FY 2026 - 2028 Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), National Ocean Service
DOC NOAA - ERA Production
Summary
A description of NOAA Line and Staff Offices is found at https://www.noaa.gov/about/organization, and applicants may contact the Agency Contacts in Section VII. below for more information. If you submit the same application to more than one Line or Staff Office, mention this in your application and notify the relevant contacts in Section VII. so that NOAA may coordinate internally. This notice also solicits proposals that are part of the Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) program. CESU is a U.S. federal partnership network that connects agencies with universities, tribes, nonprofits, and other partners to address natural and cultural resource challenges. Each CESU is structured as a working collaborative with participation from numerous federal and nonfederal institutional partners. CESUs are based at host universities and focused on a particular biogeographic region of the country.
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Eligibility
Eligible applicants may be institutions of higher education, nonprofits, commercial organizations,international or foreign organizations or governments, individuals, state, local, and Indian Tribalgovernments. Eligibility also depends on the statutory authority that permits NOAA to fund the proposedactivity. Funding of Federal organizations is outside the scope of this announcement; if funding authorityexists, Federal organizations seeking NOAA funds should contact relevant program officials about theinteragency agreement process.For CESU projects: the ONLY eligible applicants are non-federal partner institutions of the following CESUregional programs: California, Chesapeake Watershed, Great Lakes Northern Forests, Great Plains, GulfCoast, Hawaii & Pacific Islands, North and West Alaska, North Atlantic Coast, Pacific Northwest,Piedmont & South Atlantic Coast, and South Florida & Caribbean. To determine if your organization is amember of a regional CESU, please visit this site: https://www.nps.gov/nature/cesu.htm. | applicant types: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)