NASA is replacing its once-a-year SBIR solicitation with a rolling Broad Agency Announcement. Proposal limits reset per appendix. Subtopics drop throughout the year. Here is how to adapt your strategy.
The Pell Grant program faces a $104-132 billion shortfall over the next decade. With 7.5 million students at risk, education funders and grant-seeking organizations need strategies now.
The SBIR/STTR reauthorization through 2031 introduces Strategic Breakthrough Awards up to $30M, proposal caps, and enhanced security vetting. What small businesses need to know now.
CMMC 2.0 enforcement is live, with Level 2 third-party assessments hitting contracts by November 2026. For SBIR winners, university labs, and defense subcontractors, the compliance clock is ticking — and the penalties include False Claims Act liability.
Federal education funding disruptions have topped $12 billion in the past year, with grant competitions stalled, programs transferred between agencies, and new compliance rules on the horizon. Here is what is actually happening and how to protect your funding.
The Streamlining Federal Grants Act would overhaul how $1.2 trillion in federal grants reach communities — replacing 191 disconnected IT systems, standardizing applications, and creating a Grants Council. Here is what the bill does and what it means for grant seekers.
The reclassification of federal grant-making employees under Schedule F could politicize billions in research funding decisions. Grant seekers need to understand the stakes and adapt their strategies now.
Federal agencies have billions in appropriated science funding they are not disbursing. The gap between congressional appropriation and agency spending is creating a crisis for researchers and institutions that depend on federal grants.
The Department of Energy is investing $145M in early career researchers and $68M in AI for science simultaneously. Together, these programs reveal a deliberate strategy to build an AI-literate research pipeline — and the application windows are open now.
NIST launched its AI Agent Standards Initiative to govern autonomous AI systems. For startups and researchers pursuing SBIR, DOE, or DOD AI funding, the standards taking shape now will determine who wins federal contracts for the next decade.
The Pentagon's APFIT program surpassed $1 billion in awards to small defense innovators, with FY2026 projects averaging $30M each. Paired with SBIR's reauthorization after a five-month shutdown, the defense small business innovation stack has fundamentally changed.
Congress preserved NIH at $48.7 billion and blocked the indirect cost cap, but eliminated clean energy and environmental justice programs. A sector-by-sector guide to what the final spending bill means for your funding.
Morehouse College will host one of the Southeast's most powerful supercomputers. New legislation would reserve 10% of NSF AI Institutes for HBCUs. Together, these moves could reshape who does AI research in America.
NIH will no longer fund foreign subawards on domestic grants. The new PF5 activity code creates a parallel award structure that gives NIH direct oversight of every dollar sent abroad — and researchers must adapt fast.
The Philanthropy 50 shows mega-giving concentrated among fewer donors giving more. With foundation giving forecast to reach $122 billion in 2026, nonprofits that understand where the money flows can position themselves to capture it.
Massachusetts, Texas, California, and other states are creating their own biomedical research funding as NIH grants stall. A strategic guide for researchers navigating the new state funding landscape.
Starting July 2026, Pell Grants expand to short-term workforce programs for the first time. A strategic guide for community colleges, students, and workforce organizations navigating the new rules.
The PROSPR program funds seven teams to run human clinical trials targeting biological aging — not diseases, but the process that causes them. Rapamycin analogs, retrotransposon inhibitors, and SGLT2 repurposing are heading to trial. Here is what researchers and biotech founders need to know.
The EU committed €900 million to lure researchers with relocation grants worth up to €2 million each. France placed 41 of 46 recruits from the US. Here is what the global talent war means for American research institutions and grant seekers.
95,000 science employees have left federal agencies, NIH posted 84 funding notices versus 787 the prior year, and NSF lost 35% of its workforce. What the staffing collapse means for every researcher waiting on a grant decision.
The Counter-UAS Grant Program is the fastest non-disaster grant FEMA has ever executed. Here is how it works, who qualifies, and how states should prepare for FY2027 eligibility.
The UK's DARPA equivalent is investing nearly £100M across two programmes to solve AI's coordination crisis and slash inference costs by 1,000x. Applications close March 24.
A $1B+ federal initiative across HHS, USDA, and EPA is backing robotic weeding, regenerative agriculture, and chemical-free crop protection. Who qualifies, what is funded, and how to position.
Executive Order 14332 is remaking federal grants to resemble procurement contracts — with termination-for-convenience clauses, political appointee review, and drawdown restrictions. A strategic guide for nonprofits and universities navigating the shift.
DOE has committed over $1 billion to nuclear energy R&D since 2009, with $52.8 million in fresh NEUP awards and a $900 million SMR deployment opportunity now open. Here is how researchers and small businesses can tap into the nuclear renaissance.
After a five-month shutdown, Congress reauthorized SBIR/STTR through 2031 with $30M Strategic Breakthrough awards, new proposal caps, and mandatory foreign risk screening. Here is what it means for your next proposal.
The Agriculture and Food Research Initiative is the largest competitive grant program for food and agriculture science. With $445 million across six priority areas and a March 19 deadline, here is how to position your proposal.
The AIR program is ARPA-H's most ambitious bet yet: fully autonomous robots that perform stroke-saving thrombectomies without a human surgeon. Proposals are due March 18. A strategic guide for applicants.
Despite White House proposals to slash K-12 and higher education programs, Congress preserved TRIO, Pell, Title I, and IDEA funding in the FY2026 spending bill. A strategic breakdown for education grant applicants.
The Google.org Impact Challenge: AI for Government Innovation offers $1M–$3M grants plus cloud credits and engineering support. Applications close April 3. A strategic guide for nonprofits and research institutions.
AI safety and alignment research funding has exploded in 2026 — from Anthropic fellowships to UK government grants to NIST standards programs. Here is every major funding source and how to position yourself.
CMS distributed $10 billion in first-year Rural Health Transformation funds to all 50 states — but per-capita disparities expose a formula that may shortchange the communities that need it most.
The federal clean energy funding landscape has been systematically dismantled in 2026. Here is what survived, what is gone for good, and where clean energy researchers and startups should look now.
The Genesis Mission and its $320 million investment, plus $68 million in new foundation model awards, signal a fundamental shift in how DOE funds scientific computing. A strategic guide for researchers.
Eleven regional grantmakers are distributing $600 million in EPA environmental justice subgrants — and most are still accepting applications. Here is the tactical guide to finding your grantmaker, understanding the timeline, and submitting a competitive application.
NIH success rates are plummeting and multiyear funding is consuming competing awards. The strategic choice between R01 and R21 mechanisms has never mattered more — or been less straightforward.
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.