The Boating Infrastructure Grant (BIG) Program provides cost-sharing awards to eligible agencies of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealths of Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Territories of Guam, American Samoa, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Donor Name: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
State: All States
County: All Counties
Territory: Commonwealths of Puerto Rico, Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and U.S. Virgin Islands
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/27/2025
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
The purpose of the program is to maintain, renovate, and construct new boating facilities and associated boater amenities for transient recreational vessels at least 26 feet long that are operated, leased, rented, or chartered primarily for pleasure. Transient vessels are recreational vessels staying no more than 15 days at a facility. These facilities must provide public access and may be publicly or privately owned.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $4,000,000
- Award Ceiling: $300,000.
Grant Period
- Anticipated Project Start Date: 03/20/2026
- Anticipated Project End Date: 03/19/2029.
Eligible Activities
Eligible activities may include but are not limited to:
- Boat slips, piers, mooring buoys, dinghy or courtesy docks, day docks, and gangways
- Fuel stations, restrooms, showers, utilities, laundry facilities, and similar amenities
- Lighting, communications, buoys, beacons, signals, markers, signs, and security features.
Eligibility Criteria
- State governments
- Eligible applicants are the governor-designated agencies of the United States, the Commonwealths of Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Territories of Guam, American Samoa, and the U.S. Virgin Islands; and the mayor-designated agency of the District of Columbia.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
