Deadline: 19-May-22
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) is pleased to announce the Long Island Sound Futures Program (LISFF).
Priorities
- The LISFF supports efforts to test innovative approaches to conservation, deliver transformative projects and support people and communities who value the sound and take a direct role in its future.
- A road map guiding investments under the LISFF is the Long Island Sound Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan 2020-2024 Update.
- The CCMP Update has four themes (CCMP Theme) shown below, Implementation Actions (IAs) associated with each theme, and three cross-cutting principles: resilience to climate change, sustainability, and environmental justice.
- They seek proposal submissions that incorporate the theme(s), IA(s), and cross-cutting principle(s).
- Projects that incorporate outreach to communities, foster community engagement, and pursue collaborative management leading to measurable conservation benefits are encouraged.
- When possible, projects—especially those implemented in underserved, under-resourced, or overburdened communities—should engage community-level partners to help design, implement, and sustain projects to secure maximum benefits for communities and post-grant awards.
Theme
- Clean Waters and Healthy Watersheds
- Thriving Habitats and Abundant Wildlife
- Sustainable and Resilient Communities
- Sound Science and Inclusive Management
Funding Information
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With funding of approximately $10 million for projects in 2022. There are four funding categories under the LISFF each with a different range of grant funding.
- Implementation Projects: $50,000 to $1.5 million for projects that implement actions described in the CCMP Update and have particularly high environmental community benefits relative to cost.
- Design/Planning Projects: $50,000 to $500,000 for costs associated with design/planning
- Community Science/Water Quality Monitoring: $50,000 to $100,000 for water quality monitoring.
- Education and Public Participation Grants: $50,000 to $250,000 for public participation and education projects.
Geographic Focus
- Habitat restoration projects must fall within the Long Island Sound Coastal Watershed boundary in CT and NY.
- NEW! Resilience, water quality and fish passage projects may be in any portion of the Long Island Sound Study Area in CT and NY.
- Education projects may be in any portion of the Long Island Sound Study Area in CT and NY. Projects may occur in communities outside this boundary in those states as long as the content is focused on the health and living resources of the Sound.
- Nitrogen prevention watershed/plan/design and implementation projects may occur anywhere in the Sound watershed of CT, NY, Massachusetts (MA), New Hampshire (NH), and Vermont (VT) as shown in the Long Island Sound Watershed Boundary.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants include non-profit 501(c) organizations, state government agencies, local government, municipal government, Tribal Governments and Organizations, and educational institutions.
- Ineligible applicants include U.S. Federal government agencies, businesses, and unincorporated individuals.
For more information, visit NFWF.
For more information, visit https://www.nfwf.org/programs/long-island-sound-futures-fund/long-island-sound-futures-fund-2022-request-proposals