How much funding is available in total?

$7,000,000 across the whole programme. This is the total the funder has allocated, not an amount any single applicant can receive.

Is matching funding required?

No. The source states that no matching funds are required.

FederalClosedFixed dateBureau of Oceans - Int. Environmental - Scientific

Seabed Mapping, Exploration, and Characterization in the Pacific

Award ceiling: $2,000,000 – $7,000,000
Closes: Aug 14, 2026
Last verified: 2026-09-18

Awards $2,000,000 – $7,000,000 per recipient for private institutions of higher education, closing Aug 14, 2026.

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Private institutions of higher educationEnvironment & Water

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Seabed Mapping, Exploration, and Characterization in the Pacific awards $2,000,000 – $7,000,000 per recipient, open to private institutions of higher education, closing Aug 14, 2026.

Record fields

Program pool (total): $7,000,000
Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Award ceiling (per project): $7,000,000
Award floor: $2,000,000
Typical award: Not confirmed
Deadline: Aug 14, 2026
Deadline type: Fixed date
Opens: Aug 10, 2026
Status: Closed
Eligible entities: Private institutions of higher education
Geography: Not stated
Matching funds: No
Disbursement: Not confirmed
Application effort: Not confirmed
Use of funds: ocean mapping · seabed exploration · habitat and resource characterization · data management and analysis
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

$7,000,000

Award ceiling (per project)The most one applicant can receive

$7,000,000

Who can apply?

level

federal

Derived from the source that published this record

entity

Private institutions of higher education

Source field: entity types

industry

Environment & Water

Source field: industries

use

data management and analysis, habitat and resource characterization, ocean mapping, seabed exploration

Source field: use of funds

size limit

Not confirmed

Source field: applicant size limit

clause text

-U.S.-based for-profit organizations or businesses;-U.S.-based public, private, or state educational institutions; and-U.S.-based not-for-profit organizations, including think tanks and civil society/non-governmental organizations with or…

We store the structured fields above. Clause-by-clause text from the guidelines is not connected for this record.

When does it close?

Aug 14, 2026ClosedDeadline type Fixed date

What can the money be used for?

4 categorysThe source’s own spending categories, and what is not parsed.

ocean mappingseabed explorationhabitat and resource characterizationdata management and analysis

These categories come from the source's own classification. A line-item cost table, where the programme publishes one, lives in the guidelines and is not parsed for this record.

How hard is the application?

1 fieldEffort, match requirement and reimbursement, as the source stated them.

Application effort: Not confirmed
Disbursement: Not confirmed
Matching funds: No

What comparable notices state

81 recordsStated ceilings on open records in the same industry.

Among open records stored under Environment & Water, 81 of 206 state an award ceiling. Those that do run:

25th percentile$300,000
Median$1,000,000
75th percentile$3,000,000

A statistical estimate, not a prediction. It describes what a set of notices has published in this catalogue on the day you read it, and says nothing about what this programme will award. Records stating no ceiling are excluded rather than counted as zero, and the programme pool — what a funder has across every applicant — is a different column and is never mixed in.

Common questions

6 questionsEvery answer is a stored field from this record. Questions the source did not answer are not asked.

How much can one applicant receive?: $2,000,000 – $7,000,000 per recipient.
How much funding is available in total?: $7,000,000 across the whole programme. This is the total the funder has allocated, not an amount any single applicant can receive.
When is the application deadline?: Aug 14, 2026.
Who is eligible to apply?: Private institutions of higher education.
What can the funding be used for?: ocean mapping, seabed exploration, habitat and resource characterization, data management and analysis, as classified by the source.
Is matching funding required?: No. The source states that no matching funds are required.

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Provenance

Source pagegrants.gov

Retrieved2026-09-18

MethodAutomated check

First seen2026-09-18

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