How much funding is available in total?

$3,850,000 across the whole programme. This is the total the funder has allocated, not an amount any single applicant can receive.

What can the funding be used for?

land conservation projects, land acquisition from willing sellers, as classified by the source.

Is matching funding required?

Yes. This programme requires matching funds. up to 50% of the total cost of land conservation projects

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F25AS00332 Highlands Conservation Act – Competitive Funding Round

Award ceiling: $25,000 – $3,850,000
Closes: Oct 31, 2026
Last verified: 2026-09-07

Awards $25,000 – $3,850,000 per recipient for state governments, closing Oct 31, 2026.

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F25AS00332 Highlands Conservation Act – Competitive Funding Round awards $25,000 – $3,850,000 per recipient, open to state governments in CT, NJ, NY, PA, closing Oct 31, 2026.

Record fields

Program pool (total): $3,850,000
Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Award ceiling (per project): $3,850,000
Award floor: $25,000
Typical award: Not confirmed
Deadline: Oct 31, 2026
Deadline type: Fixed date
Opens: May 19, 2026
Status: Open
Eligible entities: State governments
Geography: CT · NJ · NY · PA
Matching funds: Yes
Disbursement: Not confirmed
Application effort: Not confirmed
Use of funds: land conservation projects · land acquisition from willing sellers
Currency: USD

How much money is available?

Two different figures govern a programme and they are not interchangeable. The programme pool is what the funder has allocated across every award it will make this cycle. The award ceiling is the most one applicant can be granted.

Program pool (total)Across all awards this cycle

$3,850,000

Award ceiling (per project)The most one applicant can receive

$3,850,000

Who can apply?

level

federal

Derived from the source that published this record

entity

State governments

Source field: entity types

state

CT, NJ, NY, PA

Source field: states

industry

Environment & Water

Source field: industries

use

land acquisition from willing sellers, land conservation projects

Source field: use of funds

size limit

Not confirmed

Source field: applicant size limit

clause text

Only the Lead State Agency (or Agencies) as determined by the Governor of each Highlands State may be the applicant for funding under the Highlands Conservation Act Grant Program. If the Governor assigns multiple Lead Agencies, those…

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When does it close?

Oct 31, 202654 daysDeadline type Fixed date

What can the money be used for?

2 categorysThe source’s own spending categories, and what is not parsed.

land conservation projectsland acquisition from willing sellers

These categories come from the source's own classification. A line-item cost table, where the programme publishes one, lives in the guidelines and is not parsed for this record.

How hard is the application?

2 fieldsEffort, match requirement and reimbursement, as the source stated them.

Application effort: Not confirmed
Disbursement: Not confirmed
Matching funds: Yes
up to 50% of the total cost of land conservation projects

What comparable notices state

91 recordsStated ceilings on open records in the same industry.

Among open records stored under Environment & Water, 91 of 212 state an award ceiling. Those that do run:

25th percentile$256,000
Median$750,000
75th percentile$3,000,000

A statistical estimate, not a prediction. It describes what a set of notices has published in this catalogue on the day you read it, and says nothing about what this programme will award. Records stating no ceiling are excluded rather than counted as zero, and the programme pool — what a funder has across every applicant — is a different column and is never mixed in.

Common questions

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How much can one applicant receive?: $25,000 – $3,850,000 per recipient.
How much funding is available in total?: $3,850,000 across the whole programme. This is the total the funder has allocated, not an amount any single applicant can receive.
When is the application deadline?: Oct 31, 2026.
Who is eligible to apply?: State governments.
Which locations are eligible?: CT, NJ, NY, PA.
What can the funding be used for?: land conservation projects, land acquisition from willing sellers, as classified by the source.
Is matching funding required?: Yes. This programme requires matching funds. up to 50% of the total cost of land conservation projects

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Provenance

Source pagegrants.gov

Retrieved2026-09-07

MethodAutomated check

First seen2026-09-02

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