Traditional Multistate Conservation Grant Program (T-MSCGP)

Traditional Multistate Conservation Grant Program (T-MSCGP) is sponsored by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. This program supports projects that sustain, restore, and enhance fish, wildlife, and plant populations and their habitats across state jurisdictions. It aims to enable innovation, collaboration, and leadership in conservation.

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gov Maintenance Calendar F26AS00006 2026 Multistate Conservation Grant Program Announcement Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Document Type:Grants Notice Funding Opportunity Number:F26AS00006 Funding Opportunity Title:F26AS00006 2026 Multistate Conservation Grant Program Announcement Opportunity Category:Discretionary Opportunity Category Explanation: Funding Instrument Type:Grant Category of Funding Activity:Natural Resources Expected Number of Awards: Assistance Listings:15.

628 -- Multistate Conservation Grant Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:No Last Updated Date:Jul 24, 2025 Original Closing Date for Applications:Sep 22, 2025 You must first submit your Grant Proposal, including a Project Statement, Budget Narrative and Budget Table (without Federal forms) through the AFWA MSCGP Portal by September 22, 2025, no later than 11:59 PM ET.

If your Grant Proposal is selected for further consideration, you will be invited via email in mid to late November 2025 to submit your Grant Application through a Directed Announcement posted in GrantSolutions. gov. The Grant Application will consist of a Project Statement, Budget Narrative, Budget Table, Required Statements, Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement (if applicable) and Federal forms.

The deadline for submitting a Grant Application in GrantSolutions will be identified in the Directed Announcement. Proposals should not be submitted in Grants. gov. Current Closing Date for Applications:Sep 22, 2025 You must first submit your Grant Proposal, including a Project Statement, Budget Narrative and Budget Table (without Federal forms) through the AFWA MSCGP Portal by September 22, 2025, no later than 11:59 PM ET.

If your Grant Proposal is selected for further consideration, you will be invited via email in mid to late November 2025 to submit your Grant Application through a Directed Announcement posted in GrantSolutions. gov. The Grant Application will consist of a Project Statement, Budget Narrative, Budget Table, Required Statements, Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement (if applicable) and Federal forms.

The deadline for submitting a Grant Application in GrantSolutions will be identified in the Directed Announcement. Proposals should not be submitted in Grants.

gov. Archive Date:Jan 31, 2027 Estimated Total Program Funding:$ 11,000,000 Eligible Applicants: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.

## Additional Information Agency Name:Fish and Wildlife Service Description: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.

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