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USDA-FS-BIL-R9-INVASIVES-PROJECTS: R9 BIL High-Priority Regional Invasive Species Projects (Non-Federal Lands)

Closed Closed February 3, 2023 Opportunity USDA-FS-BIL-R9-INVASIVES-PROJECTS ☆ Save

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• Award floor$30,000
• Total funding$3.6 million
• Expected awards30
• Cost sharingRequired
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement, Grant

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to nonprofits, colleges and universities and state and local governments.

• State governments
• 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

Who can apply: All USFS eastern region (region 9) State forestry departments or an equivalent State agency that have a responsibility for forest health are eligible. Universities, Colleges, and nonprofit organizations are eligible, but the application must also include a letter of support from the State Forester(s) or appropriate State agency lead. Region 9 consists of: IN, DE, IL, MN, WI, MA, MD, WV, NY, MO, DC, ME, IA, PA, RI, MI, VT, CT, OH, NJ, NH

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Is this a realistic fit?

• Most of the program's money (59% over five years) went to state and local governments.
• The notice requires cost sharing or matching funds, so you must contribute part of the project cost.

What the grant funds

As part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law's (BIL) broader ecosystem restoration objective, the non-federal lands portion of the invasive species provision enables the USDA-Forest Service, States, and other agencies to strategically sustain the health of forest ecosystems or tree species with high ecological value by taking stronger action in the early phases ofthe invasion curve at regional or sub-regional scales and at points of entry. Specifically, we aim towork collaboratively to scale-up the implementation of management actions in the field for the prevention of introductions or spread, prevention of damage, early detection of introductions, rapid response and eradication of invasive forest insects, worms, pathogens, and plants. It is expected that new projects will be complementary to existing cooperative and federal forest health protection programs and will sustain high value forest ecosystems or tree species (see, e.g., multi-state priority areas identified in State Forest Action Plans (SFAPs) or Northeast-Midwest State Foresters Alliance, Forest Health Committee (NMSFA FHC) 2021 priority needs document).

Category: Environment, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), Natural Resources, Science and Technology and other Research and Development.

Applying now

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