National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · Disaster Resilience · Water & Wastewater
NOAA National Coastal Resilience Fund (NCRF)
Public-private partnership between NOAA and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation funding coastal-resilience projects: living shorelines, marsh restoration, dune systems, stormwater retrofits. Cities partner with NFWF as fiscal agent.
Program facts
- Typical award
- $100K – $10M
- Non-federal match
- 33% (approximate)
- Audience
- Cities, towns, counties, and tribal governments
- Application window
- Annual NOFO; typically spring.
- Typical prep time
- 8–14 weeks
- Statutory authority
- Annual NOAA appropriations; IIJA §40004
Catalog entry last verified 2026-05-24 · Verify on the agency page →
Eligibility at a glance
- Cities are eligible applicants.
NFWF administered; eligibility limited to coastal and Great Lakes communities. 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.