Funding / Coastal Zone Management Program Applicant Information
Coastal Zone Management Program
Applicant Information
Awards Funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
Overview and Applicant Information
For this Habitat Protection and Restoration Award competition, the focus is on coastal habitat restoration, including ecosystem conservation and habitat restoration planning, engineering, and design. Recipients are the coastal zone management programs within the coastal states and territories.
Fiscal Year 2024 Awards: see project descriptions.
Goal: Protect and restore ecologically significant habitats, including conserving lands that play a critical role in helping communities become more resilient to natural hazards.
Total Funding: $207 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds over five years, with $44 million in funds leveraged from the Inflation Reduction Act, to support additional projects from the 2022 and 2023 competitions. Approximately $40 million per year in competitive and non-competitive program capacity funds, with competitive projects expected to range in cost from approximately $200,000 up to $6 million per project, depending on project type.
Eligible Uses: 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 $300,000 per year for each coastal zone management program to support a work plan focused on the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law projects and to address related restoration, conservation, or other Infrastructure Law opportunities that are priorities for the state.
Eligible Applicants: Coastal zone management 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 county.
Matching Requirements: Neither competitive nor non-competitive funds will require a match. However, leveraged funding is strongly encouraged and will be reviewed in evaluations.
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