Closed · NOAA-OAR-SG-2027-32433 · CFDA 11.417 · Discretionary

Fiscal Year 2027 National Sea Grant College Program Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship

Federal grant opportunity posted by DOC NOAA - ERA Production, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$97K-$97K
Award range
Closed
Status
July 22, 2026
Close date
35
Expected awards

The verdict

Fiscal Year 2027 National Sea Grant College Program Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship is a closed discretionary listing from DOC NOAA - ERA Production that offered $97,200 -- $97,200 across 35 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 116 other opportunities from DOC NOAA - ERA Production.

$97K-$97K
award range
Closed
application status
35
expected awards
11.417
CFDA program

Recently closed NOFO

This listing closed on July 22, 2026. Watch CFDA 11.417 (Sea Grant Support) for the next funding cycle. Historical award band was $97,200 -- $97,200.

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

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed July 22, 2026

Posted Mar 2 Closes Jul 22

Est. Total Funding

$3,402,000

Expected Awards

35

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

The National Sea Grant College Program was enacted by the U.S. Congress in 1966 (amended in 2020, Public Law 116-221) to support leveraged federal and state partnerships that harness the intellectual capacity of the nation’s universities and research institutions to solve problems and generate opportunities in coastal communities. This notice announces that applications may be submitted for the 2027 National Sea Grant College Program Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship (Sea Grant Knauss Fellowship Program). Pending the availability of federal funding, the National Sea Grant College Program (Sea Grant) anticipates funding not less than 35 applications. Application packages will each propose a total of $97,200 in funding. A detailed breakdown of this funding is described in Sections II.A and III.F of this announcement. Student applicants are strongly encouraged to reach out to the Sea Grant program in their state/territory at least one to two months before the state application deadline to receive application support and provide notification of intent to apply. Following student application submission, the student should allow sufficient time to schedule an interview with the eligible Sea Grant program at the program’s request. Applicant organizations must complete and maintain three registrations to be eligible to apply for or receive an award. These registrations include SAM.gov, Grants.gov, and eRA Commons. All registrations must be completed before submitting the application. The complete registration process for all three systems can take 4 to 6 weeks, so applicants should begin this activity as soon as possible. If an eligible applicant does not have access to the internet, please contact the Agency Contacts listed in Section VII for submission instructions. NOAA has created a guide to aid applicants in formatting application packages to eRA, linked here. Prior to registering with eRA Commons, applicant organizations must first obtain a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) from SAM.gov, if needed (refer to Section IV. Applications and Submission Information, Section C). Organizations can register with eRA Commons in tandem with completing their full SAM and Grants.gov registrations; however, all registrations must be in place by the time of application submission. eRA Commons requires organizations to identify at least one Signing Official (SO) and at least one Program Director/Principal Investigator (PD/PI) account to submit an application. This document sets out requirements for submitting to NOAA-OAR-SG-2027-32433

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · NOAA-OAR-SG-2027-32433

Grants.gov marks Fiscal Year 2027 National Sea Grant College P… 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: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity codes span Natural Resources · Science and Technology / R&D (NR;ST). This eligibility-code string dominates the DOC NOAA - ERA Production book (91 peers, 78% of 117).

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

The National Sea Grant Office mailing address is: NOAA Sea Grant 1315 East-West Highway Silver Spring, MD 20910 Contact the Sea Grant Knauss Fellowship Program Manager, National Sea Grant College Program; Tel: (240) 507-4825; E-mail: oar.sg.fellows@noaa.gov

What to do next

Fiscal Year 2027 National Sea Grant College P… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Parent CFDA 11.417 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
  • Sea Grant Support indexes 4 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
  • DOC NOAA - ERA Production lists 116 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.

Disclaimer: This information is sourced from Grants.gov and SAM.gov and is for informational purposes only. Opportunity details, deadlines, and eligibility requirements change frequently. Always verify current information directly on Grants.gov before applying. PlainGrants is not affiliated with any federal agency.

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