RESTORE Act Centers of Excellence Research Grants Program

Awards $5,710,210 – $14,518,510 per recipient for state governments, closing Oct 31, 2026.

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RESTORE Act Centers of Excellence Research Grants Program awards $5,710,210 – $14,518,510 per recipient, open to state governments, closing Oct 31, 2026.

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Program pool (total)
Not confirmed
Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Award ceiling (per project)
$14,518,510
Award floor
$5,710,210
Typical award
Not confirmed
Deadline
Oct 31, 2026
Deadline type
Fixed date
Opens
Sep 26, 2024
Status
Open
Eligible entities
State governments
Geography
Not stated
Matching funds
Not confirmed
Disbursement
Not confirmed
Application effort
Not confirmed
Use of funds
Coastal and deltaic sustainability, restoration, and protection · Coastal fisheries and wildlife ecosystem research and monitoring · Offshore energy development · Sustainable and resilient growth, economic and commercial development · Comprehensive observation, monitoring, and mapping of the Gulf of Mexico
Currency
USD

How much money is available?

Two different figures govern a programme and they are not interchangeable. The programme pool is what the funder has allocated across every award it will make this cycle. The award ceiling is the most one applicant can be granted.

Program pool (total)Across all awards this cycle
Not stated
Award ceiling (per project)The most one applicant can receive
$14,518,510

Who can apply?

level
Derived from the source that published this record
entity
State governments
Source field: entity types
industry
use
Coastal and deltaic sustainability, restoration, and protection, Coastal fisheries and wildlife ecosystem research and monitoring, Comprehensive observation, monitoring, and mapping of the Gulf of Mexico, Offshore energy development, Sustainable and resilient growth, economic and commercial development
Source field: use of funds
size limit

Not confirmed

Source field: applicant size limit
clause text

Not confirmed

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When does it close?

Oct 31, 202654 daysDeadline type Fixed date

What can the money be used for?

5 categorys
The source’s own spending categories, and what is not parsed.
Coastal and deltaic sustainability, restoration, and protectionCoastal fisheries and wildlife ecosystem research and monitoringOffshore energy developmentSustainable and resilient growth, economic and commercial developmentComprehensive observation, monitoring, and mapping of the Gulf of Mexico

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Common questions

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How much can one applicant receive?
$5,710,210 – $14,518,510 per recipient.
When is the application deadline?
Oct 31, 2026.
Who is eligible to apply?
State governments.
What can the funding be used for?
Coastal and deltaic sustainability, restoration, and protection, Coastal fisheries and wildlife ecosystem research and monitoring, Offshore energy development, Sustainable and resilient growth, economic and commercial development, Comprehensive observation, monitoring, and mapping of the Gulf of Mexico, as classified by the source.

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Provenance
Source pagegrants.gov
Retrieved2026-09-04
MethodAutomated check
First seen2026-09-03

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