Right Whale Funding Opportunities

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries Service) and National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) formed a partnership in 2002 to coordinate two grant programs that seek to further conservation efforts for critically endangered North Atlantic right whales: the Right Whale Research Program and the Atlantic Coast States Cooperative Planning for Right Whale Recovery Program. NFWF, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization established by Congress in 1984, is designed to support research, management, conservation and education/outreach activities related to the conservation, and recovery of environmental resources. Through the National Whale Conservation Fund, a special project of NFWF, NOAA Fisheries Service evaluates proposals submitted through a competitive process and makes funding recommendations to the Whale Conservation Fund Advisory Council.

• Right Whale Research Program (Previously called the Fishing Gear Mini-Grants Program in 2003-2004 and the Fishing Gear Research Program in 2005)

• Atlantic Coast States Cooperative Planning for Right Whale Recovery Program

NEW - International Fund for Animal Welfare Call for Proposals for Marking Fixed Fishing Gear (deadline for proposals submitted to IFAW is 5 PM on March 31, 2008)

Contact Amanda Johnson of NOAA Fisheries Service for information about final reports for projects that have been funded through the Fishing Gear Mini-Grants, Fishing Gear Research, and Right Whale Research Programs.

Last Updated: February 5, 2008