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FY2025 NAGPRA Repatriation Grants

Funding
$3.4M
Award Range
$1,000 – $25,000
Deadline
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May 08, 2026
Posted Jan 3, 2025 (413 days ago)
Closes May 8, 2026 (in 76 days)

Grant Details

Opportunity Number
P25AS00474
CFDA / ALN
15.922
Opportunity Category
Discretionary (D)
Funding Category
Other (O)
Funding Instrument
Grant (G)
Cost Sharing
No Cost Sharing (No)

Eligibility

State governments (00) County governments (01) City or township governments (02) Special district governments (04) Public and State controlled institutions of higher education (06) Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) (07) Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS (12) Private institutions of higher education (20) Others (25)

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.

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.