Natural Resources Conservation Service

Description

The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), an agency under the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), is announcing the potential availability of funding for the purpose of leveraging NRCS resources to encourage collaboration with partners in providing strategic conservation delivery assistance and/or provide tools or data that enhance the ability of the agency to support conservation activities. The overall intent of this solicitation is to solicit partnerships to help enhance the implementation of key conservation objectives and priorities outlined in this announcement.Proposals will be accepted from eligible entities for projects located in Tennessee, NRCS anticipates the total amount awarded under this announcement in Federal fiscal year 2021 will be approximately $150,000.00. Proposals are requested from eligible local Conservation Districts, non-profit organization, non-government organizations and institutions of higher learning for competitive consideration of grant awards for projects with a one to three-year duration. Entity types that may be eligible under these criteria include the following: City or township governments County governments Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with 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) Native American trial governments (Federally recognized) Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized trial governments) Private institutions of higher education For new users of Grants.gov, see Section D.1. for information about steps required before submitting an application via Grants.gov.Applications must submit their applications via Grants.gov by 11:59 pm Eastern Time on June 7, 2021. For technical issues with Grants.gov, contact Grants.gov Application Support at 1-800-518-4726 or support@grants.gov. Awarding agency staff cannot support applicants regarding Grants.gov accounts. Questions regarding this notice of funding opportunity (NFO) may be submitted until May 5, 2021. Responses to questions posed will be posted on Grants.gov approximately two weeks before the application due date.The agency anticipates making selections by June 30, 2021 and expects to execute awards by September 15, 2021.

Who can apply

• State governments
• County governments
• City or township governments
• Special district governments
• Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
• Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
• Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized)
• Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than higher education)
• Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than higher education)
• Private institutions of higher education

Contact

Shynika E Loften <br/>Grants Specialist <br/>Phone 2025725851
shynika.loften@usda.gov