Saltonstall-Kennedy Research and Development Program

Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Competition

Funds U.S. fisheries businesses and partners developing research, technology, promotion, and marketing projects through NOAA Fisheries grants.

⚠ This may reflect a past cycle — verify the current call on the funder's site.

NOAA Fisheries administers the Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Competition as the annual applicant-facing grant route under the Saltonstall-Kennedy Research and Development Program. The program dates to the Saltonstall-Kennedy Act and uses grants and cooperative agreements for fisheries research and development projects addressing U.S. fisheries, including harvesting, processing, and marketing.

The official NOAA Fisheries page states that federal requests can range from USD 25,000 to USD 500,000 for up to a two-year period, including direct and indirect costs. The captured sources do not state an annual pool or expected award count, so those fields are left blank. The FY25 page is closed, and the captured NOAA page does not announce an FY26 competition, so the record is modeled as between cycles rather than open.

Applicants can include corporations, partnerships, associations, other non-federal entities, individuals, academia, and state, local, and tribal governments when they meet the stated U.S. citizen or national path. For a company, the practical path is to apply as an eligible corporation, partnership, association, or other non-federal entity tied to U.S. fisheries work.

The FY25 process used a pre-proposal period followed by a full proposal NOFO for invited or eligible applicants. The public page says the pre-proposal solicitation is generally published in the fiscal year before awards are made and closes 60 days after posting. Applicants should wait for the next competition notice before treating any date or Grants.gov opportunity as current.