National Urban and Community Forestry Advisor Council Issues Request for Cost-Share Proposals
The National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council has released the 2007 Challenge Cost-Share (CCS) Request for Pre-Proposals (RFP) - Urban Forestry Project Funding Opportunity. Pre-proposals are due by Wednesday, September 6. The RFP may be found at the Council's website: http://www.treelink.org/nucfac.
An important way the National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council can fulfill its vision and make a positive impact on community forests nationwide, both now and in the future, is through its annual challenge cost-share program.
Each October, a request for pre-proposals is distributed nationwide. Brief proposals are then evaluated by the Council on the basis of meeting the specified criteria and demonstrating merit relative to the other proposals. Selected applicants are then invited to submit full proposals for final judging in this competitive program. In all cases, project funding must be matched on at least a 50-50 basis from non-federal sources and the project must have national scope, application, and distribution of its findings. Projects that will only have a local impact (i.e. local tree planting projects) do not qualify under this program.
