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

Agency: Economic Development Administration

11.307 -- Economic Adjustment Assistance

Archived opportunityLast Updated: May 13, 2026

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.

Eligibility

Eligible applicants

Education

Public and state institutions of higher education
Private institutions of higher education

Government

City or township governments
State governments
Federally recognized Native American tribal governments
Special district governments
County governments

Nonprofit

Nonprofits non-higher education with 501(c)(3)

Miscellaneous

Other

Additional information

For EDA Competitive Tourism Grants, eligible entities include a(n): (i) District Organization of an EDA-designated Economic Development District (EDD); (ii) Indian Tribe or a consortium of Indian Tribes; (iii) State, county, city, or other political subdivision of a State, including a special purpose unit of a State or local government engaged in economic or infrastructure development activities, or a consortium of political subdivisions; (iv) institution of higher education or a consortium of institutions of higher education; or (v) public or private non profit organization or association acting in cooperation with officials of a general purpose political subdivision of a State. 42 U.S.C. § 3122(4)(A); 13 C.F.R. § 300.3.

Grantor contact information

Description

travelandtourism@eda.gov

Email

travelandtourism@eda.gov

Documents

File name	Description	Last updated
ARPA_Tourism_NOFO.pdf	ARPA Tourism NOFO	Jul 22, 2021 09:16 PM UTC

Link to additional information

Archived: March 12, 2022

Application process

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Award

$240,000,000

Program Funding

150

Expected awards

$100,000

Award Minimum

$10,000,000

Award Maximum

Funding opportunity number:

EDA-2021-ARPATOURISM

Cost sharing or matching requirement:

Yes

Funding instrument type:

Grant

Cooperative agreement

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

Opportunity Category Explanation:

Category of Funding Activity:

Other

Category Explanation:

Economic Development

History

Version:

Posted date:

July 22, 2021

Archive date:

March 12, 2022