Northeastern Area

Wood Education and Resource Center

Fiscal Year 2009 Grants Process

WERC is no longer accepting proposals for federal FY 2009. However, the instructions and the application are still available on-line for your information. If you submitted a proposal, we will contact you by the end of May 2009 as to whether or not your proposal was selected for funding. Check back around December 1, 2009, for information about a potential FY 2010 competitive grants program.

WERC Project Instructions and Application

Electronic copies of the instructions and application are provided below for download:

Instructions:

• Wood Education and Resource Center Project Instructions MS Word version
• Wood Education and Resource Center Project Instructions PDF version

Application:

• WERC Project Application MS Word version

Reporting Requirements

Annual Progress Report:

An annual progress report is required for each project funded by the WERC. The report format can be found “here.” Please include any additional information such as journal and magazine articles, workshop brochures, study findings and reports, as well as information sheets as attachments.

Final Report:

A detailed final report is required for all projects that are completed with funding from WERC. The final report should include findings, conclusions, recommendations, and photographs (if appropriate). You can use the format identified above for the final report. Electronic document(s) is sufficient. Final reports will be available to the public on this web site (see Project Information and Final Reports).

Credit to the USDA Forest Service, Wood Education and Resource Center needs to be included in all documents and publications that result from any project funded by WERC. Final reports will be added to the WERC library and will be available to the public on the WERC web site.

These items are required on final reports, publications; CDs, DVDs, and software that result from WERC grant activities.

1. The work upon which this (publication/CD/DVD/software) is based was funded in whole or in part through a grant awarded by the Wood Education and Resource Center, Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
2. In accordance with Federal law and U.S. Department of Agriculture policy, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability. To file a complaint of discrimination, write USDA Director, Office of Civil Rights, Room 326-W, Whitten Building, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250-9410 or call (202) 720-5964 (voice and TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity employer.

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This institution is an equal opportunity provider. 

If you have questions on the format for final reports, please contact Ed Cesa at 304-285-1530 or ecesa@fs.fed.us.