Opportunity Information: Apply for NOAA NFA NFAPO 2018 2005418
The FY 2018-2020 Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) is a discretionary funding opportunity issued by the Department of Commerce through NOAA. It is designed as a flexible mechanism to support projects that advance NOAA-related goals but do not fit neatly within NOAA's standard competitive discretionary programs. In practical terms, this BAA is meant to capture research, education and outreach efforts, innovative project concepts, and certain sponsorship-type activities that may be worthwhile yet fall outside the scope or timing of NOAA's more prescriptive program competitions.
This announcement is explicitly not a procurement solicitation. That means NOAA is not seeking to buy goods or services for NOAA's direct benefit in the way it would under a typical contracting action. Instead, the agency may provide financial assistance in the form of grants or cooperative agreements. A cooperative agreement generally implies that NOAA expects to have substantial involvement in the project during performance (for example, through collaboration, coordination, or technical participation), whereas a grant typically involves less federal involvement beyond standard oversight and compliance. The funding activity areas tied to the opportunity include environment, natural resources, and science and technology, along with other research and development topics, which signals that proposals should connect to NOAA-relevant missions and public-benefit outcomes.
Key administrative details set the boundaries of the opportunity. The funding opportunity number is NOAA-NFA-NFAPO-2018-2005418, and the CFDA number listed is 11.015. The announcement was created on September 29, 2017, and it remained open through an original closing date of September 30, 2020. The listing indicates an award ceiling of 1 (as posted) and an expected number of awards of 1, which suggests either a very limited anticipated award volume under this specific posting or a placeholder value used in the system rather than a guarantee of broad funding across many projects. The opportunity category is discretionary, meaning awards are made at the agency's discretion based on merit, relevance, available funds, and other selection factors rather than by formula entitlement.
Eligibility is described broadly as "Others," with a note to consult the additional eligibility text in the full announcement for clarification. This type of language usually indicates NOAA is leaving room for a range of applicant types that could include non-profits, universities, state or local entities, tribal organizations, for-profit organizations, or other institutions, but the definitive eligible applicant categories and any restrictions would be spelled out in the complete notice. Applicants would need to confirm eligibility in the full text and align their proposed work with the mission-related intent of the BAA.
A central point of the announcement is that funding is contingent on congressional appropriations for fiscal years 2018, 2019, and 2020. NOAA explicitly warns applicants that funds had not yet been appropriated at the time of posting for the activities described, and that simply publishing the announcement does not obligate NOAA to make awards or even to conduct a full review of applications. NOAA reserves the right to conduct only an initial administrative review and to decline to proceed further. This language is meant to manage expectations and clarify that submission does not guarantee evaluation, selection, or funding, and that NOAA is not committing to obligate any funds that might become available.
Overall, the BAA functions as an open-ended pathway for NOAA to consider and potentially support mission-relevant work that is innovative or otherwise not served by existing NOAA competitive programs. It emphasizes flexibility in project types, uses financial assistance mechanisms (grants and cooperative agreements) rather than procurement contracting, and underscores that any awards depend on available appropriations and NOAA's internal decisions about whether to review and fund proposals.Apply for NOAA NFA NFAPO 2018 2005418
- The Department of Commerce in the environment, natural resources, science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY 2018 – 2020 - Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) Announcement Type: Initial" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 11.015.
- This funding opportunity was created on Sep 29, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Sep 30, 2020. (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 $1.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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