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.
Donor Name: Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
State: Tennessee
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/07/2023
Size of the Grant: $150,000
Grant Duration: 3 years
Details:
This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NFO) is being released prior to appropriation and/or apportionment of funds for fiscal year 2023. Enactment of additional continuing resolutions or an appropriations act may affect the availability or level of funding for this program.
The purpose of these Conservation Agreements is to accomplish the following:
- Improve and increase soil health.
- Improve and increase water quality.
- Improve the environmental and economic performance of working agricultural lands.
- Address air quality concerns and carbon sequestration needs.
- Develop quality conservation plans for effective grazing land practices.
- Develop, plan, and implement effective forestry practices and standards.
Emphasis will be placed on projects that:
- Build technical capacity to implement Farm Bill conservation programs and provide conservation technical assistance.
- New agreements where applicants do not currently have a grant or agreement with NRCS that ends later than 09/30/2023.
- Demonstrate the benefits of utilizing various types of cover crops across the State (single species, multi‐species, etc.).
- Leverage innovative partnerships to expand NRCS’s ability to get conservation on the ground effectively and efficiently.
- Increase assistance for climate‐smart agriculture and forestry to support producers in building resiliency across their operations.
- Provide technical and administrative services supporting conservation practices benefiting forestlands, grasslands, and farmlands.
- Use technology such as Geographic Information System (GIS) to increase efficiencies with conservation practice design and implementation.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $400,000
- Award Ceiling: $150,000
- Award Floor: $50,000
Performance Periods
Projects may be between one (1) and three (3) years in duration. Applicants should plan their projects based on an estimated project start date of September 15, 2023.
Eligible Applicants
Eligibility for this opportunity is limited to the following entity types:
- City or township governments
- County governments
- Independent school districts
- 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
- Public and State‐controlled institutions of higher education
- Small businesses
- Special district governments
- State governments
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
