Potential partners are invited to propose RCPP projects where NRCS and partners co-invest in impactful and innovative solutions to on-farm, watershed, and regional natural resource concerns.
How Submit a Proposal
Step 1: Go to login.gov (Create an account | Login.gov) and create a login.gov account. Please use your personal email when creating a login.gov email. (Help on this step is available via the login.gov help site: Help | Login.gov.)
Step 2: After creating a login.gov account please verify your identity. Click on this link for help on verifying identity: Verify My Identity
Step 3: Visit the RCPP public portal website (https://nrcs.my.salesforce-sites.com/) and submit a request access form. (Partner will need to enter same e-mail used for login.gov into access form).
Please note: new users should use to denote a specific reason access being sought, i.e. “support new proposal submission” or "manage project #1234,” etc. Details are included in the RCPP FY24 Proposal Guide for Partners.
Step 4: Wait 3-5 business days for your partner portal account to be created. You will receive an email once access is granted.
Please note: linking a new login.gov account to a portal account is a multi-platform, multi-step process, needing this processing time.
Step 5: After partner receives an email acknowledging the partner portal account has been created, the user can return to the portal and click the login.gov link (in the "middle" Applicants, Partners box).
Please note: A longer login.gov identity verification process may occur during the applicant’s first login. This is required if user’s existing Login.gov account does not include eAuth Level 2 identity verification. RCPP FY24 Proposal Guide for Partners.
Step 6: Once the RCPP Partner has verified their identity, the applicant can proceed with final submission. Final submission instructions are included in the RCPP FY24 Proposal Guide for Partners.
Additional Information
Proposed projects must generate conservation benefits by addressing specific natural resource objectives in a State/multistate area or address one or more primary resource concerns within an NRCS-designated critical conservation area (CCA).
Applications are accepted from all 50 States, the Caribbean Area (Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands), and U.S. territories in the Pacific Island Areas (Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands).
At least four weeks prior to the application deadline, and before starting an application in the RCPP portal or grants.gov, eligible entities interested in applying to RCPP are advised to request a meeting with their NRCS State RCPP coordinator.
For questions about timelines, the application process, and program requirements, please e-mail your State RCPP coordinator (PDF) or the National RCPP Team.