Opportunity Information: Apply for USDA NRCS MO MULTI 22 NOFO0001132
The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Missouri released this Notice of Funding Opportunity to fund conservation partnership work during fiscal year 2022, with the important caveat that it was issued before final federal funding decisions were completed. Because the program depends on appropriations and potential continuing resolutions, the actual amount available could shift up or down. Even so, NRCS signaled an expected total funding pool of about $1,000,000 for Missouri-based partnership projects that support Farm Bill conservation priorities.
The main purpose of the opportunity is to build partnerships with organizations that can help NRCS expand outreach, education, and technical assistance related to NRCS conservation programs. The emphasis is on practical, on-the-ground engagement such as conservation outreach workshops, conferences, trainings, and other educational efforts aimed at Missouri farmers, ranchers, private landowners, conservation groups, cooperating agencies, and the general public. The program is designed to increase awareness and effective use of USDA-NRCS conservation programs, not to fund scientific studies. Research proposals are explicitly excluded and will not be accepted or reviewed.
Funding is offered through cooperative agreements, which typically means the agency expects to be substantially involved during the project period rather than simply issuing a pass-through grant. Individual awards can be as large as $500,000 (the stated award ceiling), and NRCS anticipated making around 15 awards. Projects may be proposed as single-year efforts or as multi-year efforts, with agreement periods ranging from 1 to 3 years.
Eligibility is broad and includes many common public and nonprofit entities that operate in conservation and community support. Eligible applicants listed in the announcement include state, county, and city or township governments; special district governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized tribal governments; other tribal organizations; public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; and nonprofits with IRS 501(c)(3) status (other than institutions of higher education). All proposed work must be performed in Missouri and should clearly align with Farm Bill conservation outreach and assistance goals.
Applications were required to be submitted through Grants.gov, and the announcement stresses that applicants are responsible for managing their Grants.gov registrations and submissions. NRCS staff would not troubleshoot Grants.gov account issues, directing applicants instead to Grants.gov Applicant Support (phone and email were provided). The agency also limited the type of questions it would answer during the competition: applicants could ask for clarification tied to the text of the NFO (for example, dates, page references, or discrepancies), but questions about whether an applicant was eligible or whether a particular project idea was likely to win were not to be addressed.
The opportunity also highlights how strictly NRCS intended to enforce submission requirements. Proposals would be screened for completeness and compliance with the NFO instructions, and anything incomplete or noncompliant would be removed from consideration, with the applicant notified of elimination. NRCS also reserved broad discretion through the Missouri State Conservationist, who could choose not to fund some or all applications even if they were submitted correctly.
Key timing details included a Grants.gov submission deadline listed in the narrative as 11:59 pm Eastern Time on March 16, 2022, while the source data also shows an original closing date of April 4, 2022, indicating there may have been an updated deadline or conflicting postings that applicants needed to reconcile by checking the official NFO and Grants.gov listing. NRCS estimated that selections would be made by May 1, 2022, with awards executed by September 15, 2022, noting that these dates were subject to change.
In short, this Missouri NRCS funding opportunity was meant to pay for partner-led conservation education, outreach, and technical assistance that helps connect Missouri landowners and agricultural communities with Farm Bill conservation programs, using cooperative agreements of up to three years, with roughly $1 million expected statewide and awards potentially reaching $500,000 each, while excluding research and enforcing strict compliance with application instructions.Apply for USDA NRCS MO MULTI 22 NOFO0001132
- The Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service in the agriculture, environment, natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Announcement for Conservation Partnership Funding for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022– MISSOURI" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 10.902, 10.912, 10.924.
- This funding opportunity was created on Feb 01, 2022.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 04, 2022. (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 $500,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 15 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, Private institutions of higher education.
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