Opportunity Information: Apply for NOAA NOS OCM 2023 2007563
The CZM Projects of Special Merit Competition for FY2023 is a competitive NOAA funding opportunity designed to help states and territories strengthen and modernize their Coastal Zone Management Programs (CMPs) under the Coastal Zone Management Act. The funding is offered through NOAA's Office for Coastal Management as part of the CZMA Section 309 Enhancement Program, which is specifically intended to push CMPs beyond basic program maintenance and toward continuous improvement in areas NOAA considers nationally important. In practical terms, the program is meant to help coastal programs test, refine, or scale new approaches that can measurably improve how coastal resources are managed, protected, and made accessible over time.
This opportunity funds "Projects of Special Merit" (PSM), meaning projects are expected to be innovative and closely tied to a jurisdiction's pre-approved enhancement goals. NOAA is emphasizing three national enhancement priorities under this competition: Coastal Hazards (for example, improving resilience to storms, flooding, erosion, sea level rise, and other coastal risk drivers), Ocean and Great Lakes Resources (such as managing and protecting coastal and nearshore resources and uses), and Public Access (improving or safeguarding the public's ability to reach and use coastal areas). The key point is that proposals are not meant to be general coastal projects; they must directly advance the applicant CMP's specific enhancement strategies already accepted by NOAA for the 2021-2025 planning cycle.
Eligibility is limited and fairly specific. Applicants must be a state or territory with a federally approved coastal management program under the CZMA (16 U.S.C. 1455) and must also have an approved 2021-2025 Section 309 Assessment and Strategy. Just as important, a CMP may only apply under the priority areas for which it has an approved strategy on file, so a program cannot propose a Public Access project, for instance, unless Public Access is one of its approved enhancement areas. While the listing shows eligible applicants as "Others," the text makes clear the functional eligibility is tied to NOAA-approved CMPs meeting the Section 309 requirements.
Awards are expected to be made as cooperative agreements, which generally means NOAA anticipates a higher level of federal involvement than with a standard grant, such as coordination, technical input, or ongoing collaboration during the project period. The opportunity is categorized as discretionary funding and is associated with CFDA 11.419. NOAA anticipated making about 10 awards, with a maximum federal funding level (award ceiling) of $250,000 per award. The notice was created on October 6, 2022, and the original application deadline was January 25, 2023.
Projects funded under this competition must operate within the established Coastal Zone Management Program regulatory framework at 15 C.F.R. Part 923, along with the specific policies and procedures laid out in the announcement. Overall, the grant is best understood as a targeted federal investment meant to help NOAA-approved coastal programs deliver concrete improvements in hazard resilience, stewardship of ocean and Great Lakes resources, and public access, while staying tightly aligned with each program's formally adopted Section 309 enhancement roadmap.Apply for NOAA NOS OCM 2023 2007563
- The Department of Commerce in the business and commerce, 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 - FY2023" 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 06, 2022.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jan 25, 2023. (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 10 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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