The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), an agency under the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), is announcing potential availability of cooperative agreements for the purpose of leveraging NRCS resources, addressing the utilization and implementation of climate smart conservation practices and encouraging collaboration between conservation partners for the purpose of promoting climate-smart management and sound science to enhance health and productivity on agricultural lands.
Donor Name: Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
State: South Carolina
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/29/2024
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
The goals and objectives of this program are:
- Use climate-smart management and sound science to enhance the health and productivity of agricultural lands.
- Protect agricultural health by minimizing major diseases, pests, and wildlife conflicts.
- Foster agricultural innovation.
- Increase food security through assistance and access to nutritious and affordable food.
- Increase capacity, sustainability, and economic vitality in rural and tribal communities.
- Promote environmental justice by maximizing sustainable and green economic development in urban, rural, and tribal communities.
Emphasis will be placed on projects that:
- Implement innovative, new ways to address small scale and non-traditional garden, farming, and forestry spaces.
- Utilize climate smart practices, particularly conservation cover, to protect soil health.
- Develop agricultural production spaces that utilize green technologies that combat some of the impacts of climate change.
- Develop demonstration sites/farms that promote climate smart practices, particularly those promoted in South Carolina under the Inflation Reduction Act, that show producers how effective conservation impacts multiple resource concerns.
Funding Information
- The Federal funding agency expects to award approximately $1,200,000 through this opportunity.
- The estimated funding floor for this opportunity is $75,000 and the estimated funding ceiling is $500,000.
- Projects may be between 1 and 3 years in duration.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligibility for this opportunity is limited to the following entity types:
- City or township governments
- County governments
- Independent school districts
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments
- 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
- Public and State-controlled institutions of higher education
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- Small businesses
- Special district governments
- State governments
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
