Opportunity Information: Apply for MICC FSH 20 0004
The APG Army Compatible Use Buffer (ACUB) Program grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number MICC FSH 20 0004) is a Department of Defense cooperative agreement intended to help reduce land use conflicts around Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG) in Harford County, Maryland. Through this effort, the Army is looking to partner with an eligible non-federal entity that can work alongside APG encroachment planners and natural resource managers to secure long-term real property interests from willing landowners. The core purpose is to create and maintain compatible land uses near the installation so APG can continue training, testing, and other mission activities with fewer risks from encroachment, development pressures, and related constraints.
The selected partner would be responsible for negotiating and completing acquisitions of perpetual real estate interests, either by purchasing conservation easements or by buying land in fee simple. In practical terms, this means the partner would help permanently protect targeted parcels by limiting incompatible development (through easements) or by transferring full ownership (fee simple), depending on what is most appropriate for each property and agreeable to the landowner. A defining feature of the ACUB model is that participation is voluntary on the landowner side, so the work centers on outreach, negotiation, due diligence, and closing transactions that align with both mission compatibility and conservation or land protection objectives.
Geographically, the overall project plan covers roughly 57,610 acres across two designated ACUB Priority Areas near APG. Within that larger planning footprint, the program sets a protection goal of approximately 10,100 acres. That distinction matters because it signals the program is not trying to acquire interests across the entire 57,610-acre area; instead, it is targeting priority parcels within that landscape where protection would most effectively preserve compatible land uses and prevent future encroachment issues. The end state is a network of protected lands that act as a buffer around the installation, reducing the likelihood that surrounding development will interfere with APG operations while also often supporting natural resource and habitat outcomes.
This opportunity is categorized as "Other" and uses a cooperative agreement as the funding instrument, which generally implies an ongoing partnership and active federal involvement during performance rather than a hands-off grant. Eligible applicants include state governments; county governments; city or township governments; and nonprofit organizations, including both 501(c)(3) nonprofits and nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (so long as they are not institutions of higher education). The awarding agency is the Department of Defense, Mission and Installation Command, JBSA Fort Sam Houston (listed as the agency office associated with the opportunity).
Financially, the notice lists an award ceiling of up to $50,000,000 and anticipates a single award (Expected Awards: 1), indicating the government is seeking one primary partner to execute the program for the defined project area rather than splitting the work among multiple awardees. The opportunity was created on June 1, 2020, with an original closing date of July 8, 2020. Overall, the grant is designed to fund and support a comprehensive, coordinated land protection strategy around Aberdeen Proving Ground by enabling a local or regional partner to carry out real estate transactions that permanently safeguard priority acreage from incompatible uses.Apply for MICC FSH 20 0004
- The Department of Defense, Mission and Install. Cmd. JBSA Ft. Sam Houston in the other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "APG Army Compatible Use Buffer Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 12.610.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jun 01, 2020.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 08, 2020. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $50,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.
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