FY 2021 American Rescue Plan Act Travel, Tourism, and Outdoor Recreation Notice of Funding Opportunity

Deadline: rolling until 1/31/2022

Amount: $10,000–$10,000,000

Website: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=334748

Description:

Through this ARPA Tourism NOFO, EDA aims to assist communities and regions in recovery from the coronavirus pandemic’s significant negative impact on the travel, tourism, and outdoor recreation sectors. EDA’s ARPA Tourism NOFO is designed to provide a wide-range of financial assistance to communities and regions to rebuild and strengthen their travel, tourism, and outdoor recreation industry through various infrastructure and non-infrastructure projects. Under this NOFO, EDA solicits applications under the authority of the Economic Adjustment Assistance (EAA) program, which is flexible and responsive to the economic development needs and priorities of local and regional stakeholders. EDA’s travel, tourism, and outdoor recreation grants will be delivered through two components: (1) State Tourism Grants and (2) EDA Competitive Tourism Grants.

This NOFO posting is for the EDA Competitive Tourism Grants ONLY.

Eligible applicants:

State governments

Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education

Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification)

Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)

County governments

Special district governments

Private institutions of higher education

Public and State controlled institutions of higher education

City or township governments