Last round: May 26 – Jun 19, 2026, as the funder posted it.
Next round: about May 26 – Jun 19, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder. The funder hasn't announced it. GrantMe estimated it from last year's dates.
Use the time now: get ready, read last year's guidelines on the funder's page, and save this grant to put the dates in your calendar.
Before you apply: federal grants require an active SAM.gov registration (Unique Entity ID) and a Grants.gov account.
Registration is free but can take weeks, so start now, not when the deadline is close. Get-ready checklist
This funding announcement is open for organizations who successfully submitted to Opportunity VA-SPORTS-26 to submit an amendment to the grant application package, as described under 38 C.F.R. 77.6. As described in the VA-SPORTS-26 Notice of Funding Opportunity:
An amendment submitted after the application submission deadline and prior to the grant award cannot change the scope of the original application or increase the amount of the grant requested by more than a total of 10-percent. An applicant seeking to amend its grant application must submit a narrative description of, and clear justification for, the requested changes, and a revised Standard Form 424 (Application for Federal Assistance). Amendments submitted after the application submission deadline will not be considered during the Administrative or Merit Review stages. Consideration of amendments will only occur for applications that progress to the Programmatic Review stage.
Application package submitted prior to the submission deadline for VA-SPORTS-26 will be used for consideration in both the Administrative and Merit Review stages.
When submitting, organizations must select Revision on the SF424 and list the Grants.gov # for originally submitted application (GRANT#######) in the "If Revision, select appropriate letter(s)" field.
Who can apply, from the official notice
Organizations who successfully submitted to Opportunity VA-SPORTS-26
Official notice: https://simpler.grants.gov/opportunity/d03d5c9c-287b-4599-8ed3-a7b543c6852d · Printed from grantme.click/grants/670542fe-b467-4f17-8c93-cf222d2a63c1
Selection criteria are established in the notice of funding availability through the funding priorities and the review criteria.
Match
None required (federal program listing).
Examples of funded projects
Fiscal year 2015: Funded Projects take diverse forms, such as training and technical assistance to train therapist and Veterans in Paralympic and adaptive sports, introductory and competitive events such as the Valor Games and Warrior Games, equipping initiatives to enable community-based entities to provide adaptive sports programs for disabled Veterans, clinics and training camps for disabled Veterans to participate and hone skills in adaptive sports, ongoing community-based adaptive sports programs for disabled Veterans, and activities to develop pipelines for disabled Veterans training in Paralympic sports. Funded Projects take diverse forms, such as training and technical assistance to train therapists and Veterans in Paralympic and adaptive sports, introductory and competitive events such as the Valor Games, equipping initiatives to enable community-based entities to provide adaptive sports programs for disabled Veterans, clinics and training camps for disabled Veterans to participate and hone skills in adaptive sports, ongoing community-based adaptive sports programs for disabled Veterans, and activities to develop pipelines for disabled Veterans training in Paralympic...
