Program Description
The Non-Agricultural Nonpoint Source and MS4 Planning Grant (NPG) is a competitive, reimbursement grant program that funds planning reports for nonpoint source water quality improvement projects. The program aims to prepare nonpoint source projects for construction and application for implementation funding. Grant funding will also be available for regulated MS4 Operators to complete comprehensive stormwater system maps and stormwater management program planning. For an overview of the program, view the NPG Factsheet (PDF).
For more information review the NPG Q&A (PDF).
If you are looking for funding to implement/install/construct a project, please refer to the Water Quality Improvement Project Grant webpage.
Applicant Information
Applications are accepted through the Consolidated Funding Application (CFA). Round 7 is closed; the Round 8 application period is expected to open Spring 2027.
For full program details, view the NPG Round 7 Program Overview (PDF).
Required Local Match
Applicants are required to provide 10% of the requested grant amount as local match.
Eligible Grant Categories (2026)
Nonpoint Source Planning Reports: Grants of up to $50,000 are available to finance services to produce project planning reports, as outlined in each category. Grants of up to $75,000 are available for comprehensive stream corridor studies. There is no minimum award amount. Applicants are limited to a maximum of five applications per round.
- Decentralized Wastewater Treatment Facilities for Failing On-Site Treatment Systems
- Green Infrastructure
- Stormwater Retrofits
- Streambank/Shoreline Stabilization
- Comprehensive Stream Corridor Assessment
- Stream Sediment and Debris Management Plan
- In-Waterbody Controls for Nutrients
- Bathing Beach Restoration
- Stream Culvert Repair and Replacement
- Berm Removal
- Floodplain Creation/Restoration/Reconnection
- Wetland Creation/Restoration
- Coastal Storm Erosion Risk Management
- Winter Road Maintenance
- Dam Safety Repair/Rehabilitation and Dam Removal
- Sanitary Survey for Alternative Waste Management
- Riparian Corridor Restoration and Enhancement
MS4 Mapping: For MS4 Operators applying as a collaborative, grants of up to a $400,000 per MS4 collaborative are available. For MS4 Operators that must apply alone (see Requirements for All MS4 Mapping section for justification required to apply as single municipality), there is a maximum grant award of $75,000. There is no minimum award amount. Applicants are limited to one application per round.
MS4 Stormwater Management Program Planning: Grants of up to $50,000 are available to finance services to produce stormwater management program planning. There is no minimum award amount. Applicants are limited to one application per round.
Eligible Applicants
Nonpoint Source Planning Reports: Municipalities*; including Indian Nations; Soil and Water Conservation Districts (except for Decentralized Wastewater Treatment Facilities for Failing On-Site Treatment Systems)
MS4 Mapping and Stormwater Management Program Planning: Municipalities regulated by the MS4 General Permit; Soil and Water Conservation Districts on behalf of regulated MS4 Operators
*For the purposes of this grant, "municipality" means a local public authority or public benefit corporation, a county, city, town, village, school district, supervisory district, district corporation, improvement district within a county, city, town or village, or Indian nation or tribe recognized by the state or the United States with a reservation wholly or partly within the boundaries of New York State, or any combination thereof.
Questions
If you have questions regarding NPG after reading this webpage and the NPG Program Overview (PDF), email [email protected] with "NPG Grant Question" in the subject line.
Application Attachments and Resources
Required Attachments for All Applicants
- NPG Budget Worksheet (PDF fillable form) – Please open using Acrobat Reader
- Location Map: 1:24,000 scale USGS or NYSDOT Map Index
- Sexual Harassment Prevention Certification Form (PDF)
- Executive Order No. 16 Certification Form (PDF)
- Gender-Based Violence and the Workplace Certification Form (PDF)
