Program Application Ranking Dates
NRCS accepts applications for its conservation programs year-round. State Technical Committees, composed of conservation and agricultural-related agency and organization representatives, work with NRCS to identify resource priorities and how best to address them. NRCS then sets state-specific, ranking dates to evaluate applications for funding that account for producer needs, staff workload and ensuring that potential participants have ample opportunities to apply. You should apply by your state’s ranking dates to be considered for funding in the current cycle. Funding is provided through a competitive process.
Below are application ranking dates by state for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) , Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) , Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP) , and Agricultural Management Assistance (AMA) . If you apply after the ranking date for the program you’re interested in, NRCS will automatically consider your application during the next funding cycle.
Some states have also announced ranking dates for programs including EQIP Climate-Smart Agriculture and Forestry (EQIP-CSAF), EQIP Conservation Incentive Contracts (EQIP-CIC), CSP Grasslands Conservation Initiative (CSP-GCI) and state-specific RCPP programs.
States may have additional ranking dates and funding cycles throughout the year if more funding becomes available. As states finalize their program ranking dates and if additional funding cycles become available, the updated dates will be added to state’s list below. If you apply after the listed program ranking date, NRCS will automatically consider your application during the next funding cycle.
2022 Application Ranking Dates | States A - H | States I - M | States N - P | States R - W
Alabama
ACEP , Nov. 12, 2021
ACEP-WRE Nov. 12, 2021
CSP , Nov. 12, 2021
EQIP , Nov. 12, 2021
EQIP-CIC , Feb. 25, 2022
EQIP - Climate Smart Ag , Feb. 25, 2022
EQIP - NWQI, Feb. 25, 2022
EQIP - Urban Ag TBD
RCPP-TNC-Riparian Jan. 3, 2022
Alaska
Arizona
ACEP , Dec. 10, 2021
CSP Classic , Feb. 11, 2022
EQIP , Dec. 17, 2021
EQIP-CIC Feb. 18, 2022
EQIP-Urban Initiative, Feb. 18, 2022
RCPP - CAGCS/NAGL Feb. 11, 2022
RCPP - GRIC-Canal 13, Nov. 30, 2021
Arkansas
ACEP-ALE , Oct. 29, 2021 and Dec. 31, 2021
ACEP-WRE , Oct. 29, 2021 and Dec. 31, 2021
CSP Classic, Jan. 21, 2022
EQIP, Nov. 19, 2021
EQIP Cover Crop Initiative Jan. 18, 2022
EQIP-CSAF May 13, 2022
EQIP-NFWF May 11, 2022
MRBI-EQIP, NWQI-EQIP Dec. 17, 2021
RCPP 18 LM Feb. 18, 2022
California
ACEP , Dec. 1, 2021
CSP , April 1, 2022
EQIP , May 6, 2022
EQIP Cover Crop Initiative , Jan. 18, 2022
EQIP-CIC , April 1, 2022
Caribbean Area
ACEP , April 29, 2021
CSP , Dec. 31, 2021, April 29, 2022
EQIP , Dec. 10, 2021, April 29, 2022
EQIP-CIC, March 11, 2022
Colorado
Connecticut
ACEP-ALE , Jan. 28, 2022, March 4, 2022
ACEP-WRE Jan. 28, 2022, March 4, 2022
AMA , Oct. 15, 2021, Jan. 14, 2022
CSP Classic , Feb, 18, 2022
EQIP , Oct. 15, 2021, Jan. 14, 2022
EQIP-CIC, Feb. 18, 2022
EQIP Urban Agriculture , March 18, 2022
RCPP-EQIP / Southern New England Heritage Forest Jan. 14, 2022
Delaware
ACEP , Feb. 11, 2022
AMA , May 20, 2022
CSP Classic , March 25, 2022
EQIP , May 20, 2022
EQIP-CIC , Feb. 11, 2022
CSP- FY22 Renewals , March 31, 2021
EQIP , Nov. 19, 2021, Dc. 17, 2021, Jan. 21, 2021 Jan. 21, 2022, Feb. 18, 2022, March 18, 2022, April 15, 2022
Florida
ACEP , March 4, 2022
CSP Classi c, Dec. 10, 2021
CSP-GCI, Oct. 15, 2021
EQIP , Oct. 1, 2021
EQIP-CIC , Feb. 14, 2022
FY22 RCPP Tall Timbers , Sept. 1, 2021
RCPP-CSP, Dec. 10, 2021
Georgia
ACEP-ALE, Nov. 5, 2021
CSP , March 25, 2022
EQIP Classic , Nov. 5, 2021
EQIP-CIC, Feb. 11, 2022
EQIP Climate Smart Feb. 11, 2022
EQIP Cover Crop Initiative , Jan. 25, 2022
EQIP-CSAF , TBD
EQIP Urban Initiative , TBD
RCPP, Georgia Conservancy Nov. 5, 2021
RCPP, Tall Timber / Land Conservancy Nov. 5, 2021
Idaho ^ back to top
ACEP-ALE , Jan. 14, 2022
ACEP-WRE , Jan. 14, 2022
CSP Classic, March 11, 2022
EQIP , Nov. 5, 2021; April 29, 2022
RCPP-EQIP , Nov. 5, 2021; April 29, 2022
Illinois
ACEP-ALE , Dec. 10, 2021
ACEP-WRE , Dec. 10, 2021
CSP Classic, Feb. 4, 2022
CSP-GCI, Oct. 15, 2021
EQIP Classic, Jan. 7, 2022
EQIP-CIC, March 4, 2022
Indiana
Iowa
ACEP-WRE, Oct. 1, 2021
CSP, Oct.1, 2021; April, 1, 2022
CSP-GCI, Oct. 15, 2021
FY23 CSP Renewals; April, 8, 2022
EQIP, Oct. 1, 2021; April, 1, 2022
EQIP-CCI Jan. 18, 2022
RCPP-EQIP, Oct. 22, 2021, April, 1, 2022
Kansas
ACEP ALE, WRE , Jan. 7, 2022
CSP, Nov. 19, 2022
CSP Renewal , March 31, 2022
EQIP, Nov. 19, 2021
EQIP-CIC, Feb. 28, 2022
Kentucky
ACEP-ALE, Dec. 31, 2021
ACEP-WRE , Jan. 3, 2022
EQIP , Nov. 12, 2021
EQIP-CIC, Feb. 11, 2022
RCPP-2018, Nov. 12, 2021
RCPP-EQIP 2014 , Nov. 12, 2021
Louisiana
ACEP-WRE , Sept. 30, 2021
CSP 2022-1 Classic, Jan. 21, 2022
CSP 2022-1 Renewals, April, 7, 2021
CSP-GCI, Oct. 15, 2021
EQIP, Nov. 19, 2021, Feb. 28, 2022
EQIP-CIC, Feb. 28, 2022
Maine
ACEP-ALE, WRE, Nov. 19, 2021
AMA Oct. 1, 2021, Feb. 25, 2022
CSP Classic, Nov. 19, 2021
EQIP, Oct. 1, 2021; Feb. 25, 2022
EQIP-CIC , Oct. 1, 2021; Feb. 25, 2022
EQIP Climate Smart, Oct. 1, 2021; Feb. 25, 2022
EQIP CPA, Oct. 1, 2021; Feb. 25, 2022
RCPP-EQIP, Oct. 1, 2021
Maryland
ACEP , Feb. 18, 2022
AMA , Jan. 7, 2022
CSP , April 1, 2022
EQIP, Jan. 7, 2022
EQIP-CIC April, 1, 2022
RCPP , Jan. 7, 2022
RCPP-EQIP, Nov. 29, 2021
Massachusetts
ACEP-ALE, Nov. 19, 2021, Jan. 21, 2022; March 18, 2022
ACEP-WRE , Nov. 19, 2021, Jan. 21, 2022; March 18, 2022
AMA, Jan. 21, 2022; March 18, 2022; May 20, 2022; Jul. 15, 2022
CSP Classic, April 1, 2022
CSP FY22 Renewals, March 31, 2022
CSP-GCI, Oct. 15, 2021
EQIP , Nov. 19, 2021, Jan. 21, 2022; March 18, 2022; May 20, 2022; Jul. 15, 2022
EQIP-CIC, Jan. 1, 2022; March 18, 2022; May 20, 2022; Jul. 15, 2022
RCPP 1577 , Jan. 21, 2022
RCPP 1710 , March 15, 2022
Michigan
ACEP-ALE , March 11, 2021
ACEP-WRE, Nov. 12, 2021
CSP Classic, March 15, 2022
CSP-FY23 Renewals , March 11, 2022
CSP-GCI, Oct. 15, 2022
EQIP , Jan. 14, 2022
EQIP-CCI, Jan. 14, 2022
EQIP-CIC, Jan. 14, 2022
RCPP-CSP , March 4, 2022
RCPP - EQIP, Jan. 14, 2022
RCPP - Thornapple-Kzoo , Nov. 1, 2021
Minnesota
ACEP-WRE, Nov. 19, 2021
CSP Classic, Feb. 4, 2022
FY23 CSP Renewals , March 25, 2022
EQIP , Nov. 19, 2021
EQIP-CIC Jan. 21, 2022
RCPP 18, Dec. 17, 2021
RCPP-LMR , Dec. 17, 2021
Mississippi
ACEP-WRE , Oct. 29, 2021
ACEP-ALE , Oct. 29, 2021
CSP Classic , Feb. 4, 2022
CSP-GCI , Oct.. 15, 2021
CSP Renewals , March 31, 2021
EQIP Classic , Oct. 22, 2021
EQIP-CIC , Feb. 18, 2022
EQIP Climate Smart AF Dec. 3, 2022; Feb. 18, 2022
EQIP-CCI , Jan. 25, 2022
Missouri
ACEP, Dec. 10, 2021
CSP Classic, Nov. 19, 2021
EQIP Classic, Nov. 19, 2021
EQIP-CIC, Feb. 25, 2022
RCPP, April 22, 2022
Montana
ACEP-ALE , Jan. 28, 2022
ACEP-WRE , Dec. 3, 2021
Conservation Innovation Grants – State Competition, May 2, 2022
CSP Classic, Oct. 29, 2021
EQIP , Oct. 29, 2021
EQIP-CIC , March 4, 2022
EQIP - Drought Support for Socially Disadvantaged Producers TIP, April 15, 2022
EQIP Harris Mountain Fire Recovery TIP FY22, Jan. 28, 2022
EQIP Liberty County Soil Health TIP, Feb. 15, 2022
EQIP Meagher, Rosebud, and Big Horn Counties Fire Recovery TIP , Feb. 7, 2022
EQIP South Moccasin Fire Recovery TIP FY22, Feb. 1, 2022
High Tunnel Initiative , Oct. 29, 2021
Joint Chiefs’ Landscape Restoration Partnership: Castle Mountain Oct. 29, 2021
Joint Chiefs’ Landscape Restoration Partnership: Connecting Fuels Treatments in the Salish Mountains and Whitefish Range , March 4, 2022
Joint Chiefs’ Landscape Restoration Partnership: Fire Adapted Bitterroot (FAB), March 4, 2022
Joint Chiefs’ Landscape Restoration Partnership: Gallatin Valley Forest Resiliency and Watershed Health, March 4, 2022
Joint Chiefs’ Landscape Restoration Partnership: Libby Surround Stewardship , March 4, 2022
NWQI - Camp Creek , Oct. 29, 2021, Dec. 3, 2021
NWQI - Shields River , Dec. 3, 2021
On-Farm Energy , Oct. 29, 2021
Organic Initiative , Oct. 29, 2021
RCPP - Big Game Habitat Improvement Project , Oct. 29, 2021
RCPP – Bitterroot Conservation Connectivity Project, April 29, 2022
RCPP – Northern Great Plains Grassland Conservation Project March 11, 2022
Missouri Headwaters and Lower Gallatin Basin RCPP Project FY22 , Dec. 3, 2021
RCPP – Northern Great Plains Grassland Conservation Project Oct. 29, 2021
Sage Grouse Initiative , Oct. 29, 2021
South Moccasin Fire Recovery TIP, Feb. 1, 2022
Targeted Implementation Plans, Oct. 29, 2021
2014 RCPP-EQIP Montana Saline Seep Reclamation Project , Oct. 29, 2021
2014 RCPP-EQIP Yellowstone Region Ag Sustainability Project , Oct. 29, 2021
Nebraska ^ back to top
Nevada
ACEP-ALE, Oct. 15, 2021
ACEP-WRE , Jan. 31, 2022
AMA , Nov. 19, 2021
CSP, April 8, 2022
EQIP , Nov. 19, 2021
EQIP-CIC , April 15, 2022
New Hampshire
ACEP ALE, WRE, Jan. 21, 2022, May 20, 2022
AMA , Jan. 28, 2022
CSP Classic, Jan. 28, 2022
EQIP Classic , Jan. 28, 2022
EQIP CIC , Jan. 28, 2022
RCPP 18, May 20, 2022
New Jersey
ACEP-ALE, Oct. 29, 2021; Feb. 28, 2022
ACEP-WRE , Oct. 29, 2021
CSP Classic , March 31, 2022
CSP-GCI , Oct. 15, 2021
CSP Renewals, March 31, 2022
EQIP , Oct. 22, 2021
EQIP-CIC, March 31, 2022
RCPP-NJWSA , Oct. 22, 2021
RCPP-NJAS , Oct. 22, 2021
New Mexico
ACEP , Jan. 7, 2022
CSP Classic, Jan. 7, 2022
CSP - GCI , Oct. 15, 2021
CSP - FY23 Renewals, March 31, 2022
EQIP , Jan. 7, 2022
New York
ACEP , Nov. 15, 2021
AMA , Nov. 1, 2021
CSP Classic , March 11, 2022
EQIP , Nov. 1, 2021
EQIP-CIC, March 11, 2022
GLRI , Nov. 1, 2021
RCPP-Peconic Estuary Nov. 30, 2021
WLFW-GWWA, Nov. 1, 2021
North Carolina
ACEP , Oct. 22, 2021
ACEP-ALE , Jan. 21, 2022
CSP Renewal , March 31, 2021
CSP , March 11, 2022
EQIP , Oct. 29, 2021
EQIP-CIC, March 4, 2022
EQIP-CSAF, March 4, 2022
RCPP-EQIP, Oct. 29, 2021
North Dakota
ACEP , Oct. 22, 2021
CSP , Oct. 15, 2021
EQIP , Sept. 24, 2021, Dec. 31, 2021
EQIP-CIC, Dec. 31, 2021; March 4, 2022
RCPP , Dec. 30, 2021
Ohio
ACEP-ALE , Dec. 3, 2021
ACEP-WRE, Dec. 18, 2021, Feb. 18, 2022
Cover Crop Initiative, Jan. 14, 2022
CSP Classic , Jan. 14, 2022
CSP FY23 Renewals, March 31, 2022
EQIP , Jan. 14, 2022
EQIP-CIC, Jan. 14, 2022
RCPP-EQIP, Jan. 14, 2022
RCPP-ACEP-ALE, Jan. 14, 2022
RCPP 2018 LMR, Jan. 14, 2022
Oklahoma
ACEP-ALE, Jan. 7, 2022
ACEP-WRE, Jan. 7, 2022
CSP , March 31, 2022
EQIP , Jan. 7, 2022
RCPP-ACEP-ALE , March 31, 2022
Oregon
ACEP-ALE , Feb. 3, 2022
ACEP-WRE, Dec. 17, 2021
CSP , Tentative March 2022
EQIP , Nov. 19, 2021
EQIP- CIC , Feb. 11, 2022
RCPP-CSP, Tentative March 2022
RCPP-EQIP, Nov. 19, 2021
Pacific Islands Area
Pennsylvania
ACEP-ALE, WRP , Jan. 4, 2022, March 1, 2022
AMA , Nov. 1, 2021; Jan. 1, 2022; March 1, 2022
Cover Crop Initative, Jan. 28, 2022
CSP, May 2, 2022
CSP Renewals 2023 , March 31, 2022
EQIP, Nov. 1, 2021; Jan. 1, 2022, March 1, 2022
EQIP-CCI Jan. 28, 2022
HFRP , Jan. 4, 2022
Rhode Island ^ back to top
ACEP ALE/ WRE, March 4, 2022
AMA , April 8, 2022
CSP, June 3, 2022
CSP Renewals 2023 , March 31, 2022
EQIP , April 8, 2022
EQIP-CIC, April 8, 2022
EQIP-Oyster, March 18, 2022
RCPP, April 8, 2022
South Carolina
South Dakota
ACEP , Oct. 29, 2021
CSP Classic, Dec. 3, 2021
EQIP , Dec. 3, 2021
EQIP-CCI , Jan. 14, 2022
EQIP-CIC, Feb. 11, 2022
Tennessee
ACEP, Oct. 22, 2021; Feb. 11, 2022
CSP, Feb. 4, 2022
CSP-RCPP, Feb. 4, 2022
CSP FY23 Renewals, March 31, 2022
EQIP, Nov. 19, 2021
EQIP-CIC, Feb. 11, 2022
RCPP-EQIP, Nov. 19, 2021
Texas
ACEP-ALE Dec. 30, 2021
ACEP-WRE Dec. 30, 2021
CSP Classic , Feb. 28, 2022
CSP FY23 Renewals , March 31, 2022
EQIP Classic , Feb. 11, 2022
EQIP-CIC, Feb. 25, 2022
RCPP-CSP, May 20, 2022
RCPP-EQIP, May 20, 2022
Utah
ACEP-ALE , Nov. 12, 2021
ACEP-WRE, Nov. 12, 2021
AMA , Oct. 15, 2021
CSP , Oct. 15, 2021
EQIP , Oct. 15, 2021; April 1, 2022
EQIP-CIC, Jan. 28, 2022
Vermont
ACEP-ALE , April 15, 2022
ACEP-WRE , March 11, 2022
AMA , Dec. 31, 2021
CSP Classi c, Feb. 11, 2022
EQIP , Dec. 31, 2021; April 1, 2022
EQIP-CIC April 1, 2022
RCPP 2014 EQIP , Dec. 31, 2021
RCPP 2018 LMR , Feb. 11, 2022
Virginia
ACEP ALE, WRE, Dec. 15, 2021, March 31, 2022
CSP Classic , May 27, 2022
EQIP , Nov. 19, 2021, Feb. 18, 2022
EQIP-CIC, Jun. 3, 2022
Washington
West Virginia
ACEP-ALE , Nov. 19, 2021
ACEP-WRE , Nov. 19, 2021
AMA , Nov. 5, 2021
CSP Classic , TBD
CSP FY22 Renewals , March 31, 2021
CSP-GCI , Oct. 15, 2021
EQIP , Nov. 5, 2021, April 1, 2022
Wisconsin
Wyoming
ACEP ALE, WRE , Dec. 29, 2021
AMA , Nov. 22, 2021
CSP Classic , Feb. 4, 2022
CSP FY22 Renewals , March 31, 2021
EQIP , Nov. 22, 2021
EQIP-CIC , March 4, 2022
RCPP-EQIP , Nov. 22, 2021