Opportunity Information: Apply for USDA NRCS ME CTA 23 NOFO0001292
The Maine Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) General Agreements for Technical Assistance opportunity is a competitive federal funding announcement from USDA NRCS intended to strengthen conservation work in Maine by partnering with outside organizations. The core idea is to leverage NRCS resources by funding collaborators who can help expand outreach and deliver strategic, on-the-ground conservation technical assistance. Through these partnerships, NRCS aims to improve how effectively it can support conservation goals and priority objectives identified in the notice, with an emphasis on practical delivery support rather than research alone.
Funding is expected to total about $1.5 million in federal fiscal year 2023 across the full slate of awards, with NRCS estimating around 10 awards overall. The award ceiling listed is $1,000,000, meaning individual projects could be funded up to that amount depending on the proposal and NRCS selections. Projects may be proposed for periods ranging from one to five years, allowing applicants to design either shorter-term efforts (such as targeted outreach campaigns and immediate implementation support) or longer-term capacity-building approaches (such as sustained technical assistance services across multiple seasons or program cycles).
Eligibility is broad and includes many types of entities that can plausibly provide conservation outreach and technical assistance. Eligible applicants include state, county, and local governments; public and private institutions of higher education; independent school districts; federally recognized Tribal governments and other Tribal organizations; public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; nonprofit organizations (including both 501(c)(3) and non-501(c)(3) nonprofits); for-profit organizations (other than small businesses); and small businesses. This wide eligibility reflects the program’s partnership focus and the reality that technical assistance and producer outreach can be delivered by many kinds of organizations, including universities, conservation districts, nonprofits, and private-sector technical service providers.
Applications had to be submitted through Grants.gov, with a deadline of 11:59 pm Eastern Time on June 10, 2023. The notice stresses that Grants.gov account or technical problems must be handled through Grants.gov Applicant Support (phone and email provided in the announcement), and that NRCS staff cannot assist with Grants.gov account issues. Questions to the agency were intended to be limited to clarifying information already contained in the notice (for example, dates, locations within the document, or resolving inconsistencies), while questions about whether an applicant is eligible or whether a specific project idea is strong were not to be addressed.
NRCS indicated an aggressive review and award timeline, estimating selections by June 20, 2023 and execution of awards by September 8, 2023, while noting these dates were estimates and could change. The opportunity is listed as a discretionary program under the agriculture, environment, and natural resources categories, associated with CFDA number 10.902, and identified on Grants.gov under funding opportunity number USDA NRCS ME CTA 23 NOFO0001292.Apply for USDA NRCS ME CTA 23 NOFO0001292
- The Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service in the agriculture, environment, natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Maine Natural Resources Conservation Service General Agreements for Technical Assistance" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 10.902.
- This funding opportunity was created on Apr 11, 2023.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 10, 2023 Applications must be received by 1159 pm Eastern Time.. (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 10 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), 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 institutions of higher education, For profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses.
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