The Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) is requesting proposals for Fiscal Year 2024 for its Coral Reef & Natural Resources (CRNR) Initiative.
Donor Name: Office of Insular Affairs (OIA)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/15/2024
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The CRNR Initiative provides grant funding to protect the health of all natural resources including coral reef ecosystems in the U.S. insular areas for the long-term economic and social benefit to their island populations including control, prevention, rapid response, eradication, and other efforts to combat invasive species and restore native species.
Priority will be given to projects that help the insular areas address a variety of threats to natural resources including:
- Invasives projects, including aquatic and terrestrial plant, insect, and animal species that include the following actions:
- Biosecurity
- Eradication
- Suppression and control
- Rapid response
- Public education and outreach
- Projects that replant native species, restore native vegetation, and/or restore damaged lands due to natural or human-related activities.
- Projects that protect and/or re-introduce native species that are endangered or have been impacted by invasive species.
- Projects identified as priorities and needs in local priority resolutions, plans, and documents such as the U.S. All Islands Coral Reef Committee Chair’s Repor include a hyperlink to plans, documents, resolutions, etc or submit a copy with your application).
- Projects that promote joint action on topics that will benefit multi-jurisdictional coral reef and/or natural resource issues.
- Capacity building for natural resource management projects including planning, education and training projects (such as the Coral Fellows Program).
- Public outreach and education projects for natural resource issues.
- Projects that protect coral reefs and natural resources.
- Projects that mitigate coral diseases and bleaching (including coastal protection and emergency response planning),
- Coral reef restoration projects, including enhancement of population resilience and improving coral health and survival.
- Projects that improve water quality to support coral reef health.
- Projects to reduce land-based sources of pollution including developing, implementing and coordinating watershed management plans,
These projects will receive extra points in the scoring of the proposal:
- Projects that respond to coral reef or invasive species-related disaster-related or emergency response projects.
- Projects identified in local strategic invasive species action plans, coral reef restoration plans, and/or restoration plans, including updates to previously funded plans by OIA
- Projects that consider indigenous knowledge and the cultural importance of island and coastal ecosystems in its project design and implementation.
- Projects that demonstrate nature-based solutions including the protection and improvement of coastal, coral and island ecosystems.
The U.S. insular areas include the United States territories of the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa, as well as the independent Freely Associated States of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Funding: $3,525,000
- Maximum Award: $300,000
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible applicants are non-federal entities such as local government agencies (including local hospitals/health centers and utilities) and institutions of higher education in Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau; and any non-profit organizations whose mission directly benefits the seven insular areas.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
