Grants Deadlines and Timelines

Large Application Round Grant Deadline

July 18, 2025: REQUIRED pre-application draft deadline. A pre-application is required to be eligible to submit a final application. A pre-application is a draft of the final application using the MN Historical and Cultural application. It is critical that you complete the pre-application as thoroughly as possible. The more specific the pre-application, the better the advice will be from the Content Reviewers to help you prepare a competitive final application.
September 12, 2025: Final application deadline at 11:59 PM
November 6 and 7, 2025: The Historic Resource Advisory Committee (HRAC) will meet in the 3M Auditorium at the History Center, 345 W Kellogg Blvd, St Paul, MN. The committee will review applications and make its recommendations for awards for the fiscal year 2026 large grant round. HRAC meetings are open to the public and live-streamed.
December 2025: MNHS Board approval based on HRAC recommendations, and the Grants Office sends notification letters to all applicants.
December 2025: Grants Office prepares and sends the grant agreement. The grantee signs the grant agreement and returns it to the Grants Office.
January 1, 2026: Earliest beginning date for project work*
June 1, 2027: Latest ending date for project work*

*All work on projects funded in this grant cycle must be completed between January 1, 2026 and June 1, 2027 (except for historic building construction projects and/or projects with matching federal funds). Project periods of appropriate length are permissible as long as the beginning and end dates fall within this period. Please note: 12 months is a typical project period. The grant agreement will state the project's start, end, and final report dates.

Contact Minnesota Historical and Cultural Heritage Grants • grants@mnhs.org • 651-259-3497

Application submission deadline by 11:59 p.m.	Project activity start date	Project activity end date.
Friday, July 11, 2025	October 1, 2025	October 1, 2026*
Friday, October 10, 2025	January 1, 2026	January 1, 2027*
Friday, January 9, 2026	April 1, 2026	April 1, 2027*
Friday, April 10, 2026	June 30, 2026	June 30, 2027*

Pre-application (mandatory) submission deadline by 11:59 p.m.	Final application submission deadline by 11:59 p.m.	Project activity start	Project activity end.
Friday, July 18, 2025	Friday, September 12, 2025	January 1, 2026*	June 1, 2027*

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