Agricultural Marketing Service · Department of Agriculture
Specialty Crop Multi-State Grant Program 2026
Key facts
- Deadline
- Due Dec 4, 2026 · 59 days left
- Award size
- $250K – $1M
- Total available
- $14.3M · about 20 awards
- Cost share / match
- Required
- Who can apply
- Tribal government, Public college or university, State government, Nonprofit with 501(c)(3)
- Where
- Anywhere in the U.S., including Tennessee
How this fits you
- Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- Requires a cost share / match
- Tennessee recipients since 2023: 3
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Read the official notice View on Grants.gov
About this grant
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.
Who in Tennessee has won this program
3 awards to Tennessee recipients in 1 county since federal FY2023. Largest shown:
| Recipient | Where | Amount | FY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Department Of Agriculture Tennessee | Nashville, Davidson County | $567K | 2025 |
| Department Of Agriculture Tennessee | Nashville, Davidson County | $498K | 2023 |
| Department Of Agriculture Tennessee | Nashville, Davidson County | $480K | 2024 |
Source: USAspending.gov. Past awards show who this program funds; they don't guarantee future awards.
About the program (10.170)
Specialty Crop Block Grant Program - Farm Bill — Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP) or Specialty Crop Multi-State Program (SCMP)
How applications are judged
Criteria for selecting proposals are within guidelines established for the program as described in the RFA. The most current RFA is available via Grants.gov or www.ams.usda.gov/grants.
Matching requirements
This program has no statutory formula.
Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.
MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.
Examples of funded projects
Fiscal Year2025: One project that was completed under the SCBGP was to assess the profitability of specialty crop production in the state to demonstrate economic opportunities for producers to adopt or expand local fruits and vegetables by performing analysis of current fruit and vegetable production and marketing. At the conclusion of this award, five specialty crop products were identified and analyzed, with the results disseminated through online materials and producer workshops.
A project completed under SCMP was for the development and evaluation of an integrated robotic system for the purpose of precision pollination of tree fruit crops. The automatic precision spraying system made for apple chemical thinning enhanced growers� knowledge of the technology and will assist with future adoption.
Please see https://www.ams.usda.gov/services/grants/scbgp/awards and https://www.ams.usda.gov/services/grants/scmp/awarded-grants for a full list of projects funded to date.