Opportunity Information: Apply for OIAOIA CRNR2100234
The Coral Reef and Natural Resources Program 2021 is a discretionary grant opportunity offered by the U.S. Department of the Interior to support practical, on-the-ground work that manages and protects coral reef ecosystems and helps prevent, control, or mitigate invasive species in U.S. insular areas. The program is framed as an environmental funding initiative and is intended to strengthen local and regional capacity to safeguard natural resources that are ecologically important and often closely tied to local economies, food security, and cultural practices. In short, it is designed to fund applied conservation and resource management efforts where coral reefs and related natural systems face ongoing pressure from human activity, climate-related stressors, and biological invasions.
This opportunity is specifically focused on the seven eligible insular areas: Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. Projects must be relevant to these locations and their natural resource priorities, particularly coral reef management and invasive species response. While the description does not list example project types in detail, the core themes strongly suggest support for activities such as reef monitoring and management planning, restoration or protection actions, community-based conservation and stewardship approaches, biosecurity efforts, invasive species eradication or containment, and related capacity-building that improves long-term resource governance and implementation.
Eligible applicants include local government entities within the named insular areas as well as independent authorities, educational institutions, and non-governmental organizations. All applicants are expected to operate in accordance with the federal grant administrative framework under 2 CFR 200, which generally governs requirements around financial management, procurement standards, internal controls, allowable costs, reporting, and subaward oversight. This matters because even though the program is oriented toward environmental outcomes, successful applicants typically need to demonstrate they can manage federal funds responsibly and document progress and spending in line with these rules.
The funding instrument is a grant, and the activity category is Environment. The opportunity is identified by Funding Opportunity Number OIAOIA CRNR2100234 and is associated with CFDA number 15.875. The award ceiling is listed as $300,000, meaning individual awards are not expected to exceed that amount. The source information does not specify the exact number of awards expected, but it does indicate the program anticipated making multiple awards rather than a single project selection. The original application closing date was April 16, 2021, and the opportunity record was created on January 5, 2021.
Overall, this grant opportunity is best understood as targeted support for insular-area organizations and governments that are actively working to protect coral reefs and broader natural resources, with a parallel emphasis on invasive species as a major driver of ecosystem degradation. It prioritizes management and protection outcomes that are locally grounded in the insular areas listed, and it is structured as a standard federal discretionary grant with compliance expectations consistent with 2 CFR 200.Apply for OIAOIA CRNR2100234
- The Department of the Interior in the environment sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Coral Reef and Natural Resources Program 2021" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.875.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2021-01-05.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2021-04-16. (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 $300,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: Others.
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