Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production Grants Program (UAIP)
Department Of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
The objective of the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production (UAIP) Competitive Grants Program is to support a wide range of activities such as operating community gardens and nonprofit farms, increasing food production and access in economically distressed communities, providing job training and education, and developing business plans and zoning proposals.
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Helps urban farmers and gardeners improve access to fresh food in cities. Provides funds for projects like community gardens and indoor farms.
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What Is This Program?
What Benefits Are Offered?
Financial and technical assistance to urban, small-scale, and innovative producers for growing, processing, and selling. This includes grants for increasing food production, training, education, infrastructure, and climate-resilient practices. Cooperative agreements are available for local and tribal governments to develop composting and food waste reduction infrastructure and strategies.
Who Is Eligible?
Business Size: small
Industries: urban agriculture, food production, composting, food waste reduction
Region: United States
Demographics: tribes, local governments
Other Criteria: urban producers, small-scale producers, innovative producers, farmers, gardeners, citizens, schools, cities, other stakeholders, operations including community farms and gardens, rooftop, indoor, and vertical farms, and hydroponic, aeroponic, and aquaponic facilities, for cooperative agreements: local and tribal governments developing infrastructure and strategies for composting and food waste reduction
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📋What Are the Application Steps & Timeline?
- 📝Steps to Apply
- Review eligibility requirements
- Prepare application materials
- Submit application through the designated portal
- 🌐Application Portal
- https://www.usda.gov/farming-and-ranching/farm-bill
- 📤Submission Method
- online
- 📅Key Dates
- August 19, 2019Application Deadline
- 🔄Intake Type
- fixed-deadline
📄What Documents Are Required?
- ✅Required Documents
- SF-424 (Application for Federal Assistance)
- SF-424A (Budget Information - Non-Construction)
- SF-424B (Assurances)
- Project Narrative
- Budget Narrative
- indirect cost rate agreement
- 📐Format Requirements
- PDF only, max 10MB
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💰What Expenses Are Eligible?
- 🧾Eligible Expenses
- costs to improve local food access
- support farmer infrastructure
- increase innovative production
- connect producers to markets
🤝Is Matching Funding Required?
- 🔀Matching Required
- Yes
- 📊Matching Ratio
- 25% minimum
- 🏦Eligible Matching Sources
- cash
- in-kind contributions
- 📚Stacking Rules
- null
- 🛡️Proof of Matching Required
- null
📊What Are the Reporting Requirements?
- 🔍Audit Requirements
- OMB Uniform Guidance Single Audit if the recipient expends $750,000 or more in federal awards in a fiscal year
- 🗄️Record Retention Period
- 3 years post-final-report
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FAQFrequently Asked Questions
This program is available to small businesses in urban agriculture, food production, composting industries located in United States.
This program offers funding up to $5,000,000 (minimum $4,932,672).
This program accepts applications on a rolling basis.
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