The 2026 MassTrails Grant Application period is now OPEN! Applications are due Monday, February 2, 2026.
The MassTrails Grant Application is online! See detailed instructions and application guidance documents below.
- This page, Apply for a MassTrails Grant, is offered by
- Department of Conservation & Recreation
Apply for a MassTrails Grant
Contacts
Guadalupe Garcia, Senior MassTrails Planner
Jeffrey Mast, Senior MassTrails Planner
The Details
What you need
- RECOMMENDED: Application Template filled out and ready to cut and paste into the online application
- MassTrails Budget and Timeline Spreadsheet, completed and ready to upload
- SIGNED Landowner Permission Forms/Conservation Restriction Authorization Forms (as a single PDF), ready for upload
- For projects on DCR Land, SIGNED DCR Trail Proposal Form: Woodland Trail Proposal Form or Major Trail Proposal Form - Must be submitted to DCR no later than December 1!
- Project Locus and Area Maps (as a single PDF), ready for upload
- Project Photos and other Supporting Materials (as a single PDF), ready for upload
- Other relevant materials, ready to upload (e.g., Build America, Buy America certification, quotes, wetland permit)
How to apply
More info
MassTrails Grant Application Guidance Documents:
MassTrails Grant Application Presentation
MassTrails Grant Guidelines and Application Information
MassTrails Grants Frequently Asked Questions
MassTrails Request for Responses on COMMBUYS (document posted on COMMBUYS soliciting grant applications)
MassTrails Grant Program - Regulatory Guidance Documents:
MassTrails Accessibility and Trails Guide
MassTrails Trails Accessibility Guidelines Checklist
MassTrails Build America, Buy America Guide
Shared Use Path - Early MESA Coordination Guide
DCR Trail Proposal Forms - Projects on DCR Land ONLY:
Downloads
Open PDF file, 353.82 KB,
MassTrails PUBLIC Landowner Permission Form
(English, PDF 353.82 KB)
Open PDF file, 283.69 KB,
MassTrails PRIVATE Landowner Permission Form
(English, PDF 283.69 KB)
Open PDF file, 439.49 KB,
MassTrails Conservation Restriction Work Authorization Form
(English, PDF 439.49 KB)
Contact
Address
10 Park Plaza, Boston, MA 02114
Address
136 Damon Road, Northampton , MA 01060