Opportunity Information: Apply for USDA NRCS MULTI CCG 20 GEN0010740
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA NRCS) announced a Fiscal Year 2020 Conservation Collaboration Grants or Agreements funding opportunity for projects located in Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. The core purpose of the program is to leverage NRCS resources by partnering with outside organizations to address locally defined natural resource concerns, encourage collaboration among conservation stakeholders, and build conservation leadership at the state and community level. Awards are intended to support on-the-ground conservation outcomes as well as the planning, training, and coordination work that helps communities implement conservation more effectively over time.
This announcement is a competitive, discretionary funding opportunity offering awards either as grants or cooperative agreements, depending on the level of federal involvement anticipated during the project. Projects are expected to run between one and three years. The work must align with one or more NRCS program areas represented by the funding listings referenced in the notice: Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA, Assistance Listing 10.902), Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP, 10.912), Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP, 10.924), Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP, 10.931), and the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP, 10.069). In practical terms, that means proposals should be framed around conservation planning and technical assistance, improving soil and water resources, habitat and working lands stewardship, easements and land protection, or related conservation implementation support that fits within these program authorities.
Eligible applicants include federally recognized tribal governments, state governments and local units of government (including counties and cities/townships), nonprofit organizations with IRS 501(c)(3) status, and institutions of higher education (both public and private). The notice also allows for-profit entities to apply, but specifically under the ACEP and CTA programs. Within that broader eligibility, NRCS signaled priority interest in proposals addressing several targeted themes: grazing assistance (such as developing grazing plans, hosting demonstrations, and providing training); Tribal conservation planners and planning support; watershed-focused efforts that emphasize targeted results and social outcomes; "Ag 101" style field training to build understanding of cropping systems and agricultural equipment; and prescribed burn work, including burn plans, trainings, and building a network of consultants. These priorities indicate NRCS was looking not only for conservation practices, but also for capacity-building projects that expand local expertise and improve coordination across partners.
Funding availability was described as varying by state, with both minimum and maximum award sizes and an estimate of how many awards NRCS expected to make. Montana was estimated to have $2,000,000 available, with awards ranging from $100,000 to $1,000,000 and about 6 anticipated awards. Nebraska was estimated at $1,500,000 total, with awards from $50,000 to $1,000,000 and about 6 awards. North Dakota was estimated at $4,000,000 total, with awards from $20,000 to $1,000,000 and about 20 awards. South Dakota was estimated at $4,800,000 total, also with awards from $20,000 to $1,000,000 and about 20 awards. Across the four states, the opportunity listed an expected total of 52 awards, with a stated award ceiling of $1,000,000. NRCS noted that the availability and composition of funds had not yet been fully determined at the time of the announcement, so actual awards would depend on final funding availability and which underlying program funds could be applied.
The application deadline was April 30, 2020, by 11:59 pm Eastern Daylight Time. While the opportunity appears in the broader Grants.gov ecosystem, the notice emphasizes that applicants are responsible for resolving any Grants.gov technical issues through Grants.gov Applicant Support (not NRCS staff), and it provides the Grants.gov support phone number and email. Importantly, the announcement also specifies that a complete application package must be submitted by email to the state-specific NRCS contacts based on where the project will be located. For Montana projects, applications were directed to kyle.tackett@usda.gov with kris.berg@usda.gov copied. For Nebraska projects, applications were directed to NRCSNEBProposals@nrcs.usda.gov. For North Dakota projects, applications were directed to jill.howard@usda.gov with lisa.lund@usda.gov copied. For South Dakota projects, applications were directed to sd.nrcs.proposals@nrcs.usda.gov.
NRCS indicated proposals would be screened first for completeness and compliance with the announcement requirements, and incomplete or noncompliant submissions would be removed from consideration with notice to the applicant. Final funding decisions would be made by the NRCS State Conservationist in each state, informed by proposal rankings and the availability of funds tied to the listed program authorities. In short, this opportunity was designed for organizations that can bring partners together and deliver practical conservation planning, training, and targeted watershed or working-lands support in the four-state region, with awards sized to support anything from smaller technical assistance efforts to larger, multi-partner initiatives.Apply for USDA NRCS MULTI CCG 20 GEN0010740
- The Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service in the agriculture, environment, natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Conservation Collaboration Grants or Agreements Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Announcement for Program Funding – MONTANA, NEBRASKA, NORTH DAKOTA, and SOUTH DAKOTA" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 10.069, 10.902, 10.912, 10.924, 10.931.
- This funding opportunity was created on Mar 16, 2020.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 30, 2020 Applications must be received by 1159pm Eastern Time on April 30, 2020. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $1,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 52 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education.
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