Closed · F18AS00037 · CFDA 15.626 · Discretionary

R3 Section 10 Hunter Education Grant Program (TO STATE F&G AGENCIES ONLY)

Federal grant opportunity posted by Fish and Wildlife Service, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$5K-$2M
Award range
Closed
Status
August 31, 2018
Close date
20
Expected awards

The verdict

R3 Section 10 Hunter Education Grant Program (TO STATE F&G AGENCIES ONLY) is a closed discretionary listing from Fish and Wildlife Service that offered $5,000 -- $2,000,000 across 20 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 4,242 other opportunities from Fish and Wildlife Service.

$5K-$2M
award range
Closed
application status
20
expected awards
15.626
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

R3 Section 10 Hunter Education Grant Program is closed (last close August 31, 2018). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Fish and Wildlife Service still indexes 4,242 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed August 31, 2018

Posted Nov 22 Closes Aug 31

Expected Awards

20

Instrument

Grant

Cost Sharing

Required

Description

The Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act of 1937, 50 Stat. 917 as amended; 16 U.S.C. 669-669b, 669-669k, now known as the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act, was approved by Congress on September 2, 1937, and began functioning July 1, 1938. The purpose of this Act was to provide funding for the selection, restoration, rehabilitation, and improvement of wildlife habitat, wildlife management research, and the distribution of information produced by the projects. The Act was amended on October 23, 1970, to include funding for hunter safety programs and the development or the operation and maintenance of firearm and archery ranges. Congress saw a need for additional funds to support hunter education and shooting range development, if States were to meet the challenges of the 21st century. The Congressional Resource Committee had broad support from sportsmen⿿s organizations who stated that States were not using their possible allotments to support these programs or there was not a consistent level of effort to further the future of hunting. As a result, Congress passed the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Programs Improvement Act of 2000 and as part of this Act created the Firearm and Bowhunter Education and Safety Program (Section 10) to address these concerns. The passage of Section 10 set aside $7.5 million in 2001 and 2002 and $8 million thereafter to ⿿enhance⿝ existing hunter education or shooting range programs.

Public-sector applicant lane · Fish and Wildlife Service

Grants.gov lists only government / tribal / housing-authority applicant doors for R3 Section 10 Hunter Education Grant Program (State governments). This is a public-sector corridor, not a general nonprofit open call. Applicant cost-sharing is required on the Grants.gov extract. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity codes span Education · Natural Resources (ED;NR). 597 other Fish and Wildlife Service listings share this eligibility-code string (14% of 4,243).

Code 00
State governments

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

Official Listing on Grants.gov

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Agency Contact

Fish and Wildlife Branch Chief Abbey Kucera 612-713-5137 Abbey_Kucera@fws.gov

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What to do next

R3 Section 10 Hunter Education Grant Program is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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Data sourced from the SAM.gov Assistance Listings and Grants.gov. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainGrants