$60 million in climate resiliency investments for coastal cities
A grant program has launched to distribute a federal investment of $60 million for climate resiliency in coastal communities.
The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is distributing funds through the Ocean-Based Climate Resilience Accelerators program, available to organizations developing the next generation of ocean technology.
In phase one, with applications open now through September, 15 organizations will be awarded funding up to $250,000 each. Selected participants will be able to apply for additional funding next year of up to $10 million.
"We're going to be able to spur innovation and partnerships with government, academia, and private sector to deliver decision support tools and information about our oceans and coasts and how it affects our coastlines," said Carl Gouldman, the director of NOAA's U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System Office.
The anticipated theme areas include:
- Ocean renewable energy
- Coastal carbon sequestration monitoring
- Hazard mitigation
- ecosystems services such as change detection & analysis
Applicants can also suggest their own themes.
"We're trying to outline broad problem areas, whereby folks might identify problem statements that are unsolved problems about decision needs we have as communities and we expect the program to develop solutions to those needs," Gouldman said.
NOAA will host a free webinar on July 19 at 2pm with a short presentation followed by time for questions.
Webinar details:
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/khm-nnvk-gau
Or dial: (US) +1 252-713-7052 PIN: 852 839 532#
More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/khm-nnvk-gau?pin=2194727469273
