Specialty Crop Multi-State Grant Program 2026
Status: Forecasted
Posted date: April 13, 2026
Archive date: November 15, 2026
Close date: October 16, 2026
Opportunity ID: 361876
Opportunity number: USDA-AMS-TM-SCMP-G-26-0020
Opportunity category: Discretionary
Agency name: Agricultural Marketing Service
Agency code: USDA-AMS
Award floor: $250,000
Award ceiling: $1,000,000
Cost sharing required: Yes
Funding Instrument Types
- Grant
Category of Funding Activity
- Agriculture
Eligible Applicants
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- State governments
Categories (use these for quoted searches)
- agency_code:usda_ams
- category_of_funding_activity:agriculture
- cost_sharing_or_matching_requirement:true
- eligible_applicants:native_american_tribal_governments_federally_recognized
- eligible_applicants:nonprofits_having_a_501_c_3_status_with_the_irs_other_than_institutions_of_higher_education
- eligible_applicants:public_and_state_controlled_institutions_of_higher_education
- eligible_applicants:state_governments
- funding_instrument_type:grant
- opportunity_category:discretionary
- status:forecasted
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.