Multistate Conservation Grants provide 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.
Donor Name: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/07/2024
Size of the Grant: $500,000 to $1 million
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
The goal of the Multistate Conservation Grant funding opportunity is to support 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 with input from State fish and wildlife agencies and their partners. Eligible proposals funded under this opportunity may address Strategic Priorities related to traditional wildlife or sport fish projects involving research, restoration, conservation, management, and enhancement of wild birds, wild mammals, sport fish, or their habitats or projects providing for public use and benefit from these resources. Eligible proposals funded under this opportunity may also address Strategic Priorities related to hunter, recreational target shooter or angler recruitment, retention and reactivation, also known as R3.
2025 Multistate Conservation Grant Program Strategic Priorities, as established annually by AFWA:
Conservation & Science
- Climate Change Fish and Wildlife Health (“One Health”)
- Human Dimensions & Conservation Social Science
- Invasive Species
- Emerging Technologies for fish and wildlife management
Expanding Relevancy and Engagement (ERE)
- Enhancing Conservation Through Broader Engagement
- Enhance efforts to make fish and wildlife-based recreation accessible and welcoming to everyone, emphasizing actions targeting underrepresented groups.
- Research
Capacity Building, Conservation Education, and Coordination of Conservation Policies
- Leadership Development
- Conservation Education
- Coordination of Conservation Policies
- Integration of Law Enforcement
AFWA Priorities Identified in AFWA Funding Principles (submitted by ExCom)
- Management Assistance Team
- Management of the Multistate Conservation Grant Program
- CITES and International Conservation Programs and Their Impact on State Agencies
- Coordination of Conservation on a National Scale
- National Survey of Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife-Associated
Recreation Recruitment, Retention, Reactivation (R3)
- Marketing
- Engaging Participants
- Monitoring and Evaluation
- Hunting and Shooting Sports Access and Infrastructure
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Funding: $11,000,000
- Maximum Award: $1,000,000
- Minimum Award: $50,000
- Grants are traditionally approved for one year of funding.
Eligibility Criteria
- 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 without 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
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.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
