Embryo Adoption Awareness and Services (EAA) – PA-EAA-26-001: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Division B of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 (Public Law 119-75) and Section 1704 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. § 300 u-3).

Any public or private nonprofit entity located in a U.S. state or territory is eligible. Only agencies and organizations, not individuals, are eligible to apply.

Examples of eligible organizations include:

• State governments
• U.S. territories
• County governments
• City or township governments
• Special district governments
• Independent school districts
• Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
• Native American tribal governments (federally recognized)
• Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
• Native American tribal organizations (other than federally recognized tribal governments)
• Nonprofits having 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
• Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
• Non-profit private institutions of higher education
• For profit organizations other than small business
• Small businesses

Yes. Both faith-based organizations and American Indian/Alaska Native/Native American organizations are explicitly eligible to apply.

No. Any eligible entity as defined in the NOFO may apply, including organizations that have not previously received EAA funding.

Approximately $2 million is available, with up to 6 awards anticipated. Individual awards range from $100,000 to $500,000 per year.

Yes. A recorded technical assistance webinar will be available on Grants.gov by June 17, 2026.

Yes, the Technical Assistance Webinar slides for this NOFO will be posted to Grants.gov under "Related Documents" tab.

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Applications must be submitted via Grants.gov by 6:00 p.m. ET on July 10, 2026.

Projects have an anticipated start date of September 30, 2026.

Awards are for two (2) years (2, 12-month budget periods) with an option for a competitive third (3) year, beginning on the anticipated project start date of September 30, 2026.

No. Continuation funding is contingent upon availability of funds, satisfactory project progress, appropriate stewardship of federal funds, and the best interests of the government.

This is a new competition for funds to support new EAA services grant awards. It is not a continuation funding opportunity for existing grants. 

If you are registering a new entity or renewing your registration, you must submit a notarized letter formally appointing an Entity Administrator to SAM.gov. See detailed instructions on the content of the letter and process for domestic entities.

A quick start guide for registrants is available. You should allow a minimum of five days to complete an initial SAM registration. Allow up to 10 business days after you submit your registration for it to be active in SAM. This timeframe may be longer if SAM flags the information you provide for manual validation. You will receive an email alerting you when your registration is active.

If your organization is already registered in SAM, you must renew your SAM registration each year. Organizations registered to apply for Federal awards through Grants.gov will need to renew their registration in SAM. You should make sure your SAM registration information is accurate, especially your organization’s legal name and physical address including your ZIP+4. See instructions on updating your information. 

Carefully follow all eligibility, responsiveness, formatting, and submission requirements in the NOFO. Review the Disqualification Criteria section closely before submitting.

Grants.gov may take up to 48 hours to notify you of a successful submission. Applicants are strongly encouraged to submit at least 4–5 days before the closing date.

Yes. Job descriptions may be submitted in place of CVs or resumes for positions not yet filled at the time of application submission.

Yes, you may submit more than one application, but each application must be for a distinctly different project. If you submit multiple applications for the same project, we will accept only the last application submitted a Grants.gov timestamp that is before the due date and time. We will disqualify all other versions of the application.

All applications must be submitted electronically through Grants.gov. Paper or email submissions are only accepted with prior written approval from the Grants Management Officer, requested at least 4 business days before the deadline.

The actual award amounts will be determined after applications have been reviewed and risk assessment completed. Nothing is final until the NOA is issued.

Applications go through a multi-step review: 

1. An initial qualification and alignment review for eligibility, responsiveness, and formatting.
2. An independent merit review panel scoring.
3. A programmatic, budgetary, and grants management review by federal staff, including review by a senior appointee consistent with Executive Order 14332.

If the merit review panel reviewed your application, you may receive summary comments after final award decisions are announced. Scores are not released.

OPA expects funded recipients to

• Provide medical and administrative services to facilitate the use of human embryo adoption.
• Increase knowledge, awareness, and understanding of embryo adoption. Center the rights and long-term well-being of the child in all program design and service delivery, including the requirement that embryo adoption agencies conduct background checks, home visits, and other assessments coordinated by a qualified case worker.
• Promote open/identified donation practices that protect the child's right to know their biological origins and medical history.
• Implement a Monitoring, Evaluation, and Improvement (MEI) Plan.
• Communicate and disseminate activities, successes, and lessons learned..
• Engage in sustainability planning.

Recipients must align their projects with the following priorities:

HHS Priorities

• Address the chronic disease epidemic
• Empower patients to make informed decisions about health care
• Prevent conflicts of interest
• Achieve gold standard science
• Explore alternative testing models
• Further our understanding of autism
• Toxins
• Investigate and care for those with Long COVID
• Advance the scientific understanding of the aging process
• Use digital tools and artificial intelligence to improve health
• Data privacy
• Usher in a deflationary era in health care costs
• Strengthen the health care workforce
• Promote patient safety
• Promote work and self-sufficiency
• Foster marriage and family formation
• End illegal race discrimination
• Combat gender ideology and protect children
• End taxpayer subsidies for illegal immigration
• Reaffirm parental authority and protect religious liberty and conscience rights
• End crime and disorder on America's streets
• Enforce the Hyde Amendment
• Improve oversight of foreign funded institutions
• Ending dangerous gain-of-function research

OASH Priorities

• Address the chronic disease epidemic
• End diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies and practices across OASH’s programs
• Reduce overmedicalization in health care and increase focus on optimal health and addressing underlying root causes
• Provide medically accurate and reliable information necessary for informed consent
• Where permitted by law, end the use of federal funds for sex-rejecting procedures for children, and ensuring evidence-based care
• Enforce the Hyde Amendment
• Ensure gold standard science, curtail corporate capture and prevent conflicts of interest
• To the extent allowed under Federal law and regulations, including the preliminary injunction issued in New York, et al. v. DOJ, et al. (DRI), 1:25-cv-00345, OASH will prioritize programs, partnerships, and funding mechanisms that further the agency’s priority to ensure that federal resources are not used to facilitate or incentivize illegal immigration
• Ensure adolescent program materials are age-appropriate
• Protect parental rights to direct the religious upbringing of their children
• Promote body and health literacy

All applications must be submitted electronically through Grants.gov. Paper or email submissions are only accepted with prior written approval from the Grants Management Officer.

• Font: 12-point, easily readable (e.g., Times New Roman or Arial)
• Page size: 8.5" x 11"
• Margins: 1" on all sides
• Project Narrative must be double-spaced
• Project Narrative: maximum 30 pages
• Project Narrative plus Appendices combined: maximum 75 pages
• Submitted in English and in U.S. dollars

Three files are required:

1. Project Narrative
2. Appendices (as a single consolidated file)
3. Budget Package

Your appendices should include: 

• A Work Plan
• A Logic Model
• Signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOUs) from Partners
• Letters of Support
• Curriculum Vitae/Resume for Key Project Personnel and Job Descriptions for positions to be Hired
• An Organizational Chart

Cost sharing is voluntary. You are not required to provide cost sharing or matching in your proposed budget.

The maximum award is $500,000. Applications requesting more than this will be disqualified.

The minimum award is $100,000. Applications requesting less will be disqualified.

No. Costs incurred prior to the Notice of Award date are not allowable.

No. Construction costs and major facility renovations are not permitted.

Not at the time of award. Prior approval from the Grants Management Officer is required before purchasing any vehicle, including mobile health units.

Yes. No individual's salary may be charged to the award at a rate exceeding the Executive Level II cap, which is $228,000 as of January 2026.

No project funds can be used to pay for human tissues, nor for any approach that may be construed as involving compensation for the donation of human tissues. It is important to also note that no grant funds can be used for the donation of human embryos to embryo-destructive research.

No grant funds can be used to pay for, subsidize, promote, or otherwise support discarding or destroying human embryos.

No portion of the Federal funds can be used towards the reimbursement of an embryo donor's already accrued costs, including but not limited to storage fees.

No grant funds can be used to create new human embryos.

If your organization does not hold an active award under this opportunity at the time you apply and/or your organization has never received an award under this opportunity, funding priority points may be provided. Qualifying for a funding priority does not guarantee that your application will be successfully awarded.