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 1) Tribal climate resilience planning and strategy implementation and 2) ocean and coastal management planning.
Donor Name: Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Award
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 07/06/2022
Grant Size: $2,000,000
Details:
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, including Indigenous and Traditional Ecological Knowledge (ITEK), Indigenous languages, and technical information. This solicitation contains guidelines and instructions for writing and submitting a proposal. The Department of the Interior (DOI) is committed to equity and environmental justice in program delivery and explicitly seeks to ensure that all projects provide direct, meaningful benefits consistent with the Justice40 initiative and other related initiatives. By providing this support to historically disadvantaged Tribal communities, efforts in the TCR Annual Awards Program support the Justice40 initiative.
Funding Information
There are new Categories of funding this year. All 13 Categories of funding are listed below:
- Climate Adaptation (Categories 1, 2, 3, 6, 10, and 13)
- Category 1. Trainings and Workshops (maximum: $150,000)
- Category 2. Adaptation Planning (maximum: $250,000)
- Category 3. Travel Support for Adaptation Planning (maximum: $15,000)
- Category 6. Capacity Building for Scoping Efforts (maximum: $65,000)
- Category 10. Implementation of Climate Adaptation Strategies (maximum: $2,000,000)
- Category 13. International ITEK Virtual Exchange (maximum: $10,000)
- Ocean and Coastal Management (Categories 4 and 5)
- Category 4. Ocean and Coastal Management Planning (maximum: $150,000)
- Category 5. Travel Support for Ocean and Coastal Management (maximum: $15,000)
- Relocation, Managed Retreat, or Protect-in-Place (Categories 7, 11, and 12)
- Category 7. Relocation, Managed Retreat, or Protect-in-Place Planning (maximum: $300,000)
- Category 11. Implementation of Community Relocation, Managed Retreat, or Protect-in-Place Actions (maximum: $3,000,000)
- Category 12. Relocation, Managed Retreat, or Protect-in-Place (RMP) Coordinator (maximum: $150,000 per year for up to three years)
- Internships and Youth Engagement (Categories 8 and 9)
- Category 8. Internships (maximum: $50,000)
- Category 9. Youth Engagement (maximum: $50,000)
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, 87, FR 4636 (January 28, 2022). Authorized Tribal organizations, as defined at 25 U.S.C. 5304(l) are also eligible to apply. Other entities may participate as sub-grantees.
For more information, visit Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA).
