NOAA Tsunami Grants Eligibility

NOAA/NWS Tsunami Activities Grants

This page updated September 14, 2018

Since passage of the Tsunami Warning, Education, and Research Act in 2017 (P.L. 115-25, Title V) and its predecessor legislation in 2007 (TWEA, P.L. 109-479 Title VIII), Congress has authorized and directed NOAA's National Weather Service to "provide technical and financial assistance to states, territories, local governments, and Tribes" for purposes of improving the nation's tsunami capabilities to the last mile.

NOAA's National Weather Service uses the grant process to provide this financial assistance. The NOAA/NWS Tsunami Activities grants support tsunami preparedness, mitigation, mapping, modeling, and warning coordination activities.

Information on grant eligibility

Per terms of authorizing legislation effective in 2017, states and territories that have membership on the NTHMP Coordinating Committee as defined in the NTHMP Rules of Procedure are eligible to apply as direct applicants. This includes:

Alaska
American Samoa
California
Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands
East Coast states (region) through Northeast States Earthquake Consortium
Guam
Gulf Coast states (region) through Texas A&M University at Galveston
Hawaii
Oregon
Puerto Rico
U.S. Virgin Islands
Washington

The following additional entities are also eligible to apply as subaward applicants through a Primary applicant listed above:

States not listed above (covered in regions)

East Coast: ME, NH, MA, RI, CT, NY, NJ, DE, MD, VA, NC, SC, GA, FL (East Coast)
Gulf Coast: FL (Gulf Coast), AL, MS, LA, and TX

Local Governments (county or municipality) within any of the states or territories with ocean coastlines
Quasi-Government such as a Port Authority that operates harbor and/or port operations open to oceans

Federally Recognized Tribes with land within an ocean tsunami inundation zone may apply directly

Ineligible entities:

Special taxing districts
School districts
Fire districts
Unincorporated entities
Private, for-profit companies
Not-for-profit organizations (such as the American Red Cross)
Clubs or social organizations
Private universities
Homeowner, civic, or business associations (e.g., Chamber of Commerce.)
National Parks, National Seashores or any other entity of the Federal Government.

More information on application eligibility and instructions is here: Grants Application Process for Local Governments and Tribes

For information and collaboration, please first contact your state or territory primary contact, shown here: Grant Principal Investigators.

For further information, contact the Tsunami Program at the National Weather Service Headquarters

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