NOAA Great Lakes Fish Habitat Restoration Partnership Grants
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- NOAA-NMFS-HCPO-2024-28122
- Agency
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Department of Commerce
- Applications due
- Award size
- $250,000 to $30,000,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
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- 11.463 Habitat Conservation
- Funding instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Categories
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- Environment
- Natural Resources
- Eligible applicants
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- Other
- Points of contact
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- Julie Simmons julie.simmons@noaa.gov (734) 680-5671
- Rina Studds rina.studds@noaa.gov (301) 427-8651
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
NOAA is soliciting applications for the Great Lakes Fish Habitat Restoration Partnership Grants program to fund habitat restoration projects within the eight U.S. Great Lakes states, with applications due September 16, 2026. Eligible applicants include institutions of higher education, non-profits, commercial organizations, U.S. territories, and state, local, and Native American tribal governments; federal agencies and their employees are ineligible. Applicants may be located anywhere but must propose work within the Great Lakes basin and within one of the eight states (New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota).
NOAA anticipates $12 million available in Fiscal Year 2025, with 5–10 awards expected ranging from $500,000 to $5 million over one to three years. The minimum federal funding request is $250,000 and the maximum is $30 million total over three years. No statutory cost share requirement exists, though cost-sharing and leverage are encouraged and evaluated. Projects must address GLRI Focus Area 1 (Toxic Substances and Areas of Concern) or Focus Area 4 (Habitats and Species) priorities, with priority given to projects identified on Area of Concern management lists or Lake Committee Environmental Priorities. Eligible activities include feasibility studies, engineering and design, permitting, on-the-ground restoration, monitoring, stakeholder engagement, capacity building, and education and outreach. Projects requiring mandatory mitigation under consent decrees, court orders, or regulations are ineligible, as are effectiveness monitoring and research-only proposals.
Awards are structured as cooperative agreements with NOAA expecting substantial involvement in project scope, technical aspects, design review, and procurement oversight. The earliest anticipated award start date is October 1, 2025. The Project Abstract Summary Form is not required in the application.
Synopsis
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Update #2 · Latest ·
The principal objective of the NOAA Great Lakes Fish Habitat Restoration Partnership Grants competition is to provide federal financial and technical assistance to habitat restoration projects that meet NOAA's mission to restore coastal habitats and support the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) (https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2019-10/documents/glri-action-plan-3-201910-30pp.pdf) goal to protect and restore habitats to sustain healthy populations of native fish species in the eight U.S. Great Lakes states. Proposals submitted under this solicitation will be evaluated based on alignment with our program priorities, including: 1) contribution to GLRI Focus Area 1 (Toxic Substances and Areas of Concern) goals to implement management actions within Areas of Concern (AOC), and 2) contribution to GLRI Focus Area 4 (Habitats and Species) goals to restore habitat for native Great Lakes fish species whose populations have been impacted by habitat degradation. Through this solicitation, we intend to address GLRI Focus Area 4 goals by prioritizing a subset of habitat restoration projects identified by the Lake Committees as Environmental Priorities to meet fish community objectives for Great Lakes fish species. Lake Committees are composed of senior officials from state, provincial, and U.S. intertribal fishery agencies, convened by the Great Lakes Fishery Commission. Together, they are responsible for managing the Lakes' fisheries and developing plans and guidance to sustain healthy populations of Great Lakes commercial and recreational fish species.
*Please note that the Project Abstract Summary Form is not required in the Application.
Update #1 ·
The principal objective of the NOAA Great Lakes Fish Habitat Restoration Partnership Grants competition is to provide federal financial and technical assistance to habitat restoration projects that meet NOAA's mission to restore coastal habitats and support the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) (https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2019-10/documents/glri-action-plan-3-201910-30pp.pdf) goal to protect and restore habitats to sustain healthy populations of native fish species in the eight U.S. Great Lakes states. Proposals submitted under this solicitation will be evaluated based on alignment with our program priorities, including: 1) contribution to GLRI Focus Area 1 (Toxic Substances and Areas of Concern) goals to implement management actions within Areas of Concern (AOC), and 2) contribution to GLRI Focus Area 4 (Habitats and Species) goals to restore habitat for native Great Lakes fish species whose populations have been impacted by habitat degradation. Through this solicitation, we intend to address GLRI Focus Area 4 goals by prioritizing a subset of habitat restoration projects identified by the Lake Committees as Environmental Priorities to meet fish community objectives for Great Lakes fish species. Lake Committees are composed of senior officials from state, provincial, and U.S. intertribal fishery agencies, convened by the Great Lakes Fishery Commission. Together, they are responsible for managing the Lakes' fisheries and developing plans and guidance to sustain healthy populations of Great Lakes commercial and recreational fish species.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants are institutions of higher education, non-profits, commercial (for profit) organizations, U.S. territories, and state, local and Native American tribal governments. Applications from federal agencies or employees of federal agencies will not be considered. Federal agencies are strongly encouraged to work with states, non- governmental organizations, municipal and county governments, and others that are eligible to apply. Eligible applicants may be located anywhere but must propose work within the Great Lakes basin and within one of the eight U.S. Great Lakes states (New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota).
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
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| Foa_Content_of_NOAA-NMFS-HCPO-2024-28122.pdf | ||
| PKG00287769.pdf | ||
| Foa_Content_of_NOAA-NMFS-HCPO-2024-28122 (22).pdf |
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