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Coastal Zone Management Habitat Protection and Restoration Grants

Funding: $207,000,000

Eligible Recipients: Coastal Zone Management programs must serve as the primary applicant. However, funding can be passed through to other non-federal public partners. Projects must be within the coastal zone management boundary or coastal watershed county.

Eligible Uses: Habitat restoration; habitat restoration planning, engineering, and design; ecosystem conservation. The majority of infrastructure funding will support competitively selected projects. However, non-competitive funds to support program capacity will be available up to $150,000 per year for each coastal zone management program to support a work plan focused on the Infrastructure Act.

Deadlines: Letters of intent are due July 29, 2022, and full proposals will be due October 14, 2022.

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Coastal Habitat Restoration and Resilience Grants for Underserved Communities (Sub-Program within Habitat Restoration and Community Resilience Grants)

Funding: $491,000,000

Eligible Recipients: Institutions of higher education, non-profit organizations, commercial (for profit) organizations, U.S. territories, or state, local, or tribal governments that can demonstrate status as an underserved community or that partner with underserved communities, tribes, or tribal entities in coastal areas.

Eligible Uses:

Projects selected through this opportunity may include: 

  • Capacity building activities, including participation in municipal or regional-scale resilience planning, project planning and feasibility studies, stakeholder engagement, and proposal development for future funding.

  • Restoration activities, including demonstration projects, engineering and design, permitting, and on-the-ground implementation.

Deadline: September 30, 2022

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Broadband Equity, Access, And Deployment (BEAD) Program

Funding: $42,450,000,000 

Description: Provides federal funding for broadband planning, deployment, mapping, equity, and adoption projects and activities.

Eligible Recipients: Formula funding to States, Territories, District of Columbia

Eligible Uses: Planning (e.g. broadband data collection and mapping); broadband infrastructure deployment (e.g. construction), to promote broadband adoption, including through the provision of affordable internet-connected devices; to provide WiFi or reduced-cost internet access to multi-family housing units; and for other uses that the National Telecommunications and Information Administration determines are necessary to facilitate the goals of the program. 

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