Grant reporting due dates
1st Quarter FY 11-12 status report due September 10, 2011
2nd Quarter FY 11-12 status report due December 10, 2011
3rd Quarter FY 11-12 Status report Due March 10, 2012
4th Quarter FY 11-12 Status report due June 10, 2012
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Grants reporting Templates
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Defense Grant Programs
Grant Programs of the Office of the Governor, administered by Enterprise Florida Inc and funded by the state's legislature to assist Florida’s communities hosting defense industries, bases, and installations.
Defense Infrastructure Grant (DIG)
The Defense Infrastructure Grant Program was designed to provide support for local infrastructure projects (e.g. construction, land purchases, easements) that have a positive impact on an installation’s military value. Infrastructure grants may also be used to conduct studies, develop presentations, analyses, plans, and modeling in direct support of these infrastructure projects.This funds are not eligible for on-base construction projects.
Approved budget for FY 2011-2012: $1,581,245
DIG FY 11-12 Awards
| Applicant |
Military installation |
Project |
Matching Funds |
Amount Recommended |
| Bay County Board of County Commissioners |
Naval Support Activity Panama City |
Design North Gate Lane and pedestrian safety additions along U.S. 98 |
$0 |
$93,519 |
| Highlands County |
Avon Park AFR, Homestead ARB, Patrick AFB, MacDill AFB |
Phase II- Encroachment prevention and Sustainability of Avon Park Air Force Range |
Applied for $3,000,000 in REPI funds |
$200,000 |
| Santa Rosa County |
NAS Whiting Field |
Joint Land Use Plan Acquisition Funding |
$800,000 |
$207,726 |
| City of Jacksonville |
NAS Jacksonville |
Military Services for Outlying Landing Field (OLF Whitehouse) |
Some Navy funding |
$200,000 |
| Okaloosa County |
Eglin AFB, Duke Field, Hulburt Field, Army 7th Special Forces Group, JSF Training |
Shoal River Military Installation Buffering Project |
$1,253,400 |
$200,000 |
| City of Tampa |
MacDill Air Force Base |
Himes Avenue Water Main Replacement Phase IIB |
$175,000 |
$200,000 |
| Economic Development Commission of Florida’s Space Coast |
Cape Canaveral AFS |
Launch Complex 36 & 46 Programmatic Environmental Assessment |
$0 |
$80,000 |
| Escambia County |
NAS Pensacola |
Cyber Warfare Battle Lab Cooperative |
$0 |
$200,000 |
| Polk County |
Avon Park AFR |
CR 64 Roadway Improvements |
$201,400 |
$200,000 |
| Total |
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$1,581,245 |
DIG FY 11-12 Recommendations and Selection Process
Defense Reinvestment Grant (DRG)
The Defense Reinvestment Grant program is designed to provide support to defense-dependent communities for a reinforcement of positive relations between the community and the defense facility, to help communities diversify their economy, as well as to implement base reuse programs. The Program encourages communities to analyze their economic reliance on defense expenditures and to formulate specific plans to respond to the nation's defense priorities. The Program is administered by Enterprise Florida's Florida Defense Alliance.
Approved budget for FY 2011-2012: $850,000.00
DRG FY 11-12 Awards
| Applicant |
Military installation |
Project |
Amount Requested |
Amount Recommended |
| Orange County Research & Development Authority |
Team Orlando |
Supporting Growth and Diversification of the Team Orlando Defense/Government/Industry/Academia partnership in Modeling and Simulation |
$76,000 |
$76,000 |
| The Beacon Council, Inc. (Miami- Dade County) |
US Southern Command, Special Operations Command South, US Coast Guard 7th District, and Homestead ARB |
The Miami-Dade Defense Alliance Action Plan |
$200,000 |
$125,000 |
| Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce |
NAS Pensacola, Saufley Field, Corry Station and Naval Hospital Pensacola |
Support of Escambia County military installations |
$125,000 |
$100,000 |
| Okaloosa County EDC |
Eglin AFB, Hurlburt Field, Duke Field, NAS Whiting, 7th Special Forces Group and F-35 JSF Initial Training Center |
Eglin Complex Tri-County Skills Development, Job Creation, and Technology Commercialization for Economic Diversification and Stabilization |
$130,500 |
$87,500 |
| Bay Defense Alliance |
NSA Panama City and Tenant Units, Tyndall AFB &Tenant Units |
Support of Bay County military installations |
$237,700 |
$87,500 |
| City of Tampa |
MacDill AFB |
Military Transformation Strategy |
$75,000 |
$75,000 |
| City of Jacksonville |
NAS Jacksonville, NS Mayport, Fleet Readiness Center, USCG Base Mayport, USMC Blount Island Command, and Florida Air National Guard 125th Fighter Wing |
Strategy, Analysis and Support for Force Growth of Military in Jacksonville, FL and support for the local military industrial complex. |
$103,000 |
$86,500 |
| Clay County Chamber of Commerce |
Camp Blanding JTC, NAS Jacksonville and Southeast Fleet Readiness |
Growth and Economic Development Diversification of Clay County, a Defense Dependent Community. |
$83,100 |
$62,500 |
| TEAM Santa Rosa Economic Development Council |
NAS Whiting Field with 14 Navy outlying Fields |
Securing consultant to further efforts to protect several military missions, enhance military missions and values, and further diversify area to reduce dependence on military. |
$56,400 |
$50,000 |
| Economic Development Commission of Florida’s Space Coast |
Coast Guard Station Cape Canaveral, Patrick AFB, and Cape Canaveral AFS |
Enhancing Space Coast Military Drivers |
$157,500 |
$62,500 |
| Highlands County |
Avon Park AFR |
Economic Impact Analysis and Website compilation and update |
$50,000 |
$37,500 |
| Total |
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$1,294,200 |
$850,000 |
DRG FY 11-12 Recommendations and Selection Process
Military Base protection fund (MBP)
Florida's military base retention programs (288.980 F.S.) are intended to provide the State with the necessary means to assist communities with military installations that could potentially be adversely affected by federal base realignment or closure actions. The military base retention programs encourage Florida communities to initiate a coordinated program of response and plan of action in advance of future actions of the federal Base Realignment and Closure Commission.
The following dates comprise grant schedule. OTTED and EFI reserve the right to adjust the FY 11-12 grant schedule at any time. All those receiving these guidelines will be notified of any changes in the timetable.
Timeline for FY 2011-12 Grant Application Round
June 30 Enterprise Florida issues formal DIG and DRG RFP.
July 5 Pre-application conference call (Mandatory).
July 28 Application submission deadline.
July 29- August 1 EFI staff reviews all applications for eligibility and forwards eligible applications to Selection Committee for their evaluation and ranking.
August 1- 15 Selection Committee scores each eligible grant application and forwards its recommendations to EFI.
August 18 EFI/Selection Committee meeting.
August 25 EFI forwards its recommendations to OTTED for final selection.
September 6 Executive Office of the Governor announces grant awards. (This date is subject to change)
Requests for Proposal FY 2011-2012
Defense Infrastructure Grant (Word)
Defense Reinvestment Grant (Word)
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