Opportunity Information: Apply for USDA NRCS LA CIG 001
The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) opportunity for Federal Fiscal Year 2018 is a discretionary grant program aimed at pushing conservation forward in practical, usable ways that fit alongside working agriculture. The central goal is to stimulate the development and adoption of innovative conservation approaches and technologies that can be used in real agricultural production settings, rather than remaining purely conceptual. The program is designed to help move promising conservation ideas from the trial stage into broader use, so that producers and land managers can actually apply them on farms, ranches, and private forest lands.
CIG funding is meant to support projects that demonstrate new or improved conservation methods and show how they work under field conditions. Typical project types include pilot projects, field demonstrations, and on-farm conservation research. In this context, "on-farm conservation research" has a specific meaning: it is an investigation that answers a clearly defined, applied conservation question using a statistically valid research design, carried out with farm-scale equipment on real working lands (farms, ranches, or private forest lands). That emphasis signals that NRCS is looking for results that are credible and measurable, while still being grounded in the realities of day-to-day agricultural operations.
A key expectation of the program is technology transfer and adoption. Projects should be structured so that the outcomes can move beyond the grant period and beyond the immediate project site. NRCS indicates that successful CIG projects are expected to lead to the transfer of conservation technologies, management systems, and innovative approaches to agricultural producers, into NRCS technical manuals and guides, or into the private sector. In other words, the program is not only about testing an idea, but also about creating a pathway for broader implementation, whether that means producer uptake, incorporation into NRCS technical guidance, or scaling through commercial or industry channels. NRCS also explicitly notes that innovation can include market-based systems, suggesting that proposals may involve novel incentives, financing mechanisms, or market structures that encourage conservation adoption in addition to purely technical solutions.
This specific opportunity is identified as "Announcement for Program Funding for NRCS' Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) for Federal Fiscal Year 2018" with Funding Opportunity Number USDA NRCS LA CIG 001. It falls under the agriculture funding activity category and is associated with CFDA number 10.912. The issuing agency is listed as the Department of Agriculture, Washington State Office, which indicates the administrative office tied to this announcement.
Eligibility is broad and includes a mix of public, nonprofit, academic, tribal, and private applicants. Eligible applicants include state governments; special district governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; other Native American tribal organizations; nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (and nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status, as long as they are not higher education institutions); individuals; and small businesses. This range of eligible entities aligns with the program's emphasis on real-world deployment and partnership, since innovation in conservation often benefits from collaboration among producers, researchers, nonprofits, local governments, and private-sector implementers.
In terms of funding scale and timing, the announcement was created on February 7, 2018, with an original application closing date of April 8, 2018. The award ceiling is $75,000, and the program expected to make 2 awards under this announcement. Taken together, those figures suggest a small, competitive funding pool aimed at supporting a limited number of focused projects that can demonstrate strong potential for conservation impact and replicability.
Overall, this FY 2018 CIG opportunity is geared toward practical innovation: testing and demonstrating conservation approaches in working landscapes, producing statistically sound results when research is involved, and building clear routes for adoption and broader use through producers, NRCS guidance, or private-sector pathways.Apply for USDA NRCS LA CIG 001
- The Department of Agriculture, Washington State Office in the agriculture sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Announcement for Program Funding for NRCS' Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) for Federal Fiscal Year 2018" 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 Feb 07, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 08, 2018. (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 2 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal 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, Private institutions of higher education, Individuals, Small businesses.
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