Opportunity Information: Apply for NOAA NOS OCM 2019 2005819
The CZM Projects of Special Merit Competition (FY2019) is a competitive federal funding opportunity offered by the U.S. Department of Commerce through NOAA, specifically NOAA's Office for Coastal Management, under the Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA) Enhancement Program. The funding is authorized under CZMA Section 309 (16 U.S.C. 1456b) and is designed to help coastal states and territories keep strengthening and modernizing their federally approved Coastal Management Programs (CMPs). Rather than supporting routine program operations, this competition is meant to push forward targeted improvements in areas NOAA has identified as nationally important, using projects that are intentionally innovative and tied to an applicant's longer-term enhancement strategy.
The core goal of Section 309 assistance is continuous program improvement. In practical terms, NOAA is looking for proposals that build on an approved state or territorial enhancement plan and produce concrete advances in how coastal management is carried out. For FY2019, the Projects of Special Merit (PSM) emphasis is on two national enhancement priorities: hazards and ocean and Great Lakes resources, with a particular focus on comprehensive planning. That framing signals that NOAA wants projects that do more than produce a report; strong projects typically translate planning and science into improved policies, management approaches, tools, or cross-jurisdictional coordination that can be implemented and sustained after the award ends.
Eligibility is limited to entities with a federally approved coastal management program under the CZMA (16 U.S.C. 1455) and, importantly, an approved 2016-2020 Section 309 Assessment and Strategy that includes at least one strategy aligned with one or more of the priority enhancement areas. In other words, applicants must already be part of the national CZM program and must be able to show that the proposed work directly advances a strategy NOAA has already approved for that state or territory. While the opportunity is tagged in Grants.gov as "Others," the text makes clear that the practical eligible applicants are those state or territorial CMPs that meet the Section 309 strategy requirement.
Awards are made as cooperative agreements, which generally means NOAA expects to be more actively involved than in a typical grant relationship. The total number of expected awards is about 15, and the maximum funding per award (the ceiling) is $250,000. The opportunity is listed under CFDA 11.419, and it is categorized as discretionary funding. The activity areas associated with the announcement include community development, environment, natural resources, and science and technology/research and development, reflecting that coastal management improvements often blend planning, policy, applied science, and community-focused implementation.
Applications were due December 19, 2018, with the opportunity originally posted October 19, 2018. The governing regulations for funded work fall under the Coastal Zone Management Program regulations at 15 C.F.R. Part 923, and NOAA indicates that additional program policies and procedures are implemented through the specific terms laid out in the announcement. Overall, this competition is best understood as a targeted investment in state and territorial coastal management innovation, aimed at producing measurable improvements in hazard planning and resilience and in the comprehensive planning and stewardship of ocean and Great Lakes resources.Apply for NOAA NOS OCM 2019 2005819
- The Department of Commerce in the community development, environment, natural resources, science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "CZM Projects of Special Merit Competition - FY2019" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 11.419.
- This funding opportunity was created on Oct 19, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Dec 19, 2018. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $250,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 15 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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