Opportunity Information: Apply for OIA TAP 2025
The OIA Technical Assistance Program 2025 (OIA TAP 2025) is a discretionary grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of the Interior, Office of Insular Affairs, designed to fund short-term, practical projects that address immediate needs in the U.S. insular areas. The program is meant to help territories and freely associated states move quickly on targeted problems, fill urgent gaps, and support near-term improvements rather than long, multi-year initiatives. Projects are expected to be clearly defined, responsive to current conditions on the ground, and aligned with the Administration's stated priority areas.
The Administration's top priorities for this round focus heavily on preparedness, resilience, and essential public services. Examples of emphasized areas include disaster planning and response; energy production and related infrastructure needs; protection and management of natural and cultural resources; youth-focused programs; health initiatives, including health information technology systems; public safety and emergency-related work; improvements to data quality and availability; and climate change-related efforts. Climate priorities are described broadly and include water and energy issues, invasive species, food security, and coral reef management, signaling that proposals can be competitive if they connect climate impacts to concrete local needs and implementable solutions.
In addition to those leading priorities, OIA also highlights other important themes that can shape competitive proposals, such as accountability and financial management improvements, economic development efforts, education initiatives, management control initiatives, capacity building, and information technology. Taken together, the priority list suggests OIA is looking for proposals that strengthen operational capability, improve systems and governance, and deliver measurable benefits to communities in the insular areas, especially where quick technical support or targeted investments can unlock progress.
Eligibility is limited to non-federal entities that serve or directly benefit the insular areas covered by OIA. Eligible applicants include local government agencies (including utilities) located in Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, as well as entities in the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. The opportunity also allows hospitals and health centers, institutions of higher education, and nonprofit organizations to apply as long as their proposed projects directly benefit one or more of the seven insular areas and comply with the federal grant rules in 2 CFR 200 (Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards). A key restriction is that, consistent with 2 CFR 200.444, OIA cannot fund the Judicial or Legislative branches of local governments, so proposals must come from eligible executive-branch agencies or other eligible entities and must avoid activities that would be considered unallowable under that provision.
From a funding perspective, the opportunity is listed under CFDA 15.875, with an award ceiling of $400,000 and an expected total of about 70 awards, indicating a relatively competitive program with many planned selections and a wide range of potential project types. Applications are due by March 12, 2025. The notice also references an Application Package Checklist, which implies applicants should pay close attention to required forms, certifications, and submission components to avoid disqualification for administrative reasons.Apply for OIA TAP 2025
- The Department of the Interior in the other sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OIA Technical Assistance Program 2025" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.875.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2024-10-23.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-03-12. (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 $400,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 70 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others.
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