Sponsor
National Forest Foundation (NFF)
Summary
The NFF’s Collaborative Capacity Program financial awards provide resources to support collaborative activities that increase wildfire resilience, recreation opportunities, forest health, and rural economies. Eligible efforts must describe how investments in collaboration will support a long-term strategy for achieving stewardship outcomes and how these outcomes benefit National Forest System lands. Funding must support collaboration or collaboration-based activities that aim to benefit National Forest System lands. For example, collaborative efforts can lead to reduced wildfire risk by developing shared planning tools and sharing strategies for forest treatments. Collaborative efforts can hire local contractors to lead community needs assessments and visitor use surveys to improve recreation access and infrastructure. Collaborative efforts can also improve habitat and forest health by working together to build consensus and support planning processes for landscape scale-restoration projects.
For more information, view the full Collaborative Capacity Program standard grants request for proposals.
Award
$10,001 to $75,000 for up to 2 years.
Limited Submission Requirements and Timeline
One (1) application per lead institution.
Notice of Interest Process. Only proposals approved by the Division of Research and Economic Development may be submitted to this program. For such approval, the Principal Investigator (PI) must first submit a Notice of Interest to limitedsubmissions@boisestate.edu by 4 pm on July 7, 2025. The Notice of Interest must indicate the PI and Co-PIs, a one paragraph description of the proposed project, and plans for the 20% cost share requirement.
Key Submission Dates
- July 7, 2025 by 4 pm – Notice of Interest due to limitedsubmissions@boisestate.edu
- July 10, 2025 – Anticipated date applicant will be notified of approval to advance toward application submission
- July 25, 2025 – All final proposal documents due to OSP
- August 1, 2025 – Full proposal due to NFF
NOTE: Please send all inquiries and submissions for Limited Submission opportunities to limitedsubmissions@boisestate.edu.