# 2025-11107: NOAA Offers Millions to Help Map America’s Waters 2025-11107, Notice of Brennan Ocean Mapping Fund Opportunity for Ocean and Coastal Mapping and Request for Partnership Proposals, is a Federal Register notice from Commerce Department, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration published 2025-06-17, effective Informational Webinar: August 14, 2025; Virtual office hours: September 19, 2025; Proposal deadline: October 10, 2025 by 5 p.m. ET; NOAA decision: December 2025; Draft agreements by end of January 2026; Partner funds transfer June–September 2026 (must be received before October 1, 2026); Task orders issued January–September 2027. FY 2027 spans October 1, 2026 to September 30, 2027.; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-03). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-11107 - As of: 2026-11-03 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Document number: 2025-11107 - Title: Notice of Brennan Ocean Mapping Fund Opportunity for Ocean and Coastal Mapping and Request for Partnership Proposals - Type: Notice - Agencies: Commerce Department; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Citation: 90 FR 25588 - Published: 2025-06-17 - Effective: Informational Webinar: August 14, 2025; Virtual office hours: September 19, 2025; Proposal deadline: October 10, 2025 by 5 p.m. ET; NOAA decision: December 2025; Draft agreements by end of January 2026; Partner funds transfer June–September 2026 (must be received before October 1, 2026); Task orders issued January–September 2027. FY 2027 spans October 1, 2026 to September 30, 2027. - Comments close: not stated - Significant: no - Touches household money: yes - Regulation identifier numbers: none - Last updated: 2026-11-03 ## In one line NOAA Offers Millions to Help Map America’s Waters ## Summary NOAA is teaming up with non-Federal groups to map oceans, coasts, and the Great Lakes by sharing project costs—NOAA covers 70%, partners cover 30%, up to $1 million per project. If you’re interested, join the August webinar, submit your proposal by October 10, 2025, and get ready to dive into mapping work starting in 2027. This is a cool chance to get funding and expert help for ocean and coastal mapping projects! ## Abstract This notice invites non-Federal entities to partner with the ocean and coastal mapping programs of NOAA's National Ocean Service on jointly-funded projects of mutual interest and establishes selection criteria and submission requirements for such projects under the Brennan Ocean Mapping Fund opportunity. With this funding opportunity, NOAA will match selected non-Federal partners at a 70:30/NOAA:partner ratio for projects proposing to contract for ocean, coastal, and/or Great Lakes mapping data totaling up to $1,000,000 per project. Selected non-Federal partners further benefit from this opportunity by leveraging NOAA's contracting and data management expertise. This ocean and coastal mapping funding opportunity is subject to the availability of funds. ## Effects PRIA read - NOAA will match most project costs: benefit, high. If you are a non-Federal partner, NOAA will provide up to 70% of total project costs and you must provide at least 30% of the funds. NOAA anticipates funding between two and five projects and generally limits total project costs to up to $1,000,000 per project (NOAA would provide up to $700,000 on… - Who can apply and match fund rules: benefit, medium. This opportunity is open to non-Federal entities such as State and local governments, Tribal entities, universities, researchers, the private sector, NGOs, and philanthropic partners. Proposals must show the partner can provide at least 30% of project costs; coalitions can combine funds, other Fede… - Key application and project deadlines: benefit, low. Important dates: informational webinar on August 14, 2025; virtual office hours on September 19, 2025; proposals due October 10, 2025 by 5 p.m. ET; NOAA plans decisions in December 2025 and draft agreements by end of January 2026. Partner matching funds must be transferred to NOAA between June and… - Strict proposal format and eligibility rules: cost, medium. Proposals must be submitted by email in PDF by October 10, 2025, must not exceed six pages, and must include specified components (title/summary/partners; justification and survey description; budget confirming partner funds can be transferred before October 1, 2026). Proposals that fail to meet fo… - NOAA provides contracting and data services: benefit, medium. Selected partners receive NOAA support for survey contracting, project management, data processing and quality assessment, and data archiving at the National Centers for Environmental Information. All project data and related products will be made available to the public to the greatest extent allo… - How proposals are scored: benefit, low. Proposals are evaluated and ranked using point-weighted criteria: project justification (30 points), statement of need (10 points), specified partner match (20 points), project costs (15 points), and project feasibility and flexibility (25 points). 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