IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS for 2005 6th Round SRFB Applications
- MOST IMPORTANT! How do I increase
my chances of getting funded? By picking
and designing a project that is a priority
project for NOPLE.
- About the SRFB Grants Salmon Recovery Grant Program. The
purpose of this program is the protection and/or restoration of salmon
habitat, as well as supporting feasibility assessments
for future projects and other activities.
Applicants must provide at least 15% matching
funds in either cash or in-kind contributions. Eligible Grant
Recipients include
- Municipal subdivisions (cities, towns, counties,
and port, park and recreation, conservation, and school districts)
- Tribal governments
- Private Landowners
- State agencies
- What's required of applicants. Project applicants
within the NOPLE geographic area must fill out the respective SRFB
Application as well as the NOPLE Addendum, and submit it to NOPLE
by the
appropriate preproposal and full application deadlines. Access
a calendar with additional requirements here (additional
details as to times and locations will be made available at that link
as well). For example, applicants are required to
- Present the preproposal and the full application to the
NOPLE committees
- Be available at the project site during the NOPLE committee
field trip
- Attend the workshop
- Is there help available for completing my application for
highest likelihood of success?
- Pick and design a project that is a priority
project for NOPLE.
- Attend the Workshop.
- Incorporate the feedback from the TRG provided during the
preproposal process.
- Contact one of the LEG members listed in Attachment C of
the NOPLE addendum for referral to assistance.
- Consider using an experienced sponsor, such as the relevant Regional
Fisheries Enhancement Group,
the Clallam
Conservation District,
or the relevant tribe
listed in Attachment
C of NOPLE Addendum.
- Contact the appropriate IAC SRFB project manager. Click
here for map
and contact info.
- How much SRFB funds are available this round? It
is not clear yet how much funding will be available, but it appears
it will be
significantly less than previous rounds. Accordingly, project
applicants are urged to budget wisely, consider contributing a larger
match, and
to break up large projects into smaller components. In furtherance
of its desire to promote funding for multiple projects, NOPLE
may consider the amount of match and the amount requested in
its final ranking of the projects. The source for project funding comes
from both State funding which has been provided through fund shifts
from other funding accounts and general obligation bonds and Federal
funds which are appropriated through the Department of Commerce, National
Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS).
- Who decides which SRFB grant proposals to fund? The
SRFB decides how to distribute limited available funds
among 26 lead entities across the state through a process whereby lead
entities
compete
against each other to get the maximum amount of funding
for projects within their geographical area.
- How does the SRFB decide which projects to fund? The
SRFB uses its own Technical Advisors to also technically review
each project, but such review is limited only to whether the
project is “green” (ok
to fund) or “red”/”project of concern” (not
ok to fund). The SRFB scores the Salmon Habitat Recovery Strategy
of each of the 26 lead entities, as well as how well each Lead
Entity’s "prioritized
list of projects" (see below) “fits” its Strategy.
The SRFB then uses such scores (and any other factors it may
decide on) to determine the level of funding for each lead
entity, with such
funding to be applied to the “green” projects on
each lead entity's prioritized list, from the top down, skipping
projects that
the SRFB technical team determined to be "red"/"projects
of concern." This process is described in more detail in
the SRFB
Policies and Projects Selection Manual
- Who puts together the prioritized list? All
project applications must be submitted to the respective lead
entity group
which reviews and prioritizes the projects into a Prioritized
List. The lead entity for the geographical area that extends
from Sequim
Bay west through Cape Flattery and from Cape Flattery south
through the Hoh river is the North Olympic Peninsula Lead Entity ("NOPLE").
The various NOPLE committees review and develop the Prioritized
List of projects that is submitted to the SRFB. For a detailed
explanation
of how NOPLE puts together the Prioritized List, see Project
Priorities.
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