Opportunity Information: Apply for USDA NRCS HI CIG 22 NOFO0001160
The Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) Pacific Islands Area State Program is a competitive federal grant opportunity run by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), with involvement from the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC). It is intended to spark the development, testing, and wider adoption of innovative conservation technologies and approaches tied to agricultural and natural resource challenges. The program is associated with Assistance Listing (CFDA) 10.912 under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), and applications are submitted through Grants.gov under the notice number USDA-NRCS-HI-CIG-22-NOFO0001160.
For fiscal year 2022, NRCS set aside up to $450,000 total for the Pacific Islands Area (PIA) competition. Projects funded under this announcement must be carried out in Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). Award sizes can be as high as $450,000 for a single project, meaning the full pool could potentially fund one large project or be split across multiple smaller awards depending on NRCS selections. Project periods can range from one to three years, giving applicants flexibility to propose short demonstrations or multi-year pilots and adoption efforts.
Eligibility is broad. All non-federal entities and individuals may apply, and the only category explicitly excluded is federal agencies. In practice, this means state and local governments, nonprofits, universities, private organizations, and individual applicants based in the eligible Pacific Islands locations can compete, as long as the proposed work aligns with the program purpose of advancing innovative conservation outcomes. The emphasis is on innovation, meaning applications are generally expected to go beyond standard, already widely adopted conservation practices by demonstrating new tools, methods, systems, or delivery approaches that can be replicated or scaled.
The submission deadline for applications was set for May 2, 2022, at 11:59 pm Eastern Time, and applications had to be submitted through Grants.gov. The notice also underscores a common federal grants reality: technical support for Grants.gov must go through Grants.gov Applicant Support (not NRCS program staff), and NRCS staff will only respond to questions that clarify the content of the funding notice itself (for example, dates, sections, or resolving inconsistencies). Questions asking NRCS to judge whether an applicant is eligible or whether a particular project idea is strong are specifically discouraged and will not be addressed.
To help applicants prepare, NRCS scheduled an informational webinar for March 15, 2022, at 1:00 pm Hawaii Standard Time, hosted via Microsoft Teams with a call-in option. The notice included an accessibility contact (Karl Mikasa) for participants needing accommodations, with a request to reach out at least 48 hours in advance. Finally, NRCS provided a projected timeline indicating it anticipated selecting projects by June 3, 2022 and executing awards by September 15, 2022, while noting these dates were estimates and could change.Apply for USDA NRCS HI CIG 22 NOFO0001160
- The Natural Resources Conservation Service in the agriculture, environment, natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Conservation Innovation Grants Pacific Islands Area State Program" 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 2022-02-28.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2022-05-02. (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 $450,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted.
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