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F26AS00040_Fiscal Year 2026_Tribal Wildlife Grants (TWG)_NOFO
Fish and Wildlife Service · F26AS00040
Closed
Award Range
$25K – $200K
Total Program Funding
$6.2M
Expected Awards
80
Deadline
August 14, 2026
GRANTQUICK SUMMARYPlain-English Overview
FWS Tribal Wildlife Grants fund 80 awards (up to $200K each) for tribes managing fish and wildlife on tribal lands — habitat, surveys, planning, and conservation enforcement.
Who Should Apply
Federally recognized tribes with wildlife management needs.
Who Should NOT Apply
State agencies, non-tribal groups.
Key Requirements (Plain English)
- •Must be federally recognized tribe
- •80 awards up to $200K
- •Must manage wildlife on tribal lands
- •No cost-sharing required
💡 GrantQuick Tip
80 awards — most tribes that apply get funded. Propose specific: wildlife surveys, habitat restoration, or tribal wildlife officer training.
Competitiveness: Very low — 80 awards for tribal entities.
What This Grant Funds
Tribal Wildlife Grants provide technical and financial assistance to federally recognized Tribes for the development and implementation of programs that benefit fish and wildlife and their habitats. Funding may be used for conserving any plant or animal species of interest to a Tribe, including those of Native American cultural or traditional importance. The grants are an adaptable resource supporting tribal conservation priorities. Species targeted in a project are not restricted to those that are hunted, fished, or gathered, listed as threatened or endangered, or identified in a conservation plan.Activities may include but are not limited to:planning for wildlife and habitat conservationfish and wildlife conservation and management actionsfish- and wildlife-related laboratory and field researchnatural history studieshabitat mappingfield surveys and species population monitoringhabitat protection and enhancementconservation educationFunding may be used for salaries, equipment, consultant services, subawards, materials, and travel costs.For more information, visit the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service"s Tribal Wildlife Grants Home Page (https://www.fws.gov/service/tribal-wildlife-grants).
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Who Can Apply
Participation is limited to federally recognized Tribal governments listed in the current Federal Register Notice of Indian Entities Recognized and Eligible to Receive Services from the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs (Notice). This is the official listing of all federally recognized Tribes in the United States pursuant to Section 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (Pub. L. 103-454; 108 Stat. 4791-4792). The current Notice was published in the Federal Register, 89 FR 238 (December 11, 2024). Tribal contact information is available in the BIA Tribal Leaders Directory.Recipient Tribes must meet all reporting requirements for previously awarded, active TWG Program awards before they are eligible to receive new funds. After a Tribe submits a new application, it will be notified of any outstanding reporting requirements. The Tribe will then have 30 days to submit the required reports. Tribes that have not brought past due reports up to date in this 30-day period will be found ineligible and excluded from further consideration in the FY 2026 TWG Program cycle.There is no limit to the number of applications a Tribe may submit within a single fiscal year. However, no single Tribe may be funded for multiple projects within a fiscal year if the total combined Federal request exceeds $200,000. If multiple applications exceed this amount, only the highest-scoring application(s) will be accepted, and any other(s) will be determined to be ineligible.Tribal organizations and other entities may participate as subrecipients or contractors to federally recognized Tribal government recipients. Any entity receiving TWG Program funds as a subrecipient must comply with the applicable requirements described in this announcement.TWG Program funds may not be used to acquire real property interests. Real property interests include, but are not limited to, fee simple, fee with exceptions to title, easements, water rights, mineral rights, and leaseholds.
Eligible Applicant Types
Federally Recognized Tribal Governments
Funding Details
- Minimum Award
- $25K
- Maximum Award
- $200K
- Total Program Funding
- $6.2M
- Expected Number of Awards
- 80
- Cost Sharing Required?
- No
- Funding Instrument
- grant
Key Dates
Posted: June 12, 2026
Application Deadline: August 14, 2026 (0 days remaining)
Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 PM, ET, on the listed application due date.Applications submitted via U.S. Mail or parcel service must be postmarked by the due date.
Agency Contact
DJ Monette dj_monette@fws.gov
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