ARPA-H launches the Autonomous Interventions and Robotics program to develop robot systems that perform stroke surgery without direct human input.
A proposed federal rule would require all grant applicants to certify anti-discrimination and public-safety compliance. Learn how this impacts nonprofit, academic, and business grantees.
DOE awards $68 million across 43 grants for AI foundation models, privacy-preserving ML, and energy-efficient algorithms for scientific research.
New SBIR reauthorization rules require proposal submission caps per firm and foreign risk screening, reshaping small business innovation strategy for FY2027.
SAMHSA announces over $69 million in funding for children's mental health, suicide prevention, and assisted outpatient treatment grant programs.
CMS launches a $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program awarding every state an average $200 million in first-year funding for rural care access.
The Critical Minerals Infrastructure Fund opens $500M for shovel-ready projects. Learn what this means for businesses and Indigenous groups, and how to apply by March 4, 2026.
Ontario’s new policy caps OSAP grants at 25% and ends the tuition freeze starting Fall 2026, impacting students and advocates. Learn what this means—and what to do next.
NSF's AI-ENGAGE initiative funds six international research projects across the US, Australia, India, and Japan to bring AI into global agriculture.
OpenAI, Anthropic, and World Labs raised a combined $141B in February 2026, reshaping where AI research happens and what it means for academic funding.
The One Big Beautiful Bill creates a universal charitable deduction but imposes new AGI floors that could reduce total giving by $81B over a decade.
One month after Congress approved $50B in spending, OMB has not released funds to science agencies, freezing global health grants and new NIH awards.
More than 25,000 employees have left federal science agencies, with half of NIH director positions unfilled, creating a bottleneck for grant processing.
Skoll Foundation pledges $25M, Ford Foundation $16M, and community foundations open rapid-response grants as nonprofits lose federal funding across sectors.
New proposed rules would allow short-term workforce training to qualify for Pell Grants starting July 2026. What higher ed and training providers need to know.
House Appropriations Committee opens FY2027 LHHS earmark requests, enabling health and rural clinics to secure federal funding. Submissions due March 20, 2026.
Congress preserved most science agency budgets in the FY2026 package, rejecting 40% NIH and 50%+ NSF cuts, but inflation-adjusted funding continues to erode.
The UK government launched a £40 million Fundamental AI Research Lab targeting hallucinations and unreliable reasoning. Applications close March 31, 2026.
NSF is designing a new graduate fellowship model co-funded by government and industry, after halving traditional GRFP awards to just 1,000 fellows in 2025.
UKRI's first-ever AI strategy commits £1.6 billion over four years across drug discovery, compute infrastructure, and responsible AI — its largest single investment.
NSF plans to consolidate grant solicitations from over 200 to 100 or fewer, raising concerns about reduced opportunities for junior faculty and niche research.
DOD released first SBIR topics since reauthorization ended a five-month freeze. A new $30M strategic breakthrough track opens for qualified small businesses.
NSF's new Tech Labs initiative will award $10-50M annually to independent research teams tackling challenges that universities and industry can't solve alone.
Schmidt Sciences is accepting proposals up to $800K for AI-humanities research through its HAVI program. Applications close March 13, 2026 at 11:59 PM EDT.
DARPA's Biological Technology Office awarded Mississippi State $850K to build AgSENT, an AI-powered early-warning system for global agricultural threats.
A federal appeals court just struck down the 15% indirect cost cap on research grants, restoring fuller reimbursement. Here’s how researchers and institutions can respond—and what to watch next.
The Trump administration's $5B NIH and NSF funding cuts are reshaping university research. Learn what researchers, nonprofits, and small businesses should do next.
The UK AI Safety Institute funded 60 alignment research projects across 8 countries with £27M. A second funding round opens summer 2026.
Anthropic is accepting applications for its AI Safety Fellows Program starting May 2026, offering $3,850 weekly stipend and $15K per month in compute.
NIST received $55 million earmarked for AI research and a new AI Standards Center as part of a 21% overall budget increase in the FY2026 spending bill.
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