North Pacific Research Board

Open programs5

1. NPRB Core Program Request for Proposals (Flex Grants Only) — Revised July 2025

   The North Pacific Research Board (NPRB) seeks cooperative research proposals addressing fishery management and marine ecosystem information needs across the North Pacific relevant to Alaska, with topics including oceanography and productivity, fishes and invertebrates, marine birds and mammals, human dimensions, and interdisciplinary studies.

   Research ProjectMarine Science / Fisheries

   Deadline

   Sep 30, 2026

   Amount

   $150,000

2. Northern Bering Sea Integrated Ecosystem Research Program (IERP)

   The North Pacific Research Board (NPRB) is leading the Northern Bering Sea Integrated Ecosystem Research Program (IERP), a $21.4M, multidisciplinary initiative (2026–2031) to investigate how oceanographic and environmental conditions affect abundance, distribution, condition and survival of commercially, ecologically and subsistence-important species and to inform fisheries management and coastal communities.

   Research ProjectMarine Science / Fisheries

   Deadline

   Not listed

   Amount

   $21,400,000

3. NPRB Graduate Student Research Awards

   The North Pacific Research Board (NPRB) offers a competitive Graduate Student Research Award of $26,000 to support Master’s and doctoral research addressing marine ecosystem, fisheries management, and related scientific, technological, or socioeconomic issues in NPRB priority regions.

   FellowshipMarine science, fisheries, and marine ecosystem research

   Deadline

   Not listed

   Amount

   $26,000

4. NPRB Outreach Program

   The North Pacific Research Board (NPRB) Outreach Program funds communication, education, stakeholder engagement, and outreach initiatives that share results from NPRB-supported marine research.

   OtherMarine science

   Deadline

   Not listed

   Amount

   $150,000

5. NPRB Outreach Program — Outreach sub-award RFP (Up to $25,000/project)

   The North Pacific Research Board (NPRB) offers outreach sub-awards (up to $25,000 per project, $150,000 total annually) to fund communication, education, and stakeholder engagement activities that directly complement NPRB Core Program–funded research; the Outreach RFP is issued annually with rolling funding decisions twice a year.

   Research ProjectMarine Science; Science Communication/Outreach

   Deadline

   Not listed

   Amount

   $150,000

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