About
Proposals must be received through Grants.gov by 11:59 PM Eastern time on April 16, 2025.
$100 million in funding is available for habitat restoration and coastal resilience through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
Of the $100 million in funding available, 15 percent is specifically available to U.S. federally recognized tribes, Alaska Native Corporations, and organizations that represent tribes through formal legal agreements, through direct awards or subawards:
- A direct award is an award where the tribe is the applicant, receives an award from NOAA, and administers the award.
- A subaward to a tribe is an award where a non-tribal applicant receives a direct award from NOAA, but provides a specific amount of funding to a tribe to carry out a portion of the award.
The remaining funding will be available to all eligible applicants.
Projects selected through this funding opportunity will have a transformative impact for coastal communities and tribes across the country. They will help sustain our nation’s fisheries, make significant strides in the recovery of threatened and endangered species, and help protect coastal communities and ecosystems from the impacts of climate change. They will support efforts such as reconnecting rivers to their historic floodplains, outplanting corals to rebuild reefs, building living shorelines that protect coasts from erosion and sea level rise, and more.
NOAA will accept proposals between $750,000 and $10 million for the entire award, with typical funding anticipated to range from $4 million to $6 million.
Applicant Webinars
We will hold live webinars with information for potential applicants:
- January 21 at 1-2 PM Eastern / 12-1 PM Central / 10-11 AM Pacific / 9-10 AM Alaska / 8-9 AM Hawaii / 7-8 AM American Samoa / 4-5 AM January 22nd Guam and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Questions?
Contact Resilience.Grants@noaa.gov
For Applicants
Application Process
Who Can Apply?
Eligible applicants are institutions of higher education, non-profits, commercial (for profit) organizations, U.S. territories, and state, local, and tribal governments.
How to Apply
Applicants should apply through the www.Grants.gov website. A complete standard NOAA financial assistance application package should be submitted in accordance with the guidelines in the Notice of Funding Opportunity announcement posted to www.Grants.gov. Each application must include the application forms from the SF-424 form family.
New Grant Application Process: eRA Commons
The Department of Commerce has transitioned their grants management system from Grants Online to eRA Commons. Learn the new process for submitting a grant application to NOAA Fisheries, including common errors that are important to review to ensure NOAA receives your application.
We will hold two brief webinars with tips for applying for NOAA awards with the new eRA system:
- January 14 at 1:30 PM Eastern / 12:30 PM Central / 10:30 AM Pacific / 9:30 AM Alaska
- February 4 at 3:30 PM Eastern / 2:30 PM Central / 12:30 PM Pacific / 11:30 AM Alaska
Schedule
2024:
- December 6: Publication of Notice of Funding Opportunity.
2025:
- January 21: Applicant webinar at 1-2 PM Eastern
- April 16: Deadline for proposal submissions.
Last updated by Office of Habitat Conservation on 03/25/2025