CA Ocean Protection Council Proposition 84 Competitive Grants Program - Full Proposals

Call for Full Proposals

California Sea Grant and USC Sea Grant are now soliciting full proposals for funding consideration to the Ocean Protection Council (OPC) Proposition 84 Competitive Grant Program.

You may submit a proposal ONLY if you previously submitted a 2018 preliminary proposal to a Sea Grant Program (due in March 2018), and the proposal you submit must be based upon the pre-proposal submitted earlier. 

Marine Protected Area Monitoring Program 2019: Solicitation

Solicitation for Qualification Requests & Full Proposal Requests

California Sea Grant is now soliciting Qualification Requests and Full Proposal Requests for the California Ocean Protection Council (OPC) and California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s (CDFW) 2019 Marine Protected Area (MPA) Monitoring Program.  This MPA Monitoring Program 2019 Solicitation is administered by California Sea Grant in partnership jointly with CDFW and OPC.

Social, Behavioral and Economic Research Needs in Aquaculture

Open to all

$3,000,000 total; $250,000 maximum per award over 1–2 years

Federal Funding Opportunity: NOAA-OAR-SG-2019-2005953


The National Sea Grant Office anticipates around $3,000,000 will be available to support research to address critical gaps in social, behavioral, and economic knowledge as it relates to U.S. aquaculture and the communities impacted and served by it.

Advanced Aquaculture Collaborative Programs

Open to Sea Grant Programs

$9,000,000 total; $1,200,000 maximum per award over 1–3 years

Federal Funding Opportunity: NOAA-OAR-SG-2019-2005963


The National Sea Grant Office anticipates at least $9,000,000 will be available to support the establishment of collaborative programs to build the capacity of Sea Grant and its partners to advance aquaculture in areas where a foundation of knowledge and activity currently exists but where significant barriers to sustainable dome