, hypothesis-driven projects that have not previously been addressed to scientific standards. Successful proposals through this solicitation will be funded through cooperative agreements. Funding of up to $2,000,000 is expected to be available for Marine Debris Research grants in Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21). Typical awards will range from $150,000 - $300,000. Funding for this grant competition comes through the NOAA Marine Debris Program as annual or supplemental appropriations to the Office of Response and Restoration, National Ocean Service. This funding opportunity has a pre-proposal requirement; a Letter of Intent (LOI) must be submitted before full proposals will be invited. LOIs must follow the content and form described in the notice of funding opportunity. LOIs must be submitted via email to grants.marinedebris@noaa.gov (as an attachment) no later than 11:59 p.m. ET, November 5, 2020. If invited per the instructions in this announcement, full proposals must then be submitted through and validated by Grants.gov on or before 11:59 p.m. ET, February 8, 2021.
Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · NOAA-NOS-ORR-2021-2006620
Grants.gov marks FY2021 Marine Debris Research 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. Applicant cost-sharing is required on the Grants.gov extract. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. 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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Agency Contact
Tom Barry tom.barry@noaa.gov, 202-870-2863
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