Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) FY24 Monitoring, Assessment, and Evaluation (MAE) Opportunity
ID: 353421Type: Posted
Overview

Buyer

Farm Service Agency (USDA-FSA)

Award Range

$500K - $5M

Eligible Applicants

Small Businesses

Funding Category

Agriculture

Funding Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Opportunity Category

Discretionary

Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement

Yes

Original Source

https://grants.gov/search-results-detail/353421
Timeline
  1. 1
    Forecast Posted Not available
  2. 2
    Forecast Due Not available
  3. 3
    Posted Apr 8, 2024 12:00 AM
  4. 4
    Due May 31, 2024 12:00 AM
Description

The Farm Service Agency (FSA) is offering up to $10 million in cooperative agreement funding for the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) FY24 Monitoring, Assessment, and Evaluation (MAE) Opportunity. This funding is intended to support projects that monitor, assess, and evaluate conservation approaches and technologies in conjunction with the CRP. The projects are expected to inform policy and improve the delivery of the CRP.

The funding opportunity is open to all non-Foreign, non-Federal entities, with a preference for small businesses. Projects can have a duration of 1 to 5 years. The minimum award amount is $500,000, while the maximum award amount is $5 million.

The priority areas for projects in 2024 include:

  1. Ecosystem Benefits: Assess the impact of CRP on natural resources such as climate mitigation/adaptation, wildlife habitat, water quality/quantity, and soil health.
  2. Bottom Up, Middle Out: Evaluate CRP's role in strengthening farm operations' viability and resilience. Develop program delivery strategies that improve the CRP's function to support economic growth and stability within rural communities.
  3. Citizen Science: Identify ways for agricultural producers to monitor conditions on and share lessons learned from enrolled CRP acres.
  4. Evaluating CRP in the Big Picture: Evaluate and develop strategies for how CRP fits into a larger framework of natural resources management and conservation.

Applicants are encouraged to visit the MAE website for more information about the program and past projects. The deadline for submitting applications via Grants.gov is May 31, 2024, at 11:59 pm Eastern Time. For technical issues with Grants.gov, applicants can contact Grants.gov Applicant Support. For inquiries specific to the requirements of the funding opportunity, applicants can contact the federal awarding agency.

The FSA anticipates making selections by July 12, 2024, and expects to execute awards by September 30, 2024. These dates are subject to change. For more details and related documents, please refer to the full Notice of Funding Opportunity.

Point(s) of Contact
kenneth.james@usda.gov
Files
Title
Posted
Applicant Contact Information.pdf
4/16/2024
Current_and_Pending_Support_Table_V2.pdf
4/16/2024
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