FY2025 NAGPRA Repatriation Grants
Posted by National Park Service
Opportunity snapshot. This Grants.gov announcement — FY2025 NAGPRA Repatriation Grants — is cataloged under number P25AS00474 and tied to CFDA assistance listing 15.922, posted by National Park Service. Grants.gov currently shows the opportunity as open, first posted on January 3, 2025 and last updated on March 28, 2025. The funding category is Discretionary, delivered as a grant.
Award economics. The award range on file is $1,000 -- $25,000. The agency has projected $3.4 million in total estimated funding for this announcement. Cost sharing is not required, so applicants do not need to commit matching funds to be competitive on this opportunity. Federal award ranges are often upper bounds; actual allocations reflect program appropriations, the strength of the applicant pool, and the evaluation committee's scoring.
Deadline and action path. Applications close on May 8, 2026. Every Grants.gov submission requires an active SAM.gov registration and a Unique Entity ID. Review the Eligibility section below carefully — federal eligibility categories (nonprofit, state or local government, tribal, individual, educational institution, small business) have distinct registration and reporting requirements. Pre-application outreach to the listed agency contact is permitted and often welcomed — it helps clarify scope and scoring priorities.
Award Range
$1,000 -- $25,000
Close Date
May 8, 2026
Complete applications must be submitted to the National Park Service by Friday, May 8, 2026, 11:59PM PT. Applicants are encouraged to submit the application well before the deadline. Application preparation time may take several weeks, so please start the application process as soon as possible. Applications submitted after the deadline will not be reviewed or considered for award. If it is determined that a proposal was not considered due its being late or incomplete, the applicant will be notified during the selection process. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until cancellation of this NOFO or all available funds have been expended. This means that the application period could close earlier than May 9 because applications are considered for funding on a “rolling” basis. No applications will be accepted after May 8, 2026.
Posted
January 3, 2025
Est. Total Funding
$3,407,000
Instrument
Grant
Description
The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990 authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to make grants to museums, Indian Tribes, and Native Hawaiian organizations for the purposes of assisting in consultation, documentation, and repatriation of Native American human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony (25 U.S.C. 3008). NAGPRA Repatriation grants assist museums, Indian Tribes, and NHOs to defray costs associated with the packaging, transportation, contamination removal, reburial, and/or storage of NAGPRA human remains or cultural items. Project activities may include, but are not limited to:Travel,Transportation,Testing or decontamination,Building containers for transport,Ceremonial materials, orStaff time.See Program Overview for more details on project activities.
Eligibility
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Official Listing on Grants.gov
View full details, application forms, and submission instructions.
Agency Contact
Jim Modrick <br/>nagpra_grants@nps.gov
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