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Grant Proposal Development Resources

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Module Description
This collection of quick references can help you find, prepare, and submit federal grant applications. Learning Outcomes from this training include: (1) Understand how to read the critical components of a federal notice of funding opportunity (NOFO); (2) Identify the key items needed to develop a competitive grant proposal; (3) Outline your own grant proposal using a worksheet with guidance to draft your project goals, plan, budget, and outreach
External Link
https://coast.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/training/grant-proposal.html
Source Organization URL
NOAA Office for Coastal Management
Type of Training
Online, Self-Guided
Difficulty Scale
Beginner
Module Time
2:00

Nature-Based Solutions for Coastal Hazards: The Basics

Submitted by ashlyn.shore on
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Sand dunes with a clear blue sky in the background
Module Description
Learn an approach for identifying your community’s coastal hazard issues, ecosystem services that can reduce hazard impacts, and green infrastructure practices that can provide those services. Develop the beginnings of a community green infrastructure plan.
Source Organization URL
NOAA Office for Coastal Management Digital Coast
Type of Training
Online, Self-Guided
Difficulty Scale
Beginner
Module Time
1:00

How to Calculate Coastal Flood Frequency

Submitted by ashlyn.shore on
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How to Calculate Coastal Flood Frequency white text on a deep blue background
Module Description
These guidelines provide steps that a user can follow to calculate flooding frequency, based on past data and future scenarios, through the following process:
1. Obtain the Flood Threshold Guidelines Used in Your Study Area
2. Calculate Total Water Level using the Inundation Analysis Tool
3. Calculate Inundation Statistics for Specific Time Period
4. Factor In Increased Sea Level Rise
5. Analyze Increased Sea Level Data
6. Plot Data in Graphic Applications for Comparison
External Link
https://coast.noaa.gov/howto/flood-frequency.html
Type of Training
Online, Self-Guided
Difficulty Scale
Beginner

Connecting with Your Audience: Planning Your Next Interaction

Submitted by ashlyn.shore on
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groupof people sitting in an audience and laughing, smiling, and engaging with the speaker.
Module Description
Each interaction with your audience provides a powerful opportunity to learn about that group and share information about coastal hazard risks. This quick reference worksheet leads you through the planning process of how to identify and engage your primary audience, and provides examples of how others are approaching this task.
External Link
https://coast.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/training/audience.html
Source Organization URL
NOAA Office for Coastal Management Digital Coast
Type of Training
Online, Self-Guided
Difficulty Scale
Beginner

A Quick Guide to Adaptation Planning for Natural Resources Professionals

Natural resources planning activities are constantly changing to accommodate new challenges, and it is becoming increasingly important that conservation and land management activities intentionally consider a changing and uncertain climate. This Quick Guide to Adaptation Planning for Natural Resources Professionals provides a starting point to help design and implement adaptation actions in natural resource planning work, with a focus on the project level.

A Rural Capacity Map

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is the largest investment in climate resilience in U.S. history. The $1.2 trillion in funding will create transformative opportunities for local governments that own and maintain most of the nation’s infrastructure, but first state and federal agencies must ensure the resources get to the places that need it the most.

Gulf TREE Training Kit

Submitted by ashlyn.shore on
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Screenshot of the GulfTREE homepage.
Module Description
Gulf TREE is a climate resilience tool search engine that allows users to access relevant tools quickly, easily, and confidently. The site walks users through a series of questions that help them identify the best climate tool for their needs. This Gulf TREE training kit allows you or a small group of people to complete the training and become a power user on your own or you can use this kit to train others to become power users.
External Link
https://placeslr.org/our-work/projects/gulf-tree/
Source Organization URL
Program for Local Adaptation to Climate Effects: Sea-Level Rise
Type of Training
Online, Self-Guided
Difficulty Scale
Beginner

Using Economics to Inform Decisions

Submitted by ashlyn.shore on
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Blue background with white text that reads "Using Economics to Inform Decisions"
Module Description
When you need to estimate the value of a project and incorporate economic data, you have various approaches to choose from. This self-guided module can help, as it provides information about benefit-cost analysis, economic impact analysis, cost-effectiveness analysis, and more. Understanding these basics will help you identify the appropriate approach and the data needed. This course offers one hour of certification maintenance credit for the American Institute of Certified Planners.
External Link
https://coast.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/training/econ-decisions.html
Source Organization URL
NOAA Office for Coastal Management Digital Coast
Type of Training
Online, Self-Guided
Difficulty Scale
Beginner

Funding and Financing Coastal Resilience Webinars

Submitted by ashlyn.shore on
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Large homes on the coastlinen of Hampton, VA.
Module Description
This series consists of two recorded webinars that intend to build foundational knowledge about funding and financing approaches used to support coastal resilience activities. Learn from experts, who will demystify this complex topic by sharing traditional and emerging approaches, project examples, and lessons learned. The first webinar explores options for funding and financing coastal resilience projects and provides the foundation for future trainings on this topic. The second webinar discusses the use of Environmental Impact Bonds to finance coastal resilience efforts. Experts provide an overview of these bonds, how one was developed to finance coastal resilience efforts in Hampton, Virginia, and lessons learned throughout the process.
External Link
https://coast.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/training/funding-webinars.html
Source Organization URL
NOAA Office for Coastal Management Digital Coast
Type of Training
Online, Self-Guided
Difficulty Scale
Beginner

How to Calculate Coastal Flood Frequency

Submitted by ashlyn.shore on
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A view from the sand dunes of a group of people sitting at the beach. The bright colorful umbrellas stand out in contrast to the deep blue ocean that takes over the top half of the photo. Two lifeguards sit on a tall lifeguard chair.
Module Description
The goal of this training is to improve the practice of climate resilience planning by incorporating the needs and perspectives of populations that are especially vulnerable to changing climate conditions, many of whom are historically underrepresented in civic decision-making. The target audience is any professional, elected, or appointed official or community leader engaged in climate planning at the state or local level. While this training focuses on climate resilience planning, the approach is applicable to resilience planning in any geographical context.
External Link
https://www.nj.gov/dep/climatechange/trainings/asat-about.html
Source Organization URL
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
Type of Training
Online, Self-Guided
Difficulty Scale
Beginner
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