Grants - National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program

NOAA/National Weather Service Financial Support For State, Territory, Local Government, and Tribal Tsunami Activities

Since Federal fiscal year 2008, Congress has authorized NOAA's National Weather Service to offer a grants program to support tsunami preparedness, mitigation, mapping, modeling, and warning coordination activities. Per terms of authorizing legislation, these grants have been made available only to agencies and organizations that have membership on the NTHMP Coordinating Committee as defined in the NTHMP Rules of Procedure. The legislation was updated in 2017 and financial support is available also to local governments and Indian tribes.

This page provides ready-reference information for grantees.

Quick links:
FY23 Grants  — Local Governments & Tribes  — Grant Reporting
Special Award Condition on Data Management  — Forms
Grant-specific information  — NOAA Grants Online  — NTHMP Strategic Plan  — Past Grant Activities

FY23 Grants

FY23 NOAA/NWS Tsunami Activities Grant Program Guidance

These are the overall instructions and requirements for NOAA/NWS Grants for State, Territory, Tribal, and Local Government Tsunami Activities as prepared by the NWS Tsunami Program Office. Prepared on 10/09/19 and updated 12/21/21.

Allowable and non-allowable activities for FY23 (As of 12/21/2021)

Project Narratives

FY23 Grant Project Narrative Template (for Prime Grantee, Word file) (12/14/22)

Tribe, Local Government, or Quasi-Government Project Narrative Template (10/09/2019)

Budget Workbooks (Spreadsheets)

FY23 Prime Applicant Grant Budget Excel Template for Prime applicant (12/14/22).

FY23 Subaward Budget Excel Template for Subawards from Prime applicant. Applies to any eligible subaward participant (Tribe, Local Government, University, Quasi-Government entity) (12/21/21)

Instructions for using Prime and Subaward Budget spreadsheets (workbooks) (12/14/22)

FY23 Grant Budget Explanation (12/21/2021) -- a Word file to provide additional explanation about budget items where necessary.

Documents and Information applicable for pre-applications

Pre-Application self-evaluation checklist (12/21/2021)

FY23 NTHMP Partner Pre-Application Endorsement Form (12/21/2021)

FY23 Meeting travel standardized estimator (12/21/2021)

FY23 Grantee NEPA/Historical Review Checklist (12/21/2021), MS-Word file

Instructions and Explanations

Instructions for using the Excel Budget spreadsheets for Prime applicant and Subawards. (12/21/21)

Instructions for requesting work from NOAA entities (11/01/17), modeling by PMEL or DEMs by NCEI

Grant Application Process for Local Governments and Tribes (02/06/2019)

Subrecipient and contractor determinations (10/21/2015) -- explanation of the difference between a Subawardee and a Contract recipient

Object Class Definitions (10/22/2015)

Participant Cost explanation (11/01/17) (includes information about applying indirect cost rates)

NOAA Budget Narrative Guidance (05/24/17)

Department of Commerce Financial Assistant Standard Terms and Conditions (03/31/17)

Grants Application Process for Local Governments and Tribes

Guidelines that explain the grant application process for local governments and tribes

Grant-specific Information

List of NOAA Tsunami Grants Principal Investigators (11/21/2022)

NOAA Grant Citation/Acknowledgement Requirements for print, pdf, and video materials funded by grants (as of 04/25/2018)

Grant Reprogramming Guidance (informal and formal) (As of 06/18/2019)

How to request a no-cost extension for a grant (As of 06/18/2019)

No-cost Extension Budget Spreadsheet (As of 06/18/2019)

Rebudget calculator spreadsheet (tool to determine how to rebudget while not exceeding original award, June 18, 2019).

Extension to Closeout Instructions (As of 10/20/2015)

Grant Reporting

Template for Grant semi-annual narrative report

Template for Final Grant Closeout Narrative Report

Tangible Property Reporting (SF-428) -- contact the Grants Management Specialist indicated in your NOAA Grants OnLine account for current guidance on these forms. The Tsunami Program Office is not the right POC for these forms.

General questions regarding the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA) and Sub-award Reporting System (FSRS)

Link to Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA) Subaward Reporting System (FSRS)

Special Award Condition: Data Management

A NOAA Data Management Directive was adopted in 2018 and applies to all NOAA grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts. It says, NOAA Programs shall strive to ensure that environmental data produced as a result of NOAA-funded Grants .. are made publicly accessible, in a timely fashion (typically within 2 years), free of charge....

This Data Management Directive is here: NOAA Data Management Directive

Data Management Guidance and Plan Template

Please direct questions about Special Award Conditions (SACs) related to this matter to the NOAA Grants Specialist shown in your NOAA Grants Online Account.