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U.S. Department of Commerce - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) - Climate Program Office (CPO) - Regional Integrated Science and Assessments (RISA) and Adaptation Science Program (AdSci)
10/19/21
01/18/22 5:00 PM ET Receipt
Cooperative agreements and grants to USA and Territories IHEs, nonprofit organizations, governmental and tribal agencies, and commercial organizations for climate change research and planning activities. Applicants are advised that required registrations may take several weeks to complete. Funding is intended for research and planning activities that will assist vulnerable populations in weathering the effects of climate change.
The RISA program builds relationships that help local decision makers and researchers collaborate on adapting to climate change. Through regionally-focused and interdisciplinary research and engagement teams, RISA expands the Nation's capacity to adapt and become resilient to extreme weather events and climate change. RISA teams accomplish this through applied and co-developed research and partnerships with communities. A central tenet of the RISA program is that learning about climate adaptation and resilience is facilitated by and sustained across a wide range of experts, practitioners, and the public. As such, the RISA program supports a network of people, prioritizing wide participation in learning by doing, learning through adapting, and managing risk with uncertain information.
The RISA program is holding four competitions (competition 4 in partnership with the Adaptation Science Program [AdSci]) under this Federal Funding Opportunity:
The RISA program encourages applicants and awardees to support the principles of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion when writing their proposals and while performing their work. Ensuring justice and equity means paying particular attention to populations most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, which are often low-income communities, historically marginalized communities, indigenous and tribal communities, those already overburdened by pollution, those who lack economic or social opportunity, and people facing disenfranchisement. Diversity here is defined as a collection of individual attributes that together help organizations achieve objectives. Inclusion is defined as a culture that connects each person to the larger organizing structure. Promoting justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion improves the creativity, productivity, and vitality of the communities in which the program engages.
GrantWatch ID#: 193295
$58,600,000
Expected Number of Awards: 30
It is anticipated that awards in competitions 1-2 will be funded at $1,000,000 per year for a total of $5,000,000 over five years plus an additional $180,000 small-grants component for some awards.
It is anticipated that competition 3 awards will be funded at $100,000 and competition 4 awards at $150,000.
Project/Award Period
1. Competition 1: RISA Teams are expected to last for 5 years
- Small-Grant Competition Components are expected to last 1-2 years, and can be carried out at any point throughout the five-year award period.
2. Competition 2: RISA Teams are expected to last for 5 years
- Small-Grant Competition Components are expected to last 1-2 years, and can be carried out at any point throughout the five-year award period.
3. Competition 3: Collaborative Planning Activities are expected to last 1 year.
4. Competition 4: Research on Complex Fiscal Pathways for Climate Adaptation in Rural Areas across the U.S. are expected to last 2 years.
Funding for successful applicants is expected to begin in early September 2022 for most approved projects. Applications should use September 1, 2022, as the start date unless otherwise directed by the Competition Manager.
Before starting your grant application, please review the funding source's website listed below for updates/changes/addendums/conferences/LOIs.
Questions and LOIs for competition 1, 2, and 3 should be submitted by email to oar.cpo.risa@noaa.gov and for competition 4 to AdSci-RISAcompetition@noaa.gov.
For applicants without Internet access, please contact the CPO Grants Manager Diane Brown by mail at:
NOAA Climate Program Office (R/CP1)
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1315 East-West Highway
Silver Spring, MD 20910
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NOAA-OAR-CPO-2022-2007019
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