FY2025 NAGPRA Repatriation Grants
Grants help museums, tribes, and Native Hawaiian organizations repatriate Native American remains and cultural items, covering costs like transport and decontamination.
Funder: National Park Service
Due Dates: May 8, 2026 (final deadline) | Rolling until funds are expended or NOFO is cancelled
Funding Amounts: Up to $25,000 per award; minimum $1,000; total program funding $3,407,000; project period up to 12 months
Summary: Supports museums, Indian Tribes, and Native Hawaiian organizations in the repatriation of Native American human remains and cultural items, covering costs such as transport, decontamination, and reburial.
Key Information: Applications are reviewed and awarded on a rolling basis; the opportunity may close before the final deadline if funds are exhausted.
Description
This grant program, administered by the National Park Service under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), provides funding to assist museums, Indian Tribes, and Native Hawaiian organizations (NHOs) with the repatriation of Native American human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony. Funding is intended to defray costs associated with the physical transfer, including packaging, transportation, contamination removal, reburial, and storage.
Eligible project activities include:
- Travel for representatives to prepare or accompany items for repatriation
- Transportation of human remains and/or cultural items
- Hazardous substance testing, documentation, and decontamination
- Building containers for transport
- Ceremonial materials necessary for return
- Staff time for administrative and logistical arrangements
Infrastructure projects are not eligible for funding.
