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Specialty Crop Multi-State Grant Program 2026

Agricultural Marketing Service · Opportunity USDA-AMS-TM-SCMP-G-26-0020

Who can apply

• State governments
• Public and State institutions of higher education
• Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
• Nonprofits with 501(c)(3), other than higher education

About this opportunity

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.

Portfolio context — this listing covers more than this opportunity

This opportunity is funded under Assistance Listing 10.170 (“Specialty Crop Block Grant Program - Farm Bill”), a broad federal program that made about 92 new awards per year over the last five fiscal years (median award $544k). Those figures describe that whole portfolio — not this specific solicitation, so we don't show them as if they were this opportunity's track record.

Applicant counts per solicitation are not published by any federal agency — no one can honestly sell you that number.

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