WaterSMART Enhancing Water Resources Projects
Status: Forecasted
Posted date: May 14, 2026
Archive date: December 7, 2027
Close date: September 8, 2027
Opportunity ID: 362394
Opportunity number: R26AS00017
Opportunity category: Discretionary
Agency name: Bureau of Reclamation
Agency code: DOI-BOR
Award floor: $50,000
Award ceiling: $3,000,000
Cost sharing required: Yes
Funding Instrument Types
- Cooperative Agreement
- Grant
Category of Funding Activity
- Natural Resources
Eligible Applicants
- Others
Categories (use these for quoted searches)
- agency_code:doi_bor
- category_of_funding_activity:natural_resources
- cost_sharing_or_matching_requirement:true
- eligible_applicants:others
- funding_instrument_type:cooperative_agreement
- funding_instrument_type:grant
- opportunity_category:discretionary
- status:forecasted
The objective of the WaterSMART Enhancing Water Resources Projects funding opportunity is to invite eligible entities to apply for funding to implement projects per the authorizing language referenced above that benefit water resource management for multiple uses, including water conservation and efficiency projects, water infrastructure improvements, and river and watershed restoration. Projects that balance numerous community interests (agriculture, recreation, fisheries, power, etc.), were developed collaboratively, and provide significant watershed benefits will be prioritized under this funding opportunity. This program demonstrably advances Trump administration priorities, such as those identified in Presidential Executive Order 14154 (January 20, 2025): Unleashing American Energy (E.O. 14154) and Secretarial Order 3418, and aligns with other priorities and requirements, such as those identified in Presidential Executive Order 14332 (August 7, 2025): Improving Oversight in Federal Grantmaking (E.O. 14332).