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USDA/AMS Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP) – Georgia is sponsored by Georgia Department of Agriculture (USDA/AMS). Competitive grants to enhance competitiveness of specialty crops in Georgia through research, education, or marketing projects.
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Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP) USDA/AMS Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP) For Georgia The deadline for acceptance for 2026 Applications is now CLOSED Please check back on or around February 1, 2027 when the 2027 SCBGP Request for Applications (RFA) will be posted (2026 RFA , provided for reference only) Note that ONLY Georgia-headquartered: grower associations, commodity commissions, colleges, universities, state/local governments, and IRS-designated non-profits (in partnership with a Georgia college or university) may apply for this grant.
Individuals and businesses (including farms) are not eligible to apply for the SCBGP. The purpose of the SCBGP is to provide funding for projects that enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops in Georgia. Your proposal must focus on research, education, or marketing, and it must benefit the specialty crop industry.
Specialty crops eligible for the SCBGP are: fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, horticulture, Christmas trees, turf grass/sod, and nursery and greenhouse crops (including floriculture). See a full detailed list at the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service .
The current funding priorities for the SCBGP for Georgia are increasing consumption of specialty crops in Georgia’s schools, enhancing specialty crop food safety, helping the industry develop improved practices, increasing sales and marketability for commercially grown specialty crops, and Got a suggestion for other funding priorities? Contact us at the email below.
We aim to fund projects that benefit Georgia’s specialty crop producers. Applications will be scored based on their potential impact on Georgia’s Specialty Crop industry. Your group MUST be based in Georgia.
Your group MUST fall into one of the following categories: grower associations, commodity commissions, colleges, universities, state/local governments, and IRS-designated non-profits (in partnership with a Georgia college or university). Individuals and businesses (including farms) are NOT eligible to apply for the SCBGP.
Non-profit organizations that are applying for the first time MUST partner with a principal Investigator (PI) from a Georgia college or university, preferably from either of Georgia’s Land Grant institutions (UGA or FVSU). If you have submitted the same project to GDA twice in the past and it hasn’t been funded, it cannot be submitted again. You’re welcome to submit a new project for consideration.
Revised Outcome Measures and Indicators Appendix A - Unallowable and Allowable Costs (Required reading for all applicants) Appendix B - Logic Model (Use this as a guide. It is not needed as part of your application) Appendix C - Budget Template (Use this as a guide.
It is not needed as part of your application) Appendix D - List of Eligible Specialty Crops (Required reading for all applicants) USDA/AMS-SCBG Website (All applicants should review this info from USDA) 2025-2028 GDA/SCBG Sub-Grantee Procedures Manual 2024-2027 GDA/SCBG Sub-Grantee Procedures Manual 2023-2026 GDA/SCBG Sub-Grantee Procedures Manual 2022-2025 GDA/SCBG Sub-Grantee Procedures Manual Guide to Submitting SCBGP Reimbursement Requests to GDA Form: SCBGP Project Budget Modification/Amendment Request Form: SCBGP Drawdown/Reimbursement Request Form: SCBGP Sample Timesheet for logging salary charged to the grant Specialty Crop Block Grant Program
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Georgia-based grower associations, commodity commissions, colleges/universities, local/state governments, IRS-designated non-profits (first-time must partner with Georgia college/university); individuals and farms are n…. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows minimum $20,000 up to $100,000 (marketing projects may exceed with approval). Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
The published deadline was February 27, 2026, which has passed. Check the official notice for any future application windows before investing time in a proposal.
USDA/AMS Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP) – Georgia is funded by Georgia Department of Agriculture (USDA/AMS). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
This opportunity targets applicants in Georgia. If your organization operates elsewhere, check the official notice for location requirements.
Start from the official opportunity page linked in this listing — it carries the sponsor's submission instructions.
SCMP 2026 shows a December 4 close date on grants.gov. But if you sit in a participating state you cannot apply to AMS at all: your State Department of Agriculture is the applicant, and its internal deadline runs weeks earlier.
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