NOAA Opens $45M for Coastal Habitat Restoration and Resilience Grants
Eligible applicants: tribal entities, higher education institutions, nonprofits, forprofits, territories, states, and local governments. Applications are due December 19, 2023
Announcement Type: Notice of Funding Opportunity (this program is currently accepting applications)
Opportunity: Coastal Habitat Restoration and Resilience Grants for Tribes and Underserved Communities, Under the BIL and IRA
Overview and Eligible Uses: The principal objective of this funding opportunity is to support opportunities for tribes, tribal entities, and/or underserved communities to meaningfully engage in coastal habitat restoration activities. NOAA intends to support capacity building; actionable science support, such as the collection and/or analysis of climate, habitat or other community- or conservation-related data; and restoration project activities that enhance resilience of tribal and underserved communities and have the greatest potential to lead to habitat restoration in coastal, estuarine, marine, and Great Lakes areas.
Amount: NOAA will not accept proposals with a federal funding request of less than $75,000 or more than $3 million for the entire award. NOAA anticipates typical federal funding awards will range from $250,000 to $1 million over three years.
Award Type: Cooperative Agreement
Eligible Applicants: Eligible applicants are tribes, applicants that can demonstrate status as a tribal entity, an underserved community (see definitions in Section I.A. of NOFO), or entities that partner with tribes, tribal entities, and/or underserved communities such as institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, commercial (for profit) organizations, U.S. territories, and state, local, and Native American and Alaska Native tribal governments.
Key Dates: The application deadline is December 19, 2023 at 11:59 PM Eastern time.
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