Assistance program
Ocean Acidification Program (OAP)
$40.6 Million committed in FY2018–FY2026
- Agency
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Commerce, Department of
- Assistance
- Cooperative Agreements;Project Grants (Discretionary)
- CFDA number
- 11.017
- What it does
- The OAP plays an integral role in maintaining long-term monitoring; conducting research designed to enhance the conservation of marine ecosystems sensitive to ocean acidification; promoting ocean acidification educational opportunities; engaging in national public outreach activities related to ocean acidification and its impacts; and coordinating ocean acidification activities with other agencies and appropriate international ocean science bodies.
- Who benefits
- None
- Who applies
- None
- Authorized by
- Subtitle D of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009: Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act of 2009. Public Law 111-11II
- Program site
- http://Oceanacidification.noaa.gov ↗
Committed by fiscal year
* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
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