National Culvert Removal, Replacement, and Restoration (Culvert Aquatic Organism Passage)

Key Facts

Status: Forecasted

Posted date: June 2, 2026

Archive date: August 15, 2026

Close date: July 16, 2026

Opportunity ID: 362658

Opportunity number: FHWA-CAOP-23-001

Opportunity category: Discretionary

Agency name: DOT Federal Highway Administration

Agency code: DOT-FHWA

Award floor: $0

Award ceiling: $800,000,000

Cost sharing required: Yes

Funding Instrument Types
  • Grant
Category of Funding Activity
  • IIJ
Eligible Applicants
  • Others
Tools
Categories (use these for quoted searches)
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  • category_of_funding_activity:iij
  • cost_sharing_or_matching_requirement:true
  • eligible_applicants:others
  • funding_instrument_type:grant
  • opportunity_category:discretionary
  • status:forecasted
Description

The purpose of the Culvert AOP Competitive Grant Program is to provide funding to eligible entities for the replacement, removal, and repair of culverts or weirs that meaningfully improve or restore fish passage for anadromous fish. Anadromous fish are born in freshwater and spend most of their lives in saltwater, returning to freshwater to spawn. Salmon are a well-known example of anadromous fish.

National Culvert Removal, Replacement, and Restoration (Culvert Aquatic Organism Passage)
The purpose of the Culvert AOP Competitive Grant Program is to provide funding to eligible entities for the replacement, removal, and repair of culverts or weirs that meaningfully improve or restore fish passage for anadromous fish. Anadromous fish are born in freshwater and spend most of their lives in saltwater, returning to freshwater to spawn. Salmon are a well-known example of anadromous fish.
[Forecasted] National Culvert Removal, Replacement, and Restoration (Culvert Aquatic Organism Passage)
Forecasted
DOT Federal Highway Administration
IIJ
Grant
Others
2026-06-02