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F24AS00331-Multistate Conservation Grant Program Announcement

Closed Closed June 15, 2023 Opportunity F24AS00331 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. Who won this program's grants before is below, and similar open grants are at the end of the page. It is in our archive of Fish and Wildlife Service notices from 2023.

• Award ceiling$1.0 million
• Award floor$50,000
• Total funding$11.0 million
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeGrant

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to nonprofits, colleges and universities and state and local governments.

• 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)

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, a State, or a group of States, are also eligible to apply for the purpose of carrying out the National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation.

More grants for nonprofits, colleges and universities, state and local governments.

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Multistate Conservation Grant awards averaged $222,097; this notice allows up to $1.0 million per award.
• Most of the program's money (92% over five years) went to nonprofits.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

The Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (AFWA) and the Service work cooperatively to manage T-MSGCP and R3-MSGCP. Administratively, both programs function similarly, with AFWA setting the strategic priorities for project activities and providing the Service a priority list of projects to be considered for awards and the Service administering the program and managing the awards. This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), also called a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), provides application guidance for both competitive programs, T-MSCGP and R3-MSCGP.Proposals must address eligible activities in one or more of the selected AFWA Strategic Priorities to be considered for funding. AFWA annually updates the Strategic Priorities. They are used to guide the proposal development and grant selection for the programs. The primary goal of both programs, T-MSCGP and R3-MSCGP, is to provide grant funds to address regional or national priority needs of the States and their partners that are beyond the scope and capabilities of a single State within the scope of eligible activities. Information on the projects selected and awarded will be published annually in the Federal Register. Lists of past awards are also available from the Service and AFWA (see Section G, Federal Awarding Agency Contacts).Eligible activities for T-MSCGP include sport fisheries and wildlife management, such as research projects, fish and wildlife habitat improvements, and other purposes consistent with the enabling legislation. R3 activities for sport fishing or boating are only eligible under T-MSCGP.Eligible activities for R3-MSCGP are hunter recruitment and recreational shooter recruitment activities that promote a national hunting and shooting sports recruitment program, including related communication and outreach activities.

Category: Natural Resources.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Agencies often post the same opportunity again under a new number, so check the program's notices on Grants.gov and the similar open grants below.

The notice on Grants.gov keeps its full text and attachments, which is useful for planning a resubmission.