Closed · USDA-NRCS-VA-CIG-19 · CFDA 10.912 · Discretionary

NRCS Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG)

Federal grant opportunity posted by Natural Resources Conservation Service, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$5K-$75K
Award range
Closed
Status
May 20, 2019
Close date
7
Expected awards

The verdict

NRCS Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) is a closed discretionary listing from Natural Resources Conservation Service that offered $5,000 -- $75,000 across 7 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 555 other opportunities from Natural Resources Conservation Service.

$5K-$75K
award range
Closed
application status
7
expected awards
10.912
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

NRCS Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) is closed (last close May 20, 2019). The parent program page for CFDA 10.912 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. Natural Resources Conservation Service still indexes 555 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed May 20, 2019

Posted Mar 20 Closes May 20

Est. Total Funding

$450,000

Expected Awards

7

Instrument

Grant

Description

The purpose of CIG is to stimulate the development and adoption of innovative conservation approaches and technologies in conjunction with agricultural production. CIG projects are expected to lead to the transfer of conservation technologies, management systems, and innovative approaches (such as market-based systems) to agricultural producers, into NRCS technical manuals and guides, or to the private sector. CIG generally funds pilot projects, field demonstrations, and on-farm conservation research. On-farm conservation research is defined as an investigation conducted to answer a specific applied conservation question using a statistically valid design while employing farm-scale equipment on farms, ranches or private forest lands.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · USDA-NRCS-VA-CIG-19

Grants.gov marks NRCS Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Unrestricted / see official listing). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Natural Resources (NR). 81 other Natural Resources Conservation Service listings share this eligibility-code string (15% of 556).

Code 99
Unrestricted / see official listing

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

Official Listing on Grants.gov

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Parent Grant Program

CFDA 10.912

Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)

U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Agency Contact

Kristee R Hall Grantor Phone 817-509-3757

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What to do next

NRCS Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Parent CFDA 10.912 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
  • Environmental Quality Incentives Program indexes 1 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
  • Natural Resources Conservation Service lists 555 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog

Opportunity deadlines and eligibility change on Grants.gov; PlainGrants mirrors the extract and is not the submission system.

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Data sourced from the SAM.gov Assistance Listings and Grants.gov. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainGrants