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OIA Technical Assistance Program 2026

DOI OIA-TAP-2026
Posted: Mar 16, 2026 12:00:00 AM EDT
Closes: 05/18/2026
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Funding Information

Estimated Total Funding
$22,500,000
Award Ceiling
$22,500,000
Expected Number of Awards
40

Description

The Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) is seeking proposals for its Technical Assistance Program (TAP), which offers grant funding for short-term projects aimed at addressing the immediate needs of insular areas. The TAP program provides discretionary grant funding to tackle urgent economic, financial, government service, and capacity challenges in the insular areas.

Synopsis

The Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) is seeking proposals for its Technical Assistance Program (TAP), which offers grant funding for short-term projects aimed at addressing the immediate needs of insular areas. The TAP program provides discretionary grant funding to tackle urgent economic, financial, government service, and capacity challenges in the insular areas.

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants:
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Authorized under Public Law 96-597, Section 601, and subsequent amendments, OIA TAP funds are available to benefit the U.S. territories of American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) and the freely associated states which are the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), and the Republic of Palau.Eligible applicants include non-federal, local government entities and component units, hospitals, health centers, institutions of higher education, and non-profit organizations in the United States and its territories, as well as international entities whose proposed projects will benefit these insular areas and comply with 2 CFR 200.Judicial and legislative branches of local governments are not eligible per 2 CFR 200.444.

Funding Activity Categories

Other (see text field entitled "Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity" for clarification)

CFDA Numbers

  • 15.875 - Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories

Contact Information

Agency: Department of the Interior
Contact: Department of the Interior
Email: John_Brewer@ios.doi.gov
Phone: 303-570-4499
John Brewer
John_Brewer@ios.doi.gov

Additional Information

Document Type: synopsis
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Version: 1
Last Updated: Mar 16, 2026 10:28:17 AM EDT

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