Opportunity Information: Apply for USDA NRCS NM CIG 20 GEN0010756
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), through the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), announced a state-level Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) funding opportunity for Federal fiscal year 2020 focused specifically on projects carried out in New Mexico. This opportunity is tied to the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) under CFDA number 10.912 and is intended to encourage new, creative, and practical conservation ideas that can be tested, improved, and ultimately adopted more broadly. In plain terms, the program is looking for proposals that move conservation beyond standard practices by piloting innovative approaches or technologies that improve natural resource outcomes in an agricultural context.
The funding opportunity is a discretionary grant competition (Funding Opportunity Number: USDA NRCS NM CIG 20 GEN0010756) within the agriculture funding activity category. NRCS set aside a total of up to $75,000 for the New Mexico CIG competition for FY 2020. Individual projects can run from one to three years, giving applicants flexibility to propose anything from a short proof-of-concept to a multi-year pilot and evaluation effort. The maximum award size for any single grant under this announcement is $75,000, meaning one project could theoretically receive the entire amount, although the notice also indicates an expectation of about four awards, implying that NRCS anticipated making multiple smaller grants if enough high-quality proposals were received.
Eligibility is broad and essentially open to non-federal entities and individuals. The only applicants explicitly excluded are federal agencies. That means state or local governments, tribal entities, universities, nonprofit organizations, for-profit businesses, producer groups, and individual applicants can all compete, as long as the proposed work is performed in New Mexico and otherwise meets the program requirements laid out in the full notice. The aim is to draw innovation from a wide range of on-the-ground practitioners and organizations, not just traditional research institutions.
The submission deadline for proposals was May 23, 2020, with applications required to be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. NRCS emphasized that the official receipt time is whatever is recorded by the submission system, with Grants.gov generating the authoritative timestamp for proposals submitted through that portal. Applicants were also warned that they bear the risk of delays, so waiting until the last minute could result in missing the deadline if technical issues or upload problems occurred.
Overall, this New Mexico CIG notice offered modest but targeted funding to help applicants develop and demonstrate innovative conservation practices and technologies that can improve resource stewardship in agricultural landscapes. The program structure, including the short-to-medium project period, the relatively small award ceiling, and the expected multiple awards, signals a focus on pilot-scale projects that can show results, be evaluated, and potentially be scaled or replicated if successful.Apply for USDA NRCS NM CIG 20 GEN0010756
- The Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service in the agriculture sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Notice of Program Funding for NRCS’ Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) for Federal fiscal year (FY) 2020 – NEW MEXICO" 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 Apr 08, 2020.
- Applicants must submit their applications by May 23, 2020 Applications must be received by 1159 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. (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 4 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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