RESTORE Act 

Centers of Excellence Research Grants Program

U.S Department of the Treasury 

Office of Gulf Coast Restoration 

Initial Announcement 

Funding Opportunity Number: GR-RCE-19-001

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number: 21.015 

Key Dates: Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis as long as funds are available in an 

applicant’s allocation. This funding opportunity announcement will close on August 30, 2019. 

This funding opportunity announcement will either be extended or a new funding opportunity 

announcement may be posted again in September 2019, as determined necessary by the 

Department of the Treasury. 

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RESTORE Act 

Centers of Excellence Research Grants Program

Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA)

PART 1

I. Federal Awarding Agency: Office of Gulf Coast Restoration, Department of the 

Treasury

II. Funding Opportunity Title: RESTORE Act Centers of Excellence Research Grants 

Program 

III. Announcement Type: Initial 

IV. Funding Opportunity Number: GR-RCE-19-001 

V. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number: 21.015 

VI. Key Dates: Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis as long as funds are 

available in an applicant’s allocation. This funding opportunity announcement will 

close on August 30, 2019. This funding opportunity announcement will either be 

extended or a new funding opportunity announcement may be posted again in 

September 2019, as determined necessary by the Department of the Treasury. 

PART 2

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Under the Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and 

Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act of 2012 (RESTORE Act), Subtitle F 

of P.L. 112-141, the Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund (Trust Fund) was established in 

the Treasury of the United States. Eighty percent of the civil penalties paid after July 

6, 2012, under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act in connection with the 

Deepwater Horizon oil spill will be deposited into the Trust Fund and invested. The 

RESTORE Act created five components through which funds will be disbursed. 

Treasury is publishing multiple funding opportunity notices as part of the 

RESTORE Act. 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 

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establish Centers of Excellence, and by those Centers of Excellence for science, 

technology, and monitoring in one or more of the following disciplines: 

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. 

II. Federal Award Information

A. Total Funding Availability 

The total funding available for eligible activities under the Centers of Excellence 

Research Grants Program is dependent upon amounts in the Trust Fund. The 

amounts available will depend on the Trust Fund balance, any adjustments due to 

sequestration, pursuant to section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, and any adjustments due to obligations 

and disbursements through grants awarded to eligible recipients. 

B. Award Amount

Each of five eligible applicants may apply for its share of funds, described in 

Treasury regulations as a percentage of the amounts available from the Trust Fund 

for the Centers of Excellence Research Grants Program. An eligible applicant may 

apply for up to 100 percent of its current available allocation. Treasury will notify 

eligible applicants when any revisions have been made to the allocation tables, 

which include the amounts currently available and posted on Treasury’s RESTORE 

Act website at https://www.treasury.gov/services/restore-act/Pages/home.aspx.

C. Anticipated Award Date 

Treasury anticipates issuing a grant award within 60-90 days after receipt of a 

compliant application. 

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D. Period of Performance

Eligible applicants may submit one or more applications, each covering a 

performance period (project period) of one to five years. Applications should be 

submitted at least 90 days before the requested start date of the award. 

E. Funding Instrument Type 

Awards will be made as grants to eligible applicants. 

III. Eligibility Information 

A. Eligible Applicants

Eligible applicants are specified by the RESTORE Act and regulations at 31 C.F.R. 

Part 34. Only the following entities may apply for funding under this 

announcement: 

1. The Alabama Gulf Coast Recovery Council or such administrative agent as it 

may designate 

2. The Florida Institute of Oceanography 

3. The Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board of Louisiana, 

through the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of Louisiana

(pursuant to 31 CFR 34.702) 

4. The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality 

5. The Office of the Governor of the State of Texas, or an appointee of the 

Office of the Governor 

Only the above-named entities are eligible applicants who may apply for funding. 

Treasury does not make Centers of Excellence Research Grants directly to other 

entities or individuals. Interested third parties may contact their state entity listed 

above to learn more about how the eligible applicants select their Centers of 

Excellence.

B. Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement

No cost sharing or matching is required. 

C. Other Criteria that Affect Eligibility

Each applicant must complete an Operational Self-Assessment and must update the 

Operational Self-Assessment annually by June 30. Annual Operational SelfAssessments must be reviewed and accepted by Treasury before funds may be 

awarded for an application under this announcement. The required format and 

fillable form for the Operational Self-Assessment, as well as instructions for 

completing it, may be found under Quick Links on Treasury’s RESTORE Act 

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website at https://www.treasury.gov/services/restore-act/Pages/COE/Centers-ofExcellence.aspx. 

IV. Application Preparation and Submission Information 

A. Application Package 

Treasury uses the GrantSolutions.gov system to manage the application submission 

process, and application packages will only be made available through 

GrantSolutions.gov at https://home.grantsolutions.gov. Only eligible applicants, as 

defined in Section III, and their designated contractors as appropriate will be able 

to register with GrantSolutions.gov. Eligible applicants must register with 

GrantSolutions.gov and log in using the provided account information in order to 

access the RESTORE Act Centers of Excellence Research Grants Program funding 

opportunity announcement and associated application package available under the 

RESTORE Act. 

During the application preparation process, eligible applicants should be sure to 

access and complete the specific application package within GrantSolutions.gov that 

corresponds to the correct RESTORE Act component or activity or discipline, since 

there are multiple funding opportunity announcements available, each having its own 

specific instructions, forms, and required attachments. 

If you are an eligible applicant and require further information, need assistance 

with the GrantSolutions.gov account registration process, or if you do not have 

Internet access, contact Treasury using the contact information provided below in 

Section VII Federal Awarding Agency Contacts. 

Information also is available on Treasury’s RESTORE Act website at 

https://www.treasury.gov/services/restore-act/Pages/COE/Centers-ofExcellence.aspx. 

B. Content and Form of Application 

All applications under this FOA must be completed and submitted using the 

RESTORE Act Centers of Excellence Research Grants Program application 

package provided by GrantSolutions.gov at https://home.grantsolutions.gov. An 

application must be submitted by the Authorizing Official, previously approved for 

enrollment and enrolled in GrantSolutions.gov. 

The application package will include the required standard forms and specific 

documentation required by Treasury. All standard forms are available 

electronically in GrantSolutions.gov. Applicants must complete all forms in the 

GrantSolutions.gov application package and the authorizing official must sign the 

certifications electronically. 

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Information that is not part of a standard form or a Treasury template included in 

the application package can be provided as part of a separate file attachment that is 

uploaded into the application package in GrantSolutions.gov. All file attachments 

must be in PDF file format, unless otherwise specified in this FOA or 

application guidance.

The following items are required: 

1. Form SF-424, Application for Federal Assistance. 

2. Form SF-424A, Budget Information – Non-construction Programs. 

3. Form SF-424B, Assurances – Non-construction Programs. 

4. RESTORE Act Centers of Excellence Research Grant Program Application 

Narrative. (Completion of the template in GrantSolutions.gov is required.) 

The applicant must: 

a. Identify the applicant organization. 

b. Provide information about the competitive selection process, citing 

relevant state statutes or regulations as applicable for a new/additional 

center(s); or incorporate the previous response by reference for an existing 

center(s). 

c. Describe how public input on Centers of Excellence rules and policies 

was solicited and considered, and provide relevant documentation of the 

public review and comment period for a new/additional center(s); or 

incorporate the previous response by reference for an existing center(s).

d. Describe your procedures for managing subrecipients and subawards. 

e. Identify the Center(s) and select the eligible discipline(s) on which the 

Center(s) will focus.

f. Provide a scope of work that includes specific tasks, milestones, and 

related timeframes for the entire project period. This should include the 

applicant’s administrative and oversight tasks and the Center(s)’ science, 

technology, and monitoring tasks in the selected eligible discipline(s). 

g. Provide a narrative justifying how the proposed costs within each of the 

budget categories on the SF-424A listed directly below are necessary, 

reasonable, allowable, and allocable: 

i. Personnel – This refers to salaries and wages paid to employees of 

the applicant organization who are directly involved in grant 

implementation. The budget justification must identify the 

personnel category type by Full-Time Equivalent (FTE), including 

FTE percentage for part-time employees, number of personnel 

proposed for each category, and estimated funding amounts per 

position. The applicant’s budget justification should identify

positions by title and function, include a brief description of

duties, and state the rate of compensation and the amount of time

to be allocated for each position. This line item does not include 

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ii.

iii.

iv.

v.

personnel hired as subrecipients; those costs are included in the 

“Contractual” line item. 

Fringe Benefits – This refers to the allowances and services 

employers provide their employees as compensation in addition to 

regular salaries and wages. Fringe benefits include, but are not 

limited to, the costs of leave (vacation, family-related, sick, or

military), employee insurance, pensions, and unemployment

benefit plans. The budget justification should identify the 

organization’s fringe benefit rate and/or explain the basis for the 

calculation for each position. 

Travel – This refers to the expenses for transportation, lodging, 

subsistence, and related items incurred by employees who are in

travel status on official business of the non-Federal entity. Such 

costs may be charged on an actual cost basis, on a per diem or 

mileage basis in lieu of actual costs incurred, or on a combination 

of the two, provided the method used is applied to an entire trip 

and not to selected days of the trip, and results in charges 

consistent with those normally allowed in like circumstances in

the non-Federal entity's non-federally funded activities and in

accordance with the non-Federal entity's written travel 

reimbursement policies. The budget justification must provide an 

estimated number of trips, points of origin and destination, and 

purpose of travel. It should also show how each trip (or type of 

trip) is needed to achieve the goals and objectives of the project or 

program. This line item does not include a subrecipient’s travel 

expenses; those costs are included in the “Contractual” line item. 

Equipment – This refers to tangible personal property (including 

information technology systems) having a useful life of more than 

one year and a per-unit acquisition cost that equals or exceeds the 

lesser of the capitalization level established by the non-Federal 

entity for financial statement purposes, or $5,000. The budget 

justification must include an itemized listing of all equipment

proposed under the agreement. For each item to be purchased, 

provide an estimated unit cost, estimated useful life, basis for the 

estimated useful life, and justification for the items of equipment 

to be purchased. Include a lease versus purchase analysis for each 

item of equipment. 

Supplies – This refers to all tangible personal property other than 

equipment. A computing device is a supply if the acquisition cost 

is less than the lesser of the capitalization level established by the 

non-Federal entity for financial statement purposes or $5,000, 

regardless of the length of its useful life. The budget justification 

must include a brief description of and justification for the 

supplies required to perform the work. These costs should be listed 

by major supply categories, e.g., office supplies, computer 

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supplies, and monitoring supplies, and include the estimated costs 

by category. 

vi. Contractual – This refers to purchases of property or services 

needed to carry out the project or program under a Federal award. 

It is not specific to the legal instrument used, so it may include 

both subawards and contracts. The budget justification must 

identify the name of the proposed subrecipient, if known; 

contractor, if applicable; and list the amount budgeted for each 

subaward or contract. For proposed subawards, the application 

must include an itemized subrecipient budget by object class, with 

appropriate justification. For contracts, the application must

include the contractor’s DUNS number. 

vii. Construction - [not applicable] 

viii. Other – This refers to direct costs that do not fit any of the 

aforementioned categories, such as rent for buildings used to 

conduct grant activities, utilities and/or leased equipment, 

transportation expenses, tuition for training, etc. The budget

justification should list and describe other items by major type, 

provide a cost estimate or budget for each item, and describe the 

basis for the cost estimates or budget computations. 

ix. Indirect Costs – This refers to costs incurred for a common or joint 

purpose benefitting more than one cost objective, and not readily 

assignable to the cost objectives specifically benefitted, without

effort disproportionate to the results achieved. Indirect costs must 

be supported by a current federally approved Indirect Cost Rate. 

Please contact Treasury if the applicant does not have an indirect 

cost rate from its cognizant federal agency and wishes to include 

indirect costs in the proposed budget. 

h. Identify key personnel of the applicant organization for the proposed 

activity. Key personnel should include individuals who contribute to the 

programmatic development or execution of the project or program in a 

substantive, measurable way, whether or not they receive salaries or 

compensation under the grant. At a minimum, key personnel should 

include the applicable applicant organization personnel who are enrolled as 

the Authorizing Official(s), Program Director(s) / Principal Investigator(s), 

and Financial Officer(s) in GrantSolutions.gov. The RESTORE Act 

Standard Terms and Conditions and Program-Specific Terms and 

Conditions on Centers of Excellence grant awards require the applicant to

notify Treasury if there are any changes in these key personnel. See Quick 

Links on Treasury’s RESTORE Act website at 

https://www.treasury.gov/services/restore-act/Pages/COE/Centers-ofExcellence.aspx. 

i. Provide other information requested in the RESTORE Act Centers of 

Excellence Research Grants Program Application Narrative. 

5. A letter from the applicant’s highest official designating a senior authorized 

official who can legally bind the entity to execute the RESTORE Act Centers 

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of Excellence Applicant Certifications. A letter is not required if the 

applicant’s highest official executes the certifications. 

6. RESTORE Act Centers of Excellence Applicant Certifications signed by the 

senior authorized official. (Completion of the template in GrantSolutions.gov 

is required.) 

7. SF-LLL, Disclosure of Lobbying Activities, if applicable. See 31 C.F.R. Part 

21 and the RESTORE Act Centers of Excellence Applicant Certifications, 

Section E – Certification Regarding Lobbying. If applicable, the SF-LLL 

must be signed by the senior authorized official. Please note: If the senior 

authorized official is not submitting the application as the Authorizing 

Official in GrantSolutions.gov, then a signed SF-LLL should be uploaded as 

part of the application package; otherwise, the online SF-LLL will populate 

an electronic signature for whomever submits the application. (Completion of 

the template is required, if applicable.) 

8. RESTORE Act Milestones Report. The applicant must provide the major

milestones of the activity. Major milestones are discrete, high-level actions 

that, taken together, result in a completed eligible activity, e.g., awarding a 

contract, phases of planning. Columns G and H are for reporting postaward. (Completion of the template in GrantSolutions.gov is required.) 

9. RESTORE Act Environmental Checklist. If specific research efforts have 

been identified at the time of application, then the applicant must identify the 

environmental laws that may apply to those efforts and the environmental 

documents that may be required. (Completion of the template in 

GrantSolutions.gov is required only if specific research efforts have been 

identified at the time of application.) 

10. RESTORE Act Status of Performance Report. The applicant must select 

appropriate performance measures that will be tracked throughout the period 

of performance. If the applicant is not able to select measures at the time of 

application, the selection of performance measures should be included as a 

task in the scope of work and as a major milestone on the RESTORE Act 

Milestones Report. (Completion of the template in GrantSolutions.gov is 

required.) 

11. Current federally approved Indirect Cost Rate Agreement, if indirect costs are 

included in the budget. See 4(g)(ix), Indirect Costs, in this section for 

additional information. 

More information on application policies and requirements is available under 

Quick Links at Treasury’s RESTORE Act website at 

https://www.treasury.gov/services/restore-act/Pages/COE/Centers-ofExcellence.aspx. 

C. Dun and Bradstreet Universal Numbering System (DUNS) Number and System for 

Award Management (SAM) 

1. All applicants must have a DUNS number. A DUNS number may be obtained 

from Dun and Bradstreet, Inc. by telephone, currently 866–705–5711, or the 

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Internet currently at http://fedgov.dnb.com/webform. This number should be 

entered in the block with the applicant's name and address on the cover page of 

the application, Item 8c on the Form SF 424, Application for Federal 

Assistance. The name and address in the application should be exactly as given 

for the DUNS number. Applicants should obtain this DUNS number

immediately to ensure all registration steps are complete prior to submitting an 

application. 

2. All applicants must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM); 

the website for the SAM system is https://www.sam.gov. Registering an 

account with SAM is a separate process from submitting an application. 

Applicants are encouraged to register early. All applicants must be registered 

in SAM prior to submitting an application. Applicants must maintain an active 

registration with SAM at all times, prior to submitting an application and 

throughout the entire period of performance of an award. Applicants are 

required to renew their registration with SAM annually. Failure to renew a 

SAM registration prior to application submission may prevent an applicant 

from being eligible to receive a grant award. 

Applicants must successfully register with SAM prior to registering in the 

Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act Subaward Reporting 

System (FSRS) as a prime awardee user. Prime recipients must maintain a 

current registration with the SAM system, and may make subawards only to 

entities that have DUNS numbers. Organizations must report executive 

compensation as part of the registration profile at https://www.sam.gov by the 

end of the month following the month in which an award is made, and annually 

thereafter based on the reporting requirements of the Federal Funding 

Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA) of 2006 (Pub. L. 109-282), as 

amended by section 6202 of Public Law 110-252 and implemented by 2 C.F.R. 

Part 170. 

3. Treasury cannot make a grant award to an applicant who has not obtained a 

DUNS number and does not maintain an active registration with SAM. See 2 

C.F.R. Part 25. 

D. Submission Dates and Times

Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis as long as funds are available in an 

applicant’s allocation. Applications should be submitted at least 90 days before the 

requested start date of the award. This funding opportunity announcement will 

close on June 29, 2019. This funding opportunity announcement will either be 

extended or a new funding opportunity announcement may be posted again in 

September 2019, as determined necessary by the Department of the Treasury. 

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E. Intergovernmental Review 

Applications under this program are not subject to Executive Order 12372, 

"Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs." Please check box “C” on item

19 of the SF-424, Application for Federal Assistance because Review by State 

under Executive Order 12372 does not apply. 

F. Funding Restrictions 

1. Pursuant to the Office of Management and Budget Uniform Guidance at 2 

C.F.R. Part 200, Treasury will not allow reimbursement of costs incurred 

before an award is made unless an applicant demonstrates that the costs were 

incurred directly pursuant to the negotiation and in anticipation of the award, 

and that the costs were necessary for the efficient and timely performance of 

the scope of work. Such costs are allowable only to the extent that they 

would have been allowable if incurred after the date of the award, and only 

with Treasury's written approval. All costs incurred before the Federal 

awarding agency makes the Federal award are at the recipient’s risk. Any 

pre-award costs should be requested as part of an application under this 

funding opportunity announcement. The applicant must clearly describe the 

proposed pre-award costs in the scope of work and budget justification, and 

provide a compelling justification as to why Treasury should approve them. 

Applicants considering including pre-award costs in an application should 

contact Treasury as soon as possible to discuss them. 

2. Proposal costs of the current accounting period normally should be treated as 

indirect costs per 2 C.F.R. § 200.460. Applications including proposal costs 

as direct costs should provide a detailed justification as to the appropriateness 

of charging the proposal costs directly to the prospective award. 

3. As noted in the RESTORE Act Standard Terms and Conditions and ProgramSpecific Terms and Conditions for Centers of Excellence Research Grants 

Program under Quick Links on Treasury’s website at 

https://www.treasury.gov/services/restore-act/Pages/COE/Centers-ofExcellence.aspx, the following costs are unallowable unless approved in 

writing by Treasury: 

a. Construction, including the alteration, repair, or rehabilitation of 

existing structures. Facilities costs are allowable as indirect costs in a 

federally approved negotiated indirect cost rate. 

b. Acquisition of land or interests in land. 

G. Other Submission Requirements 

All applications must be submitted via the GrantSolutions.gov system at 

https://home.grantsolutions.gov. 

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Documents that require a signature may be scanned and uploaded into the 

application package. In GrantSolutions.gov, the name of whoever submits the 

application automatically appears as the signature of the Authorized Representative 

on the SF-424. While GrantSolutions.gov will allow anyone enrolled in the system 

to submit an application, Treasury requires that the Authorizing Official submit the 

application. Contact Treasury using the contact information provided below in the 

event of technical difficulties. 

V. Application Review Information

A. Evaluation Criteria 

This is a noncompetitive grant opportunity. Each application will be evaluated for 

completeness and conformance with the RESTORE Act and regulations at 31 

C.F.R. Part 34 and OMB guidance at 2 C.F.R. Part 200. Treasury also will 

evaluate each applicant’s ability to administer an award successfully, using 

information sources such as the Operational Self-Assessment, audits under the 

Single Audit Act, and OMB-designated repositories of government-wide eligibility 

qualification or financial integrity information. 

B. Review and Selection Process 

Treasury will perform an initial eligibility review of applications as they are 

submitted. Treasury also will assess each application for completeness and 

conformance with the RESTORE Act and regulation and federal laws and policies 

on grants. Applications will be selected for funding if they fulfill all application 

requirements and funding is available in the applicant’s Trust Fund allocation. 

C. Anticipated Announcement and Award Dates 

Successful applications will be announced and awarded on a rolling basis as they 

are reviewed, depending on the complexity of the proposed activity. All awards 

will have a start date on the first day of the month. 

D. Review of Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System

Information (FAPIIS) Data 

Treasury, prior to making a Federal award with a total amount of Federal share 

greater than the simplified acquisition threshold, is required to review and consider 

any information about the applicant that is in the designated integrity and 

performance system accessible through SAM (currently FAPIIS). See 41 U.S.C. 

§ 2313. 

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Each applicant, at its option, may review information in the designated integrity 

and performance systems accessible through SAM and comment on any 

information about itself that a Federal awarding agency previously entered and is 

currently in the designated integrity and performance system accessible through 

SAM. Treasury will consider any comments by the applicant, in addition to the 

other information in the designated integrity and performance system, in making a 

judgment about the applicant's integrity, business ethics, and record of performance 

under Federal awards when completing the review of risk posed by applicants as 

described in 2 C.F.R. § 200.205. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

A. Award Notices 

Treasury will notify applicants of application determinations via email, either 

directly from Treasury or via email notifications issued through the 

GrantSolutions.gov system. Treasury will provide successful applicants with a 

Notice of Award. Applicants must formally accept the award within 30 days, via 

the GrantSolutions.gov system, in order for the award to become legally binding. 

Awards must be accepted by the Authorizing Official enrolled in

GrantSolutions.gov. 

B. Administrative and National Policy Requirements 

Awards under this announcement are subject to the RESTORE Act, Treasury 

regulations at 31 C.F.R. Part 34, and federal laws and regulations concerning 

grants. The RESTORE Act Standard Terms and Conditions and Program-Specific 

Terms and Conditions for awards under this announcement are posted under Quick 

Links on Treasury’s RESTORE Act website at 

https://www.treasury.gov/services/restore-act/Pages/COE/Centers-ofExcellence.aspx. Below is a list of requirements with which the applicant will need 

to comply. The list is not meant to be exclusive. 

1. Lobbying Restrictions at 31 C.F.R. Part 21. 

2. Government-wide Debarment and Suspension Requirements at 31 C.F.R. Part 

19. 

3. Government-wide Requirements for Drug-Free Workplace at 31 C.F.R. Part 

20. 

4. Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act and regulations at 2 

C.F.R. Part 170. 

5. Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit

Requirements for Federal Awards at 2 C.F.R. Part 200 and any Treasury 

regulations implementing these requirements. 

6. Award Term for Trafficking in Persons at 2 C.F.R. Part 175. 

7. Treasury Title IX regulations at 31 C.F.R. Part 28. 

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8. Treasury Title VI regulations at 31 C.F.R. Part 22. 

9. Treasury Age Discrimination regulations at 31 C.F.R. Part 23. 

Special award conditions may be applied to an award under this announcement. 

C. Reporting 

Applicants who receive awards will be required to file the SF-425 Federal 

Financial Report. Performance reporting also is required via the SF-PPR, the 

RESTORE Act Status of Performance Report, and the RESTORE Act Milestones 

Report. The RESTORE Act Status of Performance Report and the RESTORE Act 

Milestones Report may be found in the application package. All financial and 

performance reports must be filed semi-annually via GrantSolutions.gov during the 

grant award’s period of performance, unless a special award condition specifies 

more frequent reporting. The Operational Self-Assessment form must be updated 

annually. 

VII. Federal Awarding Agency Contacts 

For questions regarding this announcement, please contact the Office of Gulf Coast 

Restoration at restoreact@treasury.gov or 202-622-6873. 

Information is also available at Treasury’s RESTORE Act website at

https://www.treasury.gov/services/restore-act/Pages/COE/Centers-of-Excellence.aspx. 

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