Conservation Collaboration Grants or Agreements Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 | USDA NRCS MULTI STATE CENTRAL CCG 001

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The Conservation Collaboration Grants or Agreements Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 opportunity is a competitive funding announcement from the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). The program is designed to help partners work alongside NRCS to stretch federal conservation resources further, tackle locally important natural resource concerns, and build stronger conservation leadership at the state and community level. Funding is offered through either grants or cooperative agreements, reflecting NRCS's intent to support projects where collaboration, coordination, and on-the-ground implementation are central to the work.

Projects must be located in one of five eligible states: Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, or Wisconsin. NRCS laid out state-by-state funding expectations for FY 2018, including approximate totals, minimum and maximum award sizes, and the anticipated number of awards. Minnesota was projected at $4,000,000 total, with awards ranging from $25,000 to $1,000,000 and an estimated 18 awards. Nebraska was projected at $1,000,000 total, with awards from $20,000 to $1,000,000 and an estimated 10 awards. North Dakota was projected at $4,000,000 total, with awards from $10,000 to $1,500,000 and an estimated 15 awards. South Dakota was projected at $4,800,000 total, with awards from $20,000 to $1,000,000 and an estimated 20 awards. Wisconsin was projected at $2,500,000 total, with awards from $100,000 up to $2,500,000 and an estimated 10 awards. Across the full announcement, NRCS indicated an overall award ceiling of $2,500,000 and estimated a total of 73 awards.

Eligible applicants span a broad set of public and nonprofit partners who can help carry out conservation work. This includes federally recognized Native American tribal governments; state governments; local units of government such as counties, cities, townships, and special districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; and nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status (other than institutions of higher education). The overall intent is to encourage cross-sector collaboration, so proposals from organizations positioned to convene partners, deliver technical assistance, conduct outreach, or implement conservation practices in coordination with NRCS fit squarely within the purpose of the program.

Awards are intended to support projects lasting between one and three years. The notice functions as the primary roadmap for applicants by describing program objectives, spelling out eligibility, and providing application instructions. NRCS also emphasizes that submissions will be reviewed first for basic completeness and compliance with the notice requirements. Proposals that are incomplete or that fail to follow the stated rules are removed from consideration before competitive review, and applicants are notified if their submission is eliminated at that stage.

From an administrative standpoint, this opportunity was listed as discretionary and tied to the agriculture, environment, and natural resources funding activity categories. It is associated with multiple CFDA program numbers: 10.069, 10.902, 10.912, 10.924, and 10.931. The funding opportunity title is "Conservation Collaboration Grants or Agreements Fiscal Year (FY) 2018" and the opportunity number is "USDA NRCS MULTI STATE CENTRAL CCG 001." The announcement was created February 7, 2018, and the original application deadline was April 13, 2018 at 5:00 PM Eastern Time.

• 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) 2018" 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 Feb 07, 2018.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 13, 2018 5PM EST. (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 $2,500,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 73 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: 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), 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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