Oregon Strategic Implementation Area (SIA) Technical Assistance Grant

Strategic Implementation Areas (SIAs) are agricultural areas in small watersheds strategically selected for their connection to local water quality. This grant supports engagement, technical assistance, planning, design, and monitoring located within SIA locations. ODA generally identifies SIA locations ahead of each biennium and invites targeted local partners to apply. OWEB and ODA staff collaborate to provide OWEB funding to SIAs through OWEB's grant system.

Non-competitive, invitation-only application process: Soil and Water Conservation Districts associated with ODA-identified SIAs. The applicant must be invited through ODA.

Match requirement: 5%. Monitoring funding is available by submitting a monitoring proposal after the TA grant is in place with OWEB; monitoring proposals may be submitted throughout the year. Offered every fall for new SIAs identified by ODA.

This is a non-competitive, invitation-only process: ODA identifies new SIA locations ahead of each biennium and invites the associated Soil and Water Conservation District to apply; there is no general public application window (the source page lists both Opens and Closes as TBD, offered every fall for newly identified SIAs). Invited applicants apply online through OWEB's Online Grant Management System (OGMS): obtain a login by emailing OWEB's Fiscal Staff with organization name/address and grantee/payee contact details plus FEIN (organizations must also be registered in SAM.gov), then log in and select the "Strategic Implementation Area" application, using the application template and info ('i') button guidance provided in the system. Separate monitoring funding can be requested at any time of year via a monitoring proposal submitted once the TA grant is in place with OWEB. For questions, contact Audrey Hatch, Conservation Outcomes Coordinator, at 971-345-7002.