Conservation Innovation Grants

Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) is a voluntary program intended to stimulate the development and adoption of innovative conservation approaches and technologies while leveraging Federal investment in environmental enhancement and protection, in conjunction with agricultural production. Under CIG, Environmental Quality Incentives Program funds are used to award competitive grants to non-Federal governmental or non-governmental organizations, Tribes, or individuals.

CIG enables NRCS to work with other public and private entities to accelerate technology transfer and adoption of promising technologies and approaches to address some of the Nation's most pressing natural resource concerns. CIG will benefit agricultural producers by providing more options for environmental enhancement and compliance with Federal, State, and local regulations. NRCS administers CIG.

Conservation Innovation Grants in 2010

Two CIG competitions will happen in Fiscal Year 2010: National and State. The National competition will be announced later this year. Each State administering a CIG competition will announce funding availability individually.

2010 Grant Materials

The documents below require Adobe Acrobat Reader:

SF 424A Supplemental Instructions (PDF, 17KB)

Example of a completed SF 424a (PDF, 126KB)

SF 3881 Vendor/Miscellaneous Payment Enrollment Form (PDF, 174KB)

The document below requires Microsoft Word:

Project Summary Sheet (Template) (DOC, 25 KB)

All OMB standard forms (SF) necessary for CIG submission are available on the following OMB website: Approved Standard SF-424 Forms

Information for Grantees

State Competitions

Rules, Notices and Additional Information

The documents below require Adobe Acrobat Reader:

Final Rule (PDF, 64KB)