Opportunity Information: Apply for OIA CRNR 2025
The OIA Coral Reef and Natural Resources Program 2025 (OIA CRNR 2025) is a discretionary grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of the Interior, under CFDA 15.875, focused on protecting and restoring natural resources in U.S. insular areas. The program is designed to support practical, on-the-ground efforts that improve the long-term health of island ecosystems, including coral reefs, with the broader goal of delivering sustained economic and social benefits to local communities. In other words, the program is not limited to coral reefs alone; it also targets the wider set of natural resources that island populations depend on for livelihoods, food security, tourism, coastal protection, and overall environmental resilience.
A major emphasis of the program is invasive species work and native species recovery. Funded projects can include control and prevention measures, rapid response actions when new invasions are detected, eradication campaigns where feasible, and restoration activities that help native species and habitats rebound after damage. These efforts are framed as long-term investments in ecosystem health, recognizing that invasive species and habitat degradation can quickly undermine fisheries, reefs, watersheds, and biodiversity, and can create cascading impacts for public well-being and local economies.
Eligibility is limited to non-federal entities whose work directly benefits one or more of the seven eligible insular areas: Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. Eligible applicant types include local government agencies (including utilities), hospitals and health centers, institutions of higher education, and nonprofit organizations, as long as the proposed project is positioned to deliver direct benefits to these insular jurisdictions. The program is governed by the federal assistance rules in 2 CFR 200 (Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards), which sets expectations for financial management, allowability of costs, procurement, subawards, and auditing standards.
There is also a key restriction tied to federal cost principles: under 2 CFR 200.444, the Office of Insular Affairs cannot provide funding to the Judicial or Legislative branches of local governments. Applicants are expected to follow the application instructions and documentation requirements referenced in the Application Package Checklist, which typically ensures that proposals include the required forms, budgets, narratives, and compliance-related materials.
For funding specifics, the opportunity has an award ceiling of $300,000 per award and anticipates making around 10 awards. The original application deadline listed is March 12, 2025. Overall, OIA CRNR 2025 is structured to help insular-area partners implement measurable, locally relevant conservation and restoration projects that protect coral reef ecosystems and other natural resources, while strengthening the environmental foundations that support island communities over the long term.Apply for OIA CRNR 2025
- The Department of the Interior in the environment sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OIA Coral Reef and Natural Resources Program 2025" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.875.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2024-10-23.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-03-12. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $300,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 10 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others.
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