Green Innovation Grant Program (up to $20 million)
The Green Innovation Grant Program (GIGP) provides grants on a competitive basis to projects that improve water quality and demonstrate green stormwater infrastructure in New York.
ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS:
Applicants eligible for a GIGP grant include municipalities, school districts, private or not-for-profit organizations, individuals, firms, partnerships, associations, and soil and water conservation districts.
If the applicant is a non-municipal entity the project must not be required as part of a Long Term Control Plan, Administrative / Judicial Order, or a State Pollution Discharge Elimination System (SPDES) Permit. All applicants must submit an approvable engineering report or an approvable conceptual site plan and feasibility study and a map that depicts the impacted waterbody(ies).
ELIGIBLE PROJECT TYPES:
Funding will be available for the following types of projects:
- Permeable pavement, e.g. porous asphalt, concrete, or pavers
- Bioretention, e.g. rain gardens or bioswales
- Green roofs or green walls
- Street trees or urban forestry programs designed to manage stormwater
- Construction or restoration of wetlands, floodplains, or riparian buffers
- Stream daylighting, i.e. removing streams from pipes and restoring the natural morphology
- Downspout disconnection, i.e. redirecting stormwater from sewers to vegetated areas
- Stormwater harvesting and reuse, e.g. rain barrel and cistern projects
All projects must meet or exceed the standards set forth in the New York State Stormwater Management Design Manual (http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/29072.html).
AWARD, CONDITIONS & REQUIREMENTS:
Grants will be available for up to 90% of the total eligible project costs set forth in the application. A minimum 10% match from state or local sources is required.
Competitive projects will:
- Create and maintain green, wet-weather infrastructure
- Spur innovation in the field of stormwater management
- Build capacity locally and beyond, to construct and maintain green infrastructure
- Facilitate the transfer of new technologies and practices to other areas of the State
CONTACT/ADDITIONAL PROGRAM INFORMATION:
For more information, eligible applicants should contact Suzanna Randall at the New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation, 625 Broadway, Albany, New York 12207, call 800-200-2200 or visit http://www.efc.ny.gov/GIGP.
