Request for Proposals
National Coastal Resilience Fund 2022
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Pre-proposal deadline: 21 April 2022, 11:59 p.m. EDT
For more information, go to:
https://www.nfwf.org/programs/national-coastal-resilience-fund/national…
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) announces the 2022 National Coastal Resilience Fund (NCRF) Request for Proposals (RFP).
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation will make investments in planning, design, and restoration of natural and nature-based solutions to help protect coastal communities from the impacts of storms, floods, and other natural hazards and enable them to recover more quickly and enhance habitats for fish and wildlife. All projects under this program must demonstrate a dual benefit to both coastal communities and habitats.
The NCRF is a national program focused on enhancement of resilience for coastal communities. Projects must be located within the coastal areas of U.S. coastal states, including the Great Lakes states, and U.S. territories and tribal lands.
Eligible applicants include non-profit 501(c) organizations, state and territorial government agencies, local governments, municipal governments, Tribal governments and organizations, educational institutions, or commercial (for-profit) organizations.
Award decisions will be made based on regional circumstances and needs, but all proposals must address the following priorities:
- Nature-Based Solutions: Projects must focus on identifying or implementing natural, nature-based, or hybrid solutions, such as restoring coastal marshes, reconnecting floodplains, rebuilding dunes or other natural buffers, or installing living shorelines to both reduce climate risks to communities while enhancing habitats (hereinafter “nature-based solutions”);
- Community Resilience Benefit: Projects must show clear benefits in terms of reducing current and projected threats to communities from coastal hazards, including, but not limited to: sea-level rise, lake-level change, coastal erosion, increased frequency and intensity of storms, and impacts from other chronic or episodic factors (e.g., nuisance flooding during high tides, permafrost melt; hereinafter collectively “coastal hazards”); and
- Fish and Wildlife Benefit: Projects must help to improve habitats for fish and wildlife species. Proposals should be as specific as possible in identifying the anticipated benefits to habitats and species that will result from the project proposed.
Pre-proposal deadline: 21 April 2022, 11:59 p.m. EDT
For more information, go to:
https://www.nfwf.org/programs/national-coastal-resilience-fund/national…