NOAA Announces $10M Coastal Habitat Restoration and Resilience Grants
Eligible applicants: states, local governments, nonprofits, forprofits, tribal entities, higher education institutions. Applications are due: Sep 30, 2022
Opportunity: Coastal Habitat Restoration and Resilience Grants for Underserved Communities (NOAA)
Overview and Eligible Uses: Funding for underserved communities’ habitat restoration activities that promote resilient ecosystems and communities. This funding will provide capacity for these communities to more fully participate in developing future transformational habitat projects. This capacity is intended to ensure that communities are integral to the visioning and decision-making for coastal habitat restoration projects that affect them, and that they directly benefit from these projects.
Projects selected through this opportunity may include:
Capacity building activities, including participation in municipal or regional-scale resilience planning, project planning and feasibility studies, stakeholder engagement, and proposal development for future funding.
Restoration activities, including demonstration projects, engineering and design, permitting, and on-the-ground implementation.
Amount: Awards between $250k and $500k, up to $10M total
Type: Competitive grant
Eligible Applicants: This program is designed for “underserved communities,” as defined by EO 13985. Applicants must demonstrate their status as an underserved community. Such applicants can be:
Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
State governments
Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
City or township governments
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Small businesses
County governments
Private institutions of higher education
For profit organizations other than small businesses
Key Dates: Deadline September 30, 2022
Key Links:
Funding Opportunity Announcement (NOAA)
Funding Opportunity Website (NOAA)
Notice of Funding Opportunity (Grants.gov)
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