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Open access data portal for the Sea Grant network

This functional administrative space provides both resources and documents  from the National Sea Grant Office (NSGO) and allows information sharing among the many communities of practices within the Sea Grant Network. 

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Sea Grant Administrative Calendar

July 2023

July 11     CRW Informational webinar #1 at 3 p.m. ET
July 12     CRW Definition of “resilience” webinar at 3 p.m. ET
July 19     NEPA 101/refresher webinar at 4 p.m. ET
July 20     CRW Informational webinar #2 (Q&A focus) at 3 p.m. ET
July 21     CRW Leveraging partnerships webinar at 3 p.m. ET

August 2023

Aug 2   CRW Tips for first-time applicants webinar at 3 p.m. ET

September 2023
Sept 28   FY2024 Workshops and Conferences Opportunity #1 Due

October 2023

Oct 12   2024-27 omnibus application packages due from Sea Grant programs to NSGO

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2023

January 2023

January 25  Student applications due to state Sea Grant programs for 2024 NMFS-Sea Grant Joint Fellowship
January 31   Grant year ends for annual reporting purposes

 
February 2023

February 8  NMFS-Sea Grant letters of intent due to National Office from state Sea Grant Programs
February 15   Applications due for Young Fishermen’s Development competition
February 16  Student applications due to state Sea Grant programs for 2024 Knauss Fellowship
February 22  Applications due for Special Project D: Aquaculture Workforce Development Support Projects
February 24  NMFS-Sea Grant applications due to National Office from state Sea Grant Programs

March 2023

SGA and NSGAB meetings in Washington, D.C.
March 10  Applications due for temporary assignment via Intergovernmental Personnel Agreement focused on Coastal Inundation and Resilience
March 2  Applications due for Special Projects E: FY2023 Understanding Energy Transitions and Coastal Resilience in the Non-Contiguous U.S.
March 8  Informational webinar for Special Projects J: Community Flooding Social Science Liaisons
March 9  Applications due for Special Projects A and B: FY2023 Workshops and Professional Meetings, round two
March 15 Knauss applications due to National Office from state Sea Grant programs
March 30  Knauss packages due to National Office from state Sea Grant programs

April 2023

April 5   Applications due for Special Projects F: FY 2023 Aquaculture Technologies and Education Travel Grants
April 12  Applications due for Special Projects G: FY 2023 Aquaculture Economics and Markets Collaborative

May 2023

May 1  Best effort deadline for applications from programs for FY 2023 pass-throughs
May 2  Applications due for Special Projects K: Sea Grant Contaminants of Emerging Concern
May 9  Applications due for Special Projects J: Community Flooding Social Science Liaisons
May 16 Omnibus webinar

June 2023

June 1     Applications due (extension) for Special Projects I: FY2023 Advancing the Community Engaged Internship program for Undergraduate Students
June 7     Annual Reporting Deadline
June 21  2024-27 Performance Measure and Metric Q&A webinar
June 30   FY 2023 deadline for NSGO to have all grant files over to NOAA Grants Management Division for processing

2022

January 2022
January 6   National Sea Grant Advisory Board Meeting
January 13   Applications due for Special Projects C: Disaster Preparedness for Coastal Communities
January 27   NMFS-Sea Grant Fellowship applications due to Sea Grant programs
January 27   Full proposals due for Marine Finfish Aquaculture: Juvenile Production Technologies NOFO
January 27   NSGO Communications Quarterly Update webinar
 
February 2022
February 1-2 Knauss Class of 2022 orientation
February 3   Full proposals due for Early Stage Propagation Strategies for Aquaculture Species
February 10  NMFS-Sea Grant Fellowship letters of intent due to NSGO Fellowship Program Managers
February 14  Annual report guidance released to programs by the National Sea Grant Office
February 17  PIER and Library reporting webinar
February 18  Knauss Fellowship proposals due to Sea Grant programs by 5 pm local time
February 24  NMFS-Sea Grant Fellowship applications due in grants.gov
 
March 2022
March 7-10 National Sea Grant Advisory Board and Sea Grant Association meetings
March 10  Applications due for Special Projects B: FY22 Workshops and Professional Meetings (round 2)
March 17  Knauss Fellowship letters of intent due to NSGO Fellowship Program Managers
March 21  Strategic planning webinar for network
March 29  Strategic planning: Healthy Coastal Ecosystems – Goal 1 listening session webinar
March 30  Strategic planning: overall plan listening session webinar

March 31  Strategic planning: Environmental Literacy & Workforce Development – Goal 1 listening session webinar

 
April 2022
April 1   Knauss Fellowship 2023 applications due from Sea Grant programs to grants.gov
April 5   Applications due for Special Projects D: FY 2022 Advanced Aquaculture Collaboratives (Hubs) Continued Support Competition
April 5   Strategic planning: Resilient Communities & Economies – Goal 2 listening session webinar
April 7   Strategic planning: Sustainable Fisheries & Aquaculture – Goal 1 listening session webinar
April 12  Strategic planning: Resilient Communities & Economies – Goal 1 listening session webinar
April 13  Strategic planning: overall plan listening session webinar
April 14  Strategic planning: Environmental Literacy & Workforce Development – Goal 2 listening session webinar
April 14  American Lobster Research Program 2022 funding opportunity informational webinar
April 19  Strategic planning: Sustainable Fisheries & Aquaculture – Goal 2 listening session webinar
April 21  Strategic planning: Healthy Coastal Ecosystems – Goal 2 listening session webinar
 
May 2022
May 3    Applications due for Aquaculture: Supplemental Funds (round 1)
May 4    Strategic planning: overall plan listening session webinar
May 13  Passthrough deadline
May 16  Informational webinar for Translating Coastal Research into Application funding opportunity
May 24  Applications due for American Lobster Research Program
 
June 2022
June 1   Annual reporting deadline
June 1   Publications due to the Sea Grant Collection at the NOAA Library
June 8   National Sea Grant Advisory Board Meeting
June 8   Applications due for Coastal Adaptation and Resilience funding opportunity
June 9   Applications due for Sea Grant Academy funding opportunity
June 15 Applications due for Emerging Contaminants funding opportunity
June 15 Letters of intent due for Translating Coastal Research into Application funding opportunity
June 21 Applications due for Aquaculture Information Exchange Host program funding opportunity
June     First draft national strategic plan release
 
July 2022
July    All grant actions due from NSGO to Grants Management Division
 
August 2022
August 8   Initial draft individual program strategic plans due to program officers in NSGO
August 30  Applications due for Translating Coastal Research into Application funding opportunity
 
September 2022
September   Second draft national 2024-27 strategic plan release
September 10-15 Sea Grant Week, Sea Grant Association meeting, National Sea Grant Advisory Board meeting in Cleveland, Ohio
September 30  Final draft national 2024-27 strategic plan release

 October 2022

October 1     Start of the federal fiscal year 2023
October 26   Final draft individual program 2024-27 strategic plans due to program officers in NSGO
October 27   Applications due for Marine Debris Challenge Competition
 
November 2022
November 1    Applications due for Aquaculture: Supplemental Funds (round 2)
November 17  FY2023 Workshops and Conference support applications due, round one
 
December 2022
December 1  Letters of Intent due for Young Fishermen’s Development opportunity

December 1 Applications due for Special Projects C: FY2023 Northeast American Lobster Regional Extension Program

December 7   Strategic plan approval communicated to individual programs

2021

January 2021
January 15   Informational webinar on Greater Amberjack NOFO
January 26   NMFS-Sea Grant fellowship applications due to Sea Grant programs
 
February 2021
February 1    (delayed until Feb 8) Annual report guidance to be released to programs by the National Sea Grant Office
February 1-3 Knauss Class of 2021 orientation
February 5    Letters of intent due for Greater Amberjack NOFO
February 17  NMFS-Sea Grant applications due in grants.gov
February 18  PIER and Library reporting webinar
February 19  Knauss fellowship proposals due to Sea Grant programs by 5 pm local time
 
March 2021
March 5    Applications due for Special Projects D: Marine Debris
March 8-10 Sea Grant Association meeting
March 9    Applications due for Special Projects B: FY21 Workshops and Professional Meetings (round 2)
March 16  Full proposals due for shellfish aquaculture/ocean acidification funding opportunity
March 17  NSGO Communications Quarterly Update webinar
March 18  Sea Grant’s economic valuation resources webinar
 
April 2021
April 2   Knauss 2022 applications due from Sea Grant programs to grants.gov
April 6   Applications due for Special Projects E: Addressing COVID-19 Impacts to Seafood Resources
April 9   Full proposals due for Greater Amberjack NOFO
April 13-15 National Sea Grant Advisory Board meeting
April 15  Applications due for Special Projects G: Sea Grant Reef Fish Extension Program
April 20  Applications due for American Lobster Research Program
April 27  Applications due for Special Projects J: Sea Grant “Food from the Sea” Careers Program
April 29  Applications due for Special Projects F: Sea Grant-NCCOS National Aquaculture Extension Coordinator
April 30  Applications due for Special Projects K: Sea Grant Northeast Fishing Communities and Offshore Wind Extension Support
 
May 2021
May 3-7 Independent Review Panel of national office and overall National Sea Grant College Program
May 4    Applications due for Special Projects H: Sea Grant Emerging Contaminants
May 11  Applications due for Special Projects C: FY21 Workshops and Professional Meetings (round 3)
May 13  Applications due for FY 2021 Sea Grant COVID-19 Response
May 26  Sea Grant’s Information Services Webinar
 
June 2021
June 9    Annual reporting deadline
June 16  Introducing the 90-2 Webform: Demonstration and Listening Session 1
June 16  NSGO Communications Quarterly Update webinar
June 17  Introducing the 90-2 Webform: Demonstration and Listening Session 2
June 23  Introducing the 90-2 Webform: Demonstration and Listening Session 3
June 23  Publications due to National Sea Grant Library
 
July 2021
July 2   All grant actions due from NSGO to Grants Management Division
 
October 2021
October 13-27   Knauss 2022 Executive Placement Week (Virtual)
October 27   Due date for submission of 2022-2023 omnibus packages to the NSGO through Grants.gov
 
November 2021

November 4-5   National Sea Grant Advisory Board meeting

 

2020

January 2020
January 27   Aquaculture Economics Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) open
January 30   NMFS-Sea Grant fellowship applications due to Sea Grant programs
 
February 2020
February 3   Annual report guidance to be released to programs by the National Sea Grant Office
February 3-4 Knauss Class of 2020 orientation
February 5   Informational webinar on Aquaculture Economics NOFO
February 11   Informational webinar: American lobster NOFO
February 12   Webinar: annual reporting
February 13   Informational webinar: Liaisons funding opportunity
February 13   Applications due for Special Projects: Sea Grant Academy
February 17   Applications due for Special Projects: Support of Workshops and Conferences (round 2)
February 20   Webinar: Tips for Writing Impacts and Accomplishments
February 21   Knauss fellowship proposals due to Sea Grant programs by 5 pm local time
February 26   Notice of Intent to Submit due to Sea Grant programs and NSGO for Aquaculture Economics and Market Research
February 27   NMFS-Sea Grant applications due in grants.gov
 
March 2020
March 4-7   Evaluation Committee for 2014-17 evaluation cycle meeting
March 9-10   National Sea Grant Advisory Board meeting, Washington, D.C.
March 11-12   Sea Grant Association meeting, Washington, D.C.
March 11   (canceled) Knauss reception, Washington, D.C. 
March 18   Webinar: National Federal Partnership Liaison NOFO
 
April 2020
April 17   Knauss 2021 applications due from Sea Grant programs to grants.gov
April 21   Applications due for NOFO on American Lobster Research
April 28   Applications due for Special Special Projects: Support of Workshops and Conferences (round 3)
April 27-29   (postponed) Independent Review Panel of national office and overall National Sea Grant College Program, Silver Spring, MD 
April 29   Webinar: Rapid Response Funding
April 30   Applications due for Special Projects: Undergraduate Workshop for Population Dynamics 
April 30   Applications due for Special Projects: Sea Grant Support of Regional Coral Disease Response Coordinator
 
May 2020
May 4-8   (postponed) NMFS-Sea Grant Fellowship Symposium, Kingston, RI
May 12   Applications due for Special Projects: Sea Grant Support of South Atlantic Red Snapper Stock Assessment
May 15   Applications due for Special Projects: Amberjack Research Program
May 18-21  Knauss 2021 virtual selection panel
May 19   Applications due for FY 2020-21 Base Increase (round 1)
May 19   Applications due for Aquaculture Supplemental Funds (round 1)
May 19   Applications due for Special Projects: Support of Network Visioning Plan Implementation
May 20   American Lobster Research Panel
May 21   Webinar: National Federal Partnership Liaison NOFO
 
June 2020
June 19   Publications due to National Sea Grant Library
June 19   Annual reporting deadline (Impacts and Accomplishments may be submitted through Oct. 15)
June 25   Letters of Intent due to NSGO for National Federal Partnership Liaisons Competition
 
July 2020
July 3   All grant actions due from NSGO to Grants Management Division
July 14   Applications for Aquaculture Economics and Market Research due in grants.gov
 
Summer 2020
Omnibus 2022-23 guidance to come from NSGO to Sea Grant Programs
 
September 2020
Updated strategic plans extending through 2023 due from Sea Grant programs to NSGO
September 21   Full proposals due to NSGO for National Federal Partnership Liaisons Competition
September 27 – October 2   Sea Grant Week Cleveland, Ohio POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE 
 
November 2020
November 3   Applications due for FY 2020-21 Base Increase (round 2)
November 3   Applications due for Aquaculture Supplemental Funds (round 2)
 
 
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