Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund
Funding Overview
The Budget Act of 2024 (Assembly Bill 107, Chapter 22, Statutes of 2024) included $27.5 million to the California Ocean Protection Council for grants or expenditures to advance resilience projects that conserve, protect, and restore marine wildlife and healthy ocean and coastal ecosystems.
This appropriation is part of California Climate Investments, a statewide initiative that puts billions of Cap-and-Trade dollars to work reducing greenhouse gas emissions, strengthening the economy, and improving public health and the environment — particularly in disadvantaged communities.
Request for Proposals
Senate Bill 1 Sea Level Rise Adaptation Grant Program – Tribal Cultural Resources
The Senate Bill 1 Sea Level Rise Adaptation Grant Program (SB 1 Grant Program) provides funding to support coastal communities in developing and implementing plans and projects that build resilience to sea level rise along California’s coast and the San Francisco Bay.
The Sea Level Rise Tribal Cultural Resources Funding Program is part of the SB 1 Grant Program. This solicitation provides dedicated support for California Native American tribes to engage and plan for the impacts of sea level rise on cultural resources and ancestral lands. Visit the SB 1 Tribal webpage for solicitation materials, application instructions and templates, and rolling application deadlines.
Ocean Acidification, Hypoxia, and Harmful Algal Blooms
The Monitoring, Research, and Modeling to Support Ocean Acidification, Hypoxia, and Marine Harmful Algal Bloom Management in California solicitation provides funding to enhance scientific understanding of these two water quality concerns in order to advance the State’s response related to growing threats to California’s coastal ecosystems and communities.
The solicitation includes two funding tracks:
- Track 1: Advancing Knowledge of the Biological Impacts of Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia
- Track 2: Marine Harmful Algal Bloom Research Monitoring, and Synthesis for Early Warning, Control, and Ecosystem Resiliency
Letters of intent (LOI) for both tracks are due Friday, March 6, 2026 by 5:00 p.m. More information and instructions for applying can be found in the solicitation.
Future funding solicitations will be announced on this website and through our email announcements. Sign up to receive OPC emails.