FY2025 NAGPRA Repatriation Grants
Agency: National Park Service
Assistance Listings: 15.922 -- Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
Last Updated: January 13, 2025
Description
The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990 authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to make grants to museums, Indian Tribes, and Native Hawaiian organizations for the purposes of assisting in consultation, documentation, and repatriation of Native American human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony (25 U.S.C. 3008). NAGPRA Repatriation grants assist museums, Indian Tribes, and NHOs to defray costs associated with the packaging, transportation, contamination removal, reburial, and/or storage of NAGPRA human remains or cultural items. Project activities may include, but are not limited to:Travel,Transportation,Testing or decontamination,Building containers for transport,Ceremonial materials, orStaff time.See Program Overview for more details on project activities.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants
Government
- City or township governments
- Federally recognized Native American tribal governments
- Special district governments
- State governments
- County governments
Miscellaneous
- Other
Education
- Private institutions of higher education
- Public and state institutions of higher education
Nonprofit
- Nonprofits non-higher education with 501(c)(3)
Additional information
Grantor contact information
Description
Email preferred
Documents
File name | Description | Last updated |
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P25AS00474_NAGPRA_Repatriation_rev3_25-0325.pdf | P25AS00474_NAGPRA Repatriation rev3_25-0325 | Mar 28, 2025 08:42 PM UTC |
P25AS00474_NAGPRA_Repatriation_rev3_25-0325.pdf | P25AS00474_NAGPRA Repatriation rev3_25-0325.pdf | Mar 28, 2025 08:42 PM UTC |
Link to additional information
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Closing: May 8, 2026
Complete applications must be submitted to the National Park Service by Friday, May 8, 2026, 11:59PM PT. Applicants are encouraged...
to submit the application well before the deadline. Application preparation time may take several weeks, so please start the application process as soon as possible. Applications submitted after the deadline will not be reviewed or considered for award. If it is determined that a proposal was not considered due its being late or incomplete, the applicant will be notified during the selection process. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until cancellation of this NOFO or all available funds have been expended. This means that the application period could close earlier than May 9 because applications are considered for funding on a “rolling” basis. No applications will be accepted after May 8, 2026.
Award
$3,407,000
Program Funding
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Expected awards
$1,000
Award Floor
$25,000
Award Ceiling
Funding opportunity number:
P25AS00474
Cost sharing or matching requirement:
Funding instrument type:
Grant
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation:
Category of Funding Activity:
Other
Category Explanation:
NAGPRA Repatriation
History
Version:
2
Posted date:
January 3, 2025
Archive date:
September 30, 2026