Boating Infrastructure Grant Program (Tier 2 - National)
The summary for the Boating Infrastructure Grant Program (Tier 2 - National) grant is detailed below.
This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants.
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Boating Infrastructure Grant Program (Tier 2 - National): Recreational boating is a popular activity; there are approximately 12 million registered boats in the United States. Of this total, an estimated 560,000 are at least 26 feet long. The Sportfishing and Boating Safety Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-178) established the Boating Infrastructure Grants (BIG) Program (16 U.S.C. 777g-1) to provide funding to the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealths of Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands, and the territories of Guam, American Samoa, and the U.S. Virgin Islands (States) for the construction, renovation and maintenance of boating infrastructure facilities for transient recreational vessels at least 26 feet long that are operated, leased, rented, or chartered primarily for pleasure. The Act amended the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777). Subsequent reauthorizations of the Act allow expenditures from the Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund and the continuation of the BIG Program. Boating infrastructure means the structures, equipment, accessories, and services that are necessary or desirable for a facility to accommodate eligible vessels. Transient vessels are those passing through or by a place, staying up to 15 days. Projects completed using BIG funds must provide public access, but may be publicly or privately owned. This document is the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 BIG Tier 2 â¿¿ National grants. You can locate it by doing an advanced search for Funding Opportunity Number F17AS00215 at Grants.gov. The NOFO for FY 2018 BIG Tier 1 â¿¿ State grants is a separate announcement at Grants.gov. Note that the FY2018 BIG Tier 1 â¿¿ State NOFO (F17AS00214) may be published at a later date.
Federal Grant Title: | Boating Infrastructure Grant Program (Tier 2 - National) |
Federal Agency Name: | Fish and Wildlife Service (DOI-FWS) |
Grant Categories: | Community Development Environment Natural Resources |
Type of Opportunity: | Discretionary |
Funding Opportunity Number: | F17AS00215 |
Type of Funding: | Grant |
CFDA Numbers: | 15.622 |
CFDA Descriptions: | Information not provided |
Current Application Deadline: | September 11th, 2017 |
Original Application Deadline: | September 11th, 2017 |
Posted Date: | May 18th, 2017 |
Creation Date: | May 18th, 2017 |
Archive Date: | September 25th, 2017 |
Total Program Funding: | $8,000,000 |
Maximum Federal Grant Award: | $1,500,000 |
Minimum Federal Grant Award: | $0 |
Expected Number of Awards: | 10 |
Cost Sharing or Matching: | Yes |
Last Updated: | May 18th, 2017 |
- Applicants Eligible for this Grant
- State governments
- Link to Full Grant Announcement
- Grants.gov website
- Grant Announcement Contact
- National Lead - BIG, Boating Access, CVA Brad Gunn 703-358-2009
[email protected]
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