F26AS00006 2026 Multistate Conservation Grant Program Announcement

The summary for the F26AS00006 2026 Multistate Conservation Grant Program Announcement grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Fish and Wildlife Service, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

F26AS00006 2026 Multistate Conservation Grant Program Announcement: Multistate Conservation Grants (MSCG) are authorized under 16 U.S.C. 669h-2 and 16 U.S.C. 777m, providing funding for wildlife restoration and sport fish restoration projects and recruitment, retention and reactivation (R3) projects that address regional or national priority needs of State fish and wildlife agencies and their partners that are beyond the scale, scope, and capabilities of a single State. The priority needs, also known as Strategic Priorities, are identified annually by the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (AFWA) with input from State fish and wildlife agencies and their partners. Recipients awarded Traditional Multistate Conservation Grants (T-MSCG) may use the funds for wildlife or sport fish projects involving research, restoration, conservation and management of wild birds, wild mammals, sport fish, and their habitats. These funds may also be used for projects providing for public use and benefit from these resources, including hunter safety and education, aquatic education, and recruitment, retention and reactivation (R3) projects and other purposes consistent with the enabling legislation. Recipients awarded R3 Multistate Conservation Grants (R3-MSCG) may use the funds for hunting and target shooting R3 projects that promote a national hunting and target shooting recruitment program, including related communication and outreach activities. Multistate Conservation Grants are awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), and the Service and AFWA work cooperatively to manage the MSCG program.

Federal Grant Title:	F26AS00006 2026 Multistate Conservation Grant Program Announcement
Federal Agency Name:	Fish and Wildlife Service (DOI-FWS)
Grant Categories:	Natural Resources
Type of Opportunity:	Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number:	F26AS00006
Type of Funding:	Grant
CFDA Numbers:	15.628
CFDA Descriptions:	Information not provided
Current Application Deadline:	September 22nd, 2025
Original Application Deadline:	September 22nd, 2025
Posted Date:	July 24th, 2025
Creation Date:	July 24th, 2025
Archive Date:	January 31st, 2027
Total Program Funding:	$11,000,000
Maximum Federal Grant Award:	$1,000,000
Minimum Federal Grant Award:	$0
Expected Number of Awards:
Cost Sharing or Matching:	No
Last Updated:	July 24th, 2025

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: State governments - Public and State controlled institutions of higher education - Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education - Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education - Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification.)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Eligible applicants also include the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, or a State or group of States, for the purpose of carrying out the National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation. The State governments designation refers to agencies with lead management responsibility for fish and wildlife resources in each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia (Sport Fish Restoration only), Commonwealths of Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands, and the territories of American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, or a group of these agencies.Eligible species include wild birds, wild mammals, or sport fish. Sport fish are defined as aquatic, gill-breathing, vertebrate animals with paired fins, having material value for recreation in the marine and fresh waters of the United States. Eligible activities for T-MSCG funding include projects involving research, surveys, restoration, conservation, management, habitat improvement, and providing for public use and benefit from these resources, including R3 activities and other purposes consistent with the enabling legislation. Fishing or boating R3 activities are only eligible for T-MSCG funding. Hunting and target shooting R3 activities, including related communication and outreach activities, are also eligible for R3-MSCG funding.Eligible projects must address one of the 2026 AFWA Strategic Priorities.Eligible projects must demonstrate a benefit for:A majority of States; orA majority (over 50%) of the States in a U.S. Fish &Wildlife Service Region. Please list the Regions and States in each Region that will benefit (use State abbreviations); orA majority (over 50%) of the States belonging to a regional association of State fish and wildlife agencies (click each of the Associations for the state members, WAFWA, MAFWA, NEAFWA, SEAFWA). Please indicate the regional fish and wildlife association that will benefit and list each region's States.
Grant Announcement Contact: Karen Bennett
[email protected]
FWS MSCG Coordinator
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