Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities Grants

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s new Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities opportunity will finance pilot projects that create market opportunities for U.S. agricultural and forestry products that use climate-smart practices and include innovative, cost-effective ways to measure and verify greenhouse gas benefits. USDA is now accepting project applications through the Montana Natural Resources Service for fiscal year 2022. 

For the purposes of this funding opportunity, a climate-smart commodity is defined as an agricultural commodity that is produced using agricultural (farming, ranching or forestry) practices that reduce greenhouse gas emissions or sequester carbon.

The primary applicant must be an entity, not an individual. A range of public and private entities may apply, including:

• County, city or township governments
• Special district governments 
• State governments 
• Small businesses 
• For profit organizations other than small businesses
• Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) 
• Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments) 
• Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) (other than institutions of higher education) 
• Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) (other than institutions of higher education) 
• Private institutions of higher education, or
• Public and State-controlled institutions of higher education.

Funding will be provided in two funding pools, and applicants must submit their applications via Grants.gov by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on:

• May 6, 2022, for the first funding pool (proposals from $5 million to $100 million), and 
• June 10, 2022, for the second funding pool (proposals from $250,000 to $4,999,999).