Opportunity Information: Apply for USDA NRCS CHESAPEAKE 18 01
The Chesapeake Bay Watershed Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 Conservation Technical Assistance Cooperative Agreements opportunity is a USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) funding program designed to speed up and expand on-the-ground conservation work in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Through this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NFO), NRCS seeks partners that can provide immediate, ready-to-deploy technical assistance that helps landowners and producers move from planning to implementation faster. The central focus is accelerating the development of conservation plans and the installation of conservation practices and enhancements that support watershed health and broader natural resource goals.
This opportunity uses cooperative agreements as the funding instrument, meaning NRCS expects an active partnership with the award recipient rather than a purely hands-off grant. The projects funded are meant to deliver practical technical capacity in the field, such as planning support, engineering and design assistance, and implementation guidance for NRCS conservation practices. In addition to direct planning and implementation support, proposals may also include delivering specific training tied to conservation planning or practice implementation, as long as it fits the purpose of expanding technical capability in the watershed.
Eligibility is aimed at organizations that can supply qualified staff who meet NRCS technical assistance needs. Applicants must be able to demonstrate they have personnel who can do the work right away after an agreement is signed. The notice highlights several types of staff profiles NRCS is looking for: licensed engineers; soil conservation or civil engineering technicians who hold advanced engineering job approval authority; and conservation planners who are already certified by NRCS or who will be able to achieve NRCS certification within less than one year. The emphasis on credentials and job approval authority reflects NRCS priorities around technical quality, safety, and compliance with NRCS standards when practices are designed or implemented.
Geographically, the opportunity is limited to the Chesapeake Bay watershed areas within Maryland, New York, and Pennsylvania. Applicants may submit proposals for work in one state or across multiple states. The announcement also notes that if an applicant submits multiple proposals and they are approved for more than one state, NRCS may combine those awards into a single cooperative agreement if the applicant agrees. This setup is meant to keep administration manageable while still allowing multi-state organizations to support watershed-wide work.
Funding levels vary by state and are structured with both minimum and maximum award amounts, along with an estimate of how many awards NRCS expects to make. For Maryland, NRCS anticipated a minimum award of $2,000 and a maximum of $300,000, with four anticipated awards. For New York, NRCS anticipated a minimum of $80,000 and a maximum of $330,000, with one anticipated award. For Pennsylvania, the minimum was $2,000 and the maximum was $250,000, with four anticipated awards. Across the entire opportunity, the overall award ceiling listed is $330,000, and NRCS expected a total of nine awards.
Projects could be proposed as single-year efforts or as multi-year efforts, with an upper limit of five years for the period of performance. This gives applicants flexibility to propose short-term capacity boosts or longer-term staffing approaches that sustain conservation delivery over time, while still keeping the work aligned with near-term watershed implementation needs.
Administratively, the program is categorized as discretionary funding and is tied to CFDA number 10.902. The opportunity was published with a creation date of August 1, 2018, and an original application closing date of September 1, 2018. The overall intent is straightforward: NRCS is trying to add skilled technical capacity in key parts of the Chesapeake Bay watershed so conservation planning and implementation can happen faster, at higher volume, and with staff who already meet (or are close to meeting) NRCS technical standards.Apply for USDA NRCS CHESAPEAKE 18 01
- The Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service in the agriculture, environment, natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Chesapeake Bay Watershed Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 Conservation Technical Assistance 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 Aug 01, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Sep 01, 2018. (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 $330,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 9 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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