$20 Million Available to Advance Habitat Restoration Priorities of Tribes and Underserved Communities

NOAA is announcing the availability of $20 million in funding for projects that will advance the coastal habitat restoration and climate resilience priorities of tribes and underserved communities. This is the third and final round of this funding opportunity, which is available through the Biden-Harris Administration's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

Of the $20 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. It is available 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, to support opportunities for tribes and underserved communities to meaningfully engage in coastal habitat restoration activities.

NOAA will accept proposals with a federal funding request of between $75,000 and $2 million for the entire award. We anticipate typical funding to range from $250,000 to $1 million. Applications are due by May 12, 2025.

View the full Coastal Habitat Restoration and Resilience Grants for Tribes and Underserved Communities funding opportunity

Advancing the Habitat Restoration Priorities of Tribes and Underserved Communities

Through this funding, NOAA will help support community-driven habitat restoration and build the capacity of tribes and underserved communities to more fully participate in restoration activities. Projects selected through this opportunity will span several types of activities, including capacity building and restoration.

Capacity Building

This includes activities such as participation in municipal or regional-scale resilience planning, project planning and feasibility studies, community engagement, or developing proposals for future funding.

Restoration

This includes activities such as demonstration projects, engineering and design, permitting, and on-the-ground habitat restoration work.

Across all of these activities, selected projects will work to ensure that the needs and priorities of tribes and underserved communities are at the center of habitat restoration and coastal resilience efforts happening in their communities.

Habitat Restoration and NOAA

Habitat restoration efforts like restoring coastal wetlands and removing outdated dams can improve coastal resilience-helping communities recover from and adapt to the impacts of extreme weather and climate change. NOAA's Office of Habitat Conservation has a long history conducting habitat restoration efforts with large-scale competitive funding opportunities and expert technical assistance through our Community-based Restoration Program .

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act provide a historic opportunity for us to continue making an impact for fisheries, protected resources, and coastal communities. To date, we have funded 214 awards totaling $985 million through two rounds of funding competitions.

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