environment · EPA
Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Funding Opportunity for Indian Tribes and Intertribal Consortia for Nonpoint Source Management Grants Under Clean Water Act Section 319
Environmental Protection Agency · EPA-OW-OWOW-26-01
Award Range
$0 – $175K
Total Program Funding
$3.5M
Expected Awards
20
Deadline
November 9, 2026
What This Grant Funds
The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to support eligible Tribes and intertribal consortia to implement approved Nonpoint Source (NPS) management programs developed pursuant to CWA Section 319(b)(1). The Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 319(h) authorizes the EPA to award grants to eligible Tribes and intertribal consortia to implement approved NPS management programs. This NOFO will fund implementation of best management practices (BMPs) and measures that have been outlined in Tribal NPS Management Program Plans to address NPS pollution sources that have been identified in a Tribe’s Assessment Report.
Eligible applicants to this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) are federally recognized Tribes and intertribal consortia that meet the eligibility requirements described in Section 2.A.
Attachments
Who Can Apply
Eligible Applicant Types
Funding Details
- Maximum Award
- $175K
- Total Program Funding
- $3.5M
- Expected Number of Awards
- 20
- Cost Sharing Required?
- Yes
- Funding Instrument
- cooperative_agreement, grant
Key Dates
Agency Contact
Technical Contact: EPA National NPS Tribal Coordinator, Margot Buckelew tribal319grants@epa.gov Eligibility Contact: EPA National NPS Tribal Coordinator, Margot Buckelew tribal319grants@epa.gov Electronic Submissions Contact: Grants.gov Support support@grants.gov
tribal319grants@epa.govReady to apply?
View the full NOFO and submit your application on Grants.gov