# NOAA awards $42.2M to UC San Diego for climate institute

The cooperative agreement for the Cooperative Institute for Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Systems rose from $24.6M to $42.2M across four revisions, recorded on USASpending.gov on September 10, 2026.

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NOAA awarded $42.2 million to the University of California San Diego for the Cooperative Institute for Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Systems, the largest single obligation among eight awards recorded on USASpending.gov on September 10, 2026.[^8] The amount moved from $24.6M when first observed to $42.2M across four observed revisions.

Federal awards data shows seven other awards from the same day, totaling roughly $75.5 million by this paper's arithmetic. The recipients include the National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance ($13.5M), the North Pacific Research Board ($17.3M), the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation (two awards totaling $14.7M), the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife ($11.6M), the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife ($6.58M), and the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission ($11.7M).[^1][^2][^3][^4][^5][^6][^7] Outlays to date across all eight awards range from $9,843 to $4.2M.

The same week, NOAA published three final rules in the Federal Register covering catch share cost recovery in the Greater Atlantic region, a bluefish quota transfer from New Jersey to North Carolina, and rockfish management in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands, as well as a proposed rule on red grouper quotas in the Gulf of America.[^9][^10][^11]

## What this stands on

1. Department of Commerce (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) awarded $13,500,000 to NATIONAL COLLEGIATE INVENTORS & INNOVATORS ALLIANCE, INC. under award NA25NOSX012C0014, a cooperative agreement (b) for "science and technology innovations focused on ocean-based climate resilience are essential to equipping communities to prepare for, absorb the impacts of, re...", as recorded on USASpending.gov on 2026-09-10. Outlays to date are $3,457,057. (USASpending.gov, Federal awards, claim on record)
2. Department of Commerce (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) awarded $17,347,778 to NORTH PACIFIC RESEARCH BOARD under award NA25NMFX472G0034, a project grant (b) for "the north pacific research board was created by congress under title iv of hr 2107, and tasked to conduct research activities on or relating to the fisheries...", as recorded on USASpending.gov on 2026-09-10. Outlays to date are $504,110. (USASpending.gov, Federal awards, claim on record)
3. Department of Commerce (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) awarded $5,123,902 to CONFEDERATED TRIBES AND BANDS OF THE YAKAMA NATION under award NA25NMFX463C0060, a cooperative agreement (b) for "the yakama nation will work to relocate a portion of a state highway to improve fish passage, reduce roadway flooding, and reconnect habitat for salmon and s...", as recorded on USASpending.gov on 2026-09-10. Outlays to date are $9,843. The amount has moved from $478,708 when first observed (USASpending.gov, Federal awards, claim on record)
4. Department of Commerce (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) awarded $9,570,030 to CONFEDERATED TRIBES AND BANDS OF THE YAKAMA NATION under award NA25NMFX463C0058, a cooperative agreement (b) for "the yakama nation will be awarded $14,000,000 to advance several efforts to improve fish passage and reduce the mortality of salmon and steelhead in the yaki...", as recorded on USASpending.gov on 2026-09-10. The amount has moved from $3,620,137 when first observed to $9,570,030 across 2 ob (USASpending.gov, Federal awards, claim on record)
5. Department of Commerce (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) awarded $11,636,202 to FISH & WILDLIFE, WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF under award NA25NMFX438G0040, a project grant (b) for "this grant supports washington department of fish and wildlifes implementation of the pacific salmon treaty to include fishery data collection, data exchange...", as recorded on USASpending.gov on 2026-09-10. Outlays to date are $4,197,495. (USASpending.gov, Federal awards, claim on record)
6. Department of Commerce (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) awarded $6,580,428 to STATE OF OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE under award NA25NMFX438G0031, a project grant (b) for "this grant supports the oregon department of fish and wildlifes implementation of the pacific salmon treaty to include fishery data collection, data exchange...", as recorded on USASpending.gov on 2026-09-10. Outlays to date are $2,136,568. (USASpending.gov, Federal awards, claim on record)
7. Department of Commerce (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) awarded $11,718,406 to PACIFIC STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION under award NA25NMFX437C0015, a cooperative agreement (b) for "the goal of this program is to manage, enhance, restore and maintain the shared fisheries, protected species and fisheries habitat of the pacific coast. this...", as recorded on USASpending.gov on 2026-09-10. Outlays to date are $533,197. The amount has moved from $5,824,902 when first observed to (USASpending.gov, Federal awards, claim on record)
8. Department of Commerce (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) awarded $42,238,095 to UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO under award NA25NMFX432C0003, a cooperative agreement (b) for "this project proposes to renew the cooperative institute for marine, earth, and atmospheric systems (cimeas), which over the last five years has worked in cl...", as recorded on USASpending.gov on 2026-09-10. Outlays to date are $3,055,662. The amount has moved from $24,631,825 when first observed to $42, (USASpending.gov, Federal awards, claim on record)
9. Commerce Department; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration published Rule: Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Greater Atlantic Region Catch Share Cost Recovery Program Updates (2026-09-11). | Commerce Department; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration published Rule: Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Bluefish Fishery; Quota Transfer From New Jersey to North Carolina (2026-09-11). | Commerce Department; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrati (Federal Register, Federal Register, claim on record)
10. Commerce Department; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration published Proposed Rule: Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of America; 2027 Red Grouper Commercial Quota Retention (2026-09-10). | Commerce Department; Census Bureau published Proposed Rule: Decennial Census of the Population of Americans; Proposed Residence Criteria and Proposed Regulations for Demographic Questions (2026-09-10). (Federal Register, Federal Register, claim on record)
11. Commerce Department; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration published Rule: Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Ocean Perch in the Western Aleutian District of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (2026-09-09). (Federal Register, Federal Register, claim on record)

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