Gulf of Mexico Underserved Farmer to Farmer Grants Program RFA

 EPA Gulf of Mexico Division Funding Opportunity: Gulf of Mexico Historically Underserved Farmer to Farmer Grants Program Request for Applications

On this page:

• Overview
• Who can apply
• Contact information
• Request for Applications and Helpful Documents
• Gulf of Mexico Historically Underserved Farmer to Farmer Grants Program Webinar Recording (Webinar was conducted on 1/6/22)

Overview
The EPA Gulf of Mexico Division (GMD) is announcing a Request for Applications (RFA) from eligible applicants for the Gulf of Mexico Historically Underserved Farmer to Farmer Grants Program.  This RFA is for an applicant who would receive a direct award from EPA and would provide competitive subawards to eligible entities to directly collaborate with underserved farmers on projects within the Gulf of Mexico watershed to support the Gulf of Mexico Farmer to Farmer objectives identified in I.B of the RFA. The total estimated amount available under this announcement is approximately $12 million. It is expected that grant awards may be issued for up to a five-year project period beginning May 2022. EPA plans to award four cooperative agreements of up to $3,000,000 of funding per cooperative agreement. EPA plans to fund one cooperative agreement in each of the following geographic categories:
1.    Missouri - Arkansas – White - Red Region (HUCs 10 and 11)
2.    Ohio-Tennessee Region (HUCs 05 and 06)
3.    Non-Mississippi River Drainage (HUCs 12, 13 and a portion of 03)
4.    Mississippi River Region (HUCs 07 and 08)
To view the funding opportunity on grants.gov, follow this link. 

Who can apply

In order to be competitive, an organization should have expertise and experience managing a large grant program. If your organization has this experience, you must be an eligible entity listed in the table below to apply.

Eligible entities	Not eligible
state agencies, interstate agencies, federally recognized Indian tribes and tribal organizations, local governments, institutions of higher learning (i.e., colleges and universities), and non-profit organizations as defined in 2 C.F.R. § 200	individuals foreign organizations and governments, nonprofit organizations exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code that engage in lobbying, and “for-profit” organizations

Contact Information
For questions, contact Rachel Houge (gmp-rfp@epa.gov).

Request for Applications and Helpful Documents

“Gulf of Mexico Historically Underserved Farmer to Farmer Grants Program Request for Applications” (pdf) (1.05 MB)

"Suggested Budget Table" (xlsx) (131.03 KB)

Utilizing the suggested budget table template is strongly encouraged or you risk the possibility of information being left out by you as the applicant, or overlooked, or not fully comprehended by the reviewers when the project is scored.

"Application Errors to Avoid" (pdf) (774.44 KB)

• Common errors to avoid when completing applications

"Gulf of Mexico Underserved Farmer to Farmer Grants Program RFA Questions and Answers UPDATED 1/12/2022" (pdf) (1.07 MB)

• Please review the RFA, Errors to Avoid and Q&A documents above prior to submitting a question. If the answer to your question is not found in those documents, please submit your question to gmd-rfp@epa.gov

Gulf of Mexico Historically Underserved Farmer to Farmer Grants Program Webinar Recording (Webinar was conducted on 1/6/22)