Opportunity Information: Apply for USDA NRCS MA CIG 23 NOFO001259
The Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) State Program Notice of Funding Opportunity (NFO) for Massachusetts is a competitive federal grant opportunity run by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), with funding provided through the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC). The program is offered under Assistance Listing 10.912 (Environmental Quality Incentives Program) and is designed to stimulate the development and real-world adoption of new or improved conservation approaches and technologies. In practical terms, NRCS is looking for projects that push beyond standard practice and help accelerate innovative conservation solutions that can be demonstrated, validated, and then replicated or scaled across agricultural or natural resource settings within Massachusetts.
This Massachusetts-specific CIG competition makes up to $290,000 total available in FY 2023, with an anticipated four awards. Individual projects can last between one and three years. The federal share of any single award is expected to fall between a $50,000 minimum (the funding floor) and a $290,000 maximum (the funding ceiling). Those figures refer to the total federal amount per agreement over the full life of the project rather than a per-year cap, meaning applicants should build budgets and workplans that fit the entire project period within those bounds.
Eligibility is broad: all non-federal entities and individuals are invited to apply, with federal agencies being the only group explicitly excluded. Applications must be submitted electronically through Grants.gov, and the NFO flags that new applicants should plan ahead because setting up the required registrations and completing the submission steps can take significant time. The deadline to submit through Grants.gov is 11:59 pm Eastern Time on May 19, 2023. For Grants.gov technical problems, applicants are directed to Grants.gov Applicant Support (1-800-518-4726 or support@grants.gov), and NRCS staff will not troubleshoot Grants.gov account or platform issues.
The NFO also lays out the expected timeline after submission. NRCS anticipates making selection decisions by June 9, 2023, and expects to execute awards by September 1, 2023, although both dates are estimates and may change. Questions to the agency are meant to be limited to clarifying items already contained in the NFO (for example, confirming dates, referencing sections, or resolving inconsistencies). The notice specifically notes that NRCS will not respond to questions about whether a particular applicant is eligible or whether a specific project idea is competitive, which signals that applicants need to rely on the written requirements and their own judgment when shaping proposals.
Finally, NRCS emphasizes that this opportunity is federal financial assistance and encourages applicants, especially those new to federal grants, to take the free Grants 101 training available through CFO.gov. The training covers the main building blocks of federal assistance: governing laws and guidance, types of assistance mechanisms, Uniform Guidance administrative requirements, cost principles, and risk management and single audit concepts. This is a useful pointer because it signals that award recipients will be expected to follow standard federal grant compliance rules in budgeting, documentation, reporting, and oversight throughout the life of the award.Apply for USDA NRCS MA CIG 23 NOFO001259
- The Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service in the agriculture, environment, natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Conservation Innovation Grants State Program Notice of Funding Opportunity (NFO)" 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 Mar 08, 2023.
- Applicants must submit their applications by May 19, 2023 Applicants must submit their applications via Grants.gov by 1159 pm Eastern Time on May 19, 2023.. (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 $290,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 4 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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