NOAA: Great Lakes Fish Habitat Restoration Partnership Grants 2024

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is seeking applications for its Great Lakes Fish Habitat Restoration Partnership Grants.

Donor Name: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

State: Selected States

County: All Counties

Type of Grant: Grant

Deadline: 10/28/2024

Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000

Grant Duration: 3 Years

Details:

The principal objective of the NOAA Great Lakes Fish Habitat Restoration Partnership Grants competition is to provide federal financial and technical assistance to habitat restoration projects that meet NOAA’s mission to restore coastal habitats and support the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) goal to protect and restore habitats to sustain healthy populations of native fish species in the eight U.S. Great Lakes states. 

Priorities

• GLRI Focus Area 1 – Toxic Substances and Areas of Concern
  • Habitat restoration that contributes to implementing management actions in Areas of Concern.
• GLRI Focus Area 4 – Habitat and Species
  • Through this competition we intend to address GLRI Focus Area 4 goals by prioritizing a subset of habitat restoration projects identified by the Lake Committees as Environmental Priorities to meet fish community objectives for Great Lakes fish species. Lake Committees are composed of senior officials from state, provincial, and U.S. intertribal fishery agencies, convened by the Great Lakes Fishery Commission.

Funding Information

NOAA anticipates typical federal funding for awards will range from $500,000 to $5 million over one to three years. NOAA will not accept proposals with a federal funding request of less than $250,000 or more than $30 million total over three years. NOAA anticipates up to $12 million will be available under this Announcement in Fiscal Year 2025 and that 5-10 awards will be made.

Project Period

OAA anticipates that the period of performance for most awards will be for up to 3 years.

Eligibility Criteria

Eligible applicants are institutions of higher education, non-profits, commercial (for profit) organizations, U.S. territories, and state, local and Native American 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, and others that are eligible to apply. Eligible applicants may be located anywhere but must propose work within the Great Lakes basin and within one of the eight U.S. Great Lakes states (New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota).

For more information, visit Grants.gov.