Southeast New England Program (SNEP) Innovative Restoration Grants
EPA offers up to $1 million per project for innovative coastal and riverine restoration in southeast New England, with up to 8 awards and project periods typically lasting up to 5 years.
Funder: Environmental Protection Agency
Due Dates: November 4, 2026, 1:00 PM (Webinar) | December 2, 2026 (Questions) | December 11, 2026, 11:59 PM ET (Application)
Funding Amounts: $250,000–$1,000,000 per award for up to five years; $5,312,813 total estimated funding
Summary: Supports innovative coastal and riverine habitat restoration and connectivity projects within the Southeast New England Program region.
Key Information: Activities must take place within and directly benefit the SNEP geographic area; one application per applicant.
Description
The Environmental Protection Agency’s Region 1 Southeast New England Program (SNEP) supports projects that restore coastal and riverine habitats, improve connectivity, and enable future restoration across southeast New England. This opportunity funds work at different stages, including planning, research, monitoring, outreach, implementation, and coordinated development. Projects must promote innovative technologies or approaches that improve habitat or the region’s ability to restore it.
Innovation includes practices or technologies that are new or not widely adopted in the region, even if used elsewhere. Relevant habitats include salt marshes, mudflats, eelgrass beds, oyster reefs, floodplains, streams, rivers, tidally influenced wetlands, and historically altered cranberry bogs. The program seeks healthier watersheds, improved water quality and ecosystem function, and transferable lessons that help other communities undertake restoration.
