OWEB is now accepting online applications for the Summer 2026 Open Solicitation

Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board sent this bulletin at 03/27/2026 09:54 AM PDT

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The Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board (OWEB) is now accepting online applications for the Summer 2026 Open Solicitation Grant Offering for the following grant types:

Available Funding

OWEB anticipates making a combined total of over $18 million for Restoration, Technical Assistance, Engagement, and Monitoring available through this solicitation. In order to pace grant awards within the spending plan across the three grant cycles that will occur in the 2025-2027 biennium, OWEB anticipates having the following statewide approximate spending targets for the Summer 2026 offering: $13.5 million for Restoration, $2.5 million for Technical Assistance, $0.6 million for Engagement and $2.1 million for Monitoring. 

 

How to Apply

Grant applications are due by 5:00 pm on August 3, 2026, and must be submitted via OWEB's online grant application. The OWEB Board plans to make grant awards at the January 2027 meeting.

 

Click on the links to the grant type of interest (above) for application requirements and login information. If you already have an Online Application login, you may access the application directly.

 

Purpose

These grants support voluntary efforts by Oregonians to protect and restore healthy watersheds–including actions supporting the Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds and the Oregon State Wildlife Action Plan.
Open Solicitation grant funds are available for restoration projects that will protect or restore fish and wildlife habitat and/or watershed functions to improve water quality and/or stream flow. Grant funds may also be used for resource assessment, planning, design, and engineering technical assistance, monitoring, and engagement activities necessary for carrying out projects to protect or restore fish and wildlife habitat and/or natural watershed functions to improve water quality and/or stream flow.
Funding is from Oregon Lottery revenue, federal Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Funds through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and revenue from the sale of Salmon License Plates.

 

Questions

If you have questions about applying for a Restoration, Technical Assistance, or Engagement OWEB grant, contact the Regional Program Representative for your region.

If you have questions about applying for a Monitoring OWEB grant, contact Ken Fetcho, OWEB’s Effectiveness Monitoring Coordinator.

New to OWEB and our grant programs? Visit OWEB’s website.

 

Thank you for your interest in watershed restoration and protection!

Eric Williams, Grant Program Manager