Department of Commerce

Department of Commerce

Digital Equity Competitive Grant Program ($1.25B)

  • Description: The Digital Equity Competitive Grant Program will accelerate the adoption of broadband through digital literacy training, workforce development, devices access programs, and other digital inclusion measures. 
  • Eligible applicants: Political subdivision, agency, or instrumentality of a state, including an agency of a state that is responsible for administering or supervising adult education and literacy activities, or for providing public housing; an Indian Tribe, an Alaska Native entity, or a Native Hawaiian organization; a foundation, corporation, institution, or association that is a not-for-profit entity and not a school; a community anchor institution; a local educational agency; an entity that carries out a workforce development program; and partnership between any of the above entities. 
  • Application Deadline: TBD

 

Middle Mile Grant Program ($1B) 

  • Description: NTIA will make grants through this five year funding (FY2022 – 2026) on a technology-neutral, competitive basis to 7 eligible entities for the construction, improvement, or acquisition of middle mile infrastructure.
  • Eligible applicants: A State, political subdivision of a State, Tribal government, technology company, electric utility, utility cooperative, public utility district, telecommunications company, telecommunications cooperative, nonprofit foundation, nonprofit corporation, nonprofit institution, nonprofit association, regional planning council, Native entity, or economic development authority; or a partnership of any two or more of these.
  • Application Deadline: TBD

 

NOAA Habitat Restoration and Community Resilience Grants ($491M) 
  • Description: This funding will support competitive grants for coastal restoration projects across multiple NOAA programs. Funds will be used to enable communities, Tribes and states to respond and adapt to climate change impacts.
  • Eligible applicants: Institutions of higher education, non-profits, commercial (for profit) organizations, U.S. territories, and state, local, and Native American tribal governments.
  • Application Deadline: TBD
  • Apply or learn more: To apply for funding or to learn more about the program, CLICK HERE

 

NOAA National Ocean and Coastal Security Fund Grants ($492M) 
  • Description: NOAA National Coastal Resilience Fund (NCRF) is a competitive grant program administered through the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation that prioritizes awards based on matching fund. This program funds natural infrastructure needed to protect coastal communities while also enhancing habitat for fish and wildlife.
  • Eligible applicants: non-profit 501(c) organizations, state and territorial government agencies, local governments, municipal governments, Tribal governments and organizations, educational institutions, or commercial 8 (for-profit) organizations. Tribal governments include all Native American tribal governments (both federally recognized tribes and those tribes that are not federally recognized).
  • Application Deadline: TBD

 

NOAA Community-Based Restoration Program: Fish Passage Barrier Removal Grants ($400M) 
  • Description: Competitive grants administered through this program will support projects that restore fish passage through the removal of in-stream barriers such as culverts, small dams, dikes and other infrastructure. Funding also supports communities by providing technical assistance for project planning and permitting needs. 
  • Eligible applicants: Institutions of higher education, non-profits, commercial (for profit) organizations, U.S. territories, and state, local, and tribal governments.
  • Application Deadline: TBD
  • Apply or learn more: To apply for funding or to learn more about the program, CLICK HERE.

 

NOAA Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund (PCSRF) ($172M) 
  • Description: PCSRF competitive grants fund habitat restoration projects for Endangered Species Act listed salmon stocks in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, California, and Alaska, as well as federally recognized Tribes of the Columbia River and the Pacific Coast (including Alaska).
  • Eligible applicants: non-profit 501(c) organizations, state and territorial government agencies, local governments, municipal governments, Tribal governments and organizations, educational institutions, or commercial (for-profit) organizations. Tribal governments include all Native American tribal governments (both federally recognized tribes and those tribes that are not federally recognized).
  • Application Deadline: March 21, 2022
  • Apply or learn more: To apply for funding or to learn more about the program, CLICK HERE

 

NOAA Marine Debris Assessment, Mitigation Removal ($200M) 
  • Description: The competitive grants distributed by the NOAA Marine Debris Program fund projects that remove trash and other ocean, habitat restoration as well as emergency response and research.
  • Eligible applicants: State, local, tribal, and territory governments whose activities affect research or regulation of marine debris. Equally eligible are any institution of higher education, nonprofit organization, or commercial (for-profit) organization with expertise in a field related to marine debris. 
  • Application Deadline: TBD

 

NOAA National Estuarine Research Reserves Program (NERRs) ($77M) 
  • Description: The competitive grant funds are available to entities working on 29 coastal sites designated to protect and study estuarine systems. NOAA provides funding and national guidance, and each site is managed daily by a lead state agency or university with input from local partners.
  • Eligible applicants: NERRs lead state agencies or universities designed to receive NERRs operations funding through a Memorandum of Understanding with NOAA in the coastal states and territories including the Pacific, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, Atlantic Coast and Great Lakes
  • Application Deadline: TBD

 

NOAA Regional Ocean Partnerships (ROPs) ($56M) 
  • Description: The ROPs coordinate the interstate and intertribal management of ocean, Great Lakes, and coastal resources. This funding would allow the ROPs to implement their priority actions via financial assistance.
  • Eligible applicants: All state, local, territory and tribal governments, institutions of higher learning, non-profit and for-profit organizations that may receive and expend Federal funds as legal entities are eligible to apply.
  • Application Deadline: TBD

 

NOAA Coastal, Ocean, and Great Lakes Observing Systems ($150M) 
  • Description: This funding would provide critical upgrades to the nation’s buoy and ocean observation network. These upgrades include support a number of priorities including funds for installation and implementation of high-frequency radar systems to close key gaps in the surface current mapping system (oil spill response, harmful algal blooms, and climate research), underwater gliders to ensure safe navigation, and innovation in ocean technology and modeling.
  • Eligible applicants: TBD
  • Application Deadline: TBD
  • Apply or learn more: To apply for funding or to learn more about the program, CLICK HERE

 

NOAA Coastal Zone Enhancement – Technical Assistance and Grants ($207M) 
  • Description: This funding will allow NOAA to increase technical assistance and grants to advance projects that address wetlands, coastal hazards, public access, marine debris, cumulative and secondary impacts, special area management plans, ocean and Great Lakes resources, energy and government facility siting, and aquaculture.
  • Eligible applicants: TBD
  • Application Deadline: TBD