The Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Coastal Resources Division (CRD), solicits proposals for Coastal Incentive Grants (CIG) awarded under the Georgia Coastal Management Program (GCMP).
Donor Name: Georgia Department of Natural Resources
State: Georgia
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant | Reimbursement
Deadline: 12/01/2023
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
It is the mission of the GCMP to balance economic development in Georgia’s coastal area with preservation of natural, environmental, historic, archaeological, and recreational resources for the benefit of Georgia’s present and future generations.
Funding Themes
The themes of the 2024-2025 Cycle 27 CIG Program as adopted by the CAC are:
- Oceans and Wetlands
- Maintaining or improving the quality of wetlands
- Conservation and restoration of wetland habitats
- Improved understanding of ocean and wetland habitats and functions
- Public Access and Land Conservation
- Add or enhance physical access for the public to coastal water resources (i.e. rivers, wetlands, beaches
- Public access planning
- Conservation of riparian habitats through acquisition
- Land conservation, preservation, and/or management, especially for sea level rise retreat
- Analysis of land conservation needs and opportunities for habitat protection
- Sustainable Communities
- Strengthen local capacity to implement sustainable approaches in planning and development
- Increase understanding of costs and benefits associated with sustainable approaches to coastal development
- Identification and preservation of unique community qualities, historical and cultural features, including public education of the above Disaster Resiliency and Coastal Hazards
- Improve understanding of coastal hazards and potential impacts
- Develop, implement or incorporate adaptation and mitigation strategies/plans or policies
- Strengthen local capacity to implement FEMA’s Community Rating System
- Non-Point Source Pollution
- Improvements to existing urban runoff control structures in coastal watersheds
- Projects that address stormwater quantity and quality improvements utilizing BMPs recommended by the Georgia Coastal Stormwater Supplement
- No construction projects are eligible under this theme
Funding Information
- Applicants may apply for up to $80,000 per year in a federal fund request so long as the proposed project is related to one or more funding theme priorities designated.
- CIG Cycle 27 contracts will run for one year beginning October 1, 2024, through September 30, 2025.
Eligibility Criteria
CIG applicants must meet the following Minimum Eligibility Requirements:
- Eligible Entities: Only Georgia Qualified Local Governments (counties and municipalities approved by the Georgia Department of Community Affairs) in the eleven-county coastal area, Georgia state government agencies (except DNR), and Georgia government affiliated educational and research institutions are eligible for a CIG sub-grant award. Applications from other parties will be considered if sponsored by an eligible entity.
- Eligible projects must concentrate entirely or be physically located within at least one of the eleven (11) designated Georgia counties within the GCMP service area. GCMP eligible counties include Brantley, Bryan, Camden, Chatham, Charlton, Effingham, Glynn, Liberty, Long, McIntosh, and Wayne.
For more information, visit DNR.
