Office for Coastal Management

The Office for Coastal Management helps coastal communities prepare for and recover from extreme weather events, coastal hazards, and changing ocean conditions. Awarded projects advance resilience strategies that use science-based solutions, demonstr

The Office for Coastal Management provides competitive and non-competitive grants for community and regional projects that protect habitat, decrease flooding, foster the development of innovative partnerships and products, and coordinate interstate and intertribal management of ocean and coastal management issues, including enhancing, sharing, and integration of Federal and non-Federal data into regional data portals. These projects focus on understanding and adapting to coastal hazards and enhancing community and ecosystem resilience.

Private nonprofit institution/organization, Quasi-public nonprofit organization, State, Local, Public nonprofit institution/organization, Other public institution/organization, Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Governments

Funds provided under this program may be used in the following areas: 1) Coastal Resilience, including National Coastal Resilience Fund; 2) Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) Hawaii program; and 3) Great Lakes Areas of Concern Land Acquisition Grants. The Office for Coastal Management manages the Regional Coastal Resilience Program to help coastal communities prepare for and recover from extreme weather events, climate hazards, and changing ocean conditions. Awarded projects advance resilience strategies that use science-based solutions, demonstrate regional coordination, and create economic and environmental benefits for coastal communities. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) will help coastal communities build the future they want to see. The legislation provides a historic investment in coastal protection and restoration that will increase community resilience to climate change and extreme weather events, and improve how we manage our ocean resources. NOAA's Office for Coastal Management will administer $832 million from these funds over the next five years. The Office for Coastal Management - Pacific Islands, located in Honolulu, provides competitive grants through the Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) Hawaii program to foster the development of innovative science programs, partnerships and products throughout the State of Hawaii, as well as support environmental education efforts that align with national and state education standards. B-WET Hawaii projects focus on providing meaningful outdoor experiences for students and professional development opportunities for teachers that target understanding earth system sciences, hazards, community resilience, and climate change.

Assistance is typically available to formula recipients for 12 to 18 months with a possible extension not to exceed a project period of 3 total years. Assistance is typically available to competitive recipients for 1 to 5 years. The maximum time that may be granted for recipients to expend and drawdown funds is 5 years. Extension requests will be considered by the federal program office only if the recipient has submitted all required performance reports. At least sixty days prior to the end of the award, recipients must discuss with their federal program officer expected reprogramming and extension requests. After preliminary negotiation on proposed projects and extensions, formal written reprogramming and extension requests must be submitted to the NOAA at least 30 days prior to end date. Recipients should make every effort to submit one extension request for all projects needing an extension (when possible, multiple extension requests should be avoided). With sufficient justification, the federal program office will recommend approval of an extension up to 1 year for the first extension request. First time or cumulative extension requests for more than six months but less than 12 months, will need more compelling justification as to why the project was not completed on time or could not be completed within the first six-month extension. Although the federal program office discourages extensions of more than 12 months, the federal program office will recommend approval in cases where the funds are already obligated. Renewal of an award to increase funding or extend the period of performance is at the total discretion of the Department.

Preapplication coordination is required. Environmental impact information is not required for this program. This program is eligible for coverage under E.O. 12372, "Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs." An applicant should consult the office or official designated as the single point of contact in his or her State for more information on the process the State requires to be followed in applying for assistance, if the State has selected the program for review. This program is eligible for coverage under E.O. 12372, "Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs." An applicant should consult the office or official designated as the single point of contact in his or her State for more information on the process the State requires to be followed in applying for assistance, if the State has selected the program for review."

Proposals are subject to office evaluations, technical reviews, administrative reviews, and externals reviews, if applicable, taking into consideration primarily scientific merit and application to the goals of NOAA and the relevant federal program office.

Awards are made on the basis of proposal evaluations, technical reviews and administrative reviews, if applicable.

Funding recommendations from the NOAA program office to the NOAA Grants Management Division are generally made: • 3 to 5 months after competitive applications are received • Within a month after formula and non-competitive applications are received Processing of awards by the NOAA Grants Management Division generally takes place within two months after recommendations are received from the NOAA program office. Successful applicants typically receive federal financial assistance awards offers 2 to 4 months after the NOAA program office submits award recommendations to the NOAA Grants Management Division.

Not applicable unless noted in awards.

No formal procedure.