NOAA Announces $207M National Coastal Zone Management Program
Eligible appliicants: *. Applications are due: July 29, 2022
Opportunity: National Coastal Zone Management Program (NOAA)
Overview and Eligible Uses: To protect and restore ecologically significant habitats, including conserving lands that play a critical role in helping communities become more resilient to natural hazards. Grant awards can be used for habitat restoration; habitat restoration planning, engineering, and design; ecosystem conservation. The majority of infrastructure funding will support competitively selected projects. However, non-competitive funds to support program capacity will be available up to $150,000 per year for each coastal zone management program to support a work plan focused on the Infrastructure Act.
Amount: $200k - $6M for selected competitive projects, with non-competitive funds to support program capacity of $150k per year. Total funding will be $40M per year and $207M over 5 years.
Type: Competitive and non-competitive grants
Eligible Applicants: Coastal Zone Management (CZM) programs must serve as the primary applicant. However, funding can be passed through to other non-federal public partners. Projects must be within the coastal zone management boundary or coastal watershed county.
Key Dates: Letters of intent are due July 29, 2022, and full proposals will be due October 14, 2022.
Key Links:
Notice of Funding Opportunity (Grants.gov)
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