OpportunityTitle: Program to Support Tribal Climate Resilience Grants and Ocean and Coastal Management Planning Grants
CategoryExplanation: Tribal Climate Resilience
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: See attachment (TCRP solicitation) for eligibility
Description: SUMMARY: The Secretary of the Interior (Secretary), through the Office of Trust Services, Tribal Climate Resilience Program (Program) solicits proposals from federally recognized tribes and tribal organizations as defined at 25 U.S.C. section 5304(l) to receive grants to support tribal resilience and ocean and coastal management and planning. The Program supports tribes as they prepare for climate change impacts on tribal treaty and trust resources, economies, infrastructure, and human health and safety. The Program will provide funding for projects that support tribal climate resilience as tribes incorporate science (including Traditional Knowledge) and technical information. The Program also supports tribal ocean and coastal management and planning. This solicitation contains guidelines and instructions for writing and submitting a proposal. BIA will use a competitive evaluation process based on criteria as stated in Section F. Categories of Funding, Review Criteria and Evaluation of this notice to select projects for funding. If there are questions, please refer to the paragraph below on how to contact the BIA Tribal Climate Resilience staff for assistance.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Professional
GrantorContactText: Jo Ann Metcalfe &lt;br/&gt;Professional
CloseDateExplanation: DATES TO SUBMIT APPLICATION: Grant application packages must be submitted to the Grants.gov no later than 5:00 pm Alaska Daylight Time, April 28, 2021. The BIA Tribal Climate Resilience Program will not consider proposals received after this time and date.  If you experience any issue with uploading documents, please contact Rachael Novak at rachael.novak@bia.gov.