New Hampshire Partners for Conservation

SUMMARY INFORMATION

Federal Awarding Agency Name: U.S. Department of Agriculture – Natural Resources Conservation Service

Notice of Funding Opportunity Title: New Hampshire Partners for Conservation

Notice of Funding Opportunity Number: USDA-NRCS-NH-MULTI-23-NOFO0001300

Assistance Listing: This program is listed in the Assistance Listings (previously referred to as the Catalog of Federal Financial Assistance) on Sam.gov under

10.902 Conservation Technical Assistance

10.912 Environmental Quality Incentives Program

10.924 Conservation Stewardship Program

10.931 Agricultural Conservation Easement Program

These can be found at: https://www.sam.gov/. Either browse through the Department of Agriculture programs under the Agencies tab or type the program into the search box.

SAM is a web-based, government-wide application that collects, validates, stores, and disseminates business information about the federal government's trading partners in support of the contract awards, grants, and electronic payment processes.

Notice of Funding Opportunity Summary

The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), an agency under the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), is announcing availability of cooperative agreements in New Hampshire for the purpose of leveraging NRCS and partner resources, addressing local natural resource issues, encouraging collaboration, and developing state and community level conservation leadership. Proposals will be accepted for projects located in New Hampshire.

Proposals are requested from eligible applicants identified in Section C.1. of this document for competitive consideration of cooperative agreement awards for projects between 1 and 5 years in duration.

This notice identified the objectives, eligibility criteria, and application instructions for projects. Proposals will be screened for completeness and compliance with the provision of this notice. Incomplete and/or noncompliant proposals will be eliminated from competition, and notification of elimination will be sent to the applicant.

Research Proposals will not be accepted, nor considered.

For new users of Grants.gov, see Section D. for information about steps required before submitting an application via Grants.gov.

Key Dates

Applicants must submit their applications via Grants.gov by 11:59 pm Eastern Time on June 22, 2023. For technical issues with Grants.gov, contact Grants.gov Applicant Support at 1-800-518-4726 or support@grants.gov. Awarding agency staff cannot support applicants regarding Grants.gov accounts.

For inquiries specific to the content of the NFO requirements, contact the federal awarding agency contact (section G of this NFO). Please limit questions to those regarding specific information contained in this NFO (such as dates, page numbers, clarification of discrepancies, etc.). Questions related to eligibility, or the merits of a specific proposal will not be addressed.

A webinar for potential applicants was held and recorded on May 2, 2023. The recorded webinar is available on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lfpADaVGuI

The agency anticipates making selections by early July 2023 and expects to execute awards by September 1, 2023. These dates are estimates and are subject to change.