2018 ESRP Grant Competition is Open
The Estuary and Salmon Restoration Program (ESRP) recently launched its 2018 grant competition! This grant program wants to hear about exciting project ideas being proposed around Puget Sound.
ESRP is an important partner funding the implementation of restoration and protection actions aligned with the Shoreline Armoring and Estuaries Implementation Strategies.
This year, ESRP has multiple grant offerings for project sponsors: Restoration and Protection Grants, Small Grants, Learning Program Grants, and a streamlined Portfolio Project process for both learning and restoration projects. All these projects are reviewed and ranked to create a single, integrated ESRP investment plan. Pre-proposals are due April 12.
Jay Krienitz, ESRP Program Manager, would like to draw applicants attention to the relatively new Small Grants option. “Small grants are unique opportunity to implement smaller, shoreline projects with high levels of community engagement that may otherwise be less competitive for Restoration and Protection Grants” says Krienitz.
Did you know: The Estuary and Salmon Restoration Program is supportive of creating more efficient and coordinated funding systems that value the limited time of local project sponsors. The April 12 ESRP pre-proposal deadline falls after the March 30 deadline for submitting Near-Term Action (NTA) project ideas to the 2018-2022 Action Agenda. Interested project sponsors can submit their NTA proposals directly to ESRP as their pre-proposal, without having to reformat or add any additional information! Applicants may also submit any other state, federal, or local pre-proposal materials as long as they are comparable.