F25AS00377 - FY 2025 - Sportfishing and Boating Safety Act - Boating Infrastructure Grant (BIG) Tier 1
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- F25AS00377
- Agency
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Fish and Wildlife Service
Department of the Interior
- Applications due
- Award size
- Up to $300,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
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- Natural Resources
- Eligible applicants
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- State Governments
- Full announcement
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, under the Department of the Interior, is offering the FY 2025 Boating Infrastructure Grant (BIG) Tier 1 program. This grant provides funding to the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, and U.S. territories for the construction, renovation, and maintenance of boating infrastructure facilities for transient recreational vessels at least 26 feet long. Eligible activities include building slips, piers, and docks, installing utilities and amenities, and dredging. Applications will be evaluated based on the program's objectives, which include improving access and services for larger recreational vessels. The application deadline is September 18, 2024, and awards are anticipated in March/April 2025.
The total estimated funding available is $4 million, with up to $300,000 per award. Approximately 25 awards are expected to be made under this program, which is authorized under the Sportfishing and Boating Safety Act (CFDA 15.622). The projects can be located in any of the eligible states, territories, or the District of Columbia, as long as they provide public access to the boating infrastructure facilities.
Synopsis
Recreational boating is a popular activity; there are approximately 11 million registered motorized recreational vessels in the United States. Of this total, an estimated 596,000 are at least 26 feet long. The Sportfishing and Boating Safety Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-178) established the Boating Infrastructure Grants (BIG) Program (16 U.S.C. 777g-1) to provide funding to the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealths of Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands, and the territories of Guam, American Samoa, and the U.S. Virgin Islands (States) for the construction, renovation and maintenance of boating infrastructure facilities for transient recreational vessels at least 26 feet long that are operated, leased, rented, or chartered primarily for pleasure. The Act amended the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777). Subsequent reauthorizations of the Act allow expenditures from the Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund and the continuation of the BIG Program. Boating infrastructure means the structures, equipment, accessories, and services that are necessary or desirable for a facility to accommodate eligible vessels. Transient vessels are those passing through or by a place, staying up to 15 days. Projects completed using BIG funds must provide public access, but may be publicly or privately owned. This package is the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 BIG Tier 1 grants.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
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| FOA BIG Tier I_F25AS00377_Final.pdf |
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