Harmful Algal Bloom Innovation Challenge: Toxin Detection in Seafood

Harmful Algal Bloom Innovation Challenge: Toxin Detection in Seafood is a grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science that funds innovative approaches to detecting harmful algal bloom toxins in seafood.

Eligible applicants include U.S. institutions of higher education, nonprofits, state and local governments, tribal government entities, U.S. Territories, U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands institutions, and for-profit organizations. Principal investigators must be employees of an eligible entity, and foreign researchers must apply as subawards through a qualifying U.S. institution.

Federal applicants are eligible with proper legal authority. The program supports coastal ocean research and seafood safety innovation administered through the NOAA Coastal Ocean Program.

Opportunity Listing - Harmful Algal Bloom Innovation Challenge: Toxin Detection in Seafood Harmful Algal Bloom Innovation Challenge: Toxin Detection in Seafood Agency: DOC NOAA - ERA Production Assistance Listings: 11. 478 -- Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research Coastal Ocean Program Last Updated: April 15, 2026 View version history on Grants.

gov Eligible applicants for Federal financial assistance in this competition are U.S. institutions of higher education, non-profits, state and local governments, tribal government entities, U.S. Territories, U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands institutions, and for-profit organizations. Federal applicants (including NOAA) are eligible provided legal authority exists for the Federal applicant to receive funds from another agency.

--- Please note that: 1. PIs must be employees of an eligible entity listed above; and applications must be submitted through that entity. Non-Federal researchers should comply with their institutional requirements for application submission.

--- 2. Non-Federal researchers affiliated with NOAA-University CIs will be funded through cooperative agreements. --- 3.

Foreign researchers must apply as subawards or contracts through an eligible U.S. entity. --- 4. Federal applicants are eligible to submit applications for intra- or inter-agency funds transfers through this competition.

Non-NOAA Federal applicants will be required to submit certifications or documentation showing that they have specific legal authority to accept funds for this type of research. --- 5. An eligible U.S. entity may propose Federal agency researchers as funded or unfunded collaborators.

If Federal agency researchers are proposed as funded collaborators, the applicant should present the collaborator's funding request in the application in the same way documentation is provided for a subrecipient for purposes of project evaluation, even though intra- or inter-agency funding transfers will generally be used if the project is selected. --- 6.

NOAA NCCOS researchers may apply through an eligible U.S. entity as funded or unfunded collaborators, but cannot be the lead PI on the application. Federal employees, including NOAA, with the exception of NCCOS employees, may serve as lead PI on the application. NOAA Federal salaries will not be paid.

--- Grantor contact information Technical Program Information: Sarah Pease, NCCOS/CRP Program Manager, File name Description Last updated Foa_Content_of_NOAA-NOS-NCCOS-2026-32955_1.

pdf Full Announcement Apr 15, 2026 01:54 PM UTC Link to additional information Funding opportunity number : NOAA-NOS-NCCOS-2026-32955 Cost sharing or matching requirement : Funding instrument type : Opportunity Category Explanation : Category of Funding Activity : Science technology and other research and development