CORDAP Awards:
Funding new hope for the future of corals
As the only international organisation fully dedicated to funding global R&D for tropical and cold-water coral restoration and conservation, we are proud to showcase some of the exciting work being done by the awardees of our funding awards.
The awarded projects of CLIP 2025 will receive a total of US$1.5 million to support critically important work on the restoration and conservation of corals across low- and middle-income countries.
We are funding 45 projects across the globe and have committed more than US$ 38 million to coral research, restoration, and innovation. Through our funded-projects and activities we support more than 2000 researchers.
These investments are not only advancing science but also building hope and resilience for future human generations.
CLIP 2025 Awarded Projects (NEW!)
Unraveling the mechanisms behind temperature tolerance in Eastern Tropical Pacific corals
Understanding how environmental conditions shape corals’ microbiome and symbiotic relationships
Combining coral reef restoration and carbon-neutral tourism
Rehabilitating the reefs of Papua New Guinea using super corals
Boosting coral growth and survival with the help of sea urchins
Listening to corals to restore reefs
Monitoring Coral Spawning through eDNA and Citizen Science
Highway to coral reef rehabilitation
Boosting coral survival with probiotics and algae control
Boosting slow-growing corals survival to enhance reef restoration
Back from the blast: restoring coral reefs damages by explosives
I spy with my camera eye: corals spawning
Tracking water quality to boost coral restoration
Improving water quality in coral reefs using an autonomous filtration vessel
Repairing Brazilian coral reefs with probiotics
Mapping how coral reefs are connected
CAP 2024 Awarded Projects
Improving coral restoration capacity and governance in the Western Indian Ocean
Reefs of Hope: accelerate coral reef adaptation with heat-adapted corals
Using sea cucumbers to suppress coral diseases
Living materials to increase coral larvae recruitment
Coral Cartography: mapping Atlantic Cold-Water Corals
Repairing reefs using a multifunction biobased and biodegradable adhesive
Next-generation probiotics for corals
CAP 2023 Awarded Projects
Restoring coral reefs in Mnemba Island with local communities
Establishing a Coral Academy and a network of Coral Restoration Teams in the Pacific
Securing the Future of Cold-Water Corals in Argentina’s Deep Sea
Developing tools for coral population management in Belize
COSMARINDO: Enhancing coral restoration in Indonesia through monitoring and education
Enhancing Coral Restoration in the western Indian Ocean through Larval propagation
Sound on: using acoustic enrichment to boost coral larval settlement
Building a cryorepository network for coral larvae in the Coral Triangle
CAP 2022 Awarded Projects
CORALADAPT: identifying heat-resistant corals
Quantifying and operationalizing genetic adaptation for successful coral restoration (CORALADAPT)
Editing genes to build more heat-resilient corals
Accelerating coral reef conservation, restoration, and sustainable business development in developing nations through the use of ex situ coral spawning
Nurturing young corals in the Mesoamerican Reef
Interventions to improve the health, growth, and survival of larvae and settlers for sexual restoration of the Mesoamerican Reef (MAR)
Ramping up coral breeding in the Caribbean
Upscaling and optimizing coral sexual propagation technologies for coral restoration in the Caribbean
Monitoring heat-tolerant algae living inside corals
Novel bio-optical tools for scaling up coral restoration practices in cooperatively managed reef systems in the Pacific
Restoration Road Maps: Scaling up coral rescue in the Caribbean
Restoration Road Maps: Improving coral restoration and capacity of managers in the Caribbean MPAConnect Network
AI and robotics advance coral conservation
Empowering community-led coral reef restoration and prioritization in the Maldives
ReefSeed – a portable aquaculture system
ReefSeed – a portable aquaculture system for rapid and up-scaled production and deployment of corals for reef restoration
Using probiotics to fight a lethal coral disease
Giving Caribbean corals a future: SCTLD and the use of probiotics in coral restoration projects
ASSIST: a smart-decision framework for coral restoration
A smart-decision framework for coral restoration (ASSIST) – harnessing resilience for restoration
Clean reefs: a pollution mapping and assessment tool
CLEAN REEFS: a dynamic pollution mapping and risk assessment tool for global coral reefs
Boosting coral resilience with nutritional supplements
Super Supplement: Boosting coral resilience through nutritional subsidies
Creating a global cryopreservation network for corals
Establishing the Global Coral Cryopreservation Network
Accelerating coral reef conservation with a “lab in a box”
Accelerating coral reef conservation, restoration, and sustainable business development in developing nations through the use of ex situ coral spawning
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