Opportunity Information: Apply for USDA NRCS MT CCA 24 NOFO0001322
The Montana Collaborative Cooperative Agreements opportunity is a competitive USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) funding program supporting conservation-focused projects located in Montana. NRCS is looking to fund cooperative agreements that make practical use of NRCS resources while bringing local partners together to address Montana natural resource needs. The emphasis is on collaboration, leveraging capacity across organizations, tackling local conservation challenges, and building conservation leadership at both the state and community level. The program is offered as a discretionary funding opportunity under CFDA 10.902, and awards will be made as cooperative agreements, which typically means NRCS expects to be substantially involved in carrying out the work compared with a standard grant.
Projects can run from 1 to 5 years, and the competition allows applicants to submit multiple applications as long as each application covers a different project. An organization can also receive more than one award if more than one of its distinct proposals is selected. NRCS will screen submissions for basic completeness and compliance with the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NFO). Applications that are missing required components or do not follow the stated instructions will be removed from consideration, and the applicant will be notified that the proposal was eliminated from the competition.
A wide range of applicant types are eligible, including state, county, and local governments; special districts; independent school districts; public and state-controlled colleges and universities; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized tribal governments and other tribal organizations; public housing authorities and Indian housing authorities; nonprofit organizations both with and without 501(c)(3) status; and for-profit organizations including small businesses. This broad eligibility is designed to support partnerships across public agencies, education, tribal entities, nonprofits, and the private sector when those partnerships strengthen conservation outcomes in Montana.
The estimated scale of the opportunity includes up to 5 expected awards, with an award ceiling listed at $3,000,000. The NFO also notes that it was released prior to final appropriation and/or apportionment of fiscal year 2024 funds, so final funding availability and award levels could change depending on continuing resolutions or the final federal appropriations outcome.
Applications must be submitted through Grants.gov, with a deadline of 11:59 pm Eastern Time on March 5, 2024. Applicants experiencing technical issues with Grants.gov are directed to Grants.gov Applicant Support (1-800-518-4726 or support@grants.gov), and the notice makes clear that NRCS program staff cannot help troubleshoot Grants.gov account or system problems. For questions about the NFO itself, applicants are instructed to contact the federal awarding agency contact listed in Section G of the full announcement, but questions are expected to be limited to clarifications about the posted requirements (for example, confirming dates, page references, or resolving inconsistencies). The agency will not respond to questions asking it to pre-judge eligibility for a specific applicant or to comment on the merits of a proposal idea before submission.
NRCS anticipates a tentative timeline where selections are made by July 1, 2024, with awards executed by September 1, 2024, although the notice states these dates are estimates and may change. Overall, the opportunity is aimed at funding collaborative conservation work in Montana through multi-year cooperative agreements, using a competitive process with clear compliance screening and a firm Grants.gov submission requirement.Apply for USDA NRCS MT CCA 24 NOFO0001322
- The Natural Resources Conservation Service in the agriculture, environment, natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Montana Collaborative Cooperative Agreements" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 10.902.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2024-01-05.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-03-05. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $3,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 5 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), 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, For-profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses.
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