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National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Grant Program
Since 1995, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation has partnered with the Plant Conservation Alliance to provide a grant program, called the Native Plant Conservation Initiative (NPCI), to benefit the conservation and restoration of native plants and their ecosystems throughout the United States. To date, NPCI has funded 276 projects, worth a total of more than $14 million in plant conservation, over the past fourteen years. In 2009, NPCI is particularly interested in projects that focus on the effects of climate change as it pertains to the conservation, education, restoration, research, sustainability, and creating data linkages that facilitate native plant conservation in the 21st century.
**The 2009 request for proposals deadline has passed.**
PLANT CONSERVATION ALLIANCE
The Plant Conservation Alliance (PCA) is a consortium of ten federal government Member agencies and more than 270 non-governmental Cooperating organizations, including NFWF, that began in 1994. The PCA National Framework for Progress provides a strategy to link resources and expertise in the development of a coordinated national approach to the conservation of native plant species and communities throughout North America.NATIONAL FISH and WILDLIFE FOUNDATION
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) is a private, non-profit, 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization established by Congress in 1984. NFWF provides funding on a competitive basis to projects that sustain, restore, and enhance our Nation's fish, wildlife, and plants and their habitats through challenge grants, which match federal funds with non-federal contributions. Various federal agencies provide funding for NFWF challenge grants, including the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), USDA Forest Service (FS), and US Fish and Wildlife Service. These funds must be matched at a minimum 1:1 (non-federal:federal) ratio, thus stimulating private investment in conservation.NATIVE PLANT CONSERVATION INITIATIVE GRANT CRITERIA
In general, the NPCI grant program funds projects that provide conservation benefit for native plants (including associated pollinators), involve multiple partnerships, demonstrate the ability to find matching funds exceeding the minimum 1:1 federal/non-federal requirement, and use innovative ideas (such as landscape approach, shareable new technologies, and teaching by example). All projects address priorities established by one or more of the funding federal agencies and fall within at least one of six focal areas for plant conservation, as outlined in the PCA National Framework for Progress in plant conservation.Specific information on applicant and project eligibility, as well as the proposal process, is provided in the current request for proposals.
MORE INFORMATION:
- 2009 NPCI Request for Proposals
- 2009 NPCI Grant Application and Frequently Asked Questions about NFWF Grant Applications
- NPCI Project Selection Criteria
- Previous NPCI Projects - The projects described below demonstrate how the NPCI program has evolved over the years.
- Description of projects funded in 2008
- Description of projects funded in 2007
- Description of projects funded in 2006
- Description of projects funded in 2005
- Description of projects funded in 2004
- Description of projects funded in 2003
- Description of projects funded in 2002
- Description of projects funded in 2001
- Description of projects funded in 2000
- Description of projects funded in 1999
- Description of projects funded in 1998
- Description of projects funded in 1997
- Description of projects funded in 1996
- Description of projects funded in 1995
For more information about the grant program, contact the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.
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