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RESTORE Act Centers of Excellence Research Grants Program
U.S. Dept. of Treasury RESTORE Act Program · GR-RCE-25-001
$5,710,210 – $14,518,510
2026-10-31-00-00-00
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About this opportunity
Treasury is publishing multiple funding opportunity notices for its RESTORE Act grant programs. This announcement applies only to the Centers of Excellence Research Grants Program.Trust Fund amounts are available to establish one or more Centers of Excellence through competitive subawards to nongovernmental entities and consortia in the Gulf Coast Region, including institutions of higher education. Funds may be used to establish Centers of Excellence, and by those Centers of Excellence for science, technology, and monitoring in one or more of the following disciplines as described in the RESTORE Act and Treasury’s implementing regulations at 31 CFR 34.704: 1) Coastal and deltaic sustainability, restoration, and protection, including solutions and technology that allow citizens to live in a safe and sustainable manner in a coastal delta in the Gulf Coast Region. 2) Coastal fisheries and wildlife ecosystem research and monitoring in the Gulf Coast Region. 3) Offshore energy development, including research and technology to improve the sustainable and safe development of energy resources in the Gulf of Mexico. 4) Sustainable and resilient growth, economic and commercial development in the Gulf Coast Region. 5) Comprehensive observation, monitoring, and mapping of the Gulf of Mexico.Eligible applicants issuing subawards to Center(s) of Excellence must establish and implement a program to monitor compliance with its subaward agreements.
Funding geography: Not specified — review source. A funder’s address does not establish eligibility.
Review original source ↗Funding instrument: Grant. Issuing jurisdiction: Federal. This is not a geographic eligibility determination.
Source fields and evidence
id: 356559
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opportunityNumber: GR-RCE-25-001
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opportunityTitle: RESTORE Act Centers of Excellence Research Grants Program
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revision: 1
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agencyDetails: {"code":"GCR","seed":"USDOT-GCR","agencyName":"U.S. Dept. of Treasury RESTORE Act Program","agencyCode":"USDOT-GCR","topAgencyCode":"USDOT"}
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owningAgencyCode: USDOT-GCR
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cfdas: [{"id":423926,"opportunityId":356559,"cfdaNumber":"21.015","programTitle":"Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States"}]
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applicantTypes: [{"id":"00","description":"State governments"}]
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fundingInstruments: [{"id":"G","description":"Grant"}]
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fundingActivityCategories: [{"id":"ST","description":"Science and Technology and other Research and Development"}]
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awardFloor: 5710210
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awardCeiling: 14518510
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responseDate: Oct 31, 2026 12:00:00 AM EDT
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responseDateStr: 2026-10-31-00-00-00
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responseDateDesc: Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis as long as funds are available in an applicant’s Trust Fund allocation. This FOA will close on October 31, 2025. This FOA will either be further extended, or a new FOA may be posted in 2025 as determined necessary by the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury).
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costSharing: false
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lastUpdatedDate: Sep 30, 2025 11:10:44 AM EDT
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status: posted
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