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2008 Conservation Innovation Grants Options

For fiscal year 2008, the Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) program has three components under which an applicant from Pennsylvania can apply. These are: the National, the Chesapeake Bay and the State component. They each have their own application announcement and requirements. The funds available, grant amount and due dates are as follows:

 Option  Available Funds  Grant Amount  Application Due Date
 National  Up to $10 Million  $75,000-$1 Million  February 20, 2008
 Chesapeake Bay  Up to $5 Million  $75,000-$1 Million  February 29, 2008
Pennsylvania CIG  Up to $300,000  Up to $75,000  February 27, 2008
 

For detailed information on each of them visit:

http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/cig for National CIG
http://www.nfwf.org/chesapeake for Chesapeake Bay CIG
http://www.pa.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/CIG/CIG.html for Pennsylvania CIG