A record $500M in federal Charter School Program grants is now available for FY2025. Learn what this means for charter operators, how to apply, and what changes to expect.
DOE's Early Career Research Program offers up to $145 million in five-year awards for scientists within 10 years of their doctorate across seven research areas.
New Schedule Policy/Career classification could strip civil service protections from up to 50,000 federal grant-making employees at NIH, NSF, and DoD.
NSF's Tech Labs initiative will fund independent research teams at $10M to $50M per year for breakthrough technology in AI, quantum, biotech, and semiconductors.
NSF announced the AI-Ready America initiative on March 25, funding up to 56 coordination hubs across every U.S. state and territory at $1M per year each.
NIST and MITRE are investing $20M in AI cybersecurity centers and planning a $70M AI manufacturing institute, expanding federal AI safety infrastructure.
NIH launched the $150M Complement-ARIE program funding seven technology centers developing organ-on-a-chip and AI-based alternatives to animal testing.
ARPA-H's PROSPR program is funding seven research teams with up to $144M to develop interventions that treat aging as a tractable biological process.
Climate tech companies face layoffs and shutdowns as DOE cancels billions in clean energy grants. A federal court ruled the cancellations unconstitutional.
DOE's NERSC is accepting AI for Science proposals offering up to 10,000 GPU node hours on the Perlmutter supercomputer. Apply by April 30 for full review.
DHS shutdown disrupts FEMA and cybersecurity grants. Learn how local governments, tribes, and nonprofits can navigate the funding freeze during the ongoing standoff.
National survey of nearly 1,000 NIH-funded researchers reveals 25% have laid off staff, 40% canceled projects, and two-thirds advise students to leave academia.
DOE opens $1.9 billion SPARK grid funding for reconductoring and advanced transmission upgrades. Concept papers due April 2, full applications May 20, 2026.
Education Department proposes rules for Workforce Pell Grants covering 8-week training programs. Public comments due April 8; enrollment starts July 2026.
FEMA's $1B BRIC program reopens for disaster-resilient infrastructure grants. Learn who qualifies, how to apply by July 23, and key program updates.
EPA is accepting applications for $13.6M in wildfire smoke preparedness grants, with individual awards up to $2.5M. Applications due April 15, 2026.
The U.S. Departments of Education and Labor announce their first-ever joint grant competition under a new Postsecondary Education Partnership initiative.
Google.org opens a $30M AI for Government Innovation Challenge offering $1-3M grants to nonprofits and academic institutions. Applications due April 3, 2026.
The SBIR/STTR reauthorization bill has cleared Congress and awaits the president's signature. Small businesses should prepare proposals and audit foreign ties now.
With DHS agencies receiving $114B from the OBBBA through 2026, organizations face new grant and contracting opportunities—and intense competition.
Senate passes DHS funding without ICE and Border Patrol, impacting grant flows for agencies like TSA, FEMA, and Coast Guard. What this means for grant seekers.
The 42-day DHS shutdown stalls grants, funding, and payments for research, nonprofits, and small businesses. Learn what grant seekers should do now.
The Department of Energy opened a $293M funding opportunity under the Genesis Mission, backing interdisciplinary teams that combine AI with national lab research across 21 challenge areas.
All three SBIR program managers at the Department of Education were eliminated in workforce reductions, leaving ed-tech startups without dedicated federal support.
NSF's updated public access policy eliminates the 12-month publication embargo, requiring immediate deposit of research papers and data in the NSF Public Access Repository.
Congress rejected Trump's proposed 40-60% cuts to NIH, NSF, and NASA, restoring FY2026 science funding to near-prior levels in a bipartisan appropriations deal.
USDA is accepting applications for $25M in Value-Added Producer Grants with up to $200K per award. Applications due April 22, 2026. 1:1 match required.
The Linux Foundation launched $12.5M in grants backed by Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI to help open source maintainers manage AI-generated security findings.
The Department of Energy is accepting applications for $352M in Energy Frontier Research Centers funding across quantum, AI, critical minerals, and advanced manufacturing.
The Rockefeller Foundation awarded a $1M grant to mHUB for hardtech founder support and a new data center sustainability accelerator targeting undercapitalized entrepreneurs.
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