Current Funding Opportunities

Grants Gateway Notice:

Beginning January 1, 2014, State agency grant funding opportunities will be posted on the Grants Gateway. The Grant Opportunity Portal will provide a one-stop shop to access all available State agency grant funding. All grant funding opportunities will require applicants to register as a user on the Grants Gateway system in order to apply. In addition, all not-for-profit organizations must be prequalified in order to do business with New York State.

Please visit the Grants Gateway at www.grantsreform.ny.gov and select the Grantee section to register and prequalify.

Please note that our address for both mailing and hand delivery is:

New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets
10B Airline Drive
Albany, NY 12235

RFP0200 - 2019 Mobile Markets Grant Program

• 2019 Mobile Markets RFP
• 2019 Mobile Markets Application Guidance Document

RFA0210 - Community Resiliency Training Program
Due Date: Funds are available until February 28, 2022, on a first come, first served basis until funds for this purpose are exhausted.

• RFA0210 Community Resiliency Training RFA

RFP0171 - Restaurant and Catering Services at the Empire Room/Somerset Room at the New York State Fairgrounds
Due Date: June 7, 2019 at 3:00 PM (EST)

• RFP0171 Request for Proposals
• RFP0171 Submission Documents
• RFP0171 Questions and Answers
• Exhibit 1: Map of Fairgrounds
• Exhibit 2: Scheduled non-Fair Events, 2016-2019 (to date)
• Exhibit 3: Floor plans of the Licensed Premises
• Exhibit 4: Photographs of the Exterior and Interior of the Licensed Premises
• Exhibit 5: List of Furnishings at the Licensed Premises
• Exhibit 6: Insurance Requirements
• Exhibit 7: Sample AGM License Agreement including Appendix A-Standard Clauses for New York State Contracts

RFP0204 - Round 25 Agricultural Non-Point Source Pollution Abatement and Control Program
Due Date: July 22, 2019

• Round 25 FAQ 6.12.19
• RFP0204 - Round 25 Request for Proposals
• RFP0204 - Round 25 Application Form
• SW-1 2019
• SW-2 2019
• SW-3 2019
• SW-4 2019

IFB0208 - Rental of Audio, Lighting, Staging and Backline for Entertainment and Concerts during the Annual Great New York State Fair
Due Date: April 18, 2019 at 3:00 PM (EST)

• IFB0208 Invitation for Bids-Rental of Audio, Lighting, Staging and Backline
• IFB0208 Submission Documents
• IFB0208 Bid Form
• Addendum 1 - Amendment IFB0208
• Exhibit 1 Map of the Fairgrounds Depicting Stage Locations
• Exhibit 2 List of Acts 2018 State Fair (Chevy Court Stage & Experience Stage)
• Exhibit 3 Photographs of Four Major Stages NYS Fairgrounds
• Exhibit 4 Insurance Requirements
• Exhibit 5 Sample NYS AGM Contract

RFP0202 - Round 4 Climate Resilient Farming Program
Due Date: May 13, 2019

• Climate Resilient Farming FAQ
• Request for Proposals
• Round 4 Cover Letter
• Round 4 Application
• Proposal Rating Sheet
• SW-1 2019
• SW-2 2019
• SW-3 2019
• SW-4 2019

RFP0203 - Erosion and Sediment Control Implementation in the Genesee River and Finger Lakes Watershed

• Request for Proposals
• Announcement Memo
• Eligibility Checklist
• RFP0203 Questions and Answers

RFP0157B - CAFO Waste Storage and Transfer System Program

• RFP0157B - Request for Proposals
• RFP0157B - CAFO WSTSP Application
• RFP0157B - Proposal Rating Sheet
• CWSTSP FAQ RFP 4.11.19
• CAFO SW-2
• CAFO SW-3
• CAFO SW-4

RFA0181 - Source Water Buffer Program

• RFA 0181 - Request for Applications
• SWBP Application Form
• SWBP Proposal Rating Sheet
• SWBP SW 1 2018
• SWBP SW 2 2018
• SWBP SW 3 2018
• SWBP SW 4 2018
• SWBP SW 5 2018
• RFA 0181 Addendum
• RFA 0181 Addendum 2.21.19
• SWBP Q and A 2.21.19

Farmland Protection Implementation Grants (FPIG)

• Frequently Asked Questions (PDF)
• Application Instructions (PDF)
• Request For Proposals (PDF)
• Closing Statement Spreadsheet-Conservation Easement Project with PPR (Excel)


• Webinars for Potential RFA Applicants (Content of each is identical; select best date for your participation.)
  
  Webinar presentation
  1. 6.5.2018 Webinar Session Info (PDF)
  2. 6.7.2018 Webinar Session Info (PDF)
  
  
  Sample Financial Worksheets:
  
  1. Sample #1 (PDF) (87.5% cost-share)
  2. Sample #2 (PDF) (up to 75.0% cost-share)
  3. Sample #3 (PDF) ("25%+" cost-share)
  4. Sample #4 (PDF) ("75%" cost-share)
  5. Sample #5 (PDF) ("75%" cost-share)

• Questions and Answers (PDF)
• Application Instructions (PDF)
• Request For Applications (PDF)
• Closing Statement Spreadsheet-Conservation Easement Project (Excel)
• Webinars for Potential RFA Applicants (Content of each is identical; select best date for your participation.)
  
  Webinar presentation
  
  
  Project Eligibility Criteria Checklists:
              Central, Eastern, Hudson Valley, Long Island, Western
  
  
  Sample Financial Worksheets (Excel):
  
  1. 7.17.2018 Webinar Session Info (PDF)
  2. 1.19.2019 Webinar Session Info (PDF)

• Frequently Asked Questions (PDF)
• Application Instructions (PDF)
• Request For Applications (PDF)
• Financial Worksheet (Excel)
• Closing Statement Spreadsheet-Conservation Easement Project (Excel)


• Webinars for Potential RFA Applicants (Content of each is identical; select best date for your participation.)
  
  Webinar presentation
  1. 4.24.2018 Webinar Session Info (PDF)
  2. 4.25.2018 Webinar Session Info (PDF)

• Frequently Asked Questions (PDF)
ERRATUM: (corrected) Financial Worksheet-Option Agreement Project with Landowner Bargain Sale Donation (Excel)
• Application Instructions (PDF)
• Request For Applications (PDF)
• Option Agreement (Word)
• Landowner Intent to Enter Into a Conservation Easement Purchase Option Agreement (PDF)
• Closing Statement spreadsheet-Landowner Bargain Sale (Excel)
• Closing Statement spreadsheet-Local Cash Match (Excel)


• Webinars for Potential RFA Applicants (Content of each is identical; select best date for your participation.)
  
  Webinar Presentation
  1. 3.20.2018 Webinar Session Info (PDF)
  2. 9.20.2018 Webinar Session Info (PDF)
  
  
  Sample Application:
  
  • Excerpt #1 (PDF)
  • Excerpt #2 (PDF)
  • Excerpt #3 (PDF)

County Agricultural and Farmland Protection Planning Grant

• PDF Request For Applications (RFA0173)
• PDF Frequently Asked Questions
• PDF Application Instructions for Grants Gateway
• PDF Circular 1500 Article 25AAA - Agricultural and Farmland Protection Program
• PDF List of Eligible Counties

Municipal Agricultural and Farmland Protection Planning Grant

• PDF Request For Applications (RFA0161)
• PDF Frequently Asked Questions
• PDF Application Instructions for Grants Gateway
• PDF Circular 1500 Article 25AAA - Agricultural and Farmland Protection Program

Good Agricultural Practices Certification Assistance Program

• PDF GAP Certification
• PDF GAP Application
• PDF NYS Vendor ID - FAQ
• PDF DOC NYS Vendor ID Form: Substitute Form W-9
• PDF DOC Claim For Payment

Soil and Water Division

Specialty Crop Funds Available

Organic Certification Reimbursement

Offers organic producers reimbursement of their certification costs up to a maximum of 75 percent or $750. The certification must be done by a USDA accredited certifying agency.The reimbursement is for newly certified producers and processors, or existing producers and processors renewing their certification. Application.

Single Source Contracts

A new subparagraph ii was added to Section 163(10)(b) to limit the use of single source procurements to circumstances where a formal competitive process is not feasible and provide that the term of the single source contract shall be only for a period of time until such circumstances are ameliorated. Furthermore, State agencies must document in the Procurement Record why competition is not feasible and publish these reasons on its website within 30 days of awarding a single source contract. This is in addition to the requirement that single source contracts be let in only unusual circumstances where material and substantial reasons exist 

Single Source Exemption

• PDF Animal Health Testing
• PDF Single Source Exemption HRI
• PDF Single Source Agreement NYIRN
• PDF Single Source Exemption Arkansas Experimental Station
• PDF Singel Source Exemption Farmers Market Federation EBT
• PDF Single Source Exemption Milk For Health Niagara Frontier
• PDF Single Source Exemption Cornell University for Avian Influenza Surveillance Testing

Non-Department Funding Opportunities

New Farmers Grant Fund

Market Access Program

The Department also assisted food companies in securing federal Market Access Program funds through Food Export USA-Northeast for their individual branded product market development and promotion activities. In 2009, 52 New York companies were allocated over $2.4 million. This program will reimburse up to 50% of eligible marketing expenses for qualified companies.

SARE Farmer/Grower Grant Program

The Northeast Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program (SARE) encourages farmers in the northeast who want to explore innovative sustainable practices on their farms to apply for this grant. The Farmer/Grower Grant program allows farmers and growers to conduct experiments, try new approaches, and test emerging ideas about agricultural sustainability. The emphasis is on new ideas that advance good stewardship, improve farm profitability, and strengthen rural communities. For more information and an application, go to www.nesare.org/Grants/Get-a-Grant

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