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Fish and Wildlife Service grants a small business can apply for

5 funding opportunities from Fish and Wildlife Service are open now and list small businesses among their eligible applicants. Each one links to its official grants.gov page.

Open grants5
Award ceilings$5.1M
Open to for-profits1
Closing in 14 days0

Eligibility here means the funder listed small businesses or left the competition unrestricted. It is not a determination that you personally qualify — every announcement carries its own conditions, and some restrict by state, by research field, or by prior award. Read the announcement.

Open opportunities

OpportunityCategoryPer awardCloses
F27AS00008-NAWCA 2027-1 US Standard GrantsThe North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA) U.S. Standard grants are competitive, matching grants that support public-private partnerships carrying out projects in the U.S. that involve long-term protection, restoration, and/or…Natural Resources$3.0MSep 25, 202644 days
F26AS00069 Coastal Program FY26The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) Coastal Program provides technical and financial assistance to partners to support projects that protect and restore fish and wildlife habitats on public and private lands in priority coastal…Natural Resources$500KSep 30, 202649 days
F26AS00083 Aquatic Invasive Species Grants to Great Lakes States - Fiscal Year 2026 Great Lakes Restoration InitiativeUsing appropriations to the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) anticipates providing grants to support implementation of Great Lakes State Aquatic Invasive Species Management Plans (State…Natural Resources$600KDec 31, 2026141 days
F26AS00085 Aquatic Invasive Species Interjurisdictional Grants to the Great Lakes States and Tribes - Fiscal Year 2026 Great Lakes Restoration InitiativeUsing appropriations to the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) anticipates providing grants to support implementation of interjurisdictional projects that cut across state and tribal Great…Natural Resources$924KDec 31, 2026141 days
F26AS00084 Aquatic Invasive Species Grants to Great Lakes Tribes - Fiscal Year 2026 Great Lakes Restoration InitiativeUsing appropriations to the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) anticipates providing grants to support development and/or implementation of Great Lakes Tribal Aquatic Invasive Species…Natural Resources$100KDec 31, 2026141 days

Elsewhere

Health 92Science and Technology and other Research and Development 62Income Security and Social Services 16Agriculture 7Natural Resources 6Law, Justice and Legal Services 5Energy 4

The other two signals

Signal 1Contracts already wonPrimes under a legal obligation to subcontract part of the work. You are chasing a company, not a solicitation.Signal 2Work about to be boughtSources Sought notices. The requirement is not written yet, which is the one moment you can shape it.Signal 3Grants you can apply forFederal funding open to small businesses. Same SAM.gov registration, money that is not a contract.

Where this comes from

Grants.gov is the federal government's own listing of funding opportunities. SubSignal pulls the posted ones daily, keeps those whose eligibility codes include small businesses or are unrestricted, and drops the rest — most federal grants are open only to universities, states and tribal governments, which is why an unfiltered grants.gov search is so discouraging. Applying is always free.

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