Funding Opportunities

Note: Some of the funding opportunities listed have expired but they tend to occur every year so we left them to give you an idea of what might come up next year. Be sure to check back frequently for updates.

12/12/12

NOAA Great Lakes Habitat Restoration Regional Partnership Grants

Application deadline: January 15, 2013 
NOAA's Restoration Center has released a federal funding opportunity (FFO) for habitat restoration in Great Lakes Areas of Concern. The FFO is available at www.grants.gov, funding number NOAA-NMFS-HCPO-2013-2003590. The closing date is January 15, 2013.

Through this solicitation, NOAA seeks to openly compete funding available for multi-year Great Lakes Regional Habitat Restoration Partnerships. Partnerships will result in implementation of a wide-range of individual habitat restoration projects focused in U.S. Great Lakes Areas of Concern (AOCs) (http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/aoc/) with funds provided by the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative as anticipated in the President's FY2013 Budget.

NOAA anticipates up to $10 million may be available to establish habitat restoration Partnerships in 2013, with annual funding anticipated to maintain them for up to three years.  Typical Partnership awards are expected to range from $500,000 to $5,000,000 per year. Funding will support both engineering and design projects and on the ground implementation projects.
If you have any questions regarding this funding opportunity, please contact either Julie Sims (julie.sims@noaa.gov) or Jessica Berrio (jessica.berrio@noaa.gov).
Note: This is NOT a request for individual habitat restoration project proposals. A separate project-based funding opportunity will be released in January 2013.

11/1/12

FUNDING FOR PRAIRIE RESEARCH

offered by Prairie Biotic Research, Inc.

We Are     Prairie Biotic Research (PBR) is an all-volunteer, Wisconsin nonprofit established in 2000 to foster basic biotic research in prairies and savannas.  One way we do this is through a competitive Small Grants Program that funds grants up to $1000 to individuals for the study of any grassland taxon anywhere in the USA.  We support both natural history and experimental science.  We are especially eager to support independent researchers (those lacking institutional support), but anyone having a U.S. Social Security number may apply.  Since 2002, we’ve awarded 136 grants worth $130,196 to people in 30 states to study insects, plants, mammals, reptiles, slime molds, mycorrhizal fungi, spiders, snails, amphibians, birds, invasive species, effects of management, and the human dimensions of conservation.  Many of these grants supported graduate student research.  In 2013, we expect to fund at least 10 grants of up to $1000 each with the donations we have received, including some restricted by donors to support research in Iowa and Wisconsin.

To Apply for a Grant     Visit our website (prairiebioticresearch.org) to learn more, to download our proposal form, instructions, and a sample researcher agreement form that winners of this competition must sign.  Check out the history and overview files in the Small Grants section of the website to see what sorts of proposals have won funding in the past.  Review the reports submitted by researchers of past years.
We must receive your proposal through the mail before January 6, 2013.  Those who won funding in 2012 are ineligible for this funding in 2013, but those who won funding longer ago are welcome to submit proposals to further that same work or to support a new project.

Our Supporters     We are very grateful for gifts recently received from individuals, businesses, foundations and nonprofit organizations in support of our Small Grants Program:  Michael Anderson, Neil Bernstein, Big Bluestem Audubon Society (Ames, IA), Andria Blattner, Stephen & Nancy Bloom, Kurt Christoffel, Rebecca Christoffel, Citizens Natural Resources Association of Wisconsin, Conservation and Research Foundation, Lloyd Crim, Robert & Nancy Dott, James E. Dutton Foundation, Marlene & Bruce Ehresman, Hildy Feen, Tamara Felden, Johanna Foster, Catherine Gimse-Owen & Robert Owen, Dorothy Haines, MJ Hatfield, Hillsdale Fund, George & Marilyn Johnson, Kyle Johnson, Herbert H. Kohl Charities, The Fred Maytag Family Foundation, Merganser Fund, The Leo Model Foundation, Emily & Richard Moore, The R. D. and Linda Peters Foundation, Ron Priest, Dennis Schlicht, Jim & Rose Sime, The Soap Opera, Glenn Teschendorf, TOSA Foundation, Laura Van Slyke, Andrew Williams, Willow Springs Foundation, Ken Wood, Dan Young.

Become a Supporter     Please make a donation to support PBR.  Any amount is welcome.  PBR is volunteer-run so our overhead is very low.  You may specify that your entire tax-deductible donation be given to researchers through our Small Grants Program, or to expand our research endowment that produces income we give away annually through this program.  Please help us to help others!

Michael Anderson,  Craig Brabant,  Rebecca Christoffel,  Linda Duever,  Jaime Edwards,  Brick Fevold,
Kerry Katovich,  Douglas LeDoux,  Victoria Nuzzo,  Ursula Petersen,  Dennis Schlicht,
Scott Swengel,  David Voegtlin,  Andrew Williams,  and  Daniel Young,
who comprise the Board of Directors and Scientific Advisors of Prairie Biotic Research, Inc.

"We  Foster  Curiosity"

8/25/11

Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Grant Application Packets Available

The Knowles-Nelson Stewardship grant application packets are now available for all local Friends groups and property managers for the 2012 grants.  This grant program awards up to $20,000 per property in matching grants for development and habitat restoration projects on state properties. 

Applications are due November 15, 2011.  This is a lengthy process, so bring this up at the next Friends meeting and discuss your chosen projects with your District Park Supervisor.  Late applications will not be accepted. 

For specific project questions, contact Peter Biermeier at 608-264-6136 or Peter.Biermeier@wisconsin.gov.  Direct grant program questions to Lavane Hessler of Community Finance at 608-267-0497 or Lavane.hessler@wisconsin.gov.
The application packet is available at intranet.dnr.state.wi.us/int/land/parks/VisitorServices/fwsp.html.


DNR Aquatic Invasive Species Control Grant

Grant awards may fund up to 75% of the cost of a project up to a maximum grant amount of $200,000 for Education, Prevention and Planning projects. Early Detection and Response projects are eligible for a maximum grant of 75% of project costs up to a maximum of $20,000. Established Infestation Control projects are eligible for a maximum grant of 75% of project costs up to a maximum of $200,000. Maintenance and Containment projects are eligible for state grant funding that will be determined by the department and based on the project’s applicable application fees and specified monitoring and reporting requirements in the permit or department approved plan.

Priorities for funding projects include projects that do any of the following:

  • Involve multiple water bodies
  • Prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species through education and planning
  • Control pioneer infestations of aquatic invasive species
  • Control established infestations of aquatic invasive species and restoring native aquatic species communities

Applications must be received in DNR regional offices by February 1 (spring grant cycle) and August 1 (fall grant cycle) for all projects except Early Detection and Response projects. Applications are accepted throughout the year for Early Detection and Response projects.

 

Also see the Midwest Invasive Plant Network Grant page.