USDA NRCS FY 2013 Plants Conservation Grant Program

The Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is offering the FY 2013 Plants Conservation Grant Program to support the development and delivery of plant science technology to address the Nation’s conservation needs. The grant aims to encourage innovative conservation approaches and technologies, leading to the transfer of conservation technologies and management systems. Eligible entities such as federally recognized Indian tribes, State and local governments, and non-governmental organizations from USDA Caribbean Area can apply for single or multi-year projects. Applications will undergo technical peer review based on specific evaluation criteria before final selections by the Caribbean Area NRCS Director. Projects should focus on conservation adoption approaches, promising technologies, or environmental protection and natural resource enhancement.

Opportunity ID: 238697

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General Information

Document Type::	Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number::	USDA-NRCS-PR-002
Funding Opportunity Title::	FY 2013 Plants
Opportunity Category::	Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation::	CategoryExplanation
Funding Instrument Type::
Category of Funding Activity::	Agriculture
Category Explanation::
Expected Number of Awards::	5
Assistance Listings Number(s)::	10.905 — Plant Materials for Conservation
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement::	No
Version::	Synopsis 1
Posted Date::	Jul 30, 2013
Last Updated Date::
Original Closing Date for Applications::	Aug 23, 2013
Current Closing Date for Applications::	Aug 23, 2013
Archive Date::	Sep 22, 2013
Estimated Total Program Funding::	$ 28,000
Award Ceiling::	$28,000
Award Floor::	$28,000

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants::	City or township governments
Additional Information on Eligibility::

Additional Information

Agency Name::	Puerto Rico State Office
Description::	The Mission of the Plant Materials Program is the development and delivery of plant science technology to meet the Nations natural resources conservation needs to find plant solutions to solve conservation problems. The purpose of Plant Materials Program is to stimulate the development and adoption of innovative conservation approaches and technologies, while leveraging the Federal investment in environmental enhancement and protection in conjunction with agricultural production. Plant Materials projects are expected to lead to the transfer of conservation technologies, management systems, and innovative approaches into NRCS policy, technical manuals, guides, and references, or to the private sector. Applications will be evaluated by NRCS staff under the bulleted topic (see section I.D). Applications will be screened for completeness and compliance with the provisions of this notice. Incomplete applications will be eliminated from competition, and notification of elimination will be mailed to the applicant. NRCS will accept applications for single or multi-year projects, not to exceed 3 years, submitted to NRCS from eligible entities including federally recognized Indian tribes, State and local units of government, and non-governmental organizations and individuals. Applications are accepted from the USDA Caribbean Area: Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands only. Complete applications received by the deadline will be evaluated by a technical peer review panel based on the Criteria for Application Evaluation identified in the application instructions in section V.B. Proposal applications, along with their associated technical peer review, will be forwarded to the Review Board. The Review Board will make recommendations for project approval to the Caribbean Area NRCS Director who will make the final selections. Plant Materials Conservation Projects or Activities The proposed project must encompass the development, field observation, validation, implementation, and monitoring of: Conservation adoption approaches; or Promising conservation technologies, practices, systems, procedures, or approaches; or Environmental soundness with goals of environmental protection and natural resource enhancement.
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Version History

Version	Modification Description	Updated Date
Synopsis 1

Package Status

Below are CLOSED Opportunity Package(s) no longer available for this Funding Opportunity:

Package No: 1

Assistance Listings:	10.905
Competition ID:
Competition Title:
Opportunity Package ID:	PKG00182055
Opening Date:
Closing Date:	Aug 23, 2013
Agency Contact Information::	JAIME VALENTIN
Who Can Apply::	Organization and Individual Applicants
mendatory_forms	Application for Federal Assistance (SF-424) [V2.1] Project Abstract Summary [V1.1] Budget Information for Non-Construction Programs (SF-424A) [V1.0] Assurances for Non-Construction Programs (SF-424B) [V1.1] ACH Vendor/Miscellaneous Payment Enrollment Form [V1.0] Budget Narrative Attachment Form [V1.1] Project Narrative Attachment Form [V1.1]
optional_forms	Attachments [V1.1] Other Attachments Form [V1.1] Objective Work Plan [V1.0]

Packages

Assistance Listings	Competition ID	Competition Title	Opportunity Package ID	Opening Date	Closing Date	Actions	Who Can Apply:
10.905			PKG00182055		Aug 23, 2013	View	JAIME VALENTIN	Organization and Individual Applicants

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