Arkansas Funding Announcement | USDA NRCS AR MULTI 20 GEN0010673

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The Arkansas Funding Announcement is a discretionary USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) opportunity administered by the NRCS Arkansas State Office to build partnerships that can deliver hands-on, on-the-ground conservation support to agricultural producers across Arkansas. The core purpose is to fund partners who can provide direct technical assistance that helps producers plan conservation activities and/or implement conservation practices, aligned with NRCS objectives and state priorities described in the full announcement. Awards will be made through cooperative agreements, which typically means the work is carried out in close coordination with NRCS rather than as a stand-alone, contractor-style project.

For fiscal year 2020, NRCS anticipated about $3,000,000 total available under this solicitation. There is no stated minimum award size, but the maximum amount for any single award is capped at $3,000,000. Projects are expected to run between one and three years, and NRCS indicates it will consider both single-year and multi-year applications as long as the applicant is eligible and can perform the work in Arkansas.

Eligible applicants span a wide range of public, nonprofit, academic, tribal, and certain private-sector entities. Specifically, proposals may be submitted by city or township governments, county governments, state governments, special district governments, federally recognized Native American governments, and Native American tribal organizations. Nonprofits may apply whether they have 501(c)(3) status or not, and both private institutions of higher education and public/state-controlled institutions of higher education are eligible. For-profit businesses may apply as well, but only if they can demonstrate a history of working cooperatively with agricultural producers to address local conservation priorities as determined by NRCS. A key baseline requirement across all applicant types is the capacity to provide the proposed services within Arkansas.

The announcement emphasizes that the application process is competitive and compliance-driven. NRCS will screen submissions for completeness and adherence to the solicitation requirements, and applications that are incomplete or noncompliant will be removed from consideration, with the applicant notified of the elimination. The Arkansas State Conservationist also retains discretion not to fund some or all applications, even if they are otherwise eligible, which is a common clause in federal funding competitions.

Administratively, the opportunity is identified as USDA NRCS AR MULTI 20 GEN0010673, categorized under Agriculture, Environment, and Natural Resources, and tied to CFDA numbers 10.902, 10.912, 10.924, and 10.931. The original closing date listed for applications was March 20, 2020, and the funding instrument type is a cooperative agreement.

• The Natural Resources Conservation Service in the agriculture, environment, natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Arkansas Funding Announcement" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 10.902, 10.912, 10.924, 10.931.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2020-01-21.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2020-03-20. (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 $3,000,000.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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