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California Conservation Innovation Grant Program (CIG) - 2009The Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) is a voluntary program intended to stimulate the development and adoption of innovative conservation approaches and technologies while leveraging Federal investment in environmental enhancement and protection, in conjunction with agricultural production. These projects may be watershed-based, regional, or statewide in scope. State, tribal, and local governmental entities, non-governmental organizations, and individuals may apply. Selection will be based on the criteria established in this notice, and selected applicants may receive grants of up to 50 percent of the total project cost. Applicants must provide non-Federal funding for at least 50 percent of the project cost. Up to 50 percent (25 percent of the total project cost) of the applicant's match may be from in-kind contributions. The remainder must be cash. CIG has two competitions available in fiscal year 2009 -- National and State. The announcement for program funding for the National competition is available below. Each State administering a CIG competition will announce funding availability through separate announcement. National CIG CompetitionFollow the link to obtain information and application assistance on the National CIG Competition: 2009 NRCS nationally-administered CIG grant program. California CIG CompetitionThe CIG final rule describes the state component of CIG. The Request for Proposals (RFP) or fiscal year 2009 CIG program announcement is available from this website at the links below. The announcement describes California state CIG program requirements and application process. The intent of the state component is to provide flexibility to NRCS State Conservationists to target CIG funds to individual producers and smaller organizations that may possess promising innovations, but may not compete well on the larger scale of the national grants competition. The California state component of CIG is announced on this website and through public notices, separately from the national notice. California CIG program applications are due by 5:00 PM PST on Friday, May 22, 2009 Applicants may submit applications through Grants.gov, or By mail or delivery (Fax or electronic submission is not accepted):
2009 Grant Application Materials and Support InformationIf you encounter problems with the files provided on this page, please contact the Webmaster. The following documents require
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or Microsoft Word. ContactsAlan Forkey, Program
Manager Roney Gutierrez, Program
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