Opportunity Information: Apply for NOAA NOS IOOS 2023 2008077
The FY2023 Ocean-Based Climate Resilience opportunity is a NOAA funding program (issued under the Department of Commerce) focused on building a national pipeline that helps ocean and coastal climate resilience innovations move from early technical promise to real-world adoption. It sits within the broader federal push to strengthen coastal resilience using major investments from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), complemented by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL). NOAA frames the need in practical terms: a large share of the US population and economy is concentrated in coastal counties, so localized climate impacts can ripple into major national economic and societal consequences. The program is designed to turn NOAA-relevant science, ocean observations, and information services into usable products and services that communities and industries can actually deploy to prepare for, withstand, and adapt to climate-related hazards.
At the core of the program is funding for “accelerator entities,” meaning organizations (or partnerships of eligible organizations) with a demonstrated track record in business development support for entrepreneurs and startups. NOAA is not primarily trying to fund individual startups directly through this specific competition. Instead, it is funding the organizations that run accelerator programming, which then recruit and support cohorts of participating companies. These accelerators are expected to provide the kind of hands-on commercialization help that the market often fails to provide to early-stage climate resilience ventures, such as customer discovery, market validation, business model development, mentoring, prototyping support, access to testing and demonstration environments, data processing and storage capabilities, connections to manufacturers, and introductions to partners and follow-on investors.
The targeted innovation space is “ocean-based climate resilience solutions,” defined here as products and services that integrate ocean observing technologies and information services into solutions addressing specific climate resilience challenges. That includes tools and technologies for collecting coastal, ocean, and Great Lakes data (sensors, platforms, observing systems), as well as analytics, modeling, and decision-support services that translate those data into actionable guidance for real decisions. NOAA also explicitly leaves room for solutions that incorporate social science and economic information, recognizing that resilience decisions are not purely technical and often depend on community needs, behavior, and cost-benefit realities.
The opportunity lays out several linked objectives. First, NOAA wants to establish a coordinated network of accelerator entities across the country, creating shared learning about what it takes for ocean observation technologies and related information services to become sustainable, scalable businesses. Second, the program aims to directly support entrepreneurs and startups developing these resilience-focused products or services by surrounding them with structured training, expert mentorship, and practical commercialization assistance. Third, it seeks to accelerate and catalyze investment into this sector by helping companies become “investor-ready” and, where appropriate, providing funding support and connections to growth capital. Fourth, NOAA wants to leverage prior federal investments, especially companies and technologies that may already have received SBIR/STTR awards or support through other BIL and IRA efforts, but still struggle with the final steps toward product-market fit, piloting, procurement pathways, partnerships, or scaling. Finally, NOAA emphasizes advancing diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) within the ocean-based resilience innovation ecosystem, not as a side note but as something accelerators should embed in organizational culture, outreach, cohort selection, curriculum, and retention, and through partnerships with diverse stakeholders.
A key feature described in the notice is a two-phase structure that separates “accelerator program design” from “accelerator program implementation.” In the design phase, an accelerator entity is expected to build a clear plan for how it will guide startups through commercialization pathways, including elements like market analysis, customer discovery, problem and use-case definition, partner strategies, product-market fit work, and demonstrations. In the implementation phase, the accelerator executes that plan by selecting a cohort of participant businesses, delivering the programming and services, and managing a rigorous process for distributing Technology Development and Commercialization (TDC) awards. TDC awards are described as non-dilutive funding that accelerator entities can provide to cohort companies during or after the formal training period to carry out specific activities that directly move the product or service toward commercialization. Importantly, NOAA indicates that funds for TDC awards would be provided as part of a Phase Two award, which reinforces that this opportunity is structured to move from planning into execution with real support mechanisms for participating startups.
From an administrative standpoint, the opportunity is a discretionary grant program using a cooperative agreement model, which generally signals that NOAA expects substantial involvement or partnership during execution rather than a hands-off grant. The funding opportunity number is NOAA NOS IOOS 2023 2008077, and it is associated with CFDA 11.012. Eligible applicants are broad and include state, county, city/township, and special district governments; public and private institutions of higher education; federally recognized tribal governments and other tribal organizations; 501(c)(3) nonprofits (other than universities); and for-profit organizations (other than small businesses). The listing shows an award ceiling of $250,000 and an expectation of around 15 awards, with an original closing date of September 11, 2023 (created July 10, 2023). Taken together, those parameters suggest NOAA intended to seed multiple accelerator entities across regions rather than concentrate funding in only one or two large hubs.
Overall, this opportunity is best understood as NOAA building commercialization infrastructure for ocean and coastal resilience: creating a connected network of accelerators that can consistently find promising startups, surround them with the specialized support needed to cross the gap between R&D and market adoption, and strengthen the overall resilience economy. The program’s emphasis on ocean observing data and information services reflects NOAA’s mission strengths, while the emphasis on commercialization pathways, de-risking for investors, and non-dilutive TDC awards reflects a practical focus on getting solutions into the hands of users who need them, including communities facing increasing climate-driven risks.Apply for NOAA NOS IOOS 2023 2008077
- The Department of Commerce in the environment sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY2023 Ocean-Based Climate Resilience" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 11.012.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jul 10, 2023.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Sep 11, 2023. (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 $250,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 15 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For profit organizations other than small businesses.
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