Opportunity Information: Apply for USDA NRCS SD CIG 21 NOFO0001102
The Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) opportunity for FY 2021 in South Dakota is a discretionary grant program offered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). Its core purpose is to encourage the development and real-world adoption of new and innovative conservation approaches and technologies, particularly those tied to agriculture, environmental improvement, and natural resource stewardship. Projects funded under this competition must be carried out in the state of South Dakota, and the intent is to move conservation beyond standard practices by testing, demonstrating, and advancing ideas that can deliver measurable resource benefits.
For FY 2021, NRCS set aside up to $150,000 total for the South Dakota CIG competition. Individual awards may be as large as $75,000, and NRCS anticipated making about two awards based on the available funding and the maximum award size. Funded projects can run from one to three years, giving applicants flexibility to propose either shorter pilots and demonstrations or longer multi-season efforts that better capture outcomes over time.
Eligibility is broad, and NRCS explicitly invites applications from non-federal entities and individuals, with federal agencies being the only group excluded. Eligible applicant types listed in the notice include state, county, and city or township governments; special district governments; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; and nonprofit organizations both with and without 501(c)(3) status (as long as they are not institutions of higher education when applying under the nonprofit category). The opportunity is cataloged under CFDA (now commonly referenced as Assistance Listing) number 10.912, and it is categorized under Agriculture, Environment, and Natural Resources.
Applications had to be submitted electronically through Grants.gov under the funding opportunity number USDA NRCS SD CIG 21 NOFO0001102, with a deadline of June 21, 2021, by 11:59 pm Eastern Time. Applicants were expected to manage their own Grants.gov access and submissions, since NRCS program staff could not assist with Grants.gov account creation or technical troubleshooting. Any Grants.gov technical problems were directed to Grants.gov Applicant Support at 1-800-518-4726 or support@grants.gov. The agency also set a question window for the notice of funding opportunity: questions about the NFO could be submitted until May 25, 2021, and NRCS planned to post responses on Grants.gov roughly two weeks before the application deadline to help applicants finalize proposals with consistent guidance.
Administratively, the notice was created on April 22, 2021, and the closing date aligned with the June 21, 2021 submission deadline. Overall, this CIG competition was structured as a small, focused funding round meant to back a limited number of promising, innovative conservation projects in South Dakota, with clear limits on total funding, award size, project length, and submission procedures.Apply for USDA NRCS SD CIG 21 NOFO0001102
- The Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service in the agriculture, environment, natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) for Federal fiscal year (FY) 2021 – SOUTH DAKOTA" 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 Apr 22, 2021.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 21, 2021 Applications must be received by 1159 pm Eastern Time.. (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 $75,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 2 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education.
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