Opportunity Information: Apply for USDA NRCS TN GEN 22 NOFO0001174
The Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Tennessee NRCS General Conservation Agreements opportunity is a competitive federal funding solicitation from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). It is offered as a cooperative agreement, meaning NRCS expects to work closely with selected partners rather than simply issuing a pass-through grant. The central purpose is to leverage NRCS resources by building partnerships that strengthen conservation delivery in Tennessee. Projects are expected to either provide strategic conservation assistance on the ground (for example, helping plan, coordinate, and implement conservation practices) or develop tools, datasets, or other resources that improve NRCS capacity to support conservation. Overall, the program is framed around helping NRCS advance key conservation objectives and priorities described in the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NFO), with applicants proposing projects that align with those goals.
A key practical detail is that the NFO was released before final FY 2022 appropriations and apportionments were guaranteed. In other words, funding levels could change depending on continuing resolutions or a final appropriations act. NRCS indicated it anticipated awarding about $400,000 total across all awards in FY 2022, with an expected eight awards. The stated award ceiling is $100,000 per project. Proposed project periods must fall between one and three years, giving applicants flexibility to design either shorter, targeted efforts or multi-year initiatives that build capacity and deliver measurable conservation outcomes over time.
Eligibility is broad and includes many government, nonprofit, education, and private-sector organizations, as long as the proposed work is located in Tennessee. Eligible applicants include state governments, county governments, and city or township governments, along with special district governments and independent school districts. Higher education institutions can apply as well, including public and state-controlled institutions of higher education and private institutions of higher education. The solicitation also allows nonprofit organizations both with and without 501(c)(3) status (as long as they are not institutions of higher education under those nonprofit categories). In addition, for-profit organizations other than small businesses are eligible, and small businesses are eligible too. This wide eligibility reflects the partnership-oriented intent of the program, where NRCS is looking for organizations that can bring local reach, technical expertise, data capabilities, or coordination capacity that complements NRCS conservation programs.
Applications had to be submitted through Grants.gov, and the deadline listed was 11:59 pm Eastern Time on May 16, 2022. Applicants experiencing technical problems with Grants.gov were directed to contact Grants.gov Applicant Support (phone 1-800-518-4726 or email support@grants.gov), with the explicit note that NRCS program staff cannot help troubleshoot Grants.gov accounts. For questions about the content of the NFO itself, applicants were instructed to contact the federal awarding agency point of contact identified in section G of the NFO, while keeping questions focused on clarifying the posted requirements (such as dates, page numbers, or discrepancies). The notice also emphasized that NRCS would not respond to questions about whether a specific applicant is eligible or whether a particular project idea is likely to be competitive.
NRCS projected an internal timeline in which selections would be made by June 15, 2022, and awards would be executed by September 15, 2022, while noting that these dates were estimates and could change. The official listing information for the opportunity includes the title "Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Tennessee NRCS General Conservation Agreements," the funding opportunity number "USDA NRCS TN GEN 22 NOFO0001174," and classification as a discretionary funding opportunity. The funding activity areas are agriculture, environment, and natural resources, and the CFDA (assistance listing) number provided is 10.902. The announcement creation date was April 13, 2022, with an original closing date of May 16, 2022.Apply for USDA NRCS TN GEN 22 NOFO0001174
- The Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service in the agriculture, environment, natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Tennessee NRCS General Conservation 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 Apr 13, 2022.
- Applicants must submit their applications by May 16, 2022 Applications must be received by 1159 pm Eastern Time.. (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 $100,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 8 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, 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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