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

Other Funding Opportunities

• Marine Mammal Commission's FY 2008 Funding Opportunity (deadline July 15, 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: June 10, 2008