Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) for Federal fiscal year (FY) 2024 - South Carolina
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- USDA-NRCS-SC-CIG-24-NOFO0001375
- Agency
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National Resources Conservation Service
Department of Agriculture
- Applications due
- Award size
- $50,000 to $150,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Categories
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- Agriculture
- Environment
- Natural Resources
- Eligible applicants
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- Unrestricted
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is announcing the availability of up to $500,000 in Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) funding for projects carried out in South Carolina for fiscal year 2024. The purpose of CIG is to stimulate the development and adoption of innovative conservation approaches and technologies in conjunction with agricultural production. Eligible applicants include all non-Federal, non-foreign entities and individuals, excluding Federal agencies. Key priorities for this funding opportunity include water quality, soil health, air quality, and climate-smart agriculture and forestry. Applications must be submitted via Grants.gov by 11:59pm ET on July 9, 2024, and NRCS anticipates making selections by July 15, 2024.
Projects may be between one and three years in duration, with a maximum award of $150,000 per project. NRCS anticipates making 4-10 awards through this competition. At least 10% of the funds may be set aside for proposals benefiting historically underserved producers, who are eligible for reduced cost-share requirements. All CIG projects must involve EQIP-eligible agricultural producers.
Synopsis
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Update #3 · Latest ·
The purpose of CIG is to stimulate the development and adoption of innovative conservation approaches and technologies in conjunction with agricultural production in the United States and its territories. CIG projects are expected to lead to the transfer of conservation technologies, management systems, and innovative approaches (such as market-based systems) to agricultural producers, into government technical manuals and guides, or to the private sector. CIG generally funds pilot projects, field demonstrations, and on-farm conservation research. On-farm conservation research is defined as an investigation conducted to answer a specific applied conservation question using a statistically valid design while employing farm-scale equipment on farms, ranches or private forest lands.
The CIG program is not a NRCS producer financial assistance program. Project outcomes should benefit a region of a state or the entire state and not just benefit one farm.
NRCS will prioritize projects that will implement climate-smart agriculture conservation activities which are targeted to assist agricultural producers and nonindustrial private forestland owners in directly improving soil carbon, reducing nitrogen losses, or reducing, capturing, avoiding, or sequestering carbon dioxide, methane, or nitrous oxide emissions, associated with agricultural production.
All CIG projects must involve EQIP-eligible producers that meet EQIP's eligibility requirements listed in 7 CFR § 1466.6(b)(1) through (3).
Update #2 ·
An Updated Full Announcement has been issued in this NOFO0001375 that specifies KEY DATE CHANGES: The application DEADLINE is extended to July 8, 2024 and the Agency anticipates making SELECTIONS by July 15, 2024; see pages 1 and 2 of the Updated Full Announcement. -
The purpose of CIG is to stimulate the development and adoption of innovative conservation approaches and technologies in conjunction with agricultural production in the United States and its territories. CIG projects are expected to lead to the transfer of conservation technologies, management systems, and innovative approaches (such as market-based systems) to agricultural producers, into government technical manuals and guides, or to the private sector. CIG generally funds pilot projects, field demonstrations, and on-farm conservation research. On-farm conservation research is defined as an investigation conducted to answer a specific applied conservation question using a statistically valid design while employing farm-scale equipment on farms, ranches or private forest lands.
The CIG program is not a NRCS producer financial assistance program. Project outcomes should benefit a region of a state or the entire state and not just benefit one farm.
NRCS will prioritize projects that will implement climate-smart agriculture conservation activities which are targeted to assist agricultural producers and nonindustrial private forestland owners in directly improving soil carbon, reducing nitrogen losses, or reducing, capturing, avoiding, or sequestering carbon dioxide, methane, or nitrous oxide emissions, associated with agricultural production.
All CIG projects must involve EQIP-eligible producers that meet EQIP's eligibility requirements listed in 7 CFR § 1466.6(b)(1) through (3).
Update #1 ·
The purpose of CIG is to stimulate the development and adoption of innovative conservation approaches and technologies in conjunction with agricultural production in the United States and its territories. CIG projects are expected to lead to the transfer of conservation technologies, management systems, and innovative approaches (such as market-based systems) to agricultural producers, into government technical manuals and guides, or to the private sector. CIG generally funds pilot projects, field demonstrations, and on-farm conservation research. On-farm conservation research is defined as an investigation conducted to answer a specific applied conservation question using a statistically valid design while employing farm-scale equipment on farms, ranches or private forest lands.
The CIG program is not a NRCS producer financial assistance program. Project outcomes should benefit a region of a state or the entire state and not just benefit one farm.
NRCS will prioritize projects that will implement climate-smart agriculture conservation activities which are targeted to assist agricultural producers and nonindustrial private forestland owners in directly improving soil carbon, reducing nitrogen losses, or reducing, capturing, avoiding, or sequestering carbon dioxide, methane, or nitrous oxide emissions, associated with agricultural production.
All CIG projects must involve EQIP-eligible producers that meet EQIP's eligibility requirements listed in 7 CFR § 1466.6(b)(1) through (3).
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