Funding / Regional Ocean Partnerships Applicant Information
Regional Ocean Partnerships
Applicant Information
Awards Funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
Overview and Applicant Information
For this award program, the focus is on coordinating interstate and intertribal management of ocean and coastal resources and implementing priority actions, including data sharing and integration, identified by established regional ocean partnerships or their equivalent, which are the Integrated Ocean Observing System regional associations in those regions not represented. Recipients are these partnerships, as well as federally recognized tribes.
Fiscal Year 2024 Awards: Additional information and project descriptions.
Goal: Coordinate interstate and intertribal management of ocean and coastal resources and implement priority actions identified by established regional ocean partnerships, including data sharing and integration.
Total Funding: $56 million over five years. Approximately $11 million per year. This includes approximately $1 million per year to be awarded competitively to federally recognized tribes to encourage or enhance tribal engagement in existing regional ocean partnerships around the country.
Eligible Uses: Implementing priority actions identified by regional ocean partnerships (including capacity for member participation and engagement); federal and non-federal data sharing and integration activities in each of the regions.
Eligible Applicants: Established regional ocean partnerships, including the Northeast Regional Ocean Council, Mid Atlantic Regional Council on the Ocean, Gulf of Mexico Alliance, and West Coast Ocean Alliance. Data sharing and integration activities will be supported by the Integrated Ocean Observing System regional association in regions that do not have an established regional partnership through a separate announcement.
Information for Tribal Applicants
A separate funding competition is available for federally recognized coastal tribes. Eligible applicants are U.S. federally recognized American Indian tribes that have current or ancestral interests in a region with an established regional ocean partnership and wish to pursue coastal and ocean activities that align with the regional priorities. Tribal-serving organizations may apply on behalf of one or more tribes, but must include a letter(s) from the tribe(s) confirming tribal leadership support for the application and describing how the tribe will be involved in the proposed work. Tribal funding through the competitive funding program is not guaranteed for all tribes that apply.
For the tribal engagement in regional ocean partnerships funding program, eligible applicants are U.S. federally recognized American Indian tribes that have current or ancestral interests in a region with an established regional ocean partnership and wish to pursue coastal and ocean activities that align with regional ocean partnership priorities.
- Notice of funding opportunity
- Informational presentation
- Frequently asked questions
- Registration information—please read! Applicants must be registered with these three systems in order to apply. Please verify or complete these registrations as soon as possible, as these processes can take up to two months.
- grants.gov
- sam.gov
- era.nih.gov (Here’s a video to help you with this registration process.)
- Specific instructions for registering and preparing your application for submission can be found in these two documents:
- Resources for developing an application budget:
Questions? Contact rop.iija@noaa.gov.
