Research, Innovation & Technology Grants

Federal Agency · U.S. National Science Foundation

IUSE / Professional Formation of Engineers: Revolutionizing Engineering Departments (IUSE/PFE: RED)

$50K – $2M·Closes September 8, 2026 (1 days left)

Federal Agency · U.S. National Science Foundation

A Science of Science Approach to Analyzing and Innovating the Biomedical Research Enterprise

$100K – $250K·Closes September 9, 2026 (2 days left)

Funder · Foundation for Cincinnati Jewish Seniors

Foundation for Cincinnati Jewish Seniors — Greater Cincinnati Jewish Seniors Support Grants

Funding amount not specified·Closes September 9, 2026 (2 days left)

Federal Agency · National Telecommunications and Information Admini

Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund Grant Program – Solutions for AI-Native RAN

Funding amount not specified·Closes September 9, 2026 (2 days left)

Federal Agency · U.S. Mission to Armenia

Enhancing and Supporting the Network of American Spaces in Armenia

$111K·Closes September 10, 2026 (3 days left)

Federal Agency · U.S. Mission to Zimbabwe

Annual Program Statement

$10K – $15K·Closes September 13, 2026 (6 days left)

Federal Agency · Golden Field Office

DE-FOA-0003646 Notice of Intent to Issue DE-FOA-0003647 Accelerating Scale-up and Pre-piloting of Emerging Chemical Technologies (ASPECT)

$0·Closes September 14, 2026 (7 days left)

Federal Agency · U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia

U.S-Saudi AI Research Commercialization Accelerator Program (ReCAP)

$600K – $900K·Closes September 14, 2026 (7 days left)

Federal Agency · National Institute of Standards and Technology

Measurement Science and Engineering (MSE) Research Grant Programs

Funding amount not specified·Closes September 15, 2026 (8 days left)

Federal Agency · U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia

University-led Networks for Innovation, Technology, and Expertise (UNITE)

$90K – $150K·Closes September 17, 2026 (10 days left)

Federal Agency · Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA

DoW Neurofibromatosis Exploration-Hypothesis Development Award

Funding amount not specified·Closes September 22, 2026

Federal Agency · Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA

DoW Alzheimer’s Transforming Care Award

Funding amount not specified·Closes September 24, 2026

Federal Agency · Foreign Agricultural Service

Coordinating Agricultural Development & Innovation (CADI) to enable America First Trade Wins in Europe, the South Caucasus and Central Asia

Up to $332K·Closes September 28, 2026

Federal Agency · Bureau of Land Management

FY26 Bureau of Land Management Plant Conservation and Restoration Management - Bureau wide

$10K – $500K·Closes September 28, 2026

Federal Agency · DOT - Federal Transit Administration

FY26 Bus Safety, Accessibility, and Innovation Notice of Funding Opportunity

$0 – $10M·Closes September 28, 2026

Federal Agency · National Institutes of Health

Limited Competition: High Impact Specialized Innovation Programs in Clinical and Translational Science (RC2 Clinical Trials Optional)

Funding amount not specified·Closes September 28, 2026

Federal Agency · U.S. National Science Foundation

ECosystem for Leading Innovation in Plasma Science and Engineering (ECLIPSE)

Funding amount not specified·Closes September 29, 2026

Federal Agency · U.S. National Science Foundation

Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology

From $220K·Closes September 29, 2026

Federal Agency · Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA

DoW Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research Program, Therapeutic Idea Award

Funding amount not specified·Closes September 30, 2026

Federal Agency · Assistance Coordination

Middle East Regional Cooperation (MERC)

$100K – $2M·Closes September 30, 2026

State Agency · State Treasurer's Office

California Investment and Innovation Program (Cal IIP) 2027

Funding amount not specified·Closes October 1, 2026

Federal Agency · Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA

DoW, Ovarian Cancer, Pilot Award

Funding amount not specified·Closes October 1, 2026

Federal Agency · Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA

DoW Peer Reviewed Cancer, Idea Award

Funding amount not specified·Closes October 5, 2026

Federal Agency · U.S. National Science Foundation

Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Undergraduate Program

$300K – $9M·Closes October 6, 2026

State Agency · Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation

Extreme Heat and Community Resilience Program Round 2

Funding amount not specified·Closes October 13, 2026

Federal Agency · U.S. National Science Foundation

Mathematical Biology

Funding amount not specified·Closes October 14, 2026

Federal Agency · U.S. National Science Foundation

Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP)

$100K – $3.5M·Closes October 14, 2026

Federal Agency · National Institutes of Health

GREGoRi Innovation Projects (U01 Clinical Trial Optional)

$3 – $500K·Closes October 30, 2026

Federal Agency · National Institute of Food and Agriculture

1890 Institution Teaching, Research, and Extension Capacity Building Grants Program

$50K – $750K·Closes November 4, 2026

Federal Agency · U.S. National Science Foundation

NSF Small Business Innovation Research / Small Business Technology Transfer Phase I, Phase II, Fast-Track Programs: A Pilot Emphasis on Scientific Instrumentation

Funding amount not specified·Closes November 4, 2026

Federal Agency · U.S. National Science Foundation

Unlocking Dataset Value for AI-Enabled Scientific Discovery (AI Datasets)

Funding amount not specified·Closes November 4, 2026

Federal Agency · National Institutes of Health

NCCIH Natural Product Early Phase Clinical Trial Phased Innovation Award (R61/R33 Clinical Trial Required)

Up to $350K·Closes November 13, 2026

Federal Agency · U.S. National Science Foundation

Applied Mathematics

Funding amount not specified·Closes November 16, 2026

Federal Agency · U.S. National Science Foundation

MPS Astronomical Sciences Research Programs (MPS Astro)

Funding amount not specified·Closes November 16, 2026

Federal Agency · U.S. National Science Foundation

Plasma Physics

Funding amount not specified·Closes November 16, 2026

Federal Agency · U.S. National Science Foundation

National Science Foundation Translation to Practice

$600K – $2M·Closes November 17, 2026

Federal Agency · U.S. National Science Foundation

IUSE: Innovation in Two-Year College STEM Education (ITYC)

Funding amount not specified·Closes December 9, 2026

Federal Agency · Office of Science

The Genesis Mission: Transforming Science and Energy with AI

$500K – $16M·Closes December 17, 2026

Federal Agency · DARPA - Tactical Technology Office

TTO Office Wide (OW) BAA 2025

Funding amount not specified·Closes December 22, 2026

Federal Agency · Golden Field Office

NOI: PROSPECT Program: Providing Opportunities for Specialized Education in Critical Technologies

$1·Closes January 15, 2027

Federal Agency · U.S. National Science Foundation

Cybersecurity Innovation for Cyberinfrastructure

Up to $1.2M·Closes January 20, 2027

Federal Agency · U.S. National Science Foundation

GROWING CONVERGENCE RESEARCH

$1.2M – $3.6M·Closes February 8, 2027

Federal Agency · U.S. National Science Foundation

EMERGING FRONTIERS IN RESEARCH AND INNOVATION (EFRI-2026/27): Wave-Based Computing ( EFRI-WBC)

Funding amount not specified·Closes February 11, 2027

Federal Agency · U.S. National Science Foundation

NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Program

$1M – $5M·Closes March 2, 2027

Federal Agency · U.S. National Science Foundation

Pathways to Enable Secure Open-Source Ecosystems (PESOSE)

Funding amount not specified·Closes March 2, 2027

Federal Agency · U.S. National Science Foundation

Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) Program

$300K – $1M·Closes March 25, 2027

Federal Agency · U.S. National Science Foundation

Expeditions in Computing

From $15M·Closes March 31, 2027

Federal Agency · U.S. National Science Foundation

Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity Education Innovation and Scholarship for Service (CyberAI SFS)

$300K – $2.5M·Closes April 5, 2027