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Full Proposal Due: August 14, 2025, 11:59 PM ET. Conditional notification November 2025. Public announcement December 2025.
"Bats for the Future Fund" is currently closed and not accepting applications.
Bats for the Future Fund is sponsored by National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF). Bats for the Future Fund is a grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), in partnership with the U. S.
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Bats for the Future Fund | NFWF Bats for the Future Fund 2026 Request for Proposals The Bats for the Future Fund provides funding for existing and novel treatments for white-nose syndrome, a disease that has killed millions of bats over two decades. Bats play critical roles in the U.S. controlling agricultural, forest and human pests.
Recent studies estimate that the pesticide services of bats are worth more than $1 billion annually to the U.S. corn industry alone, and more than $3. 7 billion annually to all agricultural production. Unfortunately, millions of bats have died over the past two decades from the spread of white-nose syndrome disease (WNS).
In some sites where WNS has been detected, up to 100 percent of bats have disappeared. Since signs of the disease were first observed in New York in 2006, WNS has spread rapidly to 47 states and 10 Canadian provinces. WNS is caused by a cold-loving fungus that attacks hibernating bats.
More than half of the bat species in the United States and Canada hibernate to survive the winter, and are potentially susceptible to this disease. Without a solution to this devastating problem, several bat species may be in danger of extinction. The Bats for the Future Fund provides grant funding to stem the impacts of WNS in North America and promote the survival and recovery of WNS-susceptible bat populations.
The four primary objectives are to 1) Advance field treatments and management tools that provide the greatest potential to improve bat survival by preventing exposure to Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd), the fungal pathogen that causes WNS, 2) Implement treatments, management tools, and habitat conservation strategies that help WNS-affected bat populations to survive and recover from the impacts of WNS, including but not limited to the northern long-eared bat and the Indiana bat 3) Improve understanding of life history of WNS-affected species, especially northern long-eared bat, to close knowledge gaps and advance long-term recovery actions, WNS treatments, and protection of heavily impacted populations, and 4) Support innovative and collaborative research leading to development and deployment of treatments and management tools or strategies for WNS.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service provides significant annual funding for the Bats for the Future Fund, with additional funding from Southern Company.
Bats for the Future Fund 2026 Request for Proposals - CLOSED Environmental Compliance Checklist for NFWF Projects Subrecipient Environmental Compliance Acknowledgment NEPA Categorical Exclusion Instructions and Checklist FWS Environmental Compliance Template Program Fact Sheet and 2025 Grant Slate Program Fact Sheet and 2024 Grant Slate Bats for the Future Fund 2024 Program Report Director, Northeastern Regional Office Senior Manager, Northeast Watersheds Coordinator, Regional Programs Credit: USFWS/Ann Froschauer Credit: USFWS/Ann Froschauer Northern long-eared bats are native to the old growth forests of the eastern and north-central United States.
Populations in the northeastern United States have been severely affected by white-nose syndrome, a fungal disease that affects their hibernation, which led to their listing as an endangered species in 2015. Northeast Forests and Rivers Fund Fighting the spread of white-nose syndrome in bats Shell USA and NFWF Commemorate 25 Years of Conservation After near extinction, some bats are coming back courtesy of Pa. biologists and others
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Bats for the Future Fund is funded by National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
Yes — this listing is flagged as national in scope, so applicants across the U.S. may apply, subject to the sponsor's other eligibility criteria.
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