National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · Water & Wastewater · Disaster Resilience
NOAA Habitat Conservation Restoration
Funds coastal habitat restoration projects supporting fisheries productivity, threatened-species recovery, and coastal community resilience. Cities, tribes, nonprofits, and states eligible.
Program facts
- Typical award
- $500K – $25M
- Non-federal match
- Varies by NOFO
- Audience
- Cities, towns, counties, and tribal governments
- Application window
- Annual NOFOs; multiple sub-programs.
- Typical prep time
- 10–18 weeks
- Statutory authority
- Magnuson-Stevens Act §318; IIJA §40004; IRA §40001
Catalog entry last verified 2026-05-24 · Verify on the agency page →
Eligibility at a glance
- Cities are eligible applicants.
IIJA and IRA provided major supplemental funding. Amounts and timing approximate; verify directly with administering agency.
How Strategic Pursuit scores this program
When you run a city dossier, Strategic Pursuit cross-checks the city's demographics, federal award history, disaster history, and CEJST burden categories against this program's eligibility and strategic-fit signals. You see an explicit eligibility / strategic / competitive grade — backed by source citations — instead of a generic "match" badge.
Planning purposes only. Award ranges, match percentages, and application windows on this page summarize the latest publicly available agency guidance and are approximate. Always verify the binding NOFO on the administering agency's page before applying.