Funding / Regional Ocean Partnerships

Regional Ocean Partnerships

Awards Funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

The focus is on coordinating interstate and intertribal management of ocean and coastal resources and implementing priority actions, including data sharing and integration, identified by established regional ocean partnerships. These partnerships will lead the effort in the four regions where they are established—the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and West Coast — and the Integrated Ocean Observing System regional associations will serve as their “equivalent” for data sharing in the other five regions.

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By the Numbers

  • For fiscal years 2022 to 2023, $20.5 million was used to fund 13 awards under the regional ocean partnerships provision.
  • In 2023, four awards were given to tribal entities, four to existing regional ocean partnerships, and five to the regional associations that represent the Integrated Ocean Observing System.
  • In 2024, three awards were given to tribal entities and $9.6 million was made available to four existing regional ocean partnerships and five regional associations that represent the Integrated Ocean Observing System.

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