NOAA-NWS-NWSPO-2025-30488: National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program Grant Cycle 2025
Closed
This grant is closed. Who won this program's grants before is below, and similar open grants are at the end of the page. It is in our archive of DOC NOAA - ERA Production notices from 2025.
DOC NOAA - ERA Production offered grants of up to $4.0 million to the applicants described in the notice. It expected to make about 11 awards. Applications closed on August 21, 2025.
From the official notice on Grants.gov, last changed August 19, 2025. Checked November 7, 2026.
- Award ceiling$4.0 million
- Expected awards11
- Cost sharingNot required
- Funding typeGrant
Key dates
| Posted | August 5, 2025 |
|---|---|
| Deadline | August 21, 2025 |
| Archived by Grants.gov | September 20, 2025 |
Who can apply
This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
States, territories, and state universities with representatives who serve on the NTHMP Coordinating Committee. In turn, those eligible recipients may provide sub-awards to local governments and quasi-government agencies. Tribes with land within a tsunami inundation zone are eligible to participate in the NOAA/NWS Financial Assistance for Tsunami Activities Grant Program directly.
Is this a realistic fit?
- Past Meteorologic and Hydrologic Modernization Development awards averaged $1.3 million; this notice allows up to $4.0 million per award.
- Most of the program's money (71% over five years) went to nonprofits.
- No cost sharing or match is required.
What the grant funds
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.
Who has won Meteorologic and Hydrologic Modernization Development grants before
From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Meteorologic and Hydrologic Modernization Development (11.467) awarded $82.6 million across 63 grant awards, an average of $1.3 million per award.
| Recipient | State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| University Corporation for Atmospheric Research | Colorado | 3 | $49.9 million |
| Hydrologic Research Center | California | 1 | $7.4 million |
| Office of Emergency Services | California | 5 | $3.7 million |
| Military Department, Washington State | Washington | 5 | $3.0 million |
| Alaska Department of Military and Veteran's Affairs | Alaska | 5 | $2.7 million |
Applying now
This notice no longer takes applications. Agencies often post the same opportunity again under a new number, so check the program's notices on Grants.gov and the similar open grants below.
The notice on Grants.gov keeps its full text and attachments, which is useful for planning a resubmission.
Questions people ask
Is NOAA-NWS-NWSPO-2025-30488 still open?
No. It closed on August 21, 2025.
Who can apply for National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program Grant Cycle 2025?
DOC NOAA - ERA Production accepted applications from the applicants described in the notice. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.
What is the deadline for National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program Grant Cycle 2025?
Closed August 21, 2025. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.
How much funding is available?
Awards of up to $4.0 million each.
Who has won Meteorologic and Hydrologic Modernization Development grants before?
The largest recipients over five fiscal years were University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Hydrologic Research Center, Office of Emergency Services. The program made 63 awards worth $82.6 million in that time.