This grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is for the comprehensive management of the national Five Star Restoration Training Program. The selected entity will be responsible for preparing and advertising a Request for Proposals, developing criteria, and issuing subawards to support environmental training initiatives focusing on voluntary, community-based wetland restoration. These projects are designed to provide significant ecological and socioeconomic benefits. Core duties include overseeing subawardees, offering technical support, and rigorously measuring and reporting environmental results. Additionally, the recipient will create a strategy to foster the sustained growth and promotion of the program across all 50 U.S. States, Tribal Lands, and U.S. Territories.
Opportunity ID: 172835
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | EPA-OW-OWOW-12-02 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | FY 2012 Support of the Five Star Restoration Training Grant |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Environment |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 66.462 — National Wetland Program Development Grants and Five-Star Restoration Training Grant |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | Yes |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | May 25, 2012 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jul 16, 2012 Please see the announcement including Section IV for additional submission information. |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Jul 16, 2012 Please see the announcement including Section IV for additional submission information. |
| Archive Date: | Aug 15, 2012 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $1,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $1,000,000 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Please see Section III of the announcement for eligibility information. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Environmental Protection Agency |
| Description: | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is soliciting proposals from eligible applicants to manage the Five Star Restoration Training Grant. Specifically, EPA is soliciting proposals from eligible applicants to: 1) prepare and advertise a Request for Proposals (RFP), establish review criteria for evaluating and selecting subawardee proposals, and make subawards to support environmental training through voluntary, community/watershed-based wetland restoration projects that provide ecological and socioeconomic benefits to the surrounding communities and their citizens; 2) oversee and monitor subawardees for successful completion of the restoration training projects; 3) provide technical support to subawardees through peer-to-peer outreach to broaden participation in restoration training projects; 4) qualitatively and quantitatively measure and report on the environmental results of the restoration training projects accomplished through the subawards; and 5) develop a strategy to promote and grow the Five Star Restoration Training Grant program over the life of the cooperative agreement. The competitive subaward process proposed by the applicant must be on a national scale by allowing for subaward proposals for restoration training projects from across the 50 United States, Tribal Lands, Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Territories. |
| Link to Additional Information: | FY 2012 Support of the Five Star Restoration Training Grant |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Myra Price, 202-566-1225
Email:Price.Myra@epa.gov |
Version History
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Related Documents
There are no related documents on this grant.
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Myra Price, 202-566-1225 Email: Price.Myra@epa.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66.462 | PKG00123710 | May 25, 2012 | Jul 16, 2012 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
172835 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf
172835 Project-1.1.pdf
172835 SF424A-1.0.pdf
Optional forms
172835 Other-1.1.pdf
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