Title,Recipient,Competition,"Fiscal Year","Award Number","Federal Funding","Principal Investigator",State,City,County,District,Lat/Long,"Grant Dates",Abstract,Partners "Conservation Solutions: Developing America's Zoos and Aquariums into Centers for Leadership and Innovation","Ocean Foundation / The Ocean Project","2012: NOAA Broad Agency Announcement for FY 2012—2013",2013,NA13SEC0080013,"$546,898","William Mott","District of Columbia",Washington,"District of Columbia",DC00,"38.90543, -77.04676","2013-10-01T00:00:00 - 2016-09-30T00:00:00","The Ocean Project will empower America's zoos, aquariums and science museums to become centers of innovation and effective leadership for healthy oceans and conservation in their communities, providing meaningful engagement opportunities for their 200 million annual visitors to become involved in helping with solutions. To help them do so, The Ocean Project is launching a competitive ""Innovative Solutions Grants Program"" that will provide financial resources for zoos, aquariums and science museums to develop innovative local and regional ocean conservation solutions and stewardship initiatives, with a special emphasis on engaging youth and minorities. To leverage and maximize the benefit of this small grants program, The Ocean Project will also provide the awardees with opportunities for capacity building in strategic communications and share the resulting new strategies and successes with our growing partner network of 2000 zoos, aquariums, science museums and other conservation and education organizations in all 50 States and worldwide.","National Aquarium / National Aquarium In Baltimore (NAIB), New England Aquarium Corporation / New England Aquarium (NEAq), Florida Aquarium, Oregon Coast Aquarium, North Carolina Aquarium Society, Philadelphia Zoo, Riverbanks Zoo and Garden, Woodland Park Zoo, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Saint Louis Zoological Park, NOAA Office of Education"