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The National Coastal Resilience Fund (NCRF) funds conservation projects to restore or expand natural features to lessen the impacts of natural disasters. The NCRF invests in conservation projects that restore, increase and strengthen natural infrastructure such as coastal marshes and wetlands, dune and beach systems, oyster and coral reefs, rivers and floodplains, coastal forest, and barrier islands that mitigate the impacts of storms and other coastal hazards to communities.
Eligible Uses
Projects must be located within coastal areas within U.S. coastal states, including the Great Lakes states, and U.S. Territories and Tribal lands; a map of the NCRF geographic footprint can be found here. All projects must demonstrate a dual benefit to coastal communities and habitats and address the following priorities: (1) nature-based solutions, (2) community resilience benefit, (3) fish and wildlife benefit, (4) community impact and engagement, and (5) transferability and sustainability. Priority is given to projects that are innovative, transferable, and sustainable, and demonstrate benefit to underserved communities (including direct community engagement).
Eligible Recipients
Eligible recipients include non-profit, state, territory, local governments, Tribes, Tribal organizations, academic institutions, and for-profit businesses.
Approx Annual Funding Amount
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law provides $492 million for this program over five years through FY26.
Cost Share Requirements
Non-federal match of cash and/or in-kind goods and services is encouraged to demonstrate project support, but it is not required.
Application Cycle
Generally:
- Request For Proposals released: Early Spring
- Applications Due: late Spring
- Full proposal invitations: Early Summer
- Awards Announced: Fall
Contact
- Mirjam Kuzee, Program Director, Coastal Resilience
- Christine Latil, Program Manager, Coastal Resilience
- Arielle Mion, Program Manager, Coastal Resilience
- Waverly Nohr, Coordinator, Coastal Resilience
Other Info
- NCRF is a collaboration between NOAA and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), and other governmental and private partners.
- NFWF funds activities in four categories: 1) Community Capacity Building and Planning; 2) Site Assessment and Preliminary Design; 3) Final Design and Permitting; 4) Restoration Implementation. Except for Community Capacity Building and Planning projects, proposals should demonstrate the process by which the proposed project has been prioritized to address specific community threats and outline previous work that has been completed that makes the project ready for funding under the proposed pipeline category.
- Applicants must apply under the ONE category that best describes the purpose and activities that will be carried out during the project. NFWF will NOT fund projects across combined categories.
- Projects that are “implementation-ready” will be prioritized for funding.