Iowa Partners for Conservation (IPC) Fiscal Year (FY) Grant Program

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. Proposals must be for projects based in Iowa and focus on conservation issues as noted in Section A (2) of this notice. Collaborative projects that provide on-the-ground support for Iowa NRCS Field Offices are highly encouraged. Research proposals will not be accepted, nor considered. NRCS anticipates that the amount available for support of this program in FY 2020 will be up to $2,500,000.00. Proposals are requested from City or township governments, county governments, Federally recognized Native American tribal governments, state governments, , nonprofits having a 501 (c)(3) status with the IRS (other than institutions of higher education), or institutions of higher education for competitive consideration of awards for projects between 1 and 5 years in duration. Organizations may use this opportunity to request additional funding for existing Iowa IPC agreements. Awarded organizations may be required to attend administrative training and may be required to present project updates in the form of a formal presentation to the Iowa NRCS Leadership.

 This notice identifies the objectives, eligibility criteria, and application instructions for projects. Proposals will be screened for completeness and compliance with the provisions of this notice. Incomplete and/or noncompliant proposals will be eliminated from competition, and notification of elimination will be sent to the applicant.

More information can be found in the Full Announcement located in the Related Documents tab of this opportunity, and also at the following website: https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/ia/people/partners/request+for+proposals+%28rfp%29/

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Proposals must be submitted by 10:59 p.m. Central Daylight Time on June 01, 2020. Applicants must submit proposals via Grants.gov at https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/home.html. and via e-mail to the following address: to Judy Martinson at Judy.Martinson@usda.gov with a cc to Carolyn Christian at Carolyn.Christian@usda.gov.