The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), an agency under the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), is announcing the potential availability of funding for agreements for the purpose of leveraging NRCS resources, addressing local natural resource issues, encouraging collaboration, and developing state-and-community-level conservation leadership.
Donor Name: Natural Resources Conservation Service
State: Iowa
County: All Counties
Type of Grant:
Deadline: 04/04/2022
Size of the Grant: $3,000,000
Grant Duration: 5 years
Details:
The purpose of the Iowa Partners for Conservation awards will be to leverage NRCS and partner resources on proposals that address the following strategic goals of the Iowa NRCS Strategic Plan:
- Result in Soil Health engagement in the agronomic community (private sector) with the help of conservation agronomists.
- Conduct on-site (field) practice certifications and follow-up with producers on conservation seeding establishment.
Priority will be placed on projects that address Soil Health/Climate Smart Ag, Water Quality and Quantity, Habitat, and Urban Agriculture. And will be executed through:
- Providing high-quality technical services that help our customers achieve their conservation goals.
- Increasing adoption of conservation in Iowa.
Funding Information
- The Federal funding agency expects to award approximately $3,000,000 through this opportunity.
- Projects may be between three and five years in duration.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants and applications must meet eligibility criteria by the application deadline to be considered for award. The eligible applicant type is determined by the implementing program statute. Applicant entities identified in the SAM.gov exclusions database as ineligible, prohibited/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 (2 CFR 200.206(d)).
Eligibility for this opportunity is limited to the following entity types:
- City or township governments
- County governments
- 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
- Public and State-controlled institutions of higher education
- State governments
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
