Grant and RFP Listings

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) will award a single, one-time grant, for the purpose of analyzing recent advances and developing a roadmap for strategies to improve applications of electronic technologies and broad data modernization in the New England groundfish fishery. Multiple efforts are underway to improve the efficiency, timeliness, reliability, accountability and use of catch reporting data.

IBM is offering scientists an opportunity to apply for grants of crowdsourced computing power, weather data, and cloud storage to support research on important climate and environmental science problems and their impacts.  IBM is making available the following free resources to up to 5 projects, valued at up to $40m USD each:
Scientists from around the world are encouraged to apply. For full details and to apply: climate.worldcommunitygrid.org

Blue Action Fund plans to finance individual grants to selected marine/coastal conservation projects of NGOs in marine protected areas (MPAs) and their buffer zones, focusing on the most sensitive coastal waters of Africa, Latin America and Asia/Pacific. Its goal is to contribute to reducing the dramatic loss of marine biodiversity and to advancing local development, e.g. through stabilizing incomes in coastal communities or enhancing coastal protection.

The objective of this Consultancy will be to progressively develop and present, for selection and adoption by the CLME+ countries:

• proposal(s) for a Permanent Policy Co-ordination Mechanism (PPCM), which includes, amongst others, clear specifications of the mandate of the mechanism, and/or the mandate of its constituents, and its/their relationship(s) to other existing and newly created sLMR/ocean governance arrangements in the CLME+;
• proposal(s) for a Sustainable Financing Plan (SFP), to enable and strengthen the short, medium and long term operations of the existing and newly proposed shared living marine resources/ocean governance arrangements in the CLME+ region;

The Aotearoa New Zealand Science Journalism Fund is accepting proposals for grants from $500 to $10,000 for projects in Climate Change Impacts and Implications for New Zealand.

Marine science increasingly demonstrates the value of marine protected areas (MPAs) to support biodiversity, improve fisheries management, and provide other important ecosystem services. Many nations have committed to designating 10% of their waters as marine protected areas with some nations committing to 30% MPAs. To support the designation of MPAs, this RFP aims to identify “shovel ready” MPA projects where 6 to 12 months of additional, targeted funding will result in legally-binding MPAs that have the political and social support necessary for implementation success.

The 11 National Science Challenges are designed to take a strategic approach to the Government's science investment by targeting a series of goals which will have major and enduring benefits for New Zealand.

The Challenges provide an opportunity to align and focus New Zealand's research on large and complex issues and to answer questions of national significance. They do this by drawing scientists together from different institutions and across disciplines to achieve a common goal through collaboration.

The objective of the Sustainable Seas National Science Challenge is to “enhance the value of New Zealand's marine resources, while providing a healthy marine environment for future generations”.

"National Aquarium Limited, a sister charity to the National Marine Aquarium, makes small grants available for interesting projects that will make a difference. These projects may be science-based but could equally be based around arts or drama – indeed, the more innovative the better, as long as they make a contribution to raising awareness of the marine environment. Grants awarded so far have been in the region of £1,200-£5,000 and it is likely that future awards will be of similar amounts."