# FY2025 NAGPRA Repatriation Grants

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/p25as00474-fy2025-nagpra-repatriation-grants/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/357994

> National Park Service offered grants of up to $25,000 (at least $1,000) to nonprofits, colleges and universities, state and local governments and tribes. It expected to make $3.4 million in total. Applications closed on May 8, 2026.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | P25AS00474 |
| Agency | National Park Service |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | May 8, 2026 |
| Award ceiling | $25,000 |
| Award floor | $1,000 |
| Expected awards | not stated |
| Total funding | $3.4 million |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 15.922 |

## Who can apply

- State governments
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Special district governments
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

The following entities are eligible to apply for a NAGPRA Repatriation Grant:An Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian OrganizationIndian Tribe is defined at 43 CFR 10.2. The Bureau of Indian Affairs’ list of Federally recognized tribes is available at www.bia.gov. Native Hawaiian organization (NHO) is defined at 43 CFR 10.2.A Museum within the United States. Museum and United States are defined at 43 CFR 10.2.A museum is eligible to apply for a grant only if it has complied with the requirements of NAGPRA (25 U.S.C. 3001-3013) and the implementing regulations (43 CFR part 10) at the time it applies for the grant. Federal agencies and the Smithsonian Institution may not apply for grants. Any applicant who previously received a NAGPRA grant but did not meet the conditions of the grant agreement, including reports or statement of work, may be penalized in the review process. Excluded Parties: NPS conducts a review of the SAM.gov Exclusions database for all applicant entities and their key project personnel prior to award. The NPS cannot award funds to entities or their key project personnel identified in the SAM.gov Exclusions database as ineligible, prohibited/restricted, or otherwise excluded from receiving Federal contracts, certain subcontracts, and certain Federal assistance and benefits, as their ineligibility condition applies to this Federal program.

## What the grant funds

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.

## Questions people ask

### Is P25AS00474 still open?

No. It closed on May 8, 2026.

### Who can apply for FY2025 NAGPRA Repatriation Grants?

National Park Service accepted applications from nonprofits, colleges and universities, state and local governments and tribes. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

### What is the deadline for FY2025 NAGPRA Repatriation Grants?

Closed May 8, 2026. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

### How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $25,000 each. About $3.4 million in total.

### Who has won Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were Central Council Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, Caddo Nation of Oklahoma, Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska. The program made 206 awards worth $13.3 million in that time.