United States Coast Guard · Department of Homeland Security

State Recreational Boating Safety (RBS) Grant Program

Open · Opportunity DHS-USCG-STATE-2027 · Assistance Listing 97.012

Deadline: Due Oct 30, 2026 · 23 days left
Award size: $400K – $12M
Cost share / match ?: Required
Who can apply: State government
Where: Anywhere in the U.S., including Tennessee

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How this fits you

Available in Unicoi County (nationwide program)
Requires a cost share / match
Tennessee recipients since 2023: 4

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About this grant

This program is not open to the public. Eligibility is determined by federal statute. Applications can only be accepted from the designated state authority or agency.

Who in Tennessee has won this program

4 awards to Tennessee recipients in 1 county since federal FY2023 · 0 in Unicoi County. Largest shown:

Past Tennessee recipients
Recipient	Where	Amount	FY
Wildlife Resources Agency, Tennessee	Nashville, Davidson County	$2.5M	2025
Wildlife Resources Agency, Tennessee	Nashville, Davidson County	$2.3M	2026
Wildlife Resources Agency, Tennessee	Nashville, Davidson County	$2.2M	2023
Wildlife Resources Agency, Tennessee	Nashville, Davidson County	$2.1M	2024

Source: USAspending.gov. Past awards show who this program funds; they don't guarantee future awards.

About the program (97.012)

Boating Safety Financial Assistance — State RBS Program

How applications are judged

Not Applicable.

Matching requirements

Statutory Formula: Title 46, Part 13104,Per 46 U.S.C. �13104 (b): The amount received by a State under this section in a fiscal year may be not more than one-half of the total cost incurred by that State in developing, carrying out, and financing that State�s recreational boating safety program in that fiscal year. All eligible, approved RBS expenditures may count towards the state share (unless those expenditures are already counted towards another federal grant) and should be reported. The total state share must be equal to, and can be greater than, the total federal share, but states are not required to match expenses item-for-item. The Coast Guard may reimburse a state for up to one-half of its total state expenditures pending the availability of federal funds. Once a state receives reimbursement, the funds no longer have a federal identity and can be spent per the state�s...

Examples of funded projects

Not Applicable.

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