VA-SPORTS-26A: Amendment Round for Grants for Adaptive Sports Programs for Disabled Veterans and Disabled Members of the Armed Forces
Historical reference for the closed VA-SPORTS-26A amendment window. The round was limited to organizations that successfully submitted VA-SPORTS-26 and did not create a separate funding pool or a new application opportunity.
VA-SPORTS-26A: Amendment Round for Grants for Adaptive Sports Programs for Disabled Veterans and Disabled Members of the Armed Forces
Historical reference: the amendment round is closed
VA-SPORTS-26A was a narrow amendment opportunity connected to the VA Adaptive Sports Grant Program. It was not a new general application round. The official listing says that it was open only to organizations that had successfully submitted to VA-SPORTS-26. It is now archived, and the official VA grant page does not announce a replacement VA-SPORTS-27 round. This page is therefore a historical reference for organizations reviewing an earlier submission, not a live invitation to apply.
The authoritative record is the VA-SPORTS-26A opportunity listing. That record identifies the agency as National Veterans Sports Programs and gives the amendment number VA-SPORTS-26A. It was last updated on May 22, 2026, and the listing records the opportunity as archived on July 19, 2026. The VA Adaptive Sports Grant Program page is the program owner’s source for the broader grant program and future notices.
The official record marks the round closed on June 19, 2026. Because the round has ended, the front matter keeps that date as the historical deadline and sets historicalReference = true. There is no basis in the official VA materials reviewed for replacing it with a new date. The VA program page instead tells organizations to watch Grants.gov and contact Grants4Vets for information about future grants.
What VA-SPORTS-26A covered
The amendment listing described a post-submission correction route under 38 C.F.R. 77.6 and the VA-SPORTS-26 Notice of Funding Opportunity. An eligible organization could use the route to request changes to an application package that it had already submitted successfully. The record did not present VA-SPORTS-26A as a second competition for new applicants, and it did not publish a separate amendment funding pool.
The underlying VA-SPORTS-26 NOFO announced up to $16,000,000 for the broader VA Adaptive Sports Grant Program, subject to federal funds, with maximum funding of $750,000 per organization. Those figures describe VA-SPORTS-26, not a separate pot of money for amendments. The amendment listing shows no program-funding total, a displayed minimum award of $1, and a maximum award of $750,000. It also states that no cost sharing or matching was required.
The program’s purpose was to help qualifying organizations plan, develop, manage, and implement adaptive sports opportunities for Veterans and members of the Armed Forces with disabilities. The VA program page lists instruction, participation, and competition; training and technical assistance; athlete assessment and classification; sport-specific training; program development; equipment and supplies; evaluation; and related implementation activities as authorized categories. Those program activities explain the underlying grant, but they did not turn the amendment round into an open call for new projects.
Who could use the amendment route
The first and controlling eligibility test for VA-SPORTS-26A was prior submission. The official amendment record says that organizations had to have successfully submitted to VA-SPORTS-26. An organization that had not submitted a successful VA-SPORTS-26 package could not use VA-SPORTS-26A as a new entry point, regardless of its interest in adaptive sports or its general grant experience.
The underlying NOFO supplied the broader program standard. It described an eligible applicant as a non-federal government entity with significant experience managing a large-scale adaptive sports program for people with disabilities whose disabilities are comparable to those of the Veterans and service members to be served. The NOFO required the relevant key personnel to have experience implementing the proposed activities and working with the intended population. It also described a large-scale program through examples such as a program of a National Paralympic Committee or National Governing Body, or a program in which at least 50 people with disabilities participate or participants live in at least five congressional districts.
That background matters when interpreting the archive. VA-SPORTS-26A did not loosen the underlying program requirements. It was a package-revision mechanism for an already submitted application. Federal agencies were not the intended grant recipients under the VA program’s eligibility description; the VA page says they were encouraged to partner with non-federal entities instead. The amendment record’s narrower prior-submission condition remains the practical gate for this specific opportunity.
What the official amendment instructions required
The official listing gives a short, concrete application process. While the window was available, an organization seeking an amendment had to:
- Start from the application package submitted for VA-SPORTS-26.
- Prepare a narrative description of the requested changes and a clear justification for them.
- Submit a revised Standard Form 424 through Grants.gov.
- Select
Revisionon the SF-424. - Enter the Grants.gov number for the originally submitted application in the revision field.
The amendment description also imposed substantive limits. A post-deadline amendment could not change the scope of the original application or increase the requested grant by more than a total of 10 percent. The earlier application package remained the package used for Administrative and Merit Review. The official record says that an amendment submitted after the application deadline would not be considered during those stages; amendment consideration occurred only for an application that progressed to Programmatic Review.
Those rules are important for historical review because several claims on older summaries can sound like permission to rewrite a proposal. They were not. The amendment process was designed for a justified revision inside the original application’s boundaries. It did not authorize a new project, a new applicant, a fresh budget competition, or a substantial change in the proposed adaptive sports work.
Underlying application readiness
The VA-SPORTS-26 NOFO required the normal federal application infrastructure. An applicant needed an EIN, a UEI, and an active SAM registration. The NOFO also required submission of the VA-FSC Vendor File Request Form VA Form 10091 through the VA Customer Engagement Portal, with information aligned to SAM.gov. Applications were submitted through Grants.gov.
For an original VA-SPORTS-26 application, the NOFO listed VA Form 10096, the SF-424, a narrative, and budget details among the required materials. Partnership letters were required when the proposed work relied on a formal partnership, while letters of support or collaboration were optional. Those original-package requirements help explain what an amendment might have corrected, but they should not be read as a current checklist for filing VA-SPORTS-26A. The amendment opportunity is closed.
If an organization is auditing its archived submission, it should compare the submitted version with the official amendment record and preserve the Grants.gov confirmation, the revised SF-424, the change narrative, and the justification together. It should also document which changes were requested, whether they stayed within the original scope, and whether the package reached the programmatic stage. That is an internal recordkeeping practice, not a claim that VA is accepting new amendments now.
Funding and program boundaries
The broader NOFO stated that a single organization could not receive more than $750,000 from this funding source for the applicable 12-month period. It also limited administrative expenses to 5 percent of grant funds, excluded research and reimbursement of medical services traditionally paid by insurance, and did not authorize construction. Equipment that supported safe transfers and accessibility in sports environments could be eligible under the program rules.
The eligible participant rules were also specific. Grant funds supported Veterans and members of the Armed Forces with disabilities. The NOFO excluded services for people who were not Veterans or members of the Armed Forces and applied the relevant restrictions concerning eligibility for VA benefits. These boundaries belong to the underlying VA-SPORTS-26 program and are useful when reviewing a past package, but they do not create a current application opportunity.
What to do now
There is no current VA-SPORTS-26A application step to complete. Do not submit a new application under the archived amendment number, and do not treat the historical deadline as an open or rolling date. An organization that did not successfully submit VA-SPORTS-26 cannot use this archive entry to enter the program.
For a future cycle, monitor the VA grant program page and Grants.gov. The VA page says that future-grant information is available through the Grants4Vets contact, so organizations can email Grants4Vets@va.gov and ask when the next Notice of Funding Opportunity will be published. A future notice may change the application period, funding priorities, required forms, eligible applicants, or award limits. Until VA publishes that notice, this page should not imply that a new deadline exists.
Organizations planning ahead can still use the program owner’s general preparation guidance: maintain an active SAM registration, keep the UEI and legal-entity information consistent, confirm Grants.gov access, and review the program’s eligibility definition before a notice opens. Those steps reduce avoidable delays, but they are preparation for a future announcement rather than a way to reopen VA-SPORTS-26A.
Official records
- VA-SPORTS-26A archived opportunity listing
- VA Adaptive Sports Grant Program
- VA-SPORTS-26 Notice of Funding Opportunity
The official VA-SPORTS-26A record and the VA program page support the closed-cycle status, the prior-submission eligibility rule, the amendment mechanics, the underlying funding context, and the future-announcement guidance summarized here. No next-cycle deadline has been added because none was announced in those official sources.