CORDAP Award Winners 2022:
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 be able to showcase some of the exciting work being done by the winners of our first round of funding awards.
The awarded projects will receive a total of $18 million USD to support critically important work on the restoration and conservation of corals across the planet.
> CAP 2022 received 89 proposals from all over the globe.
> Each full proposal underwent expert international peer review by two to three experts, followed by a panel review.
> 14 successful teams have now been awarded up to $1.5 million USD each.
> The projects involve 20 countries including the following low-and middle income countries: Colombia, Dominican Republic, Fiji, Honduras, Indonesia, Malaysia, Maldives, Mexico, Philippines and the Solomon Islands.
> Each full proposal underwent expert international peer review by two to three experts, followed by a panel review.
> 14 successful teams have now been awarded up to $1.5 million USD each.
> The projects involve 20 countries including the following low-and middle income countries: Colombia, Dominican Republic, Fiji, Honduras, Indonesia, Malaysia, Maldives, Mexico, Philippines and the Solomon Islands.
OUR 2022 AWARD WINNERS
CORALADAPT: Identifying heat-resistant corals
Quantifying and operationalizing genetic adaptation for successful coral restoration (CORALADAPT)
Editing genes to build more resilient corals
Accelerating coral reef conservation, restoration, and sustainable business development in developing nations through the use of ex situ coral spawning
Improving the health, growth, and survival of young corals
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
Floating fluorometers and heat-tolerant algae
Novel bio-optical tools for scaling up coral restoration practices in cooperatively managed reef systems in the Pacific
Improving coral reef restoration and disease mitigation in the Caribbean through local capacity-building
Restoration Road Maps: Improving coral restoration and capacity of managers in the Caribbean MPAConnect Network
Using AI and robotic boats to advance community-led reef restoration efforts
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 risk 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 cryogenically preserved ‘bio-bank’
Establishing the Global Coral Cryopreservation Network
Building circular economies through coral cultivation
Accelerating coral reef conservation, restoration, and sustainable business development in developing nations through the use of ex situ coral spawning
Images: © Raquel Lisboa