Planning Support Program Awards
Learn about the projects supported across the region!
Planning Support Program Awards
The Long Island Sound Resilience Planning Support Program provides planning support to advance resilience-focused projects by matching communities within the LIS Coastal Boundary across NY and CT with qualified contractors to assist with assessing local environmental risks, conceptualizing project ideas, and conducting preliminary planning efforts. The Program is supported with funding from US EPA through the Long Island Sound Partnership, New York Sea Grant (NYSG) and Connecticut Sea Grant (CTSG). Want to learn more? Check out our Assistance Programs page.
Since 2024, over $2 million has been awarded to 31 communities through the program, with no match required from communities.
Learn more about the awarded projects, including the 2025 Awardees announced on November 7, 2025 and March 3, 2026, in the Award Slates and interactive map below.
2025 Awards
In the second round of the Program, awarded in 2025, NYSG and CTSG awarded over $1 million dollars in planning support to support resilience-focused projects in 16 coastal communities. The sixteen projects—nine in NY and seven in CT—include community resilience plans, shoreline adaptation plans, strategic plans, natural resource inventories, watershed management plans, and development of stormwater remediation strategies and conceptual design plans. Most Awardees were announced on November 7, 2025 and two additional Awardees were announced on March 3, 2026 – view the Award Slate and Press Releases on the right.
2024 Awards
In the first round of the Program, awarded in 2024, New York Sea Grant and Connecticut Sea Grant have awarded nearly $1.1 million in planning support to support resilience-focused projects in 15 coastal communities in the Long Island Sound region. The fifteen projects—five in CT and 10 in NY— include climate vulnerability assessments and resilience plans, watershed-based conservation plans, natural resource inventories, conceptual designs for flood mitigation opportunities and landscape design plans. The Awardees were announced at a Press Event held on December 6, 2024 – view the video here and Award Slate and Press Release on the right.
