Assistance program
Maritime Environmental and Technical Assistance
$520,000 committed in FY2025–FY2026
- Agency
- Maritime Administration, Transportation, Department of
- Assistance
- Not Applicable
- CFDA number
- 20.826
- What it does
- The Maritime Environmental and Technical Assistance Program (META) supports the research, demonstration, and development of emerging technologies, practices, and processes to support a safe, efficient, and competitive U.S. Maritime Transportation System. META partners closely with other government agencies, industry, academia, and NGOs to carry out its mission. Results of META-funded projects help to "de-risk" new technology applications and provides necessary data for industry to understand "what works." In addition, data from META projects support US policy decisions. Since its inception, projects funded through META have primarily focused on major environmental issues such as vessel and port emissions reduction and the control of aquatic invasive species transported by vessels. Over the years, those topics have broadened to include energy efficiency, emissions, alternative fuel and technology applications, hull fouling, and most recent, vessel-generated underwater noise. These topics present significant continuing challenges for ship owners and operators, the regulatory community, and the public. As other maritime environmental issues emerge, additional areas of study may be included.
- Who benefits
- Not Applicable
- Who applies
- Applicants must be “eligible entities†as defined in 46 U.S. Code § 50307(d).
- Authorized by
- Maritime Environmental and Technical Assistance Program U.S.C. § 46 US Code 50307
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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