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Natural Resources grants open to small businesses

6 open federal grants categorised as natural resources list small businesses among their eligible applicants.

Open grants6
Award ceilings$5.9M
Open to for-profits2
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

OpportunityFunderPer 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…Fish and Wildlife Service$3.0MSep 25, 202644 days
Desalination and Water Purification Research Program: Research ProjectsThe Bureau of Reclamation"s Desalination and Water Purification Research (DWPR) Program aims to increase water supplies by reducing the costs, energy requirements, and other barriers to adoption of treating impaired water for beneficial…Bureau of Reclamation$800KSep 29, 202648 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…Fish and Wildlife Service$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…Fish and Wildlife Service$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…Fish and Wildlife Service$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…Fish and Wildlife Service$100KDec 31, 2026141 days

Elsewhere

National Institutes of Health 75Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA 58Centers for Disease Control-GHC 15Community Oriented Policing Services 5Fish and Wildlife Service 5Administration for Children & Families - ACYF/FYSB 4Administration for Children and Families - OCS 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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