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The FWRI Grants Management Office implements grants administration policy; provides processes and procedures for the preparation of grant proposals and the management of grant awards; and reports on the submission and status of grants in a manner that assures transparency and accountability to FWRI, FWC, grantors and the public. The FWRI Grants Management Office monitors grant spending, compliancy, and ensures reporting deadlines are met throughout the life of a grant.

Grants Office personnel include the Grants Administrator and five Grants Specialists, who are responsible for providing essential support and control to FWRI and internal and external customers.  The Grants Office staff ensure compliance with Federal and State regulatory and budgetary policy and procedures for all awarded grants.

The FWRI Grants Management Office is responsible for managing more than 200 active revenue awards received through competitive and noncompetitive Federal, State, Local and Non-profit sources.


Current Grant Awards
All grants listed are as of March 1, 2024. New awards and amendments to existing awards are received throughout the year. (SWG) indicates a grant is a State Wildlife Grant, which is administered by the FWC Division of Habitat and Species Conservation.

FWC/FWRI/GSMFC COMMERCIAL SAMPLING OF STATE PRIORITY SPECIES-SURF
Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
January 1, 2024
$187,460

FWC/FWRI/GSMFC GULF CONVERSION FACTOR SAMPLING-BLUE CRAB AND MULLET
Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
January 1, 2024
$78,368

FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION, FWRI RECREATIONAL FISHERIES STATISTICS PROGRAM
Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
January 1, 2024
$705,785

FWC/FWRI/GSMFC FLORIDA HEAD BOAT DATA COLLECTION PROGRAM
Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
January 1, 2024
$260,303

A MOBILE ACCESSIBLE TAMPA BAY BOATERS GUIDE
Tampa Bay Estuary Program
January 19, 2024
$7,835

ADDITION OF ECOSPACE MODULE TO THE SOUTH ATLANTIC REEF FISH MODEL
South Atlantic Fish Management Council              
January 1, 2023
$92,500

ESRI ANALYTICAL TOOLS FUNCTIONALITY MAINTENANCE  
South Atlantic Fish Management Council              
January 1, 2023
$6,000

FL - COORDINATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF SPORT FISH RESTORATION MARINE PROJECTS
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Sport Fish Restoration Program 
January 1, 2023
$32,391

INCREASING HUNTER PARTICIPATION IN MONITORING FOR CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE (CWD) IN HIGH INTRODUCTION-RISK COUNTIES             
Fish And Wildlife Foundation of Florida  
January 1, 2023
$26,000

SAMPLING PROJECT FOR CENTRAL BANANA RIVER FISHERIES MONITORING              
FIT  
March 1, 2023
$8,871

MONITORING PLAN: SMALLTOOTH SAWFISH BEAVER              
Charles E. Beaver III  
March 17, 2023
$860,000

EPA NATIONAL LAKE ASSESSMENTS 2023
EPA/FDEP     
April 1, 2023     
$151,200

FL - FLORIDA MARINE RECREATIONAL FISHERY STATISTICAL DATA COLLECTION (23-26)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Sport Fish Restoration Program      
April 1, 2023     
$2,169,708

FL - HEALTH MONITORING OF FLORIDA'S SPORT FISH   
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Sport Fish Restoration Program      
April 1, 2023     
$676,384

FL - INVESTIGATIONS IN LIFE HISTORY & ECOLOGY COASTAL FISH SPECIES FL (2023-2028)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Sport Fish Restoration Program      
April 1, 2023     
$1,364,010

FL - REPRODUCTIVE RESILIENCE AND MOVEMENT ECOLOGY OF FLORIDA SPORT FISHES
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Sport Fish Restoration Program      
April 1, 2023     
$653,394

FL - ENHANCEMENT OF A RECREATIONAL FISHERIES COMPONENT OF THE MARINE RESOURCES GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (MRGIS)             
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Sport Fish Restoration Program      
April 2, 2023     
$848,654

EVALUATION OF PAST FLORIDA GULF COAST MANGROVE RESTORATIONS AS A BASIS FOR FUTURE RESTORATION SUCCESS AND RESILIENCY
University of South Florida
April 7, 2023
$38,275

SMALLTOOTH SAWFISH RESEARCH: BIBBLE CURTAIN SCREEN
City of Cape Coral
April 12, 2023
$160,000

ASSESSING CLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABILITY OF CONDYLACTIS GIGANTEA AND RICORDEA FLORIDA AND EVALUATION EFFECTIVENESS OF THE C. GIGANTEA FISHERY CLOSURE (SWG)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
July 1, 2023
$55,630

A HOLISTIC TIME-SERIES ANALYSIS OF STONY CORAL TISSUE LOSS DISEASE
Florida Department of Environmental Protection
July 1, 2023
$5,980

CORAL BLEACHING AND DISEASE DISTURBANCE RESPONSE MONITORING (SWG)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
July 1, 2023
$56,539

DISTRIBUTION OF CONASPRELLA STEARNSIL AND HIGH BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOTS ON THE WEST COAST OF FLORIDA (SWG)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
July 1, 2023
$43,980

ESTABLISHING BEST MONITORING PROTOCOLS AND ASSESSING OCCUPANCY OF EASTERN SPOTTED SKUNKS AND LONG-TAILED WEASELS IN THE NOTH FLORIDA SECTION OF THE FLORIDA WILDLIFE CORRIDOR (SWG)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
July 1, 2023
$42,807

EVALUATING THE ECOLOGICAL ROLE OF SOLUTION HOLES IN CHANGING FLORIDA KEYS HARDBOTTOM HABITATS
Fish and Wildlife Foundation of Florida
July 1, 2023
$16,576

FLORIDA GULF COAST ENHANCED MARINE MAMMAL STRANDING NETWORK
Natural Resource Disaster Assessment - Florida Trustee Implementation Group
July 1, 2023
$1,557,649

FLORIDA'S INTEGRATED MAPPING AND MONITORING PROGRAMS (SIMM, CHIMMP, & OIMMP) CONTINUATION (SWG)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
July 1, 2023
$25,401

GENETIC ANALYSIS OF HAIR SAMPLES FROM THE HIGHLANDS/GLADES BEAR SUBPOPULATION, PART OF A LARGER STUDY “UPDATED ABUNDANCE AND GENETIC DIVERSITY OF BLACK BEARS IN FLORIDA”
Fish and Wildlife Foundation of Florida
July 1, 2023
$20,000

INCISION RECOVERY RATE OF GREY SNAPPER (LUTJANUS GRISEUS) FROM INTERNAL ACOUSTIC TAG IMPLANTATION
Fish and Wildlife Foundation of Florida
July 1, 2023
$8,729

INCREASING OUTPLANT SUCCESS OF LAND-REAERED SEXUAL RECRUITS OF CORAL RESCUE SPECIES THROUGH ACCLIMATION WITHIN IN-SITU NURSERIES AND NOVEL PREDATOR EXCLUSION DEVICES (SWG)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
July 1, 2023
$200,301

KEYSTONE WILDFLOWERS FOR POLLINATOR HABITAT CONSERVATION IN LONGLEAF PINE SANDHILLS: PHASE III OF THE SANDHILL PLANT-POLLINATOR NETWORK PROJECT
Fish and Wildlife Foundation of Florida
July 1, 2023
$51,086

OUTPLANTING ELKHORN CORAL IN CONCERT WITH RESTOCKING LONG-SPINED SEA URCHINS (SWG)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
July 1, 2023
$131,140

STATEWIDE SURVEY OF REDDISH EGRETS (SWG)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
July 1, 2023
$111,920

UPDATING THE FLORIDA UNIFIED REEF MAP IN THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS, THE MARQUESAS AND THE DRY TORTUGAS
Fish and Wildlife Foundation of Florida
July 1, 2023
$31,452

ENHANCED MANATEE STRANDING SUPPORT FOR THE FWC EAST CENTRAL FIELD LABORATORY
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
August 1, 2023
$175,427

ENHANCED MANATEE STRANDING SUPPORT FOR THE FWC NORTHEAST FIELD LABORATORY
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
August 1, 2023
$172,020

MONITORING THE FOR-HIRE RECREATIONAL FISHERY WITH AT-SEA OBSERVERS TO SUPPLEMENT RED SNAPPER SAMPLES IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
August 1, 2023
$100,000

KINGS BAY/CRYSTAL RIVER COMMON SNOOK MOVEMENT PATTERNS ASSOCIATED WITH THERMAL REFUGE, PHASE 2
Southwest Florida Water Management District
August 2, 2023
$67,968

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FLORIDA REEF RESILIENCE PROGRAM’S ANNUAL DISTURBANCE RESPONSE MONITORING
The Nature Conservancy
August 11, 2023
$120,000

DRY TORTUGAS NATIONAL PARK CORAL REEF BENTHIC COMMUNITIES ASSESSMENT PROGRAM
National Park Service
August 18, 2023
$100,000

DECISION SCI-IMPROVE CWD SURVEILL IN FL
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
August 21, 2023
$250,000

CHARACTERIZING AND FORECASTING COASTAL ECOSYSTEM RESPONSES TO MULTIPLE STRESSORS FOR MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS IN SOUTH FLORIDA
University of Miami
September 1, 2023
$47,825

EMPLOYING A NOVEL MOLECULAR TOOLBOX FOR RAPID, SENSITIVE DETECTION OF TOXIC PSEUDO-NITZSCHIA SPECIES
GMGI
September 1, 2023
$61,591

IMPLEMENT NORTH ATLANTIC RIGHT WHALE RECOVERY IN THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
September 1, 2023
$463,062

IMPROVING THE SUSTAINABILITY AND VALUE OF THE CARIBBEAN SPINY LOBSTER(PANULIRUS ARGUS) FISHERY WITH THE HELP OF THE INDUSTRY
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
September 1, 2023
$284,079

MERHAB23: AMNESIC SHELLFISH POISONING EARLY WARNING IN THE GULF OF MAINE THROUGH REAL TIME IN SITU CHARACTERIZATION OF UPSTREAM PHYTOPLANKTON BLOOMS
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
September 1, 2023
$25,000

NORTHEAST FLORIDA BLUE CRAB FISHERY PROFILE AND HORSESHOE CRAB CITIZEN SCIENTIST PROGRAM
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
September 1, 2023
$264,284

CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE (CWD) RESPONSE FOLLOWING FIRST DETECTION IN WHITE-TAILED DEER IN FLORIDA
Fish and Wildlife Foundation of Florida
October 1, 2023
$110,000

FISHERIES INDEPENDENT MONITORING OF THE HILLSBOROUGH RIVER
Tampa Bay Estuary Program
October 1, 2023
$70,875

FL - ENHANCED SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION PROGRAM, FLORIDA NESTING BEACH SURVEYS, E-7 (23-24)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
October 1, 2023
$25,488

IMPLEMENTATION OF A RESEARCH PLAN TO GUIDE DECISIONS ON PLACE-BASED RECREATIONAL FISHERY CONSERVATION IN CHARLOTTE HARBOR, FL
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
October 1, 2023
$299,386

KISSIMMEE RIVER LARGEMOUTH BASS TELEMETRY STUDY
South Florida Water Management District
October 1, 2023
$245,735

MARINE DEBRIS RESEARCH
Florida Department of Environmental Protection
October 1, 2023
$103,705

THIS PORTION OF THE PROJECT WILL ADDRESS THE SERVICE PRIORITY OF RECOVERING SPECIES LISTED UNDER THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
October 1, 2023
$40,910

OYSTER MONITORING IN LAKE WORTH LAGOON
Palm Beach County
October 3, 2023
$208,000

FOR-HIRE OBSERVER COVERAGE AND DATABASE MANAGEMENTIN FLORIDATO SUPPORT MONITORING FOR THE RETURN 'EM RIGHT PROGRAM IN THE GULF OF MEXICO
Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
November 1, 2023
$732,487

COMMUNITY-BASED QUEEN CONCH RESTORATION IN THE FLORIDA KEYS: TRANSLOCATION OF WILD QUEEN CONCH FROM NEARSHORE AREAS TO OFFSHORE SPAWNING AGGREGATIONS
Fish and Wildlife Foundation of Florida
December 18, 2023
$28,500

PHASE 2 OF THE HABITAT SUITABILITY INDEX ANALYSIS (B028)
Southwest Florida Water Management District
December 18, 2023
$59,800

FL - SFR- EXAMINING THE EFFICACY OF SPATIAL CLOSURE AT WESTERN DRY ROCKS, FLORIDA KEYS         
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Sport Fish Restoration Program      
January 1, 2022
$1,161,936

BLACK RAIL HABITAT CREATION AND RESTORATION - DESIGNING MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES TO EXPAND THE BLACK RAIL POPULATION ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST (SWG)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
January 1, 2022
$167,002

WFF22-20 INCREASING TARGETED HUNTER PARTICIPATION IN MONITORING FOR THE ALWAYS FATAL DISEASE OF DEER: CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE (CWD)         
Fish And Wildlife Foundation of Florida  
January 1, 2022
$29,548

ASSESSING CHANGES IN FISH COMMUNITY STRUCTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMOVAL OF AN ESTABLISHED TIRE REEF IN TAMPA BAY     
Tampa Bay Estuary Program       
April 1, 2022     
$23,113

EXAMINATION OF BODY LOADS OF MARINE TOXINS IN SEAFOOD ITEMS USED TO FEED ANIMALS AT THE GEORGIA AQUARIUM       
Georgia Aquarium          
April 1, 2022     
$18,200

FL-SFR-MULTISPECIES APPROACH FOR IMPROVING ASSESSMENT & MANAGEMENT OF ESTUARINE & COASTAL SPORT FISH STOCKS       
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Sport Fish Restoration Program      
April 1, 2022     
$1,326,666

SEAMAP-C TRAINING FOR DETERMINATION OF LOBSTER AGE USING THE OSSICLE
University of Puerto Rico              
May 2, 2022       
$9,142

FLORIDA/NOAA FISHERIES REGIONAL COOPERATIVE STATISTICS PROGRAM       
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration       
June 1, 2022       
$284,494

ASSESSING THE AFFECT DIADEMA ANTILLARUM ON SURVIVAL OF BOULDER CORALS 
Fish And Wildlife Foundation of Florida  
July 1, 2022       
$35,494

CWT23-12 MOVEMENTS AND HABITAT USE BY AMERICAN CROCODILES FOUND IN URBANIZED LANDSCAPES   
Fish And Wildlife Foundation of Florida  
July 1, 2022       
$72,564

DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE BLACK BEAR SUBPOPULATION IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA
Fish And Wildlife Foundation of Florida  
July 1, 2022       
$17,368

ECONOMIC POTENTIAL OF ON-GROWING LOBSTERS IN FLORIDA’S SPINY LOBSTER FISHERY       
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration           
July 1, 2022       
$254,994

FLORIDA’S CORAL REEF WATER QUALITY DATA COMPILATION, ANALYSIS AND DECISION SUPPORT         
Florida Department of Environmental Protection
July 1, 2022       
$201,340

HABITAT SUITABILITY INDEX OF BLUENOSE SHINER (PTERONOTROPIS WELAKA) FOR ST. JOHNS RIVER TRIBUTARIES AND PANHANDLE RIVERS (SWG)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
July 1, 2022
$299,391

MANATEE TRANSPORT TRUCK FOR FWC EAST CENTRAL FIELD LABORATORY     
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service     
July 1, 2022       
$129,851

PROMOTING SMALLTOOTH SAWFISH RECOVERY IN FLORIDA BY ENGAGING STAKEHOLDERS AND CONDUCTING SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN EXISTING AND HISTORICALLY OCCUPIED HABITATS
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration           
July 1, 2022       
$684,644

RESPONSE VEHICLE FOR FWC SOUTHEAST FIELD LABORATORY 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service     
July 1, 2022       
$86,883

SOUTHEASTERN AMERICAN KESTREL MOVEMENTS, HOME RANGE, AND HABITAT USE (SWG)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
July 1, 2022
$107,970

WILDLIFE DISEASE RELATIONAL DATABASE         
Fish And Wildlife Foundation of Florida  
July 1, 2022       
$25,000

REGIONWIDE BIRD NESTING AND FORAGING AREA STEWARDSHIP         
Natural Resource Damage Assessment – Region-Wide Trustee Implementation Group
July 14, 2022     
$2,307,890

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: VIDA SEAGRASS: VIRAL INFECTION DYNAMICS AMONG SEAGRASS               
University of South Florida
National Science Foundation      
August 1, 2022 
$76,203

FISH TELEMETRY             
South Florida Water Management District            
August 11, 2022               
$39,056

GEOGRAPHIC RESPONSE STRATEGY UPDATE AND HOSTING FOR SECTOR ST PETERSBURG           
US Coast Guard
August 20, 2022               
$44,500

COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVITY INDEX MAPPING OF FLORIDA GULF COAST 
Natural Resource Disaster Assessment - Florida Trustee Implementation Group 
August 22, 2022               
$2,223,542

ASSESSING THE AFFECT OF SPOTTED SPINY LOBSTER DENSITIES ON CORAL REHABILITATION (FLORIDA)
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Aramaco
September 1, 2022         
$200,739

FLORIDA ATLANTIC COAST STOCK ASSESSMENTS             
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration           
September 1, 2022         
$720,030

IMPLEMENT NORTH ATLANTIC RIGHT WHALE RECOVERY IN THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S.   
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration           
September 1, 2022         
$452,593

THE SOUTHEAST US MARINE BIODIVERSITY OBSERVATION NETWORK: TOWARD OPERATIONAL MARINE LIFE DATA FOR CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABILITY
University of South Florida
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
September 23, 2022
$10,000

MULTI-MEDIA CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE TOOLKIT IN FLORIDA       
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service   
September 30, 2022       
$249,475

CRITICAL SUPPORT FOR THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA STRANDING COORDINATOR AND ENHANCED RESPONSE TO LARGE WHALE AND MASS STRANDINGS THROUGHOUT FLORIDA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration           
October 1, 2022
$64,839

INCREASING THE FWC’S ABILITY TO RESPOND TO WILDLIFE DISEASE EVENTS: BUILDING CAPACITY & INTERCONNECTIONS     
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service     
October 1, 2022
$789,230

SOUTH FLORIDA FISH HABITAT ASSESSMENT MONITORING NETWORK MAP MODULE AND ACTIVITY NUMBER: 3.2.3.3 SOUTH FLORIDA FISH HABITAT ASSESSMENT PROGRAM
Southwest Florida Water Management District  
October 1, 2022
$1,156,563

THE WOLF BRANCH SEAGRASS RESTORATION PROJECT
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service     
October 1, 2022
$74,113

STRENGTHENING THE SUPPLY CHAIN FOR LIONFISH TO PROMOTE FISHING AND PROTECT NATIVE SPECIES         
REEF     
October 12, 2022             
$35,000

THIRD PHASE CRITICAL COASTAL HABITAT ASSESSMENT
Tampa Bay Estuary Program       
November 1, 2022           
$142,688

RESTORING FLORIDA'S SHOREBIRD & SEABIRD POPULATIONS - PHASE II (FLORIDA)        
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation    
January 1, 2021
$3,319,922

MARINE MAMMAL PATHOBIOLOGY LAB (FLORIDA)       
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation    
February 1, 2021             
$87,169

SEAMAP-SOUTHEAST AREA MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT PROGRAM 2021-26
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
February 1, 2021             
$1,552,000

DISTURBANCE RESPONSE MONITORING: CONTINUED SURVEILLANCE OF STONY CORAL TISSUE LOSS DISEASE & CORAL SURVIVORSHIP ON THE FLORIDA REEF TRACT
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency   
March 1, 2021
$49,796

DISTURBANCE RESPONSE MONITORING: CONTINUED SURVEILLANCE OF STONY CORAL TISSUE LOSS DISEASE & CORAL SURVIVORSHIP ON THE FLORIDA REEF TRACT
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency   
March 1, 2021   
$239,644

IMPACTS OF GROUNDWATER FLUX ON SEAGRASS IN FLORIDA BAY       
University of Southern Georgia 
March 1, 2021   
$43,922

FL - HEALTH MONITORING OF FLORIDA'S SPORT FISH (2021-2022)           
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Sport Fish Restoration Program      
April 1, 2021     
$1,352,768

FL - OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF STOCK ENHANCEMENT RESEARCH FACILITIES (2021-2022)         
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Sport Fish Restoration Program      
April 1, 2021     
$2,978,232

SUPPORT FOR THE FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION IN WEST INDIAN MANATEE MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY INVESTIGATIONS AND POPULATION ASSESSMENTS
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service     
April 1, 2021     
$150,000

FISH & MACROINVERTEBRATE (NEKTON) MONITORING IN SUPPORT OF THE JACKSONVILLE HARBOR NAVIGATION (DEEPENING) PROJECT
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers     
May 1, 2021       
$550,563

OSCEOLA SHARED PARTNERSHIP             
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service   
June 7, 2021       
$132,255

SEA TURTLE DATA GAP
Natural Resource Disaster Assessment - Florida Trustee Implementation Group 
June 11, 2021   
$315,000

ASSESSING PLANT-POLLINATOR NATWORKS IN FIRE-MAINTAINED PINELANFS: NORTHWEST FLORIDA SANDHILL AND UPLAND CONIFEROUS HABITATS (SWG)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
July 1, 2021
$207,693

ASSESSMENT OF THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF A NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDER IMPACTING BOBCATS AND THE ENDANGERED FLORIDA PANTHER - PHASE 2     
Fish And Wildlife Foundation of Florida  
July 1, 2021       
$255,000

CONTINUED MONITORING OF TURTLE BUNYAVIRUS AND REFINEMENT OF TISSUE SUBMISSION GUIDELINES FOR DIAGNOSTIC VALIDITY – PHASE 2           
Fish and Wildlife Foundation of Florida  
July 1, 2021       
$36,500

CORAL DISEASE RESPONSE DATA MANAGEMENT
Florida Department of Environmental Protection          
July 1, 2021       
$768,463

CORAL REEF RESTORATION ENHANCEMENT USING A POTENTIAL CORALLIVORE PREDATOR THE SPOTTED SPINY LOBSTER, PANULIRUS GUTTATUS           
Fish and Wildlife Foundation of Florida  
July 1, 2021       
$48,476

SEAMAP-SA DATA MANAGEMENT         
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration           
July 1, 2021       
$56,110

SOUTHEAST COASTAL OCEAN OBSERVING REGIONAL ASSOCIATION (SECOORA): DELIVERING ACTIONABLE COASTAL AND OCEAN INFORMATION FROM HIGH-QUALITY SCIENCE AND OBSERVATIONS FOR THE SOUTHEAST
Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association              
July 1, 2021       
$68,000

SOUTHEAST FLORIDA CORAL REEF EVALUATION AND MONITORING PROJECT (SECREMP)           
Florida Department of Environmental Protection              
July 1, 2021       
$45,000

STATEWIDE MERCURY INVESTIGATIONS             
Florida Department of Environmental Protection              
July 1, 2021       
$44,573

SCALING-UP SPONGE RESTORATION IN FLORIDA             
Florida Department of Environmental Protection              
July 28, 2021     
$225,000

THE GREATER(ER) AMBERJACK COUNT: GREATER AMBERJACK (SERIOLA DUMERILI) ABUNDANCE, DISTRIBUTION, AND MOVEMENT IN U.S WATERS IN THE SOUTH ATLANTIC AND GULF OF MEXICO
Florida International University
August 1, 2021 
$866,320

APOLLO BEACH RECREATIONAL SPORTFISH HATCHERY FACILITY             
Natural Resource Disaster Assessment - Florida Trustee Implementation Group 
August 23, 2021               
$7,320,000

ASSESSING RISK AND CONDUCTING PUBLIC OUTREACH TO REDUCE VESSEL STRIKES ON SEA TURTLES ALONG FLORIDA’S GULF COAST
Natural Resource Disaster Assessment - Florida Trustee Implementation Group 
August 23, 2021               
$1,155,000

GOMEZ KEY OYSTER REEF EXPANSION AND BREAKWATERS FOR AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS
Natural Resource Disaster Assessment - Florida Trustee Implementation Group 
August 23, 2021               
$5,073,904

CONTINUATION OF A FISHERIES-INDEPENDENT HOOKED GEAR SURVEY TO PROVIDE DISTRIBUTION, ABUNDANCE, AND DEMOGRAPHICS DATA ON GULF OF MEXICO MANAGED REEF FISHES AND EXPLORE NOVEL METHODS TO SAMPLE DATA-POOR SPECIES   
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration           
September 1, 2021         
$524,885

CREATING SECURE WARM-WATER HABITAT NETWORKS FOR MANATEES ALONG FLORIDA’S GULF COAST: DEVELOPING A VISION, IDENTIFYING GAPS, AND PRIORITIZING RESTORATION SITES     
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - RESTORE      
September 1, 2021         
$124,996

INVESTIGATING CHEVRON TRAP SELECTIVITY; A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT TO COMPARE TRAP, UNDERWATER STEREO CAMERA AND HOOK AND LINE GEARS IN SOUTHEAST US WATERS
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration           
September 1, 2021         
$67,340

NEARSHORE PRE-SPAWNING AGGREGATIONS, PRODUCTIVITY, AND STOCK STRUCTURE OF GAG GROUPER IN THE GULF OF MEXICO
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration           
September 1, 2021         
$520,852

PCMHAB20: APPLICATION OF CLAY FLOCCULATION FOR REMOVAL OF KARENIA BREVIS CELLS AND TOXINS IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COASTAL WATERS           
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution  
September 1, 2021         
$207,986

REPRODUCTIVE CHARACTERISTICS AND SPAWNING MIGRATIONS OF GULF OF MEXICO COBIA (RACHYCENTRON CANADUM) ALONG THE FLORIDA PENINSULA   
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration           
September 1, 2021         
$524,991

TAMPA BAY RESTORATION AND PYRODINIUM BAHAMENSE BLOOMS DYNAMICS: FILLING KNOWLEDGE GAPS TO ENHANCE RECOVERY   
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - RESTORE      
September 1, 2021         
$103,503

THE FLORIDA KEYS NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY WATER QUALITY PROTECTION PROGRAM DATA MANAGEMENT PLAN AND DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency   
September 1, 2021         
$109,984

ASSESSMENT OF FISH SPAWNING AGGREGATIONS IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA: RESIDENCY AND MOVEMENT PATTERNS OF GRAY SNAPPER OFF SOUTHEAST FLORIDA   
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration           
September 10, 2021       
$114,114

FISH MONITORING FOR THE NATIONAL CORAL REEF MONITORING PROGRAM (NCRMP)             
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration           
September 10, 2021       
$10,000

SARASOTA BAY FIM SAMPLING
Sarasota Bay Estuary Program   
September 29, 2021       
$100,000

TRACKING THE EMIGRATION OF JUVENILE SPORT FISH FROM A HABITAT RESTORATION SITE TO FISHED POPULATIONS OF TAMPA BAY
Restore America's Estuaries (RAE)           
September 30, 2021       
$220,293

CORAL REEF EVALUATION AND MONITORING PROJECT
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency   
October 1, 2021
$933,944

MONITORING IMPROVED HYDROLOGY, WATER QUALITY, AND MANGROVE RECOVERY IN THE JENSEN BEACH IMPOUNDMENT             
Indian River Lagoon Council        
October 1, 2021
$58,416

LAKE OKEECHOBEE BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATE PROJECT 
South Florida Water Management District            
October 7, 2021
$128,927

CONDUCTING HABITAT SUITABILITY ANALYSES TO IDENTIFY OPTIMAL OYSTER RESTORATION LOCATIONS ALONG FLORIDA'S GULF COAST
Natural Resource Disaster Assessment - Florida Trustee Implementation Group 
October 28, 2021             
$2,802,812

THE SPRINGS COAST COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT 2022-2025 (P013)         
Southwest Florida Water Management District  
December 10, 2021         
$185,000

APALACHICOLA BAY OYSTER RESTORATION-PHASE II (FLORIDA)          
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Division of Marine Fisheries Management           
January 1, 2020
$2,847,309

DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS FOR EVALUATION OF THERMAL REFUGE HABITAT FOR FISH IN SPRINGS OF THE LOWER SUWANNEE RIVER
University Of Florida      
January 1, 2020
$61,219

JUVENILE GULF STURGEON - GULF-WIDE POPULATION DYNAMICS AND HABITAT USE
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Natural Resource Damage Assessment  
January 1, 2020
$581,969

POPULATION GENETICS OF MARINE SPORT FISH SPECIES MANAGEMENT & STOCK ENHANCEMENT       
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Sport Fish Restoration Program      
April 1, 2020     
$1,340,683

POPULATION STUDIES OF MARINE TURTLES IN FLORIDA BAY     
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service     
April 1, 2020     
$35,000

SOUTHEAST RIGHT WHALE EARLY WARNING SYSTEM NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SOUTHEAST REGIONAL OFFICE               
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration           
June 15, 2020   
$2,542,930

OYSTER MONITORING IN LAKE WORTH LAGOON             
Palm Beach County        
June 16, 2020   
$198,000

DEMOGRAPHIC MONITORING AND POPULATION ENHANCEMENT OF ACROPORA PALMATA ALONG THE FLORIDA REEF TRACT       
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration           
July 1, 2020       
$490,363

FLORIDA’S INTEGRATED MAPPING AND MONITORING PROGRAMS (SIMM, CHIMMP, AND OIMMP) CONTINUATION (SWG)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
July 1, 2020
$80,000

DOCUMENTATION AND EVALUATION OF SEA TURTLE MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY IN FLORIDA               
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration           
September 1, 2020         
$125,163

ESTIMATING ADULT RED DRUM SPAWNING POPULATION ABUNDANCE AND RECOVERY AFTER A LETHAL RED TIDE EVENT IN CENTRAL WEST FLORIDA         
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration           
September 1, 2020         
$231,230

MERHAB19: IMPLEMENTING KARENIA BREVIS RESPIRATORY RISK FORECAST SYSTEM IN THE GULF OF MEXICO
Texas A&M University   
September 1, 2020         
$219,746

TROPHIC TRANSFER & EFFECTS OF HAB TOXINS IN ALASKAN MARINE FOOD WEBS  
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution  
September 1, 2020         
$403,219

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: MOBILIZING MILLIONS OF MARINE MOLLUSKS OF THE EASTERN SEABOARD           
Field Museum of Natural History              
September 15, 2020       
$43,235

LIFE HISTORY SAMPLING FOR DATA-POOR US CARIBBEAN REEF FISHES: TAKING ADVANTAGE OF UNFISHED POPULATIONS IN THE FLORIDA KEYS     
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration           
September 17, 2020       
$201,492

FROSTED FLATWOODS SALAMANDER RECOVERY           
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service   
September 22, 2020       
$350,000

COASTAL CHARLOTTE HARBOR MONITORING NETWORK WATER QUALITY MONITORING IN UPPER CHARLOTTE HARBOR             
City of Punta Gorda        
October 1, 2020
$296,000

MARINE DEBRIS MANAGEMENT             
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation       
October 1, 2020
$26,267

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: DIGIN - DOCUMENTING MARINE BIODIVERSITY THROUGH DIGITIZATION OF INVERTEBRATE COLLECTIONS    
National Science Foundation      
November 1, 2020           
$76,469

LAKE WORTH LAGOON FISHERIES MONITORING PROGRAM: 2021-2024
Palm Beach County        
December 8, 2020           
$234,717

LARGE-SCALE OUTPLANTING DESIGNED TO ASSESS CORAL RESTORATION FEASIBILITY IN RESPONSE TO STONY CORAL TISSUE LOSS DISEASE     
Florida Department of Environmental Protection              
December 21, 2020         
$89,963

LARGE-SCALE OUTPLANTING DESIGNED TO ASSESS CORAL RESTORATION FEASIBILITY IN RESPONSE TO STONY CORAL TISSUE LOSS DISEASE     
Florida Department of Environmental Protection              
December 21, 2020         
$1,563,099

SCALLOP ENHANCEMENT FOR INCREASED RECREATIONAL FISHING OPPORTUNITY IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE     
Natural Resource Disaster Assessment - Florida Trustee Implementation Group 
February 26, 2015           
$2,890,250

INCREASED CAPACITY FOR MARINE MAMMAL RESPONSE AND ANALYSIS           
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation    
March 1, 2016   
$1,832,346

NOAA LED SEA TURTLE EARLY RESTORATION PROJECT 
Natural Resource Disaster Assessment - Florida Trustee Implementation Group 
November 9, 2016           
$1,232,415

BREVETOXIN AND DOMOIC ACID ANALYSES OF TISSUESAND BODY FLUIDS FROM CETACEANS
Mote Marine Lab             
December 1, 2016           
$175,000

MULTISTATE WETLANDS ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION PROJECT: FLORIDA & GEORGIA (SWG)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
September 1, 2017
$353,623

ENHANCEMENT OF SEA TURTLE STRANDING RESPONSE CAPACITY IN FLORIDA 
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation    
July 1, 2018       
$5,690,228

PHYTO-ARM, AN OPEN-SOURCE PLATFORM FOR REAL-TIME PHYTOPLANKTON MONITORING, DATA SHARING, AND AUTOMATED AQUACULTURE MANAGEMENT   
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution  
September 1, 2018         
$24,122

WOODS HOLE CENTER FOR OCEANS & HUMAN HEALTH 3: IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON OCEANS & GREAT LAKES   
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution  
September 1, 2018         
$264,026

CO-DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A STATE-FEDERAL BLUEPRINT FOR CONSERVATION AND STREAMLINED REGULATION FOR FLORIDA          
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service     
September 30, 2018       
$795,000

ASSESSMENT OF REEF FISH POPULATIONS WITHIN DRY TORTUGAS NATIONAL PARK     
National Park Service    
October 1, 2018
$150,000

POST HURRICANE IRMA MARINE DEBRIS REMOVAL AND MAPPING IN FLORIDA
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
October 1, 2018
$36,794

FISH COLLECTION WITHIN THE SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT  
South Florida Water Management District            
October 10, 2018             
$254,200

HURRICANE IRMA FISHERY DISASTER FUNDING
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration           
July 1, 2019       
$254,920

HURRICANE IRMA FISHERY DISASTER FUNDING
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration           
July 1, 2019       
$2,919,758

HURRICANE IRMA FISHERY DISASTER FUNDING
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration           
July 1, 2019       
$2,922,931

RESTORATION MONITORING FOR ROBINSON PRESERVE WETLANDS RESTORATION PROJECT     
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation - RESTORE              
July 1, 2019       
$326,635

RESTORATION OF SEVEN LISTED CORAL SPECIES USING NOVEL IN-SITU TECHNIQUES
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration           
July 1, 2019       
$1,024,345

OYSTER MONITORING IN THE NORTHERN ESTUARIES OF THE SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST COASTS    
South Florida Water Management District            
July 15, 2019     
$2,121,544

IMPLEMENTING A MARINE BIODIVERSITY OBSERVATION NETWORK (MBON) IN SOUTH FLORIDA TO ADVANCE ECOSYSTEM-BASED MANAGEMENT       
University of South Florida          
September 1, 2019         
$24,000

LIFE AND DEATH OF KARENIA BREVIS BLOOMS IN THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO
Mote Marine Lab             
September 1, 2019         
$304,634

OPTIMIZATION AND EXPANSION OF GULF-WIDE VIDEO SURVEY EFFORTS TO BETTER CHARACTERIZE TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIABILITY IN REEF FISH ASSEMBLAGES IN RESPONSE TO DRIVERS AT MULTIPLE SCALES...           
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - RESTORE      
September 1, 2019         
$3,692,178

SOUTH FLORIDA FISH HABITAT ASSESSMENT PROGRAM - SUBMERGED AQUATIC VEGETATION
South Florida Water Management District            
September 30, 2019       
$869,576

CHARACTERIZATION OF ROOST AND FORAGING HABITAT OF FLORIDA BONNETED BAT
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service     
October 1, 2019
$75,000

PARK WIDE FISHERY INDEPENDENT MONITORING STOCK ASSESSMENT FOR EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK       
National Park Service    
October 1, 2019
$1,349,645