Higher Education Safety Grant (Tennessee) is a Tennessee state program distributing 30 million dollars in campus safety funding to public and private higher education institutions, including University of Tennessee system schools, Tennessee Board of Regents institutions, and Tennessee Lottery Scholarship-eligible schools. Funding amounts are formula-based on Fall 2023 in-person student enrollment. Eligible uses include physical security improvements (perimeter and access control, surveillance, visitor management, signage), school resource officers, emergency operations planning, violence prevention programs, conflict resolution, and staff safety training. The deadline for the current cycle is January 3, 2027. Applications are administered through the Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration.

Evidence-Based Programming (EBP) Project is sponsored by Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration, Office of Criminal Justice Programs (OCJP). The EBP project provides funding to local jails to implement evidence-based programming for inmates. The goal is to improve access to knowledge, skills, and resources for successful reentry, reduce recidivism, and increase collaboration between jails and community partners.

The Department of Defense FY2026 Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) provides funding for U.S. universities to acquire research equipment and instrumentation in areas important to national defense, including AI and machine learning hardware. The program is administered jointly by the Army Research Office (ARO), Office of Naval Research (ONR), and Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), with approximately $34 million available and 95 awards anticipated. DURIP funds the acquisition of specialized computing hardware for AI/ML research (GPU clusters, TPUs, neuromorphic processors), robotics and autonomous systems testbeds, sensor arrays and data collection systems for machine learning training, high-performance computing infrastructure for defense-relevant AI research, and laboratory equipment for human-AI interaction studies. The program specifically supports equipment that enhances research-related education in DoD-priority disciplines. While general-purpose computing is not eligible, computing equipment directly supporting DoD-relevant AI research programs qualifies. No cost sharing is required.