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Meramec Funding Sources

Conservation Innovation Grant

Aug. 1, 2019
By Missouri NRCS, USDA

Story summary:

  • The USDA, through the Missouri Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), provides Conservation Innovation Grants to inspire creative problem-solving that improves production while also improving water quality, soil health and wildlife habitat.

Quick Facts

Conservation Innovation Grant
Missouri NRCS, USDA

NRCS Mission
Protect natural resources through conservation

Grant’s Goal
Driving innovation in resource conservation.

Eligibility
State government, Local government, Universities, Non-governmental organizations, Tribes, Individuals, Private businesses

What do they fund?
State: Innovative conversation approaches and technologies

National: Innovative projects in the areas of Pollinator Habitat, Urban Agriculture, Water Quantity, and Accelerating the Pace and Scale of Conservation Adoption.

Length of funding
1-3 years

Amount of funding
State CIG: $50,000 max

Match 
50% non-Federal match (cash or in-kind)

About

Conservation Innovation Grants are competitive grants (at the state or national level) intended to fund pilot projects and conservation field trials of innovative conservation approaches and technologies. 

CIG grants must involve landowners that meet eligibility requirements for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQUIP).

State CIG applications are submitted, after the funding announcement, to the Missouri NRCS Office.

Grants.gov and the NRCS will announce the national CIG application period.

State competition is often less competitive than the national. The same applicant can make applications to state and national CIG in the same year, but they have to be for different projects. 

More Info/Resources

Contact Info

State Program
Karen Brinkman, State Resource Conservationist
karen.brinkman@usda.gov
573-876-0901
 

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