National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · Disaster Resilience · Economic Development
Climate Resilience Regional Challenge
Funds collaborative regional climate resilience planning and implementation, with focus on coastal, Great Lakes, and tribal communities. Cities partner in regional applications.
Whether your city can win this comes down to hard rules — population, designation, match capacity. Run your city and our AI checks it against the rules below in about 8 minutes.
An initial round has been awarded; future rounds depend on re-appropriation.
Program facts
- Typical award
- $500K – $75M
- Non-federal match
- Varies by NOFO
- Eligible entity
- U.S. cities & local governments
- Application window
- Periodic NOFOs; initial round selected June 2024.
- Typical prep time
- 10–18 weeks
- Statutory authority
- IRA §40001
Verify on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration page →
Who is eligible for Climate Resilience Regional Challenge?
These are the hard rules we check against. If one fails, the program is ineligible — the AI never overrides a rule.
- Cities are eligible applicants.
No required cost-share but match strongly encouraged. Amounts and timing approximate; verify directly with administering agency.
How Strategic Pursuit scores this program
Run a city dossier and our AI cross-checks ACS demographics, 5-year USAspending award history, FEMA disaster history, and CEJST/Justice40 + HUD designations against this program's rules. You get a clear eligibility, strategic, and competitive answer — with the city's own hard evidence ready to anchor the narrative — instead of a generic match badge. And if it's a no-go, you'll know before you spend the month.
The dossier isn't the AI's guesswork — eligibility is decided by the rules, and the numbers come straight from official sources. The answer your reviewer will check line by line.
No credit card. 30-day trial, 3 dossiers, 1 seat.
Related programs
- Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program (DOT)$500K – $100M
- Brownfields Assessment, Cleanup, and Revolving Loan Fund Grants (EPA)$200K – $5M
- Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CPRG) (EPA)$1M – $500M
- Pollution Prevention (P2) Grant Program (EPA)$250K – $1M
- Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) (FEMA)$100K – $25M
- Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) (FEMA)$600K – $50M
Award ranges, match percentages, and windows are approximate.