The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), an agency under the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), is accepting applications for its Equity in Conservation Outreach Cooperative Agreements
Donor Name: Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/28/2023
Size of the Grant: $1,000,000
Grant Duration: 3 years
Details:
The primary goal of this outreach opportunity is for NRCS, in collaboration with partners, to expand conservation assistance to historically underserved producers and underserved communities and to provide opportunities for students to pursue careers in agriculture, natural resources, and related sciences.
Projects should support outreach activities that encourage diverse and inclusive participation in NRCS programs and introduce conservation planning and climate smart practices to protect farmland ecosystems, watersheds, and wildlife habitat in geographical areas of underserved communities ranging from rural agriculture to urban and small acreage producers.
Through this NFO, eligible applicants may propose projects that engage historically underserved producers and underserved communities equitably and offer access to opportunities through outreach activities that:
- promote NRCS programs through education or demonstration of conservation practices;
- develop community conservation partnerships that encourage historically underserved producers to plan and protect farmland ecosystems, watersheds, and wildlife habitat in geographical areas of underserved communities;
- inform small scale or urban agriculture producers about participation in conservation programs; and
- support education on, planning for, and adoption of conservation practices that are climate smart.
The priority areas that NRCS will consider for this NFO are:
- Addressing local natural resource issues
- Promoting potential conservation career opportunities
- Promoting the adoption of climate-smart conservation
- Encouraging conservation in small-scale and urban agriculture
- Developing conservation leadership skills and opportunities
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $70,000,000
- Award Ceiling: $1,000,000
- Award Floor: $100,000
Performance Period
Projects may be between 1 and 3 years in duration.
Eligible Applicants
Applicants and applications must meet eligibility criteria by the application deadline to be considered for award. Eligible applicant type is determined by the implementing program statute. Applicant entities identified in the SAM.gov exclusions database as ineligible, prohibited or restricted, or excluded from receiving Federal contracts and certain Federal assistance and benefits will not be considered for Federal funding, as applicable to the funding being requested under this Federal program.
Eligibility for this opportunity is limited to the following SAM entities:
- Individual
- Native American tribal governments (Federally Recognized)
- Native American tribal government (State Recognized)
- Native American tribal organizations
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS (other than institutions of higher education)
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS (other than institutions of higher education)
- Private nonprofit institutions of higher education
- Public and state-controlled institutions of higher education
- Conservation districts
Additional Information on Eligibility
Additional Eligible entities: Native American tribal governments (State Recognized)Native American tribal organizations Conservation Districts Private nonprofit institutions of higher education
For more information, visit Grants.gov.