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Document Type:
Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:
NOAA-NMFS-HCPO-2010-2002089
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Posted Date:
Jul 16, 2009
Creation Date:
Jul 16, 2009
Original Closing Date for Applications:
Sep 30, 2009
Full proposals must be received and validated by Grants.gov, postmarked, or provided to a delivery service on or before 11:59 p.m. EDT on September 30,2009. Please note: Validation or rejection of your application by Grants.gov may take up to 2 business days after submission. Please consider this process in developing your submission timeline. Use of a delivery service must be documented with a receipt. No facsimile or electronic mail applications will be accepted.
Current Closing Date for Applications:
Sep 30, 2009
Full proposals must be received and validated by Grants.gov, postmarked, or provided to a delivery service on or before 11:59 p.m. EDT on September 30,2009. Please note: Validation or rejection of your application by Grants.gov may take up to 2 business days after submission. Please consider this process in developing your submission timeline. Use of a delivery service must be documented with a receipt. No facsimile or electronic mail applications will be accepted.
Archive Date:
Oct 30, 2009
Funding Instrument Type:
Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity:
Natural Resources
Science and Technology and other Research and Development
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:
Estimated Total Program Funding:
$10,000,000
Award Ceiling:
$5,000,000
Award Floor:
$250,000
CFDA Number(s):
11.463
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Habitat Conservation
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:
Yes
Eligible Applicants
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility:
Eligible applicants are institutions of higher
education, non-profits, commercial (for profit) organizations, U.S.
Territories, and state, local and Indian 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, conservation corps organizations and others that are
eligible to apply.
Agency Name
Department of Commerce
Description
NOAA delivers funding and technical expertise
to restore coastal and marine habitats. These habitats support valuable
fisheries and protected resources, improve the quality of our water,
provide recreational opportunities for the public's use and enjoyment
and buffer our coastal communities from the impacts of storms and sea
level rise. Partnerships funded through NOAA have strong on-the-ground
habitat restoration components that provide social and economic
benefits in addition to long-term ecological habitat improvements that
benefit NOAA trust resources. Through this solicitation, NOAA seeks to
openly compete funding available for multi-year national and regional
habitat restoration Partnerships. Partnerships will result in
implementation of a wide-range of individual habitat restoration
projects, from locally-driven, grass-roots projects that emphasize
stewardship and hands-on restoration, to mid-scale, watershed level
projects that yield significant ecological and socio-economic benefits.
NOAA envisions working jointly on such Partnerships through its
Community-based Restoration Program (CRP) to identify, evaluate, fund,
and administer projects that offer this range of ecological, socio-
economic and stewardship benefits to coastal watershed communities.
This document describes the types of habitat restoration Partnerships
that NOAA envisions establishing, portrays the qualities that NOAA
deems desirable in such Partnerships, and describes criteria under
which applications will be evaluated for funding consideration.
Partnership applications selected through this announcement will be
implemented through a multi-year cooperative agreement, and will
ultimately involve joint selection of multiple community-based habitat
restoration projects funded as sub-awards made through the Partner
organization. Funding of approximately $10 million is expected to be
available to establish habitat restoration Partnerships in 2010, with
annual funding anticipated to maintain them for up to 3 years duration.
Requests for funding to establish Partnerships typically exceed the
funds available for this purpose and the selection process will be
highly competitive. Typical Partnership awards will range from $500,000
to $1,000,000 per year.
Funds will be administered by the NOAA Restoration Center within
NOAA Fisheries Office of Habitat Conservation. This is not a request
for individual community-based habitat restoration project proposals.
