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U.S. Department of the Interior

Funds fish and wildlife habitat, land and water conservation, and natural-resource science through its bureaus.

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Programs14
Active grants14
Total grants14
About

The Department of the Interior protects and manages the nation's natural resources and cultural heritage, provides scientific information about those resources, and carries out the federal government's trust responsibilities to American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and affiliated island communities. It works through 11 bureaus, among them the Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of …

Programs & grants under this funder
F26AS00105 National Fish Passage Program

Funds removing dams, culverts and other barriers so fish and rivers reconnect.

1 grant
F26AS00105 National Fish Passage Program
Open
$15M pool·246 days
Department of Interior Wildland Fire Service BLM-National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP)Fire Leaders And Managers, Emerging Scientists (FLAMES)

Funds a graduate student's own wildfire research project, paired with hands-on time with fire practitioners.

1 grant
Department of Interior Wildland Fire Service BLM-National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP)Fire Leaders And Managers, Emerging Scientists (FLAMES)
Open
$500K pool·21 days
U.S. Wildland Fire Service BLM-National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP) Primary Announcement

Funds research on why fire regimes are changing and how prescribed-fire smoke affects air quality.

1 grant
U.S. Wildland Fire Service BLM-National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP) Primary Announcement
Open
$4M pool·21 days
U.S Wildland Fire Service BLM-National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP) Regional Fire Science Exchange Announcement

Funds leading a two-year regional exchange connecting fire scientists with the practitioners who use their work.

1 grant
U.S Wildland Fire Service BLM-National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP) Regional Fire Science Exchange Announcement
Open
$4.0M pool·21 days
FY2026 Water Resources Research Act Non-Competitive Coordination

Funds the coordination role of a state's designated water research institute, not a competed research project.

1 grant
FY2026 Water Resources Research Act Non-Competitive Coordination
Open
— pool·34 days
Cooperative Agreement for Affiliated Partner with the Hawaii- Pacific Islands Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU)

Funds research on stopping invasive brown treesnakes from spreading further across Guam and the Pacific.

1 grant
Cooperative Agreement for Affiliated Partner with the Hawaii- Pacific Islands Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU)
Open
$2.5M pool·24 days
Cooperative Agreement for Affiliated Partner with the Rocky Mountain Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU)

Funds processing NASA satellite data into water-surface maps for hydrologists managing rivers and lakes.

1 grant
Cooperative Agreement for Affiliated Partner with the Rocky Mountain Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU)
Open
$300K pool·2 days
Cooperative Agreement for Affiliated Partner with the Great Lakes - Northern Forest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU)

Funds rebuilding molecular parasite-testing capacity at USGS's national wildlife disease lab.

1 grant
Cooperative Agreement for Affiliated Partner with the Great Lakes - Northern Forest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU)
Open
$276K pool·8 days
Cooperative Agreement for Affiliated Partner with the Alaska Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU)

Funds research on how beetle-killed spruce forests in Alaska open the door to an invasive tree.

1 grant
Cooperative Agreement for Affiliated Partner with the Alaska Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU)
Open
$453K pool·15 days
Cooperative Agreement for Affiliated Partner with the Colorado Plateau Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU)

Funds building monthly drought forecast maps that tell rangeland managers when restoration will likely succeed.

1 grant
Cooperative Agreement for Affiliated Partner with the Colorado Plateau Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU)
Open
$480K pool·16 days
Cooperative Agreement for Affiliated Partner with the Gulf Coast Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU)

Funds modelling how seafloor sediment properties shape coastline damage during major storms.

1 grant
Cooperative Agreement for Affiliated Partner with the Gulf Coast Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU)
Open
$350K pool·15 days
Cooperative Agreement for Affiliated Partner with the Californian Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU)

Funds extending an invasive-mussel risk model to guide inspection stations in Washington and California.

1 grant
Cooperative Agreement for Affiliated Partner with the Californian Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU)
Open
$250K pool·16 days
FY26 Bureau of Land Management Abandoned Mine Lands and Hazardous Materials - Bureau wide

Funds inventory work and physical repairs at hazardous abandoned mine sites on land BLM manages.

1 grant
FY26 Bureau of Land Management Abandoned Mine Lands and Hazardous Materials - Bureau wide
Open
$4M pool·1 days
Desalination and Water Purification Research Program: Research Projects

Funds lab-scale and pilot-scale research that cuts the cost or energy of treating impaired water for reuse.

1 grant
Desalination and Water Purification Research Program: Research Projects
Open
$5.7M pool·33 days
Last verified: 25 Aug 2026Source: www.doi.gov