Notices of Funding Opportunities

Climate-Ready Workforce ($60 million) 

  • Letters of Intent due November 30, 2023, Full Proposals due: February 13, 2024.

  • $500,000 - $10 million - NOFO

  • Sea Grant and the NOAA Climate Program Office, with support from the NOAA Office for Coastal Management, seek to establish programs aimed at at placing people across the country into good jobs that advance climate resilience and assisting employers in developing a 21st century workforce that is climate literate, informed by climate resilience, and skilled at addressing consequent challenges. NOAA will assist communities in coastal and Great Lakes states, territories and tribes so they may form partnerships that train workers and place them into jobs that enhance climate resilience. 

  • NOAA envisions making between 10-20 awards under this competition, at amounts ranging from $500,000-$10 million each. NOAA expects projects to range in duration from 24 months to 48 months, beginning no earlier than August 1, 2024. This opportunity is open to state, tribal, territorial and local governments, institutions of higher education, and non-profit organizations in coastal states or territories. Resources from NOAA’s Climate Program Office, Office for Coastal Management, and National Sea Grant Office and its partners will be available to provide technical assistance to applicants and recipients to support these innovative efforts.

NOAA Adaptation Sciences (AdSci) program

  • Competition 1: Evidence-building, Evaluation and Learning Approaches to Support Adaptation to a Changing Climate- The AdSci program is seeking proposals in Competition 1 for evaluation and evaluation research that advances evaluation methods and approaches in order to support more transformative adaptation and resilience. Research proposals should seek to undertake one or both of the following:

    • Expand the evidence base for evaluating adaptation actions and investments, including the identification of metrics and frameworks, with an emphasis on those that measure social and economic outcomes of adaptation (including equity) and advance society’s capacity to compare and/or scale up approaches.

    • Develop the frameworks, partnerships, approaches and methods needed to evaluate adaptation, including those elements that move society toward more transformative pathways.

    • Proposals should be for projects up to 2 years duration with a budget of up to $150,000 per year (for a maximum total of $300,000.00 total). Depending on the availability of funds, it is anticipated that 5-7 projects will be supported.

  • Competition 2: Developing a Social Science Research Agenda to Support Adaptation and Resilience - the AdSci program is seeking proposals that will generate a social science research agenda, which reflects existing knowledge, and identifies gaps that can be addressed to support adaptation and resilience efforts. This can be achieved through inclusive review, analysis, and assessment of scientific literature, climate adaptation plans and actions, local knowledge and other similar information, in addition to engagement processes to inform social science research needs.

    • Proposals should be for projects up to 2 years duration, with a total budget in the range of $150,000- $300,000 (proposals should distribute the budget over the two year period to reflect the methodology used for the project). Depending on the availability of funds, it is anticipated that 1 project will be supported.

  • Important Dates for LOI and Full Proposal Submission

    • Letters of intent are due by December 26th, 2023 by 11:59 pm ET.

    • Full applications are due by March 20th, 2024 by 11:59 pm ET.

    • Information Sessions - Full proposal process: February 8th, 2024 from 2:00 - 3:00 pm ET, Register Here

  • Important Links

  • Please send any questions or correspondence to noaa.adsci.fy24nofo@noaa.gov. 

updated as of December 15, 2023