SEFSC Bluefin Tuna Research Program
DOC NOAA - ERA Production
Award ceiling
$300,000
Award floor
$25,000
Program funding
$600,000
- Opportunity #
- NOAA-NMFS-SE-2027-33642
- Agency
- DOC NOAA - ERA Production
- ALN (CFDA)
- 11.058
- Status
- posted
- Posted
- Aug 27, 2026
- Closes
- Dec 31, 2026
- Funding instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Category
- Environment, Science and Technology and other Research and Development
- Cost sharing required
- No
Who can apply
- •Individuals
- •Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- •Small businesses
- •Private institutions of higher education
- •For profit organizations other than small businesses
- •County governments
- •Special district governments
- •Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- •State governments
- •City or township governments
- •Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
- •Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- •Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- •Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
Synopsis
The objective of the program is to provide a basis for advancing science-based fisheries management for Atlantic bluefin tuna. Such advancement will depend upon improvements in understanding of the fisheries, total abundance, and biology of bluefin tuna, especially regarding the effects of mixing and movement between the eastern and western Atlantic populations. Contracting Parties to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), of which the US is one, and other partners have embarked upon a multi-year research program on bluefin tuna as a step toward improving ICCAT's science-based management of Bluefin fisheries. Research sponsored under this funding opportunity represents a contribution to this partnership. Proposals that demonstrate collaborations with the ICCAT Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Research Program and other ICCAT partners are strongly encouraged.
Contact
Keisha Trent Grantor · Dax.Ruiz@noaa.gov