Food & Nutrition Grants

Food and Nutrition Service · $20K–$2M

Eligibility is broad: state agencies administering SNAP, state or local governments, health/welfare agencies, public health or educational entities, and private nonprofits such as community- or faith-based organizations, food banks, and emergency feeding organizations may apply. This USDA Food and Nutrition Service program funds projects to modernize SNAP customer service, administrative infrastructure, and eligibility-determination technology, with awards of $20,000 to $2 million. Note that unless the applicant is a state SNAP agency applying on its own, a letter of commitment or endorsement from the relevant state SNAP agency is required.

Food and Nutrition Service · $1–$3M

Eligibility is limited to the 88 State agencies that currently administer the WIC program; agencies may apply individually or as part of a consortium. Funds support program integrity, connecting farmers to WIC, and modernizing WIC management information and EBT systems. The maximum award is about $3 million, with a deadline of July 13, 2026.

Food and Drug Administration · $0–$750K

This FDA opportunity is limited to national organizations or associations that represent state/local/tribal retail food regulatory programs or the retail food/foodservice industry as a primary purpose, to collaboratively advance retail food safety initiatives and reduce foodborne illness. Eligibility is narrow: applicants must be qualifying national associations with the membership and standing to build national consensus, and must hold (or be able to obtain) an information-sharing agreement with FDA. Maximum award is up to $750,000. The deadline is July 14, 2026, within about a month.

Food and Nutrition Service · $150K–$750K

This opportunity is open only to State agencies that administer SNAP; county-administered applicants must include a letter of commitment from the relevant SNAP agency, and only one application per State agency is considered. The program funds state efforts to prevent, detect, and investigate SNAP recipient fraud, with awards up to about $750,000. Organizations other than SNAP state agencies are not eligible. The deadline is within about three weeks.

Food and Nutrition Service · $1–$4M

Eligibility is open to government agencies (state, local, territory, or tribal) and non-profit organizations; for-profit entities and individuals are not listed as eligible. The program funds point-of-purchase incentives to increase fluid milk purchases among low-income SNAP participants, with awards up to about $4 million. The deadline is within about three weeks.

Rural Business-Cooperative Service · $10K–$2M

This USDA Rural Development program (MPPEP-4) provides competitive grants to expand meat and poultry processing capacity, available to producer-owned cooperatives, tribes, and tribal entities. Awards range from $10,000 (equipment-only projects) up to $2 million (processing expansion projects). Cost share is required, including a 50 percent match on the project cost for processing expansion projects, with funding sources verified before award. Applicants outside the named eligible categories cannot apply.

National Institutes of Health · Amount varies

This NIH program (NARCH) funds federally recognized American Indian/Alaska Native tribes and tribal organizations to support health-related research, research career enhancement, and research infrastructure. Other applicants include tribal governments not federally recognized. Foreign institutions and non-U.S. components of U.S. organizations are not eligible to apply. No award amount is stated; consult the funding opportunity for details. Eligibility is narrow and centered on tribal and Native organizations.

National Institutes of Health · Amount varies

This NIH R01 funds research examining the efficacy and clinical effectiveness of digital health technologies for the remote management of type 2 diabetes; a clinical trial is required. Eligible applicants include federal agencies, tribal governments, faith- or community-based organizations, regional organizations, and U.S. territories, in addition to standard research institutions. Foreign organizations and the foreign components of U.S. organizations are not eligible, and foreign components are not allowed. No specific award amount is stated in this record; see the NOFO for full eligibility details.

National Institutes of Health · Amount varies

This NIH R50 award provides salary support for established Research Software Engineers who build and disseminate biomedical software, tools, and algorithms. Eligible applicants include universities and research institutions; foreign (non-U.S.) organizations are not eligible to apply. It is tied to an existing research environment and specialized staff, so it suits research institutions rather than general nonprofits or individuals applying on their own. No specific award amount is stated.

National Institutes of Health · Amount varies

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National Institutes of Health · Up to $350K

This NIH HEAL Initiative R61/R33 funds early translational drug-discovery research toward non-addictive pain therapeutics, including assay development, screening, and initial characterization of candidate agents; no clinical trial is allowed. Eligible applicants include universities, research institutions, and tribal and community organizations, but foreign organizations are not eligible to apply. The maximum award is about $350,000. It requires drug-discovery research capacity.

Food and Drug Administration · Up to $250K

An FDA R01 funding safety and effectiveness testing to support approval of drugs for minor uses or minor species (MUMS) in veterinary medicine. Eligibility is limited to entities developing such drugs (or their research partners) that already hold an INAD file and a MUMS designation from FDA/CVM, with a protocol pre-reviewed by FDA, so this requires existing regulatory standing with FDA. Awards reach up to about $250,000. Not a fit unless the applicant is already in the FDA veterinary drug development pipeline.

Food and Drug Administration · $0–$200K

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) issued by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM), builds upon the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) which was initiated in 1996 as one of the key activities in a national action plan to combat antibiotic resistance threats. The purpose of this FOA is to protect and promote public health by enhancing, strengthening, and sustaining antibiotic resistance surveillance in retail food specimens within the NARMS program. The NARMS cooperative agreement is intended to improve the detection of antibiotic resistance among bacteria in food commodities, as well as expand to new sites to expand the scope of sampling. Measurable outcomes of the program will be in alignment with the NARMS Objectives.

Food and Drug Administration · $0–$300K

The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to advance efforts for a nationally integrated animal food safety system providing state animal food regulatory programs the ability to achieve full implementation of the Animal Food Regulatory Program Standards (AFRPS) within 5 years and to maintain full implementation. This NOFO will also fund optional projects for state animal food regulatory programs to: Advance food safety and protect public health by strengthening partnerships with the FDA and other state animal food regulatory partners through sharing, collaboration, coordination, and leveraging each other’s expertise, work, data, and enforcement actions. Develop and standardize processes, procedures, systems, and other methods to integrate federal and state animal food regulatory work resulting in mutual reliance. Specific outcomes may include, but are not limited to: State animal food regulatory programs will achieve and maintain implementation of the AFRPS, which is recognized as a critical element to creating a national, fully integrated food safety system. Operational use of standardized animal food regulatory systems developed by state programs to compel federal reliance on state regulatory work and resources and reciprocal state reliance on federal work and resources, resulting in mutual reliance. This project will strengthen and improve FDA efforts to build an integrated food safety system by building high quality state animal food regulatory programs that can promote regulatory compliance and prevent foodborne illnesses.

National Institutes of Health · Up to $200K

The NIH Research Education Program (R25) supports research education activities in the mission areas of the NIH. The overarching goal of this R25 program is to support educational activities that complement and/or enhance the training of a workforce to meet the nations biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs. To accomplish the stated over-arching goal, this FOA will support creative educational activities with a primary focus on: Courses for Skills Development

National Institutes of Health · Amount varies

The purpose of the Mentored Quantitative Research Career Development Award (K25) is to attract to NIH-relevant research those investigators whose quantitative science and engineering research has thus far not been focused primarily on questions of health and disease. The K25 award will provide support and "protected time" for a period of supervised study and research for productive professionals with quantitative (e.g., mathematics, statistics, economics, computer science, imaging science, informatics, physics, chemistry) and engineering backgrounds to integrate their expertise with NIH-relevant research.This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is designed specifically for applicants proposing research that does not involve leading an independent clinical trial, a clinical trial feasibility study, or an ancillary clinical trial. Applicants to this FOA are permitted to propose research experience in a clinical trial led by a mentor or co-mentor. Applicants proposing a clinical trial or an ancillary clinical trial as lead investigator, should apply to the companion FOA ().

National Institutes of Health · Amount varies

This NIH mentored career development award (K25) supports quantitative or engineering scientists redirecting their work toward health research, providing protected research time under a mentor; this version requires the applicant to lead an independent clinical trial. It is intended for individual investigators applying through eligible institutions such as universities. No award amount is listed.

National Institutes of Health · Amount varies

This NIH mentored career development award (K23) supports individuals with a clinical doctoral degree who are committed to patient-oriented research, providing protected research time under mentorship. This version does not allow leading an independent clinical trial. It is intended for individual clinician-investigators applying through eligible institutions such as universities and academic medical centers. No award amount is listed.

National Institutes of Health · Amount varies

This NIH mentored research scientist award (K01) provides three to five years of protected, supervised career development leading to research independence; this version does not allow leading an independent clinical trial. It is intended for individual investigators applying through eligible institutions such as universities. No award amount is listed.

National Institutes of Health · Amount varies

The purpose of the NIH Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00) program is to increase and maintain a strong cohort of new and talented, NIH-supported, independent investigators. This program is designed to facilitate a timely transition of outstanding postdoctoral researchers with a research and/or clinical doctorate degree from mentored, postdoctoral research positions to independent, tenure-track or equivalent faculty positions. The program will provide independent NIH research support during this transition in order to help awardees to launch competitive, independent research careers.