Specialty Crop Multi-State Grant Program 2026

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Agricultural Marketing Service (Department of Agriculture) is accepting applications for this grant until Dec 4, 2026 (23 days left).

Individual awards range from $250,000 to $1,000,000, the agency expects to make 20 awards and estimated total program funding is $14,300,000.

Eligible applicant types include nonprofits, state governments, tribal governments & organizations and colleges & universities.

Cost sharing or matching is required.

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• State governments
• Public and state-controlled institutions of higher education
• Native American tribal governments (federally recognized)
• Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than institutions of higher education)

Excerpt from the official synopsis on Grants.gov (shortened; read the full text on the official listing):

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), requests applications for the fiscal year (FY) 2026 Specialty Crop Multi-State Grant Program (SCMP). The SCMP supports collaborative multi-state partnerships to enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops through competitively funded projects. A multi-state partnership is a project that implements activities with measurable outcomes that benefit two or more U.S. States and/or Territories along with non-profit entities. The focus is to address regional or national level specialty crop issues, including, but not limited to, food safety, plant pests and disease, research, crop-specific projects addressing common issues, and marketing and promotion. Projects must enhance the competitiveness of U.S. or U.S. territory-grown specialty crops in either domestic or foreign markets.

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