Grant✓ Small businesses may apply
FY2026 Implementation of the Quagga and Zebra Mussel Action Plan (QZAP) in the Western United States
Fish and Wildlife Service
Award ceiling
$600,000
Award floor
$50,000
Program funding
$1,950,000
- Opportunity #
- F26AS00107
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- ALN (CFDA)
- 15.608
- Status
- posted
- Posted
- Aug 25, 2026
- Closes
- Oct 24, 2026
- Funding instrument
- Grant, Other
- Category
- Environment
- Cost sharing required
- No
Who can apply
- •Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"
All legal entities are eligible to apply. While all legal entities are eligible to apply, project must be focused on Western waters (ND, SD, NE, KS, OK, TX, MT, WY, CO, NM, ID, UT, AZ, AK, WA, OR, NV, HI, CA).Program will not fund land acquisition.All projects will be reviewed using the described Merit Review Criteria. Please review these criteria to ensure proposals are appropriate for this announcement.
Synopsis
Quagga and Zebra Mussels are aquatic invasive species that are rapidly expanding their range in the Western United States. Popular recreational reservoirs on or connected to the lower Colorado River are one major source of invasive mussels, which are easily transported via trailered watercraft to areas that have not yet been invaded. This funding opportunity will fund projects in the listed principal areas towards the fulfillment of the top priorities in the Quagga/Zebra Mussel Action Plan for Western U.S. Waters (QZAP 2.0) and will be limited to states within the boundaries of the Western Regional Panel within the United States.
Contact
Fish and Wildlife Service · barak_shemai@fws.gov