Opportunity Information: Apply for USDA NRCS IA IPC 20 GEN0010749
The Iowa Partners for Conservation (IPC) Fiscal Year 2020 opportunity is a USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) funding announcement that supports Iowa-based conservation projects through cooperative agreements. The core purpose is to leverage NRCS resources by partnering with eligible organizations to address local natural resource concerns, strengthen collaboration across communities and agencies, and build conservation leadership at the state and community level. The program is explicitly geared toward practical, on-the-ground conservation work in Iowa, particularly efforts that help and extend the capacity of Iowa NRCS Field Offices. Proposals must align with the conservation focus areas referenced in the notice (Section A(2)), and the emphasis is on implementation and partner support rather than academic or technical research.
A key point in this announcement is that research proposals are not eligible and will not be considered. NRCS is looking for projects that produce tangible conservation outcomes and/or provide direct support to NRCS field operations, such as staffing, coordination, outreach, technical assistance, or other collaborative delivery methods that help landowners and communities carry out conservation practices. Projects may run from 1 to 5 years, and organizations that already have Iowa IPC agreements are allowed to apply for additional funding under this opportunity.
Funding for FY 2020 is anticipated to total up to $2,500,000 across all awards, with an award ceiling listed at $1,500,000 per award and an expectation of roughly 15 awards. The assistance listing is associated with CFDA number 10.902, and the activity areas include agriculture, environment, and natural resources. Because this is a cooperative agreement, recipients should expect substantial involvement from NRCS compared with a more hands-off grant, including coordination, reporting expectations, and potentially shared implementation roles.
Eligibility is broad but specific to certain organization types: state governments, county governments, city or township governments, federally recognized Native American tribal governments, nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education in that nonprofit category), and both public and private institutions of higher education. Applicants are expected to follow the announcement requirements closely because NRCS will screen submissions for completeness and compliance; incomplete or noncompliant applications are removed from consideration and applicants are notified of elimination.
Administrative expectations are also part of the award conditions. Awarded organizations may be required to attend administrative training and may be asked to provide project updates through formal presentations to Iowa NRCS Leadership, reinforcing that NRCS wants active project management, accountability, and regular communication about progress and outcomes.
The application deadline for this FY 2020 competition is June 1, 2020, by 10:59 p.m. Central Daylight Time. Submission requires two steps: applicants must submit through Grants.gov and also email the proposal to Judy Martinson at Judy.Martinson@usda.gov, copying Carolyn Christian at Carolyn.Christian@usda.gov. Full details, including the specific conservation priorities in Section A(2) and all formatting and content requirements, are provided in the full announcement under the opportunity's Related Documents and on the Iowa NRCS partners request for proposals webpage (https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/ia/people/partners/requestforproposals28rfp29/).Apply for USDA NRCS IA IPC 20 GEN0010749
- The Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service in the agriculture, environment, natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Iowa Partners for Conservation (IPC) Fiscal Year (FY)" 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 Apr 02, 2020.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 01, 2020 Applications must be submitted by 1059 p.m. Central Daylight Time on June 01, 2020. (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 $1,500,000.00 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, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), 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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