Over 40% of major grantmakers now use AI for initial screening. Meanwhile, AI writing tools are flooding agencies with more applications than ever. Here is what smart applicants are doing differently.
EPA is offering $350K to $2.5M per award for HVAC upgrades, clean air shelters, and smoke readiness planning. Here is who qualifies and how to compete.
NSF is investing up to $160M per region over a decade through its Engines program. With 15 finalists competing for round two, here is how the program works and who should pay attention.
After the longest SBIR lapse in program history, federal agencies face a compressed six-month window to publish solicitations, review proposals, and obligate billions. Here is how to position yourself in the scramble.
The federal Single Audit threshold rose from $750K to $1M for the first time since 1997. Here is who benefits, who faces new obligations, and how to prepare.
USDA canceled its $3.1B Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities program. One year later, 14,000+ farms face funding gaps. Here is what happened and where to find alternative support.
Starting April 25, every new federal contract will include a mandatory anti-DEI clause. Non-compliance triggers treble damages under the False Claims Act. What contractors and grant recipients must do now.
DOE's third round of critical minerals funding offers $50M-$100M awards for domestic processing, recycling, and manufacturing. Applications close April 24.
The FAR overhaul raises compliance thresholds, renumbers clauses, and restructures cybersecurity rules. Small businesses stand to save thousands in compliance costs if they prepare now.
The Complement-ARIE program funds organ-on-chip, computational biology, and human tissue models to replace animal research. A deep look at what it means for funding strategy.
NIH slashed active NOFOs from 800+ to under 500, shifting to investigator-initiated science. What researchers gain in freedom, they lose in clarity.
State SBIR matching programs can add $25,000 to $500,000 on top of your federal award. Here is the complete guide to which states offer matching funds and how to claim them.
The CEP Sector in Crisis report exposes a dangerous disconnect between foundations and the nonprofits they fund. What the data means for grant seekers navigating 2026.
The largest CHCF increase in a decade collides with nationwide Medicaid work requirements that threaten to strip coverage from 5.6 million patients. How health centers can prepare.
Google.org is offering up to $3 million per organization across two AI challenges — one for government innovation, one for scientific breakthroughs. Eligibility, strategy, and what wins.
MacArthur Foundation commits $100 million to protect democracy while raising its payout to 7.1%. What the elevated spending trend means for nonprofits seeking foundation grants.
Researchers are removing climate change, diversity, and environmental justice from grant applications. The self-censorship trend is measurable — and the strategic implications are profound.
A new federal Pell Grant category for short-term credential programs goes live July 2026. The rules, the eligible programs, and the strategy for institutions and workforce organizations.
The most sweeping federal grant policy change in a generation introduces political appointee review, termination for convenience, and indirect cost preferences. What grant recipients must do now.
After a yearlong freeze, a federal court forced FEMA to reopen its biggest disaster mitigation program. Here is what changed, who can apply, and how to position before July 23.
DOE tried to cap university overhead at 15%. Congress blocked it. Now the FAIR model could reshape how every federal grant covers research costs. Strategic implications for PIs.
NIH launched Complement-ARIE with $150M to develop organ-on-chip, AI models, and other NAMs that simulate human biology. What biotech researchers and grant seekers need to know.
NSF's new Tech Labs initiative offers $10-50M annual grants to independent research teams using milestone-based OT contracts. A deep analysis of who can win and how this reshapes American science.
USDA OREI grants are open with $66M and a 33% success rate — the highest in federal ag research. Deadlines, eligibility, and strategy for the May 14 submission window.
DOE's SPARK program offers $1.9B for grid reconductoring and advanced transmission tech. Concept papers due April 2. A strategic breakdown for utilities, states, and energy innovators.
The EU's last major Horizon Europe work programme puts €14B on the table through 2027. A strategic breakdown of budgets, deadlines, eligibility, and how US-based teams can compete.
NIH awarded 5,564 fewer grants in FY2025 due to forward funding. At NCI, odds dropped from 1-in-10 to 1-in-25. What researchers need to know to compete in a shrinking pool.
NSF and four federal partners will fund up to 56 AI coordination hubs — one in every US state and territory. Letters of intent due June 16. Here is what applicants need to know.
OpenAI Foundation will grant $1B in 2026 for health, AI resilience, and workforce. Combined with rising foundation giving, tech philanthropy is reshaping the grant landscape. Here is how to position for it.
The NPRM for Workforce Pell Grants sets 70% completion and placement benchmarks, requires governor approval, and launches July 2026. What institutions and students need to know.
The Departments of Education and Labor are merging their postsecondary grant infrastructure. The $175M Talent Search competition and July 2026 Workforce Pell launch are the opening moves in a structural federal consolidation.
The August 2025 executive order on grant oversight is reshaping compliance requirements, adding termination-for-convenience clauses, and threatening indirect cost rates. A practical guide to what has changed and what to do about it.
The FY2026 spending bill signed four months late has forced NIH, NSF, and DOE into a compressed funding timeline. Grant seekers with shelf-ready proposals have a rare structural advantage.
AI-written proposals are overwhelming funders with polished sameness. Detection is a dead end. The future belongs to funders who discover grantees directly — not the other way around.
The Genesis Mission funding opportunity spans 20+ challenge areas from quantum to biotech, with Phase I awards up to $750K due April 28. A strategic breakdown for research teams.
After 22 states sued and a yearlong freeze, FEMA reopened the BRIC program under court order — but with new rules that shift disaster costs to states and cut planning support.
Research Studies
Original studies built from the same federal award data that powers Granted. Free to cite and embed.
Data Study · FY2024
Alaska led all 50 states at $9,304 per resident in fiscal year 2024 — about 2.7× the national average of $3,437 — in a state-by-state analysis of $1.2 trillion in federal grants.
Data Study · FY2024 → FY2025
Grants to non-hospital, non-university 501(c)(3)s fell 16.5% ex-GGRF — and 41% in the months after the January 2025 transition.
Data Study · FY2024
Only about 6% of federal grant dollars go directly to 501(c)(3) charities. 84% flows through governments, chiefly Medicaid; hospitals and co-ops are much of the rest.