Wetland Mitigation Banking Program Fiscal Year (FY) 2026
Competitive grants fund the development and establishment of wetland mitigation banks and banking opportunities for agricultural producers with wetlands subject to Food Security Act wetland conservation compliance.
⚑ Eligibility section was not included in the notice excerpt; applicant classes cannot be confirmed from the provided text. · Priority is given to proposals in specified states: Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. · Up to $1,000,000 per award; total program funding is $3,000,000. · Webinar for applicants scheduled for July 30, 2026 at 3:00 PM ET.
This is a service-delivery/grants program for establishing wetland mitigation banks for agricultural producers, not the team’s social-science research portfolio. The team could maybe evaluate policy implementation around wetlands in a very indirect way, but this opportunity is not a plausible PI-level fit for any roster member.
JUDGED AGAINST THE ROSTER'S PUBLICATION DOSSIER · GPT-5.4-MINI · 2026-07-23
Unit fits — one characterization, each unit's own rules
| IPPRA | 40 partial | portfolio topics: environment, water_resources, climate_weather; signature methods: community engaged, policy analysis; social/behavioral work is minor; funds service delivery, not research (capped); eligibility unclear — verify in the NOFO; capped at 40 (non-research funding) |
| Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo) | 25 weak | technical depth: substantial; funds service delivery (capped) |
| Tom Love Innovation Hub | 10 none | deep-tech content; no commercialization signal |
Description
NRCS is announcing the availability of $3 million in WMBP grant funds for the development and establishment of mitigation banks and banking opportunities solely for agricultural producers with wetlands subject to the wetland conservation compliance provisions of the Food Security Act of 1985 (as amended). WMBP is a competitive grants program accepting proposals from eligible entities as identified in Section B.1. Priority will be given to banks in states with significant numbers of individual wetlands, wetland acres, and conservation compliance requests. Based on NRCS data, these states are Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
A webinar for WMBP applicants is scheduled for July 30, 2026 at 3 pm Eastern Time. Information on how to participate in the Microsoft Teams webinar can be obtained through the following link:
https://events.gcc.teams.microsoft.com/event/4685b4dd-a1ce-4ad6-81e3-d4318799cb11@ed5b36e7-01ee-4ebc-867e-e03cfa0d4697
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