FY 2024 – 2026 - Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)
Last verified by NonDilute: 2026-06-08. Official notice and agency instructions control.
If your project advances NOAA/NWS strategic goals, this BAA offers flexible funding across multiple mission areas with a 2+ year window and diverse applicant eligibility.
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What this is
The National Weather Service (part of NOAA) is accepting proposals for discretionary federal assistance through a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) running from July 2024 through September 2026. This is not for existing awards but for new special projects supporting NWS's strategic priorities. The opportunity is open to a wide range of applicants—small businesses, nonprofits, universities, tribal governments, and state/local governments. Applicants should identify which NOAA Line Office best fits their proposal (NWS, NMFS, NOS, OAR, OED, or NESDIS) and submit accordingly, with coordination encouraged if submitting to multiple offices.
Who can apply
Extremely broad: small businesses, nonprofits (501(c)(3) and non-501(c)(3)), universities (public and private), individuals, tribal governments (federally recognized and other), state/local governments, county governments, school districts, housing authorities, and other entities. No apparent size restrictions for small businesses; U.S.-based applicants presumed.
Eligible applicant types
- Small businesses
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- City or township governments
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- County governments
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Special district governments
- State governments
- Independent school districts
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
- Individuals
- Private institutions of higher education
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Full description — from the agency
This notice is not a mechanism to fund existing NWS awards. The purpose of this notice is to request applications for special projects and programs associated with NWS's strategic plan and mission goals, as well as to provide the general public with information and guidelines on how NWS will select applications and administer discretionary Federal assistance under this Broad Agency Announcement (BAA). Each NOAA Line Office that supports financial assistance (National Marine Fisheries Service, National Ocean Service, National Weather Service, Office of Atmospheric Research, Office of Education, and National Environmental Satellite Data Information Service) has a separate BAA found in Grants.gov, so applicants should submit their proposal to the BAA for the Line Office that best fits their proposal. A description of NOAA Line Offices is found at https://www.corporateservices.noaa.gov/public/lineoffices.html and https://www.noaa.gov/office-education and applicants may contact the Agency Contacts in Section VII. below for more information. If you submit the same proposal to more than Line Office, mention this in your proposal and notify the relevant contacts in Section VII. so that NOAA may coordinate internally.
Topics: NOAA funding · weather service grants · climate research · broad agency announcement · environmental projects · federal discretionary assistance
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