Closed · EPA-I-R10-PS-2023-001 · CFDA 66.123 · Discretionary
2023 Request for Applications: Puget Sound Action Agenda — Climate Resilient Riparian Systems Lead
Federal grant opportunity posted by Environmental Protection Agency, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- up to $30M
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- March 31, 2023
- Close date
- 1
- Expected awards
The verdict
2023 Request for Applications: Puget Sound Action Agenda — Climate Resilient Riparian Systems Lead is a closed discretionary listing from Environmental Protection Agency that offered Up to $30,000,000 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number.
- up to $30M
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 1
- expected award
- 66.123
- CFDA program
Opportunity snapshot. This Grants.gov announcement - 2023 Request for Applications: Puget Sound Action Agenda — Climate Resilient Riparian Systems Lead - is cataloged under number EPA-I-R10-PS-2023-001 and tied to CFDA assistance listing 66.123, posted by Environmental Protection Agency. Grants.gov currently shows the opportunity as closed, first posted on December 15, 2022 and last updated on March 3, 2023. The funding category is Discretionary, delivered as a cooperative agreement.
Award economics. The award range on file is Up to $30,000,000. The agency has projected $30.0 million in total estimated funding for this announcement. It expects to issue 1 award. If the agency funds the expected 1 award from the $30.0 million estimated pool, the average award works out to roughly $30.0 million. Cost sharing or matching funds are required, meaning applicants must contribute a portion of the project budget from non-federal sources, factor this into your financial plan before drafting the proposal. Federal award ranges are often upper bounds; actual allocations reflect program appropriations, the strength of the applicant pool, and the evaluation committee's scoring.
Deadline and action path. This opportunity closed on March 31, 2023. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number, so monitoring the parent program page is the most reliable way to catch re-announcements. Every Grants.gov submission requires an active SAM.gov registration and a Unique Entity ID. Review the Eligibility section below carefully, federal eligibility categories (nonprofit, state or local government, tribal, individual, educational institution, small business) have distinct registration and reporting requirements. Pre-application outreach to the listed agency contact is permitted and often welcomed, it helps clarify scope and scoring priorities. Before acting on the deadline or award figures above, verify them directly on the official Grants.gov listing, amendments can change dates and amounts after this page was last refreshed.
Award Range
Up to $30,000,000
Close Date
March 31, 2023
See Section IV of the funding opportunity announcement for close date information.
Posted
December 15, 2022
Est. Total Funding
$30,000,000
Expected Awards
1
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Cost Sharing
Required
Description
This RFA solicits proposals from eligible applicants to act, in coordination with the Puget Sound Partnership (“Partnership” or PSP), EPA, leaders and funders in agricultural and working land conservation, Puget Sound federally-recognized tribes, salmon recovery practitioners, and other relevant parties in the Puget Sound Management Conference, as the Puget Sound Climate Resilient Riparian Systems Lead under the 2022-2026 Puget Sound Action Agenda, and subsequent updates of the Action Agenda.Riparian areas extend from the edge of the water, up through adjacent wetlands and into the vegetated upland terraces. They are transitional areas between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems and support a broad array of physical, chemical, biological, and hydrological processes across watershed scales. As such, riparian corridors support key ecosystem services that provide multiple benefits to our local watersheds and communities. Degradation of these areas results in elevated water temperatures, sedimentation, nonpoint source pollution, invasive species, and impacts to the flows of waterways and salmon habitats across the Puget Sound basin, with significant impacts to our natural resources and tribal treaty rights. These issues will be further exacerbated with the impacts of climate change. Improving climate resiliency for working lands and riparian areas is an important opportunity to achieve benefits for salmon conservation and water quality, as well as producers and rural landowners.This RFA aims to use nature-based solutions (i.e., riparian conservation) to support salmon survival, as well as reduce flooding and erosion, by providing compensation to landowners for providing climate and water quality related ecosystem services. This RFA announces the availability of funds and solicits applications from eligible applicants that are interested in acting as the Puget Sound Climate Resilient Riparian Systems Lead. This funding opportunity is focused on working with local programs and landowners to voluntarily protect and restore Puget Sound riparian habitat in priority watersheds, supporting salmon recovery and resilience to climate change. The successful applicant will develop a shared approach to achieving permanent protection (and restoration, as appropriate) of riparian areas concentrated within prioritized stream reaches across Puget Sound. The funding from this RFA is intended to go towards direct implementation of riparian conservation and climate resiliency goals, as well as other Vital Sign recovery objectives, as described in the 2022 Puget Sound Action Agenda (particularly Strategy 4 – Riparian Areas, and Strategy 20 – Climate Adaptation and Resilience as well as relevant Implementation Strategies).
Eligibility
Grants.gov lists this opportunity under eligibility category code 25. These codes correspond to applicant types (state/local government, tribal organization, nonprofit, educational institution, individual, small business, etc.) defined in Grants.gov's own eligibility reference. See the current Grants.gov eligibility categories or check the official listing below for this opportunity's exact eligibility statement.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
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Agency Contact
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ATTN: Melissa Whitaker Region 10, Puget Sound Program 1200 6th Avenue, Suite 900 Seattle, Washington 98101
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