FY2026 CDS Requests

Thanks for your interest in submitting an appropriations request to the office of Senator Maria Cantwell. Below are appropriations request forms for Congressionally Directed Spending, defense appropriations, and non-defense appropriations.

All appropriations requests to the Office of Senator Cantwell are tentatively due by 11:59 pm PDT on Sunday, April 6, 2025. 

For any questions during or after this process, please email appropriations@cantwell.senate.gov, including the project title and appropriations bill or agency related to the request.

Congressionally Directed Spending
Please use this form to submit any congressionally-directed spending requests for Fiscal Year 2026: FORM

On Saturday, March 15^th, the President signed a full-year continuing resolution for Fiscal Year 2025 into law, removing all FY25 CDS. If you would like a project from FY25 to be considered, please update and resubmit your request for FY26.

In order to ensure timely consideration of requests, please be as thorough as possible in your application materials and complete all fields and subfields marked as required. Please refer to the guidance document throughout the process and answer any supplemental questions for the specific account you are applying under, found HERE.

Defense Appropriations

Please use this form to submit defense appropriations requests for Fiscal Year 2026: FORM

Non-Defense Appropriations

Please use this form to submit non-defense appropriations requests for Fiscal Year 2026: FORM

The online guidance document for CDS requests and deadlines are subject to change pending guidance from the Senate Appropriations Committee.