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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 (EQIP) 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. The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) administers CIG. The CIG requires a 50-50 match between the agency and the applicant and has two funding components - national and state.

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State Component

The Announcement of Program Funding (APF) for the State of New Hampshire CIG state component has been released. The New Hampshire NRCS requests applications for CIG to stimulate the development and adoption of innovative conservation approaches and technologies.

There are two CIG components available in FY2008: (1) Natural Resource Concerns Component, and (2)Technology Component. NRCS anticipates the availability of up to $168,000 of funds during fiscal year 2008 for the New Hampshire CIG program competition. Grants to eligible entities and individuals may not exceed a maximum of $75,000 each.

The State Conservationist reserves the right not to fund any or all proposals. Written or Electronic proposals must be received in the New Hampshire NRCS State Office by 4:00 pm Eastern Standard Time (EST) on April 24, 2008. See the Full Announcement for details.

For more information and to download an application package for the 2008 CIG State Component, please visit the Grants.gov webpage.

If you have any questions, please contact Jim Spielman, Resource Conservationist.

2008 New Hampshire Grant Application Materials

These documents require Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Word, or Microsoft Excel.

CIG Announcement, Application and Submission Information for NH FY2008 (176 KB)
Project Summary Sheet Template (25 KB)
Application for Federal Assistance SF 424 (110 KB)
Budget Information - Non-construction Programs SF 424A (30.4 KB)
Assurances - Non-construction Programs SF 424B (20.1KB)
Budget Information - Construction Programs SF 424C (9.7 KB)

HELPFUL LINKS

http://www.grants.gov/RequestaDUNS - Information on how to obtain a Dun and Bradstreet Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number.

http://www.ccr.gov - CIG applicants must register with the Central Contractor Registry (CCR) at this web address.

All OMB standard forms (SF) necessary for CIG submission are available on the following OMB website: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/grants_forms.html

National Component

The Announcement of Program Funding (APF) for the CIG national component was issued on December 3, 2007. The APF announces that up to:

$10 million available for Natural Resource Concerns Category

$5 million for Technology Category

$5 million for Chesapeake Bay Watershed Category

CIG funding will be available in 2008 for the nationwide grant program. Application deadline is February 8, 2008.
For more information on the 2008 CIG National Component, please visit the National Conservation Innovation Grants webpage.

For More Information

Jim Spielman, Resource Conservationist
Phone: 603-868-9931 ext. 115

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