People’s Garden Grant Program Request for Applications
(RFA)
This program is a joint initiative supported by USDA's
Agricultural
Marketing Service, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Food and
Nutrition Service, Forest Service, and Natural Resources
Conservation
Service, and is being administered by the National
Institute of Food and
Agriculture (NIFA).
Funds from the People’s Garden Grant Program will be used
to facilitate
the creation of produce, recreation, and/or wildlife
gardens in urban
and rural areas, which will provide opportunities for
science-based
informal education.
The total amount available in fiscal year 2011 for support
of this
program is $725,000. The maximum award to a single
applicant will be
$150,000. All applications are due Aug. 26, 2011 and funds
will be
awarded before Sept. 30, 2011. Successful applicants will
establish a
micro-subgrant program that will provide funding of $1,000
to $5,000 to
support smaller local projects.
Please feel free to forward this announcement to those
that might be
interested in applying.
Deadline: Applications must be received by Grants.gov by
5 p.m. Eastern
Time on Friday, August 26, 2011.
Funding Opportunity Number:
USDA-NIFA-OP-003503
NIFA Funding Opportunity Page:
includes links to the request for applications (RFA), the
NIFA
Grants.gov Application Guide, the application package, and
abstracts of
funded projects.
Grants.gov Synopsis Page:
. This page includes a synopsis of the funding
opportunity, a link to
the full announcement (RFA) and the application
package.
Grants.gov Application Package:
. This page links to the application instructions and the
application
package.
If you have questions regarding the RFA, please contact:
Dr. Tom Bewick,
tbewick@nifa.usda.gov or (202)
401-3356.
If you have any questions related to Grants.gov content,
contact the
Grants.gov Contact Center:
Email: support@grants.gov , Phone: Toll Free:
1-800-518-4726, 24 hour
support, excluding Federal holidays.
Useful Links:
NIFA Grant Application Information:
Grants.gov Help: www.grants.gov/help/help.jsp
.
The People’s Gardens Grant Program will be administered by
USDA’s
National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) with
funds provided by
the following USDA agencies: Agricultural Marketing
Service, the Animal
and Plant Health Inspection Service, the Food and
Nutrition Service, the
Forest Service and the Natural Resources Conservation
Service.
Interested potential applicants can participate on a
teleconference to
get details about the People’s Garden Grant Program on
Aug. 4, 2011 at 1
p.m., EDT. To participate, call toll-free (888) 858-2144;
the access
code is 1059897. For those unable to participate in the
call, NIFA will
post a summary of the questions and information provided
to our website.
Dr. Tom Bewick is directing the program and can be reached
at
tbewick@nifa.usda.gov or by telephone at
(202) 401-3356.