Funding Opportunities

Maine Sea Grant Funding Opportunities

CLOSED: Maine Sea Grant Program Development Funds: Previous deadline was 7 October 2024. Look for our next opportunity Winter/Spring 2025 (TBD)
OPEN: Maine Sea Grant Biennial Request for Proposals: Application deadline is 4 February 2025, by 11:59 PM

National and Regional Research and Funding Opportunities

CLOSED: American Lobster Research Program: Previous deadline was 7 May 2024
OPEN: Young Fishermen’s Career Development Projects Competition: Application Deadline is
23 April 2025
CLOSED: Contaminants of Emerging Concern: Previous deadline was 2 May 2024
CLOSED: Marine Debris Community Action Coalitions & Marine Debris Challenge Competition
CLOSED: Northeast Sea Grant Consortium: Previous deadline was 14 May 2021
CLOSED: NOAA Climate Ready Workforce for Coastal States, Tribes, and Territories Initiative: Previous deadline was 13 February 2024.

Sea Grant Supported Scholarship, Fellowship, and Internship Opportunities

CLOSED: Maine Sea Grant Undergraduate Scholarship in Marine Sciences: Previous deadline was 20 May 2024
OPEN: Maine Sea Grant/NOAA Fisheries Undergraduate Interns in Sea-run Fish Research – Application deadline is 28 February 2025 
OPEN: Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship: Application deadline is 19 February 2025
OPEN: NOAA Coastal Management Fellowship: Application deadline is 24 January 2025
OPEN: Sea Grant/NMFS Graduate Fellowships in Population and Ecosystem Dynamics and Marine Resource Economics: Application deadline is 23 January 2025
CLOSED: Maine Sea Grant Graduate Research Assistantship Opportunity: Previous application deadline was 18 October 2023

Other NOAA Scholarship Opportunities

OPEN: Ernest F. Hollings Scholarship Program: Deadline 31 January 2025
CLOSED: Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship Program: Previous deadline was December 20, 2023
CLOSED: Margaret A. Davidson Graduate Fellowship: Previous deadline was 4 December 2023