OWEB Fall 2023 Open Solicitation Grant Offering

OWEB is now accepting online applications for the Fall 2023 Open Solicitation Grant Offering for the following grant types:

• Restoration (25% match is required)
• Technical Assistance (NEW: $1 match is required; no cap on requests)
• Stakeholder Engagement (NEW: $1 match is required)

OWEB has made two key changes to the technical assistance and stakeholder engagement programs to address barriers to participation.

• Recognizing that matching funds are more difficult to obtain for Technical Assistance and Stakeholder Engagement projects, and that match is sometimes a barrier to participation in OWEB grants, the match requirement for these grant types has been reduced to $1. The 25% match requirement for restoration remains in place.
• In response to rising costs, increasing project complexity, and more comprehensive permitting requirements, the $75,000 cap on technical assistance application requests has been removed. Please click on the grant type of interest for application requirements and login information. If you already have an Online Application login, you may access the application directly.

Grant applications are due October 30, 2023, by 5:00 pm and must be submitted via OWEB's online grant application. The OWEB Board plans to make grant awards at the April 2024 meeting.

If you have questions about applying for an OWEB grant, please contact the Regional Program Representative for your region. If you are new to OWEB and our grant program, please visit OWEB’s website.

These grants support voluntary efforts by Oregonians to protect and restore healthy watersheds. This includes actions supporting the Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds and the Oregon Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy.

OWEB anticipates making available a combined total of over $10 million for Restoration, Technical Assistance, and Stakeholder Engagement through this solicitation.

Funding is from Oregon Lottery revenue, federal Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Funds through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and revenue from the sale of Salmon License Plates.

Thank you for your interest in watershed restoration and protection!

Eric Williams Grant Program Manager

 

For more information about Open Solicitation Grants, view the OWEB Open Solicitation 101 video.

Link for the Salmon License Plate: https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/PCB/Pages/PCB-Oregon-Salmon-Plates.aspx

Link for OS 101 video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0m84rV8zdM

Link for Grant Applications: https://apps.wrd.state.or.us/apps/oweb/oa/