Ocean Drilling Program

Awards From $300,000 per recipient for business, individual, nonprofit, other legal entity, public agency, tribal government, unrestricted, closing Not stated.

In one sentence

Ocean Drilling Program awards from $300,000 per recipient, open to business, individual, nonprofit, other legal entity, public agency, tribal government, unrestricted.

Record fields
Program pool (total)
$9,000,000
Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Award ceiling (per project)
Not confirmed
Supplemental funding from USSSP program includes amounts less than $18,000 for post-expedition research.
Award floor
$300,000
Typical award
Not confirmed
Deadline
Not stated
Deadline type
unknown
Opens
Apr 18, 2014
Status
Closed
Eligible entities
Business · Individual · Nonprofit · Other Legal Entity · Public Agency · Tribal Government · Unrestricted
Geography
Not stated
Matching funds
No
Disbursement
Not confirmed
Application effort
Not confirmed
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
$9,000,000
Award ceiling (per project)The most one applicant can receive
Not stated

Source wording: “Supplemental funding from USSSP program includes amounts less than $18,000 for post-expedition research.

Who can apply?

use

Marine geosciences research, Ocean drilling expeditions, Outreach activities, Planning workshops, Post-expedition research, Pre-expedition site characterization

Source field: use of funds
size limit

Not stated

Source field: applicant size limit
clause text

Applicant types are unrestricted, subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility". U.S. scientific community involvement is facilitated through USSSP. Support available for U.S.-based researchers and international partners.

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

When does it close?

Closedunknown deadline

No deadline information provided on page.

What can the money be used for?

Marine geosciences researchOcean drilling expeditionsPre-expedition site characterizationPost-expedition researchPlanning workshopsOutreach activities

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?

Application effort
Not confirmed
Disbursement
Not confirmed
Matching funds
No
Cost sharing marked as false.

Who has received this funding?

No award records yet

We hold no prior awards for this programme. That is a gap in what we have connected, not a finding that the programme has never funded anyone — check the official page, which may list past recipients.

Common questions

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How much can one applicant receive?
From $300,000 per recipient. The source states: “Supplemental funding from USSSP program includes amounts less than $18,000 for post-expedition research.”.
How much funding is available in total?
$9,000,000 across the whole programme. This is the total the funder has allocated, not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Who is eligible to apply?
Business, Individual, Nonprofit, Other Legal Entity, Public Agency, Tribal Government, Unrestricted.
What can the funding be used for?
Marine geosciences research, Ocean drilling expeditions, Pre-expedition site characterization, Post-expedition research, Planning workshops, Outreach activities, as classified by the source.
Is matching funding required?
No. The source states that no matching funds are required. Cost sharing marked as false.
Provenance
Source pagegrants.gov
Retrieved2026-08-31
MethodAutomated check
First seen2026-08-31

The official page governs. If the source and this record disagree, the source is correct — programmes change their terms between our checks, so confirm every figure above before you apply.