Infrastructure Canada launches a call for applications for the renewed Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund (DMAF)
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Infrastructure Canada launched a call for applications for the renewed Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund (DMAF). The DMAF is a national, competitive, and merit-based contribution program intended to support infrastructure projects designed to mitigate and adapt to current and future climate-related risks and disasters triggered by natural hazards, such as floods, wildland fires, droughts and seismic events.
Eligible projects include new construction of public infrastructure and/or modification or reinforcement of existing public infrastructure, including natural infrastructure, that prevent, mitigate or protect against the impacts natural disasters and extreme weather triggered by climate change.
Further to Budget 2021 which announced an additional $1.375 million dollars to renew the DMAF, including a minimum of $138 million of DMAF funding allocated to Indigenous recipients and the addition of a small-scale project stream, eligible applicants will now have the opportunity to submit projects under the following two stream:
- Small scale-project stream (new): projects with total eligible costs between $1 million and $20 million;
- Large-scale project stream: $20 million and above in total eligible costs.
Projects will be assessed for eligibility and merit criteria on a competitive basis with the first round of submissions with a closing date of October 15th, 2021, for the large-scale project stream and November 15th, 2021, for the small-scale project stream.
Further information on the DMAF, including the applicant’s guide, eligibility, and how to apply, is available on our website at the following link: https://www.infrastructure.gc.ca/dmaf-faac/index-eng.html. Projects submitted to Infrastructure Canada under previous intakes will have to be submitted through the application portal accessible via our website.
