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- The USDA-NRCS-PASO in the agriculture sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Pennsylvania CIG Fiscal Year 2016 Announcement for Program Funding" 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 May 12, 2016 and posted on May 12, 2016.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 24, 2016. (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: 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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Opportunity Summary:
The Pennsylvania CIG Fiscal Year 2016 Announcement for Program Funding is a discretionary grant opportunity from the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Pennsylvania State Office (PASO), designed to encourage real-world conservation innovation. The program is part of NRCSs Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) initiative, which focuses on stimulating the development and adoption of new or improved conservation approaches, methods, and technologies in agriculture and related working-lands settings. The intent is practical implementation and demonstration that can lead to broader use, rather than basic or exploratory research.
For FY 2016 in Pennsylvania, NRCS anticipated up to $150,000 total available funding under this state competition. Individual awards were capped at $75,000, and NRCS expected to make about two awards based on that total. Funded projects were intended to run between one and three years, giving applicants flexibility to propose either shorter pilots or multi-season implementation efforts that can show measurable conservation outcomes and lessons learned.
A key restriction is geographic scope: only projects implemented within Pennsylvania were eligible, and multi-state projects were explicitly not accepted under this announcement. The opportunity was open to a wide range of applicants, including governmental and non-governmental organizations as well as individuals, described as "unrestricted" eligibility subject to the specific conditions in the announcement. At the same time, the project design had to include direct involvement of farmers or landowners who meet Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) eligibility requirements, meaning applicants needed to ensure participating producers or landowners were eligible under NRCS EQIP rules and could document that alignment as part of the proposal.
The announcement also clarified how this state competition relates to the national CIG competition. Applicants who submitted to the National CIG component were allowed to submit a proposal to the Pennsylvania State CIG component as well, but the same project could only be funded once; in other words, an application would be funded by either the national program or the Pennsylvania program, not both. This is helpful for applicants trying multiple funding pathways, but it requires careful coordination so the proposal remains consistent and does not assume duplicate federal support.
Administratively, the opportunity was posted May 12, 2016, with an application deadline (original and current closing date) of June 24, 2016. It was issued under Funding Opportunity Number USDANRCSPA1601 and aligned with CFDA 10.912, which corresponds to NRCS conservation-related assistance programs. Overall, the opportunity targeted implementable, on-the-ground conservation innovations in Pennsylvania that engage EQIP-eligible producers, emphasize adoption and demonstration over research, and can be completed within a one-to-three-year performance window under a relatively modest per-award funding ceiling.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What is the Pennsylvania CIG Fiscal Year 2016 Announcement for Program Funding?
It is a discretionary grant opportunity offered by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Pennsylvania State Office (PASO), under the Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) initiative. The focus is on encouraging real-world conservation innovation through practical implementation and demonstration in agriculture and related working-lands settings.
What is the purpose of NRCS Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG)?
The CIG initiative is intended to stimulate the development and adoption of new or improved conservation approaches, methods, and technologies. Under this Pennsylvania announcement, the emphasis is on projects that can be implemented and demonstrated on the ground and that can lead to broader use, rather than basic or exploratory research.
How much funding was expected to be available under this Pennsylvania FY 2016 competition?
NRCS anticipated up to $150,000 in total funding available under the Pennsylvania state competition for FY 2016.
What was the maximum award amount per project?
Individual awards were capped at $75,000 under this announcement.
How many awards did NRCS expect to make?
Based on the anticipated total funding of up to $150,000 and the $75,000 cap per award, NRCS expected to make about two awards.
How long could projects last under this opportunity?
Funded projects were intended to run between one and three years. Applicants could propose shorter pilot projects or multi-season implementation efforts, as long as they fit within the one-to-three-year performance window.
What types of projects were this grant designed to support?
The announcement targeted implementable, on-the-ground conservation innovations in Pennsylvania. Projects were expected to demonstrate practical conservation approaches, methods, or technologies and generate measurable conservation outcomes and lessons learned that could support broader adoption.
Does the program fund basic or exploratory research?
No. The intent described in the announcement is practical implementation and demonstration that can lead to broader use, rather than basic or exploratory research.
Where must the project be implemented to be eligible?
Projects had to be implemented within Pennsylvania. The announcement explicitly restricted eligibility to in-state implementation.
Are multi-state projects allowed?
No. Multi-state projects were explicitly not accepted under this Pennsylvania announcement.
Who was eligible to apply?
The opportunity was open to a wide range of applicants, including governmental and non-governmental organizations as well as individuals. Eligibility was described as "unrestricted" in the announcement, subject to the specific conditions and requirements stated for this opportunity.
Is farmer or landowner participation required?
Yes. Project design had to include direct involvement of farmers or landowners who meet Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) eligibility requirements.
What does EQIP eligibility mean in the context of this announcement?
It means participating producers or landowners involved in the project must meet NRCS EQIP eligibility rules. Applicants needed to ensure participating farmers or landowners were EQIP-eligible and could document that alignment as part of the proposal.
Can an applicant submit to both the National CIG competition and this Pennsylvania State CIG competition?
Yes. Applicants who submitted to the National CIG component were allowed to submit a proposal to the Pennsylvania State CIG component as well.
Can the same project receive both National CIG and Pennsylvania State CIG funding?
No. The announcement clarified that the same project could only be funded once. A proposal could be funded by either the national program or the Pennsylvania program, but not both.
When was this funding opportunity posted?
The opportunity was posted on May 12, 2016.
What was the application deadline?
The application deadline (original and current closing date) was June 24, 2016.
What is the Funding Opportunity Number for this announcement?
The Funding Opportunity Number listed for this opportunity was USDANRCSPA1601.
What CFDA number was this opportunity aligned with?
This announcement was aligned with CFDA 10.912, which corresponds to NRCS conservation-related assistance programs.
Which agency and office administered this opportunity?
The grant opportunity was administered by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Pennsylvania State Office (PASO).
What is the overall goal of projects funded under this Pennsylvania CIG announcement?
The overall goal was to support conservation innovations that can be practically implemented and demonstrated in Pennsylvania working lands, involve EQIP-eligible producers or landowners, and produce outcomes and learning that can help drive broader adoption of improved conservation approaches.
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