Grant & Award Opportunities

USFWS Partners for Fish and Wildlife FY26

This grant is geared to aid private landowners restore and protect habitats for fish and wildlife. It offers both technical assistance and financial support, mainly through cooperative agreements. Apply by September 30, 2026 on the Grants.gov website.

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North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA) - US Standard Grants (USFWS)

Supports public-private partnerships carrying out projects in the United States that further the goals of the North American Wetlands Conservation Act. The program promotes partnerships projects that must involve a) only long-term protection, restoration, and/or enhancement of wetland and associated upland habitats to benefit a variety of wetland ecosystems and b) maintaining an abundance of waterfowl (ducks, geese, and swans) and other populations of wetlands-associated migratory birds consistent with the objectives of the North American Waterfowl Management Plan, U.S. Shorebird Conservation Plan, Waterbird Conservation Plan for the Americas, and Partners in Flight Bird Conservation Plan. Apply by May 7, 2026

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Roadside Pollinator Program Grant (FHWA)

The Roadside Pollinator Program was established under Section 11528 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The goal of the Roadside Pollinator Program is to help promote the creation and protection of pollinator habitats along the nation’s roads and highways. Approximately $3.8 million is available for this program, and funds will be awarded to all satisfactory applications from State DOTs, Indian Tribes, or FLMAs that seek to carry out activities that benefit pollinators on roadsides and highway rights-of-way eligible for Federal-aid. The amount of grant funding an eligible entity receives is based on the number of pollinator-friendly practices the eligible entity has implemented or plans to implement and cannot exceed $150,000. The Federal share of the cost for activities to be carried out with grant funding is 100 percent.    

 

For more information, check out: Roadside Pollinator Program

The Roadside Pollinator Program grant applications must be submitted electronically through Grants.gov no later than May 7, 2026 at 11:59 p.m.

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Stream and Wetland Restoration Grant

The department recovers compensation for injury to Tennessee’s natural resources in the context of formal enforcement. See Tenn. Code Ann § 69-3-116 (providing for recovery of damages caused by violations of the Tennessee Water Quality Control Act). Recovered funds are then applied to restoration projects to offset natural resource damages. Surface water restoration is focused on restoring surface waters of the State, including both streams and wetlands.
The purpose of the Stream and Wetland Restoration Grant Program is to leverage improvement opportunities in selecting and funding projects that best ensure benefits to natural resources with a nexus to those injured and compensated for through enforcement. Projects funded through this program may not be used as a mechanism for fulfilling any compensatory mitigation liabilities or requirements for impacts authorized through the State’s Aquatic Resource Alteration Permit and 401 Water Quality Certification programs or required to correct an unpermitted alteration. However, with appropriate documentation to ensure both obligations are separately satisfied, a compensatory mitigation project could be combined with a grant-funded project, provided that the compensatory mitigation does not count as a match. “Mitigation” means the restoration, creation, enhancement, and/or preservation of aquatic resources to compensate for unavoidable impacts as provided by Tenn. Comp. Rules and Regs. 0400-40-07-.04(7)

Eligible Applicants
Grant funding through the Stream and Wetland Restoration Grant Program is available to nonprofit corporations, state agencies, federal agencies, and municipal entities.

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