UNFCU Foundation selected 21 grant partners across six countries for $795K in funding focused on pathways out of poverty for marginalized women and youth.
The Trump administration's revised Safe Streets and Roads for All program restricts funding for lane reductions and requires immigration enforcement cooperation.
A new GSA proposal would require all 222,760 federal funding recipients to certify they have no DEI programs or undocumented staff. Comments due March 30.
UKRI's first AI strategy commits £1.6 billion through 2030, with £137M for drug discovery, £250M for cloud compute, and £36M for supercomputer upgrades.
OMB apportionment delays have cut NIH and NSF new grant awards to 30% of normal levels in FY2026, leaving thousands of researchers waiting for funding.
A federal appeals court just protected $3T in grants and assistance from a funding freeze. Here’s what the ruling means for researchers, nonprofits, and small businesses.
The Department of Energy's SPARK program offers $1.9 billion for grid reconductoring and resilience projects. Concept papers are due April 2, 2026.
The Department of Energy selected 43 awards across 11 multi-institution AI projects, funding foundation models and privacy-preserving machine learning.
DOE's Early Career Research Program offers up to $145 million across 100 five-year awards. Mandatory pre-applications are due March 24, 2026.
The House passed a bipartisan FY2026 spending package rejecting proposed 40% cuts to NIH and boosting education funding to $79 billion.
Canada unveils $2M in new WAGE funding to engage men and boys in GBV prevention. Learn how organizations can prepare for upcoming grant opportunities and scale their impact.
U.S. conservation funding drops from $900M to $366M with no renewal. What this means for nature nonprofits, researchers, and 2030 protection targets.
USDA NIFA launches a new rolling grant program offering up to $500K for rapid research on emerging pest and disease threats to food and agriculture systems.
CMS is distributing $10 billion in Year 1 of a $50 billion rural health initiative, with every state receiving between $147M and $281M for care access and workforce.
Jim O'Neill, a venture capitalist with ties to Peter Thiel, has been nominated to lead the NSF — the first non-scientist ever tapped for the role.
The €830M FAMES pilot line in Grenoble is now operational — Europe's first Chips Act facility offering open access for semiconductor R&D and prototyping.
NIH is accepting community input on its FY2027-2031 strategic plan through webinars on March 16 and April 8. New priorities include AI tools and chronic disease.
Dozens of NSF Graduate Research Fellowship applicants say their proposals were returned unreviewed, raising concerns about automated screening and staffing cuts.
The Department of Homeland Security shutdown, now past 30 days, has frozen FEMA disaster and security grants while 50,000-plus TSA workers go unpaid.
The Senate passed SBIR/STTR reauthorization through 2031, introducing Strategic Breakthrough Awards up to $30M and new proposal caps for applicants.
AI researchers face a triple threat as proposed NIH and NSF cuts, the DHS shutdown, and Schedule F reclassification converge to disrupt federal funding.
The White House FY2026 budget request slashes domestic discretionary spending by 22.6%, targeting housing, heating, nutrition, and education grants.
Major House bills under markup aim to increase federal grant transparency and waste reduction. Learn how these changes could impact grant seekers and compliance.
OPM shut down the Combined Federal Campaign portal on March 4, threatening undisbursed 2025 donations for roughly 4,000 participating nonprofits.
Court discovery shows DOGE staff used ChatGPT to flag NEH grants as DEI-related, terminating $100M in humanities funding and 1,400 grants in 22 days.
Seventeen US AI startups raised $100M+ rounds in January-February 2026, led by Anthropic's $30B and OpenAI's $110B, reshaping public research funding calculus.
Congress approved $85M increases for both Head Start and CCDBG in the FY2026 spending bill, bringing totals to $12.4B and $8.8B respectively.
OpenAI raised $110B from Amazon, Nvidia, and SoftBank at a $730B valuation — dwarfing the entire federal AI research budget and reshaping grant strategy.
UK Research and Innovation commits record £1.6 billion over four years to AI research, targeting drug discovery, clean energy, and public services through 2030.
USDA restricts REAP solar grants above 50kW and freezes FY2026 applications, stalling over 100 pending projects worth $20 million for farmers and rural businesses.
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