Value
Up to $100,000Description
The goal of the Agricultural Climate Solutions Program (ACS) – Living Labs Program is to accelerate co-development, testing, adoption, dissemination and monitoring of technologies and practices, including beneficial management practices (BMPs), that sequester carbon and/or mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
The program will consider projects within the following 2 priority areas:
- Carbon sequestration (for example, cover crops, intercropping, conversion of marginal land to permanent cover, shelterbelts, inclusion of pulses in rotations)
- Greenhouse gas mitigation (for example, nutrient management, feeding strategies)
Eligible Applicants
The following agriculture sector organization types are eligible to apply for contribution funding:
- not-for-profit organizations, including producer organizations
- Indigenous groups
Eligible organizations in Manitoba, Ontario, Prince Edward Island and Quebec are welcome to submit their applications for funding.
Successful applicants will be required to develop a network of project participants to implement their comprehensive project proposal based on the living lab approach. Project participants may include:
- Indigenous groups
- producers
- not-for-profit organizations
- for-profit organizations
- academic institutions
- other federal government departments, including Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
- provincial and territorial departments and agencies
- municipal governments
Eligible Expenses
The following funding opportunities are available:
- Phase 1: Grant Funding (2022 application process closed on June 30, 2022) – to support organizations in building capacity, developing networks of participants, and drafting comprehensive project proposals that will be submitted for Phase 2 contribution funding and collaborative research and development support
- Phase 1 is optional support that can be requested by eligible recipients who wish to apply for Phase 2 funding and support
- Applicants may apply for an Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) grant of up to $100,000
- Phase 2: Contribution Funding (closes on December 16, 2022) – to implement approved comprehensive project proposals, following the living lab approach
- Applicants may also request collaborative research and development support from AAFC
- It is expected that approved comprehensive projects will start project activities in spring 2023
Deadline Date
Phase 2: Contribution Funding (closes on December 16, 2022)Contact
Contact Name: Agricultural Climate Solutions – Living Labs Program
Phone Number: 1-877-246-4682 or 613-773-2600
E-mail Address: aafc.acs-sac.aac@agr.gc.ca