Grant Funding Opportunities

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Five Star and Urban Waters Restoration Grant Program 2025 Request for Proposals

Proposal Due Date: January 30, 2025 by 11:59 PM Eastern Time

NFWF is soliciting proposals through the Five Star and Urban Waters Restoration Grant Program. This program seeks to develop community capacity to sustain local natural resources for future generations by providing modest financial assistance to diverse local partnerships focused on improving water quality, watersheds and the species and habitats they support. Approximately $2.5 million in grant funding is available. Learn more

Longleaf Landscape Stewardship Fund 2025 Request for Proposals

Proposal Due Date: February 5, 2025 by 11:59 PM Eastern Time

NFWF seeks proposals to work with landowners to voluntarily restore, enhance and conserve longleaf pine and bottomland hardwood forests within the historical longleaf pine range. Approximately $31 million in grant funds is expected to be available in 2025. Learn more

Western Big Game Seasonal Habitat and Migration Corridors Fund 2025 Request for Proposals

Proposal Due Date: February 13, 2025 by 11:59 PM Eastern Time

NFWF is soliciting proposals for projects that improve the quality of ungulate seasonal habitat, stopover areas, and migration corridors for big game species such as elk, mule deer and pronghorn. Projects will promote robust, sustainable populations of big game such as elk, mule deer and pronghorn, have positive effects on a wide diversity of other species and implement strategies that increase habitat connectivity and climate resiliency. Approximately $3 million is available. Learn more

Northern Great Plains Program 2025 Request for Proposals

Proposal Due Date: February 19, 2025 by 11:59 PM Eastern Time

NFWF is soliciting proposals to voluntarily conserve and restore grasslands and wildlife species in the Northern Great Plains, with a focus on maintaining and/or improving interconnected grasslands in focal areas to sustain wildlife populations while fostering sustainable livelihoods and preserving cultural identities. Approximately $22 million in funding is anticipated. Learn more

Mojave Desert Tortoise Recovery Partnership 2025 Request for Proposals

Proposal Due Date: February 27, 2025 by 11:59 PM Eastern Time

NFWF is requesting proposals to restore, protect and enhance populations of Mojave desert tortoise and their habitat in California’s western Mojave Desert. Up to $1 million in funding is expected to be available through support from the U.S. Marine Corps. Learn more