F26AS00085 Aquatic Invasive Species Interjurisdictional Grants to the Great Lakes States and Tribes - Fiscal Year 2026 Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
Status: Forecasted
Posted date: May 20, 2026
Close date: December 31, 2026
Opportunity ID: 362498
Opportunity number: F26AS00085
Opportunity category: Discretionary
Agency name: Fish and Wildlife Service
Agency code: DOI-FWS
Award floor: $20,000
Award ceiling: $923,809
Cost sharing required: No
Funding Instrument Types
- Cooperative Agreement
- Grant
Category of Funding Activity
- Natural Resources
Eligible Applicants
- Others
- Unrestricted
Categories (use these for quoted searches)
- agency_code:doi_fws
- category_of_funding_activity:natural_resources
- cost_sharing_or_matching_requirement:false
- eligible_applicants:others
- eligible_applicants:unrestricted
- funding_instrument_type:cooperative_agreement
- funding_instrument_type:grant
- opportunity_category:discretionary
- status:forecasted
Using appropriations to the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) anticipates providing grants to support implementation of interjurisdictional projects that cut across state and tribal Great Lakes Interstate Aquatic Invasive Species Management Plans (AIS Plans). Grants will be awarded based on a competitive process for which only Great Lakes states and tribes (or their designee) are eligible. Funding will be prioritized towards target action-oriented projects that support Great Lakes Panel regional priorities and focus on pathway intervention, detection activities, and active prevention. Two categories of projects will be considered for funding: Sustaining Projects and New Projects. Sustaining Projects are projects that continue previously funded interjurisdictional work and are deemed a priority for continued regional AIS management and prevention support. New Projects are previously unfunded work with the potential to improve regional AIS management and prevention.