grants.gov
Federal funding opportunities on Grants.gov are for organizations supporting the development and management of government-funded programs and projects.
Department of Defense
The Department of Defense supports fundamental and applied research through its branch agencies.
Department of Energy
The U.S. Department of Energy supports research and development through various programs.
National Institutes of Health
NIH is the largest public funder of biomedical research in the world.
Types
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Parent Announcements
Parent announcements (For Unsolicited or Investigator-Initiated Applications) are broad funding opportunity announcements allowing applicants to submit investigator-initiated applications for specific activity codes. They are open for up to 3 years and use standard due dates. -
PAs
Program Announcements are funding opportunities issued by one or more Institutes and Centers to highlight areas of scientific interest.
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RFAs
Requests for Applications are funding opportunities issued by one or more Institute or Center to highlight well-defined areas of scientific interest to accomplish specific program objectives.
Guides
NIH Feed
- Notice of Pre-application Webinar for RFA-AG-25-028, "Mentored Career Enhancement Awards to Build Cross-Disciplinary Knowledge and Skills for Comparative Studies of Human and Nonhuman Primate Species with Differing Life Spans (K18 CT Not Allowed)
- Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Understanding the Immune Functions of DEAD/H-box Helicases
- Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Systems Modeling of Infection and Immunity Across Biological Scales
- Notice of Early Expiration of Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Understanding the Immune Functions of DEAD/H-box Helicases, NOT-AI-21-066
- Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Administrative Supplements for NCI K12 Program Institutional Career Development Awards to Support an Additional Scholar Who is Establishing a Career in Improving the Health Outcomes of People With HIV and Cancer
National Science Foundation
NSF funds ~12,000 competitive awards for research, education and training each year.
See NSF's most recent funding announcements or browse A-Z for all funding opportunities.
NSF Feed
- Dear Colleague Letter: Announcing a New Track in the Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (PRFB) Program: Biological Research, Understanding and Solutions for a Resilient Planet
- Dear Colleague Letter: Planning Grants to Create Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Ready Test Beds
- Dear Colleague Letter: Supplemental Funding Opportunity: NSF Innovation Corps (I-Corps) Training for Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems (POSE) Recipients
- Dear Colleague Letter: Supplemental Funding Requests to Conduct Experimental Research on the NSF-funded Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research (PAWR)
- Dear Colleague Letter: NAIRR Pilot Expansion: Researcher Training, Community Outreach, and Classroom Education
Federal Agency Funding
Government Agencies with potential funding opportunities:
- Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS)
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Institute of Museum and Library Sciences (IMLS)
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
- National Endowment of the Arts (NEA)
- National Endowment of the Humanities (NEH)
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Other Grant-Making Agencies and Offices (via grants.gov)
- Small Business Administration (SBA)
- Social Security Administration (SSA)
- U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
- U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
- U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC)
- U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)
- U.S. Department of Education (ED)
- U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
- U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI)
- U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)
- U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)
- U.S. Department of State (DOS)
- U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)
- U.S. Department of the Treasury (TREAS)
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
- USDA grants
Other funding databases
Abstract and Award Data by Agency
Provides abstracts, funding totals and program information.