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| Regular Grant Application Types |
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Protecting land and water
Land Acquisition Application
Instream Water Lease and Transfer Application
Projects that identify conditions in the watershed, for the purpose of: gathering baseline data, evaluating effects of management activities, or comparing watersheds before and after a project.
Monitoring Application
Projects that increase awareness and understanding of watershed restoration and protection, and must also be related directly to efforts to protect or restore native fish or wildlife habitat or water quality or stream flows.
Outreach Application
On-the-ground projects such as: riparian planting, fish habitat construction, wetland restoration, livestock grazing plans, water conservation projects utilizing the state Conserved Water Program, etc.
Restoration Application
Projects that do one of the following:
A. Develop a technical design for a restoration project
B. Develop an implentation plan to develop a project
C. Enroll landowners in an area-wide, cooperative conservation program.
Technical Assistance Application
These grants support voluntary efforts by Oregonians to protect and restore healthy watersheds, including actions in support of the Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds and the Oregon Conservation Strategy.
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| How to Submit an Application |
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Regular Grant Application Calendar
| Application Deadline |
Application Type(s) |
Board Funding Decision Meeting Date(s) |
| April 16, 2012 |
Restoration
Technical Assistance
Water Lease and Transfer
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September 11-12, 2012 |
| October 22, 2012 |
Subject to change.
Application types to be determined.
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March 12-13, 2013 |
| April 15, 2013 |
Subject to change.
Application types to be determined.
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September 10-11, 2013 |
All grant applications are due by 5:00 pm.
To be accepted, all applications
- Must be in hard copy (no faxes or E-mail will be accepted)
- Must utilize the current application forms (there are updates to all forms)
- Must arrive before 5:00pm the day of the grant deadline.
If you have questions, please call Teresa Trump (503) 986-0058.
OUR MAILING ADDRESS IS:
Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board
State Lands Building, Third Floor
775 Summer Street NE, Ste 360
Salem OR 97301-1290
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| NEW - Fiscal Administration Costs Guidance |
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Under OWEB administrative rule 695-005-0030(5), allowable fiscal administration costs include accounting, contract management, and final reporting costs for the funded project; and auditing costs, up to and not to exceed 10% of the total Board funds expended for the project. General overhead and prorated costs are not currently allowed as administrative expenses. OWEB is reviewing large fiscal administration requests more closely for these reasons:
- Some regional review teams consistently recommended reductions in large (generally $15,000 or more, but sometimes lower amounts are questioned) fiscal administration requests. Other review teams did not. It’s a fairness issue to treat grantees consistently with regard to large fiscal administration requests.
- The Secretary of State’s performance audit flagged this as an issue.
OWEB has received grantee feedback that we should allow general overhead in OWEB grants, as many funders already allow under guidelines and protocols. This is one of the many issues the agency will need to consider in implementing Ballot Measure 76 legislation that we expect the Oregon legislature will pass this year. In order to change the existing fiscal administration rule, the agency would need to go through a formal rulemaking process.
If a review team recommends a reduction in fiscal administration funding, or if an application requests $15,000 or more in fiscal administration costs, or if the proposed project will be managed by a federal or state agency and the applicant is requesting $8,000 or more in fiscal administration costs, OWEB will reduce that line item in the funded award, and/or will require the applicant to justify the requested amount by providing a breakout of estimated tasks, hours per task and costs per hour for the fiscal administration activities. Applicants requesting large fiscal administration costs are encouraged to break out the costs in the application.
Number of hours anticipated and hourly rates applied, to complete the following tasks:
- contract management (e.g,. advertising RFP, bid reviews and contractor selection, contract negotiations, preparation & review).
- accounting (e.g., paying bills, submitting payment requests, updating accounting records, fiscal reporting).
- preparation of the final report
- audits on the project (internal or external)
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