Grant✓ Small businesses may apply
F26AS00083 Aquatic Invasive Species Grants to Great Lakes States - Fiscal Year 2026 Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
Fish and Wildlife Service
Award ceiling
$600,000
Award floor
$100,000
Program funding
$3,685,238
- Opportunity #
- F26AS00083
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- ALN (CFDA)
- 15.662
- Status
- posted
- Posted
- Jun 10, 2026
- Closes
- Dec 31, 2026
- Funding instrument
- Cooperative Agreement, Grant
- Category
- Natural Resources
- Cost sharing required
- No
Who can apply
- •Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
- •Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"
We are seeking one application from a primary state natural resource agency in each of the Great Lakes states. However, that agency may designate an entity (of any type) to apply for the award on their behalf.
Synopsis
Using appropriations to the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) anticipates providing grants to support implementation of Great Lakes State Aquatic Invasive Species Management Plans (State AIS Plans). State AIS Plans have been transmitted by state governors and then approved by the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force. All state grants will be awarded based on a competitive process for which only Great Lakes states or their designee are eligible.
Contact
Fish and Wildlife Service · nathan_evans@fws.gov