| CFDA Program Title | Disrupted Grants | Amt Remaining at Disruption |
|---|---|---|
| Climate and Atmospheric Research | 11 | $10,786,498 |
| Cooperative Institute Inter Agency Funded Activities | 2 | $1,927,901 |
| Marine Sanctuary Program | 2 | $235,000 |
| Office for Coastal Management | 2 | $1,470,012 |
| Chesapeake Bay Studies | 1 | $40,700 |
| Coastal Zone Management Administration Awards | 1 | $179,600 |
| Coastal Zone Management Estuarine Research Reserves | 1 | $8,486.71 |
| Cooperative Science and Education Program | 1 | $11,600 |
| Habitat Conservation | 1 | $15.51 |
| National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Noaa Cooperative Institutes | 1 | $2,757,930 |
| Noaa Mission Related Education Awards | 1 | $364,360 |
| Pacific Fisheries Data Program | 1 | $766,710 |
| Sea Grant Support | 1 | $9,257,231 |
Grant Witness is tracking NOAA Terminations and Funding
Mridula (Mally) Shan, Noam Ross · September 18, 2026
At Grant Witness, we have been tracking the damage of funding terminations across federal agencies since March 2025. We have focused on our core research agencies (NIH and NSF) and expanded to other agencies in science and public health such as EPA and CDC. Yet scientific research, development, and application are core functions across the federal government, and we are always striving to expand our view to better understand how the current administration is upending the American science enterprise.
Today we’re expanding both our termination and grantmaking trackers to include the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). NOAA is a scientific agency within the United States Department of Commerce. Its stated mission is “to understand and predict our changing environment, from the deep sea to outer space, and to manage and conserve America’s coastal marine resources.” It includes the National Weather Service.
NOAA’s work has been targeted from the start of the administration. The Trump administration has engaged in staff firings, suppression of scientific reports, and proposed budget cuts of more than 25% for both FY 2026 and 2027.
Like many other agencies, NOAA terminated research and support grants en masse starting in April 2025 under the disastrous tenure of the “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE). Neither NOAA nor DOGE has published a reliable accounting of these terminations. Grant Witness, through reporting and data mining, has identified 26 NOAA grants that have been terminated, only 4 of which have been reinstated.
CFDA Programs and Line Offices
These grants span 13 government programs (CFDAs, Table 1) across 4 of the 6 line offices at NOAA (Table 2). Together, they represent a loss of $27,806,045 in funding to states, cities, nonprofits and universities. Climate research is the most affected area, but a variety of programs in coastal and marine management have been shuttered.
| Line Office Name | Disrupted Grants | Amt Remaining at Disruption |
|---|---|---|
| Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research | 15 | $24,729,560 |
| National Ocean Service | 6 | $1,893,099 |
| National Marine Fisheries Service | 4 | $819,026 |
| Office of the Under Secretary | 1 | $364,360 |
State Breakdown
As one would expect, coastal states have borne the brunt of these terminations. New York has the greatest number of disrupted NOAA grants followed by Washington, Massachusetts, and New Jersey (tied at three disrupted grants) (Table 3). The states with the greatest loss in funding include Washington, North Crolina, and New Jersey.
| State | Disrupted Grants | Remaining at Disruption |
|---|---|---|
| New York | 4 | $787,780 |
| Washington | 3 | $11,487,084 |
| New Jersey | 3 | $4,685,831 |
| Massachusetts | 3 | $384,447 |
| North Carolina | 2 | $5,725,610 |
| Virginia | 2 | $124,667 |
| California | 1 | $1,921,064 |
| Louisiana | 1 | $1,126,012 |
| Oregon | 1 | $766,710 |
| Rhode Island | 1 | $344,000 |
| Wyoming | 1 | $271,297 |
| Michigan | 1 | $89,519 |
| Illinois | 1 | $75,000 |
| Alaska | 1 | $17,008 |
| Maine | 1 | $16 |
New grants in 2025 and 2026
On our NOAA agency pulse page, we are tracking the new awards made by the agency. Unlike many of the agencies we track, NOAA does not provide up-to-date grant listings, so we use USAspending data to track new awards, which can lag by over a month. Nonetheless, we can see NOAA is far behind in its distribution of Congressionally-appropriated funds. Unlike FY 2025, when many NOAA grants were distributed in the closing days of the Biden administration, NOAA was slow to start this year and has not made new grants since mid-August. It has distributed 61% fewer funds and 74% fewer grants than the 2021–2024 average. We will see if the agency can catch up in the remaining weeks of the fiscal year.
We will continue to track the changes and disruptions at NOAA. Keep an eye on the agency page, or follow our updates or newsletter. As with all our work at Grant Witness, crowdsourced information is key to building and verifying our databases. Please continue to submit reports of grant terminations or reinstatements using our web form, and don’t hesitate to contact us.