The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) will award grants to improve the health of coral reef systems. Grants will be awarded to reduce land-based sources of pollution, advance coral reef fisheries management, increase capacity for reef-scale restoration, and to support management in their efforts to increase the natural recovery and resiliency of coral reef systems.

The most competitive applications under this funding opportunity will work directly with local coral reef managers to implement priority projects in the following categories for reefs associated with the priority geographies. Coral reef conservation projects that either fall outside of or only indirectly address these priority categories or geographies are still eligible for funding but are considered lower priority than those with a direct nexus. 

Program Priorities:

1. Threat Reduction to Priority Reef Sites: Projects under this category will support implementation of activities identified in watershed management plans, marine protected area plans or fisheries management plans with an increased priority for activities that benefit reefs at the eligible locations.
2. Coral Reef Restoration: Projects under this category will help jurisdictions prepare to implement coral reef restoration projects at scale. 
3. Increase Management Capacity in Coral Conservation: The Coral Reef Conservation prioritizes applied research that responds to needs identified by jurisdictional coral reef managers. Projects under this category will work with a specific management partner to fill a critical gap in coral conservation to directly support a management decision.

For more information on program priorities, see https://www.nfwf.org/sites/default/files/2022-12/2023-coral-rfp.pdf#page=2.

• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Eligibility Criteria" for clarification)

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