Opportunity Information: Apply for USDA NRCS PA CIG 21 NOFO0001053
The Fiscal Year 2021 Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) Pennsylvania State Program is a competitive grant opportunity offered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA NRCS), with funding supported through the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC). The program is tied to the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) and is listed under Assistance Listings (formerly CFDA) number 10.912. Its purpose is to stimulate the development, testing, and adoption of innovative conservation approaches and technologies, with projects required to be carried out in Pennsylvania. In practical terms, this funding is meant to help move conservation ideas from concept to real-world use, especially approaches that can improve agricultural and natural resource outcomes in measurable ways.
For FY 2021, NRCS set aside up to $225,000 total for the Pennsylvania CIG competition. Individual awards are capped at $75,000, and the agency expected to make about five awards based on the stated funding level and ceiling. Projects can run from one to three years, giving applicants flexibility to propose shorter pilots or multi-year demonstrations. The opportunity is classified as discretionary and uses the grant funding instrument, with activity areas spanning agriculture, environment, and natural resources.
Eligibility is broadly open. All non-federal entities and individuals are invited to apply, and the only category explicitly excluded is federal agencies. That means applicants may include private organizations, nonprofits, educational institutions, state and local governments, tribal entities, for-profit entities, and individual applicants, as long as they meet the program requirements and can carry out the work in Pennsylvania.
Applications had to be submitted through Grants.gov, and the deadline for submission was 11:59 pm Eastern Time on March 15, 2021. NRCS emphasized that technical help for Grants.gov issues must go through Grants.gov Applicant Support (phone 1-800-518-4726 or support@grants.gov), since NRCS staff cannot troubleshoot applicant accounts or submission problems. Applicants who were new to Grants.gov were directed to consult the notice section covering the steps required for registration and submission, since those steps can take time and can delay an application if started late.
The notice also laid out a question-and-answer window to help applicants interpret the funding announcement correctly. Questions about the notice of funding opportunity could be submitted until February 15, 2021, and NRCS planned to post responses on Grants.gov about two weeks before the application due date so all potential applicants could benefit from the same clarifications. For program-specific questions beyond Grants.gov technical support, the announcement provided a Pennsylvania point of contact: Ashley Lenig (ashley.lenig@usda.gov, 717-237-2204). Applicants were also encouraged to review the Pennsylvania State CIG website for additional state-level context and guidance.
Finally, the anticipated timeline for award decisions and execution was included to help applicants plan. NRCS expected to make selections by August 15, 2021 and execute awards by September 15, 2021. The official notice of funding opportunity is identified as USDA-NRCS-PA-CIG-21-NOFO0001053, posted on January 14, 2021, with an original closing date of March 15, 2021 and an award ceiling of $75,000.Apply for USDA NRCS PA CIG 21 NOFO0001053
- The Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service in the agriculture, environment, natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Conservation Innovation Grants Pennsylvania State Program National Funding Opportunity" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 10.912.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jan 14, 2021.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Mar 15, 2021. (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 $75,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 5 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.
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