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Yes, your organization can submit two applications for review but however we will limit funding to only one grant per organization.  As stated on page 6 of the RFP: “Projects must be conducted by an organization in Minnesota and limited to one (1) grant per organization.”

Can one entity submit two applications?

Yes, your organization can submit two applications for review but however we will limit funding to only one grant per organization.  As stated on page 6 of the RFP: “Projects must be conducted by an organization in Minnesota and limited to one (1) grant per organization.”

No

If all expenses outlined in your proposal will incur after the contract has been signed by all parties, then you can answer “no”. The question is referring to only those expenses you are requesting to fund with the grant.  

I started my project before the grant was announced. Do I need to answer "yes" to the question about starting before the contract was signed?

If all expenses outlined in your proposal will incur after the contract has been signed by all parties, then you can answer “no”. The question is referring to only those expenses you are requesting to fund with the grant.  

No

Grant funds are dispersed on a reimbursement basis. All grantee requests for reimbursement must correspond to the approved grant budget. To receive grant payments, grantees must provide proof that grant project work has been done by submitting details of each purchase on receipts or invoices, and proof that the vendors have been paid. Biannual progress reports are required to be submitted during the duration of the project. Grant payments shall not be made on grants with past due progress reports unless the MDA has given the grantee a written extension. (page 8-9 of RFP)

Will we receive reimbursement only at the end of the project?

Grant funds are dispersed on a reimbursement basis. All grantee requests for reimbursement must correspond to the approved grant budget. To receive grant payments, grantees must provide proof that grant project work has been done by submitting details of each purchase on receipts or invoices, and proof that the vendors have been paid. Biannual progress reports are required to be submitted during the duration of the project. Grant payments shall not be made on grants with past due progress reports unless the MDA has given the grantee a written extension. (page 8-9 of RFP)

No

The goal of the grant is to develop enterprises, supply chains, and markets for continuous living cover crops and cropping systems in the early stage of commercial development. Some of this development will take time. Please focus your outcomes on the work included for this grant period, but you may include the outcomes and impacts that this project will have on the future.

Given the time needed to grow plants, some of our outcomes for this project will not be recognized until after the grant period. Should we include them?

The goal of the grant is to develop enterprises, supply chains, and markets for continuous living cover crops and cropping systems in the early stage of commercial development. Some of this development will take time. Please focus your outcomes on the work included for this grant period, but you may include the outcomes and impacts that this project will have on the future.

No

Proposals will be scored using the Project Evaluation Profile listed on page 11 of the RFP. There is not a criteria for the length of time a farmer has been working with a crop, evaluations will be made using the criteria described in the RFP.

Does being a beginning farmer help in the grant process?

Proposals will be scored using the Project Evaluation Profile listed on page 11 of the RFP. There is not a criteria for the length of time a farmer has been working with a crop, evaluations will be made using the criteria described in the RFP.

No

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