The Department of the Interior has announced the availability of $120 million in funding to help Tribal communities plan for the most severe climate-related environmental threats to their homelands.
Donor Name: U.S. Department of the Interior
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Award
Deadline: 10/13/2023
Size of the Grant: $250,000 – $4,000,000
Details:
The Secretary of the Interior (Secretary), through the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Office of Trust Services, Branch of Tribal Climate Resilience (TCR or Branch) solicits proposals from Federally recognized Tribes and authorized Tribal organizations to receive awards to support Tribal climate resilience planning and strategy implementation. The Branch supports Tribes as they prepare for climate change impacts on Tribal Treaty and Trust resources, economies, regenerative agriculture and food sovereignty, conservation practices, infrastructure, and human health and safety. The Branch’s Annual Awards Program will provide funding for projects that support Tribal climate resilience as Tribes incorporate science, Indigenous Knowledge (IK), Indigenous languages, and technical information.
Categories of available funding
The Branch of Tribal Climate Resilience has modified its Annual Awards Program for FY23 and overall funding strategy to respond to input received from Tribes during consultation, which called for increased flexibility in the awarding of climate funds. TCR has significantly increased the overall funding availability for climate adaptation planning and implementation of those plans, including implementation of Relocation, Managed Retreat, and Protect-in-Place (RMP)d plans. This year, TCR is announcing two Categories of funding: planning and implementation. Separate from these two Categories of funding, TCR has also set aside funds for First Time Awardees, Habitat Restoration and Adaptation, as well as RMP Coordinators, which will be awarded separately from Categories 1 and 2. These set-asides have separate activity standards as described within this solicitation.
- Category 1: Planning (maximum: $250,000) does not include funding for implementation activities.
- Category 2: Implementation (maximum: $4,000,000) projects must identify whether they include construction.
Eligibility Criteria
Federally recognized Tribes are eligible as listed in the current Federal Register, Notice of Indian Entities Recognized and Eligible to Receive Services from the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs, which is the official listing of all Federally recognized Tribes in the U.S. pursuant to Section 104 under the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (Pub. L. 103-454; 108 Stat. 4791-4792). The most recent Notice was published in the Federal Register, 88, FR 2112 (January 12, 2023). Authorized Tribal organizations, as defined at 25 U.S.C. 5304(l) are also eligible to apply. For most Categories of funding, other entities may participate as sub-awardees.
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