Executive Summary - Federal Agency Name

Grants Online Notice of Funding Opportunity Document Creation Assistance

NOFO Field: Federal Agency Name(s)

NOFO Location: Required Overview Content - first field
- Subsequent field: Funding Opportunity Title

OMB Guidance:
Federal Agency Name(s)-Required. Include the name of your department or agency and the specific office(s) within the agency (e.g., bureau, directorate, division, or institute) that are involved in the funding opportunity.

Additional Guidance:

  • Do not enter the field name (shown in bold in the examples). The NOFO generator will enter the field name.
  • No particular organizational order is preferred by NOAA. You may order the organizations from top-down or bottom-up.
  • Neither the "," or the ";" has been designated as the preferred organizational separator. You may use either.
  • You may use either "Department Of Commerce" or "Department of Commerce" to specify the department.

Published Examples:

Federal Agency Name(s): National Ocean Service (NOS); National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); U.S. Department of Commerce

Federal Agency Name(s): Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Weather Service (NWS)

Federal Agency Name(s): National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Department Of Commerce); U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Department Of The Interior)

Federal Agency Name(s): National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce

Federal Agency Name(s): Office of Education, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce