FY2026 ABPP - Battlefield Land Acquisition Grant

The National Park Service American Battlefield Protection Program (NPS ABPP) is offering grants to assist State and local governments, Tribes, and nonprofit organizations with the preservation of eligible Revolutionary War, War of 1812, and Civil War battlefield lands through acquisition of fee-simple or less-than-fee (easement) interests. The grants are available to acquire interests in eligible Civil War battlefields listed in the Civil War sites Advisory Commission's (CWSAC) Report on the Nation's Civil War Battlefields (1993) and in the principal battlefields of the Revolutionary War and War of 1812 identified in NPS ABPP's Report to Congress on the Historic Preservation of Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Sites in the United States (2007). • Eligible battlefields must be located on American soil, or within the boundaries of the United States, and outside the exterior boundaries of a unit of the National Park System. • Each grant requires a dollar-for-dollar non-Federal match. • Grant recipients are required to provide for public access and enjoyment of lands or interests in lands acquired with NPS ABPP funds in a manner consistent with the preservation goals of the program. • Land acquired with these funds will be subject to the LWCF non-conversion requirements.