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USDA-AMS-TM-ACER-G-26-0007: Acer Access and Development Program

Closed Closed July 7, 2026 Opportunity USDA-AMS-TM-ACER-G-26-0007 ☆ Save

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• Award ceiling$500,000
• Award floor$200,000
• Total funding$5.0 million
• Expected awards10
• Cost sharingRequired
• Funding typeGrant

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Who can apply

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

Eligible applicants are States, Tribal governments, and research institutions from the 50 States, American Samoa, the District of Columbia, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Research institutions are organizations that typically conduct research with non-Federal and Federal funds, including colleges and universities, federally funded research and development centers, national user facilities, industrial laboratories, or other research institutes.

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Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Acer Access Development Program awards averaged $429,487; this notice allows up to $500,000 per award.
• Most of the program's money (88% over five years) went to colleges and universities.
• The notice requires cost sharing or matching funds, so you must contribute part of the project cost.

What the grant funds

To support the efforts of States, Tribal governments, and research institutions to promote the domestic maple syrup industry through the following activities: promotion of research and education related to maple syrup production, promotion of natural resource sustainability in the maple syrup industry, market promotion for maple syrup and maple-sap products, Encouragement of owners and operators of privately held land containing species of trees in the genus Acer: to initiate or expand maple-sugaring activities on the land; or to voluntarily make the land available, including by lease or other means, for access by the public for maple-sugaring activities.

Category: Agriculture.

Applying now

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