RESTORE Act Centers of Excellence Research Grants Program
Open Posted
- Opportunity number
- GR-RCE-26-001
- Agency
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Department of the Treasury
- Applications due
- Award size
- $5,710,210 to $14,518,510
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
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- Science and Technology and other Research and Development
- Eligible applicants
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- State Governments
- Points of contact
- Full announcement
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of the Treasury is soliciting applications for the RESTORE Act Centers of Excellence Research Grants Program, which funds science, technology, and monitoring in the Gulf Coast Region, with applications due October 31, 2027. The listed applicant type is State Governments only, and the program regulations at 31 CFR 34.702 name five eligible entities: the Alabama Gulf Coast Recovery Council or its designated administrative agent, the Florida Institute of Oceanography, the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board of Louisiana through the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of Louisiana, the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, and the Office of the Governor of Texas or its appointee. The funding description separately contemplates subawards to nongovernmental entities and consortia in the Gulf Coast Region, including institutions of higher education, so the eligibility scope should be confirmed against the full notice. Eligible applicants that issue subawards to Centers of Excellence must establish and implement a program to monitor subaward compliance. Funded disciplines are coastal and deltaic sustainability, restoration, and protection; coastal fisheries and wildlife ecosystem research and monitoring; offshore energy development; sustainable and resilient economic growth; and comprehensive observation, monitoring, and mapping of the Gulf of Mexico. The source does not state cost share, award amounts, or period of performance.
Treasury performs an initial eligibility review on submission and assesses completeness and compliance with the RESTORE Act, 31 CFR Part 34, and the Uniform Guidance. Natural-resource projects must reasonably demonstrate use of best available science. Treasury also evaluates the applicant's ability to administer an award using the Operational Self-Assessment, Single Audit results, and OMB-designated repositories. The program description characterizes the opportunity as noncompetitive, with awards approved by the Deputy Chief Program Officer on a rolling basis and decisions targeted within 120 days of a complete, compliant application. Recipients must retain records for three years and comply with 2 CFR Part 200, Subpart F audit requirements. The program is assigned Assistance Listing 21.015, administered by the Office of Gulf Coast Restoration within the Office of Capital Access. This announcement covers only the Centers of Excellence program; Direct Component solicitations are published separately.
Synopsis
Treasury is publishing multiple funding opportunity notices for its RESTORE Act grant programs. This announcement applies only to the Centers of Excellence Research Grants Program.Trust Fund amounts are available to establish one or more Centers of Excellence through competitive subawards to nongovernmental entities and consortia in the Gulf Coast Region, including institutions of higher education. Funds may be used to establish Centers of Excellence, and by those Centers of Excellence for science, technology, and monitoring in one or more of the following disciplines as described in the RESTORE Act and Treasury's implementing regulations at 31 CFR 34.704: 1) Coastal and deltaic sustainability, restoration, and protection, including solutions and technology that allow citizens to live in a safe and sustainable manner in a coastal delta in the Gulf Coast Region. 2) Coastal fisheries and wildlife ecosystem research and monitoring in the Gulf Coast Region. 3) Offshore energy development, including research and technology to improve the sustainable and safe development of energy resources in the Gulf of Mexico. 4) Sustainable and resilient growth, economic and commercial development in the Gulf Coast Region. 5) Comprehensive observation, monitoring, and mapping of the Gulf of Mexico.Eligible applicants issuing subawards to Center(s) of Excellence must establish and implement a program to monitor compliance with its subaward agreements.
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