National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program Grant Cycle 2025 | NOAA NWS NWSPO 2025 30488

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The National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program (NTHMP) Grant Cycle 2025 is a discretionary federal grant opportunity run by the U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA, specifically NOAA's National Weather Service. It continues a grant program that Congress has funded since federal fiscal year 2008 to strengthen the nations tsunami readiness through practical work in preparedness and mitigation, as well as technical work like mapping, modeling, and improved coordination of tsunami warning activities. In plain terms, the program is meant to help communities and responsible agencies better understand tsunami risk, plan for it, reduce impacts, and work more effectively with warning and emergency management systems.

This funding opportunity is labeled as science and technology and other research and development, and it is issued as a grant under CFDA 11.467. NOAA expects to make about 11 awards under this cycle, with an award ceiling of $4,000,000. The opportunity was created on 2025-08-05 and has an original application closing date of 2025-08-16, which indicates a short window between posting and deadline and suggests applicants should be ready to submit quickly or already have projects queued for funding.

Eligibility is shaped by the programs authorizing legislation and the NTHMP governance structure. Historically, only agencies and organizations that are members of the NTHMP Coordinating Committee (as defined in the NTHMP Rules of Procedure) could receive these grants. However, a 2017 legislative update expanded access so that financial support can also reach local governments and Indian tribes. As described in the notice, states, territories, and state universities are eligible when they have representatives serving on the NTHMP Coordinating Committee. Those eligible recipients can then pass funding along through sub-awards to local governments and quasi-government agencies, which is an important pathway for getting resources to on-the-ground implementers like municipal emergency management offices, port authorities, and other public or quasi-public entities involved in tsunami readiness. Separately, tribes with land within a tsunami inundation zone are explicitly eligible to participate directly in the NOAA/NWS Financial Assistance for Tsunami Activities Grant Program, meaning they do not necessarily need to rely on a state pass-through to apply.

Programmatically, the grant is designed to support end-to-end tsunami risk reduction. That typically includes activities such as improving evacuation planning and community preparedness, enhancing mitigation strategies that reduce loss of life and property, producing or updating tsunami inundation maps, running modeling efforts that refine hazard and impact estimates, and strengthening coordination among warning centers, emergency managers, and other partners responsible for public alerts and protective actions. The emphasis on mapping and modeling alongside warning coordination suggests NOAA is supporting both the technical backbone of tsunami hazard assessment and the operational relationships needed to turn forecasts and warnings into timely, effective public response.

For reference and tracking, the opportunity number is NOAA NWS NWSPO 2025 30488, the funding instrument type is a grant, and the issuing agency is listed as DOC NOAA - ERA Production.

• The DOC NOAA - ERA Production in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program Grant Cycle 2025" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 11.467.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2025-08-05.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-08-16. (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 $4,000,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 11 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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