FY2025 NAGPRA Repatriation Grants
Agency: National Park Service
- 15.922 -- Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
Archived opportunityLast Updated: May 13, 2026
Important dates
- Archived: September 30, 2026
- Closed: 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 details
- Expected project funding: $3,407,000
- Expected awards: Not specified
Award min.
$1,000
Award max.
$25,000
- Funding opportunity number:P25AS00474
- Cost sharing or matching requirement:No
- Funding instrument type:
- Grant
- Opportunity Category:Discretionary
- Opportunity Category Explanation:Not specified
- Category of Funding Activity:
- Other
- Category Explanation:NAGPRA Repatriation
History
- Posted date: January 3, 2025
- Archive date: September 30, 2026
- Version: 2
Summary
Jump to documentsThe 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
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 on eligibility
Documents
| File name | Description | Last updated |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Agency contact information
Email: nagpra_grants@nps.gov
Email preferred
Link to additional information
No additional information is available
