OpportunityTitle: 2009 Fisheries Extension Transition
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: This competition is only open to the 16 state Sea Grant programs that  received FEE funding (not just regional coordination funding) between FY 2003-2008.  The following Sea Grant programs are eligible to apply to this competition: Alaska,  California, Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire, North  Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Virginia, and  Washington.
Description: The sixteen (16) state Sea Grant programs thatreceived fiscal year 2003 through 2008 Fisheries Extension Enhancement (FEE)Initiative funding are hereby notified by the National Sea Grant Office (NSGO) of itsintent to competitively award additional two-year, state-based projects. The NSGO&apos;sfive-year commitment to enhance fisheries extension efforts will end on April 30,2009 and such transitional funding will insure that the institutional capacity builtunder the FEE Initiative is retained through an orderly transition from NSGO to otherfunding sources. Up to eighteen awards, with a median value of about $80,000, are expected to bemade. Maximum allowable award size varies among applicants as detailed in section II.A of the Full Funding Opportunity.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Sea Grant Contact
GrantorContactText: Contact Michael Liffmann, Extension Leader, National Sea Grant College &lt;br/&gt;Program, 1315 East-West Highway, R/SG, Rm 11841, Silver Spring, MD 20910; tel: &lt;br/&gt;(301) 734-1074; email: oar.hq.nsgo.competitions@noaa.gov . &lt;br/&gt;
CloseDateExplanation: Proposals must be submitted to grants online under FFO number  NOAA-OAR-SG-2009-2001730 by 3:59 pm EDT on April 13, 2009. Timeliness is  determined by the time stamp provided by Grants.Gov during the submission  process. Hardcopy applications will be time-stamped on receipt.