Application Notes:

New grant application packages or modifications to existing capacity grants must be submitted within 30 days after listing on the state allocation sheets.

New grant application packages or modifications to existing capacity grants must be emailed to the appropriate address provided in the Contact section, and a copy must be sent to the appropriate Forest Health Group Leader listed in the Contact section.

The following are required in order to submit an application:

• Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number
• SAM (System for Award Management) registration

Applicants may obtain a UEI number and verify or renew SAM registration status at www.ecivis.com/sam.

Refer to the NOFA file for additional application information.

Match Notes:

Applicants must provide a one-to-one match of the requested award amount; however, the required match may be waived upon request.

Funding Notes:

An unspecified amount of funding is available to support awards through this program.

Funds will be provided on a reimbursement basis.

The project period should last no longer than five years. Extensions will not be granted.

Funds may not be combined with awards using regular U.S. Forest Service-appropriated funds. In addition, most BIL program funds may not be combined in awards with funds from other BIL programs; however, BIL invasive species capacity and BIL invasive species high-priority regional projects may be combined.

Funds may not be redirected, or issued as pass-through awards, to third parties; however, award recipients may subgrant BIL funds to third parties.

Funds may not be used for:

• Felling and removing dead or dying trees unless it is determined necessary to prevent the spread of a major insect infestation or disease epidemic severely affecting trees
• Compensation for property injured, damaged, or destroyed by any cause
• Suppression of insects that are primarily a nuisance to people and do not damage trees, forests, wood products, stored wood, or wood-in-use
• Prevention or suppression of insects or diseases affecting rangeland plants
• Conducting basic research
• Construction or maintenance of roads included or to be included in the transportation system
• Recurring maintenance measures such as regular applications of pesticides to prevent insects or disease attacks, as in seed orchards and nurseries
• Timber stand improvement work when the primary management objective is to increase the growth and quality of timber, even though such work may accomplish varying degrees of insect and disease prevention
• Construction or maintenance of pesticide storage buildings