Funding / Funding Opportunities
Funding Opportunities
The Office for Coastal Management’s competitive grant announcements can be found on Grants.gov by searching under the following federal assistance listing numbers:
- 11.419 – Coastal Zone Management Administration (Projects of Special Merit, Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program, Research Reserves Collaborative Science Program)
- 11.420 – National Estuarine Research Reserves
- 11.473 – Office for Coastal Management (Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, NOAA Climate Resilience Regional Challenge, Coastal Resilience, Bay Watershed Education and Training, Great Lakes Areas of Concern Land Acquisition)
- 11.482 – Coral Reef Conservation Program
Table 1.0: Open or Recent NOAA Grant Announcements
| Grant Opportunities | Notice of Funding Opportunities (posted on Grants.gov) |
Dates of Interest | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Letters of Intent or Pre-applications | Proposal Deadline | Earliest Start Date | ||
| Office for Coastal Management – Infrastructure Funding | Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Tribal Engagement in Regional Ocean Partnership Priorities | N/A | 11:59 p.m. Eastern time, August 30, 2023 | April 1, 2024 |
| Office for Coastal Management – National Estuarine Research Reserve System | Fiscal Year 2022 to FY 2023 Margaret A. Davidson Graduate Fellowships for the National Estuarine Research Reserve System | N/A | 11:59 p.m. Eastern time, December 4, 2023 | August 1, 2024 |
| Office for Coastal Management – Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding | CZM Habitat Protection and Restoration Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Competition | 11:59 p.m. Eastern time, August 14, 2023 | 11:59 p.m. Eastern time, January 10, 2024 | August 1, 2024 |
| Office for Coastal Management – Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding | Research Reserves Habitat Protection and Restoration Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Competition | 11:59 p.m. Eastern time, August 14, 2023 | 11:59 p.m. Eastern time, January 10, 2024 | August 1, 2024 |
| Office for Coastal Management – NOAA Climate Resilience Regional Challenge | Inflation Reduction Act: NOAA Climate Resilience Regional Challenge | 11:59 p.m. Eastern time, August 28, 2023 | 11:59 p.m. Eastern time, February 13, 2024 | October 1, 2024 |
| NOAA-wide announcement | FY 2021 to FY 2023 NOAA Broad Agency Announcement. The notice requests proposals for special projects and programs associated with NOAA's strategic plan and mission goals. This broad agency announcement is a mechanism to encourage research, education and outreach, innovative projects, or sponsorships that are not addressed through NOAA competitive discretionary programs. It is not a mechanism for awarding congressionally directed funds. Funding for potential projects in this notice is contingent upon the availability of fiscal year 2021 to 2023 appropriations. | N/A | 11:59 p.m. Eastern time, September 30, 2024 | If found meritorious, generally three to six months after submission |
All deadlines are 11:59 p.m. Eastern time unless noted
Table 1.1: Open or Recent Noncompetitive Requests for Applications
| Program | Noncompetitive request for Application
(posted on Grants.gov) |
Dates of Interest | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Letters of Intent or Pre-applications | Proposal Deadline | Earliest Start Date | ||
| Office for Coastal Management | Request for application instructions for the Coastal Zone Management Inflation Reduction Act non-competitive awards | N/A | 11:59 p.m. Eastern time, November 1, 2023 | April 1, 2024 |
| Office for Coastal Management | Request for application instructions for the National Estuarine Research Reserve System Inflation Reduction Act non-competitive awards | N/A | 11:59 p.m. Eastern time, November 1, 2023 | April 1, 2024 |
All deadlines are 11:59 p.m. Eastern time unless noted
Table 2.0: Archive of selected NOAA competitive federal funding opportunities (FFOs).
Information about NOAA Office for Coastal Management grants (pdf)
Grants.gov guidance (pdf)