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Tribal Climate Resilience Annual Awards Program - FY 2024

Agency: U.S. Department of Interior
Office: Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Office of Trust Services Division of Environmental Services and Cultural Resources Management Branch of Tribal Climate Resilience (TCR)
Multipart Grant: No
Next Due: 10/18/2024 (Application)
Solicitation Date: Unknown
   
Match Required: No
Actual Funds: $120,000,000 (Confirmed)
Summary:

The purpose of this program is to support tribes and authorized tribal organizations as they prepare for and address climate change impacts on Tribal Treaty and Trust resources, economies, regenerative agriculture and food sovereignty, conservation practices, infrastructure, and human health and safety. Funding will be prioritized for projects that address imminent climate-related threats to human health and safety and tribal capacity to address such threats. Funding may also support projects addressing environmental justice and equity, sustainability, sovereignty, infrastructure, vulnerable economies, natural and cultural resources, agriculture, conservation, and habitat restoration or improvements.

Applications will be accepted for the following funding categories:

  • Category 1: planning: This category is intended to provide as much flexibility as possible in scope of topics allowed to address diverse and complex tribal climate concerns. Applications may include development of climate change considerations into formal planning documents or designs as well as data collection/analysis, and supplemental monitoring efforts. If planning documents have already been developed, applications may include planning and designs related to implementation, such as feasibility studies and structural or engineering documents. Proposed planning projects may include:
    • Climate adaptation planning
    • Relocation, managed retreat, and protect-in-place (RMP) plans
    • Natural or cultural resource management plans such as ocean and coastal, forest, fire, rangeland, or wetland management plans
    • Hazard/emergency response or mitigation plans
    • Ecological restoration
    • Greenhouse gas mitigation plans
    • Construction or engineering plans/designs
    • Trainings and workshops
    • Internships/climate staffing or program development
    • Youth engagement
  • Category 2: implementation: This category is designed to support the execution of projects that have been previously identified and supported by official planning documents. Applications may include design phase or implementation of projects if the project has been previously identified and supported by official planning documents. Examples of supporting document types may include:
    • Tribal climate adaptation plans
    • Relocation master plans
    • Natural resource plans
    • Drought plans
    • Hazard mitigation plans
    • Ecological restoration plans
    • Greenhouse gas mitigation plans
    • Construction or engineering plans/designs
  • Category 3: relocation, managed retreat, protect-in-place (RMP) staff: This category is intended to support tribes with limited staff or technical or project management capacity and that have imminent relocation, managed retreat, or protect-in-place needs due to climate impacts. These staff positions may focus on development of community planning documents, climate adaptation strategies, implementation actions, community engagement, coordination with federal and other partners, emergency response plans or mitigation, and implementation of RMP actions. This category also includes access to a climate resiliency cohort training module for the staff position. The training module is a ten-month long series and consists of peer-to-peer learning and knowledge exchange regarding climate resiliency and RMP decision-making facilitated by the BIA and the Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals (ITEP). Participation in the training module is required. Tribal staff will have the opportunity to prioritize strategic planning, vulnerability assessments, and data gathering, as well as travel to trainings and coordination meetings with regional resilience efforts, as needed.

Category 1 and Category 2 awards may also be used to meet federal and nonfederal cost share/match requirements required by statute. Because the timing of the need for cost share/match needs may not necessarily align with the deadline of this program, the funding agency has set aside additional cost share/match funds that may be applied for on a rolling basis, as long as funds are available. Applicants interested in such funds should contact the program staff using the information provided in the Contact section for additional information.

Optional virtual office hours and webinars are scheduled for this program. Refer to the Application section for details.

Last Updated: August 21, 2024

Eligibility Notes:

Eligible applicants will vary according to funding category, as follows:

  • Category 1: planning: eligible applicants are federally recognized tribes and authorized tribal organizations, including tribal consortia
  • Category 2: implementation: eligible applicants are federally recognized tribes and authorized tribal organizations, including tribal consortia
  • Category 3: relocation, managed retreat, protect-in-place (RMP) staff: eligible applicants are federally recognized tribes

Funding priority will automatically be given to tribes that have not received an award through this program in excess of $100,000 in previous years. In addition, preference will be given to critically vulnerable tribes and Alaska Native villages at risk of severe climate impacts which jeopardize public safety and health.

For Category 3, funding priority will be given to communities that are at highest risk, as supported by published documentation. Category 3 applicants are encouraged to consider also applying for Category 1, which can also include climate staff positions, and interns, to provide additional support and capacity, especially for non-RMP climate needs.

For tribes, signed tribal resolutions are not required to be included with the application; however, if selected for funding, a signed tribal resolution may be necessary for contracting or transfer of funds. For tribal organizations/consortia proposing to develop a product on behalf of a tribe/tribes, a tribal resolution(s) from all tribes being supported must be included with the application.

A tribe or tribal organization may submit multiple applications for each of this program's funding categories and may be awarded funding under all three categories; however, only the highest-ranked application for each category per applicant will be funded.

For Category 3, tribal organizations/consortia and contractors/consultants are ineligible as primary award recipients. In addition, tribes that previously received RMP coordinator position funds through this program are ineligible.

Previous award recipients include:

  • Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation
  • Nansemond Indian Nation
  • Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona
  • Chickasaw Nation
  • Native Village of Kongiganak

Refer to the Award file for additional information regarding previous award recipients.

Eligible Applicants:
Consortia
Native American Tribe
Tribal Organizations/Institutions
Application Notes:

Applications will be accepted beginning on July 17, 2024, and must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. ET on October 18, 2024.

Applications must be submitted online at portal.bia.gov.

Applications must include:

  • Application form
  • Cover letter
  • Proposal (if applicable; 6 pages max)
  • Category 3 questionnaire (if applicable)
  • Budget
  • Budget narrative
  • Supporting documents (optional)

Applicants are encouraged to submit the budget in Excel format.

All applications must have a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number. Applicants may obtain a UEI number via SAM (System for Award Management) by accessing www.ecivis.com/sam.

Optional virtual office hours will be held for this program online at teams.microsoft.com every Tuesday at 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET until October 18, 2024.

In addition, two optional webinars will be held for this program. The first informational webinar will be held at 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET on July 30, 2024. The second grant writing webinar will be held online at www.zoomgov.com at 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. ET on September 4, 2024.

The recording of the information webinar held on July 30, 2024, can be found online at www.youtube.com.

Applications will be evaluated according to criteria specific to funding category, as follows:

  • Category 1: planning:
    • Geographic location (5 points)
    • Project purpose (40 points)
    • Strategy:
      • Objectives (5 points)
      • Methods (10 points)
      • Timeline (5 points)
      • Deliverables (10 points)
      • Expected results/resilience benefits (10 points)
    • Tribal capacity building (15 points)
  • Category 2: implementation:
    • Geographic location (5 points)
    • Project purpose/risk/need (40 points)
    • Strategy:
      • Objectives (10 points)
      • Methods (10 points)
      • Timeline (5 points)
      • Deliverables (5 points)
      • Expected results/resilience benefits (10 points)
    • Feasibility:
      • Project management plan (5 points)
      • Permitting (5 points)
      • Project readiness (5 points)

While Category 3 is a non-competitive category, funding requests may exceed available funding. Therefore, communities that are at highest risk, as supported by published documentation, will be prioritized for funding.

Refer to the NOFA file for additional application information.

Match Required: No
Actual Funds: $120,000,000 (Confirmed)
Match Notes:

Matching funds are not required for this program.

Funding Notes:

A total of $120 million is available to support awards through this program. Maximum award amounts will vary according to funding category, as follows:

  • Category 1: planning: competitive awards of up to $250,000
  • Category 2: implementation: competitive awards of up to $4 million
  • Category 3: relocation, managed retreat, protect-in-place (RMP) staff: non-competitive awards of up to $150,000 per year for up to three years

All awards will be administered via self-determination contracts or self governance compacts as authorized by the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (ISDEAA).

Awards will be announced in January 2025.

Projects will commence once all funding agreement documents have been approved.

For Category 3 awards, no annual application is required after the first year, as funds will be automatically awarded annually for up to the three-year duration, subject to the availability of funds.

No more than 10 percent of the total funding request may be allocated toward speaker fees and/or honorariums.

Applicants should not include indirect costs in their budgets, as indirect/administrative support costs will be awarded separately as contract support costs (CSC) in addition to any project funds awarded through this program.

Funds may not be used on any costs incurred prior to the approval of all funding agreement documents.

For FY 2023, a total of $120,834,164 was distributed via 146 awards through this program. For FY 2022, a total of $45,382,848 was distributed via 124 awards. For FY 2021, a total of $13,848,873 was distributed via 135 awards. Refer to the Award file for details.

Contacts:

Program Staff
resilience.funding@bia.gov

Agency Address
Branch of Tribal Climate Resilience
1001 Indian School Rd., NW
Albuquerque, NM 87104

Contact Notes:

Questions should be directed to the program staff, or to the appropriate regional coordinator listed on page 25 of the NOFA file.

Applications must be submitted online at portal.bia.gov.

The agency address provided is for reference purposes only.

Files:
NOFA File: US10918_NOFA_FY2024.pdf (382.7 Kb)
Other Pre-Award File: US10918_Overview_FY2024.pdf (67.7 Kb)
Other Pre-Award File: US10918_BudgetTemplate_FY2024.xlsx (17.3 Kb)
Award File: US10918_Award_FY2024.pdf (3.1 Mb)
Other Pre-Award File: US10918_TechnicalAssistance_FY2024.pdf (104.8 Kb)
Other Pre-Award File: US10918_WebinarPresentation_FY2024.pdf (994.2 Kb)
File Notes:

The NOFA file contains the full solicitation for this program. The Overview file contains general program information, including application submission information. The BudgetTemplate file contains an optional template applicants may use to help prepare their budget. The TechnicalAssistance file contains information regarding optional virtual office hours and webinars scheduled for this program. The WebinarPresentation file contains the slides from a pre-application webinar held for this program. The Award file contains information on previous award recipients.

August 21, 2024
A recording of a webinar for this program has been released, and a link to the presentation is available in the Application section. Additionally, the slides from the webinar have been released and attached as the WebinarPresentation file. The Financial section has been updated accordingly.

August 1, 2024
Information regarding optional virtual office hours and webinars has been released for this program and attached as the TechnicalAssistance file. The Application section has been updated accordingly.

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