At a glance
NOAA’s Broad Agency Announcement funds extramural research, education, outreach, innovative projects, and sponsorships such as conferences or newsletters that support NOAA mission goals, including ocean exploration, climate adaptation and mitigation, weather readiness, healthy oceans, and resilient coastal communities. Eligible applicants include higher education institutions, nonprofits, commercial organizations, international or foreign organizations or governments, individuals, and state, local, and Indian Tribal governments. There are no funds specifically appropriated for this announcement, so any awards depend on future appropriations, and the project period is generally one year. Cost sharing is not required unless a specific project must be funded under an authority that requires matching funds.
What it funds
Official description from grants.gov
This notice is not a mechanism to fund existing NOAA awards. The purpose of this notice is to request applications for special projects and programs associated with NOAA's strategic plan and mission goals, as well as to provide the general public with information and guidelines on how NOAA will select applications and administer discretionary Federal assistance under this Broad Agency Announcement (BAA). Each NOAA Line Office that supports financial assistance (National Marine Fisheries Service, National Ocean Service, National Weather Service, Office of Atmospheric Research, Office of Education, and National Environmental Satellite Data Information Service) has a separate BAA found in Grants.gov, so applicants should submit their application to the BAA for the Line Office that best fits their application. A description of NOAA Line Offices is found at https://www.corporateservices.noaa.gov/public/lineoffices.html and https://www.noaa.gov/office-education , and applicants may contact the Agency Contacts in Section VII. below for more information. If you submit the same application to more than one Line Office, mention this in your application and notify the relevant contacts in Section VII. so that NOAA may coordinate internally.
Who can apply
- Others