Grants for Schools & Universities

National Aeronautics and Space Administration · $0–$1M

This NASA program (MUREP M-STAR) strengthens the role of minority-serving institutions in space exploration research, with awards up to about $1 million. Eligibility is limited to two- or four-year institutions designated by the U.S. Department of Education as Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Tribal Colleges and Universities, or Minority Serving Institutions at the time of submission. Proposals from non-designated institutions are returned without review, though such institutions are encouraged to partner with qualifying ones.

Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA · Amount varies

This Department of War (CDMRP) Multiple Sclerosis Research Program Investigator-Initiated Research Award supports rigorous, high-impact MS research projects (any research phase except clinical trials). Applications must include preliminary or published data relevant to MS and address a stated focus area. Eligibility is listed as unrestricted (open to any eligible entity type), subject to clarifications in the full announcement. The mechanism offers Established Investigator and New Investigator options, the latter for applicants early in their faculty appointments. No award amount is listed.

Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA · Amount varies

This Department of War (CDMRP) Multiple Sclerosis Research Program Early Investigator Research Award supports MS-focused research by individuals in the early stages of their careers, working under one or more designated mentors. Eligibility is listed as unrestricted (open to any eligible entity type), subject to clarifications in the full announcement, but the award is designed around early-career investigators who write the application themselves with mentor guidance. No award amount is listed; consult the funding opportunity for details.

Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA · Amount varies

This Department of War (Defense Health Agency / CDMRP) Multiple Sclerosis Research Program Clinical Trial Award supports clinical trials with potential to significantly affect MS treatment or management, across two funding levels (pilot/first-in-human through phase 1/2). Eligibility is listed as unrestricted (open to any eligible entity type), subject to clarifications in the full announcement. Preliminary data relevant to the proposed trial are required, and applications must address a stated focus area. No award amount is listed; consult the funding opportunity for funding levels.

Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA · Amount varies

This Department of War (CDMRP) Multiple Sclerosis Research Program Exploration-Hypothesis Development Award supports early exploration of innovative, high-risk concepts in MS research, with a testable hypothesis required but no preliminary data needed. Eligibility is listed as unrestricted (open to any eligible entity type), subject to clarifications in the full announcement. The mechanism includes Established Investigator and New Investigator options, the latter supporting applicants early in their faculty appointments. No award amount is listed.

Bureau of Land Management · $50K–$250K

This Bureau of Land Management program funds rangeland inventories, assessments, restoration, soil mapping, and community engagement on public lands, with awards roughly $50,000 to $250,000. Individuals and for-profit organizations are not eligible. Projects must address high-priority work that crosses state boundaries. The program does not support hiring interns or crews under the Public Lands Corps Act; Youth Conservation Corps must apply under a separate NOFO.

Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs · $8.7M

This State Department program supports the Fulbright U.S. and Visiting Scholar Programs, which provide roughly 970 awards to U.S. scholars to lecture or research overseas and about 1,025 awards to visiting non-U.S. scholars. The funding opportunity itself is a single cooperative agreement (around $8.65 million) to an organization that administers these programs, not direct grants to individual scholars. Eligibility details are deferred to the full announcement, so review it to confirm which organizations may apply.

Foreign Agricultural Service · Up to $750K

This USDA Foreign Agricultural Service program supports the Norman E. Borlaug Fellowship Program, funding applied research, extension, and education collaborations between U.S. researchers and counterparts in emerging-market economies, with a maximum award around $750,000. Eligibility is limited to U.S. state cooperative institutions and other U.S. colleges and universities (consortia members must all be eligible). Applicants must have active SAM.gov registration before the deadline, with no exceptions or waivers. Other organization types and individuals are not eligible.

Bureau of Land Management · $30K–$250K

This Bureau of Land Management program funds archaeological resource study, protection, and management in Lincoln County, Nevada, with awards roughly $30,000 to $250,000. Only proposals concerning resources at least 100 years old qualify under the Archaeological Resources Protection Act definition. Individuals and for-profit organizations are not eligible. The program does not support hiring interns or crews under the Public Lands Corps Act; Youth Conservation Corps must apply under a separate NOFO.

Bureau of Land Management · $30K–$75K

This Bureau of Land Management program funds partnerships to study, protect, and manage cultural and paleontological heritage resources on public lands, including inventory, stabilization, collections care, education, and tribal engagement, with awards roughly $30,000 to $75,000. Individuals and for-profit organizations are not eligible. The program does not support hiring interns or crews under the Public Lands Corps Act; Youth Conservation Corps must apply under a separate NOFO.

Foreign Agricultural Service · Up to $150K

This USDA Foreign Agricultural Service program supports the Cochran Fellowship Program, funding applied research, extension, and education collaborations between U.S. researchers and counterparts in selected emerging-market economies, with a maximum award around $150,000. Eligibility is limited to U.S. state cooperative institutions and other U.S. colleges and universities. Applicants must have active SAM.gov registration before the deadline, with no exceptions or waivers. Other organization types and individuals are not eligible.

National Institute of Food and Agriculture · $300K

This USDA NIFA program (Tribal Colleges Extension Program - Capacity) supports community-based extension projects addressing agriculture, youth, economic development, healthy lifestyles, and natural resources in tribal communities, with awards around $300,000. Eligibility is limited to the specific colleges and universities designated as 1994 Land-Grant Institutions, which are named in the announcement. No other applicants qualify. This NOFO begins a new four-year continuation funding cycle.

Foreign Agricultural Service · Amount varies

This USDA Foreign Agricultural Service program (Emerging Markets Program) funds work to develop, maintain, or expand markets for U.S. agricultural exports in emerging markets, including needs assessments and projects to improve food and rural business systems. Eligibility is broad: any U.S. private or government entity with a demonstrated role or interest in exporting U.S. agricultural commodities, including nonprofit trade associations, colleges and universities, cooperatives, state regional trade groups, and private companies. Foreign organizations may only participate as subrecipients or in-kind partners. Active SAM.gov registration is required. No award amount is stated.

Foreign Agricultural Service · Amount varies

This USDA Foreign Agricultural Service program (Quality Samples Program) helps U.S. entities provide commodity samples to potential foreign importers to promote U.S. agricultural commodities. Eligibility is broad: any U.S. private or government entity (excluding FAS overseas posts) with a demonstrated role and interest in exporting U.S. agricultural commodities, including nonprofit trade associations, universities, cooperatives, state regional trade groups, and for-profit entities. Active SAM.gov registration is required. No award amount is stated.

Foreign Agricultural Service · Amount varies

This USDA Foreign Agricultural Service program (Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops) funds projects to remove, resolve, or mitigate sanitary, phytosanitary, or technical barriers that threaten U.S. specialty crop exports. Eligibility is broad: any U.S. private or government entity with a demonstrated role or interest in exporting U.S. specialty crops, including nonprofit trade associations, universities, cooperatives, state regional trade groups, and private companies. Foreign organizations may participate only as subrecipients or in-kind partners. Active SAM.gov registration is required. No award amount is stated.

Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs · $1.1M

This State Department (ECA) program invites proposals for cooperative agreements to implement the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals and a related staff exchange between the U.S. and Germany, as a single award around $1.1 million. The program places roughly 65 American and 65 German young professionals in year-long academic and professional exchanges, plus a short staff exchange. Eligibility details are deferred to the full announcement, so review it to confirm which organizations may apply. This is an exchange-administration award, not a grant to individual participants.

U.S. Mission to Bolivia · $5K–$40K

This U.S. Embassy La Paz (Bolivia) program statement invites a broad range of applicants, including U.S. or Bolivian not-for-profit and non-governmental organizations, think tanks, public and private educational institutions, individuals, and public international or governmental institutions, to carry out public diplomacy projects in Bolivia. Awards range from about $5,000 to $40,000. Projects must align with stated U.S. priorities such as showcasing American excellence, countering transnational crime, and promoting anti-corruption and rule of law. Eligibility is broad but the work is Bolivia-specific.

U.S. Mission to Iraq · $25K–$500K

This U.S. Mission Iraq public diplomacy program statement invites applications for projects supporting its funding priorities, with awards ranging from about $25,000 to $500,000. Eligible applicants include not-for-profit organizations (think tanks, civil society NGOs), public and private educational institutions, individuals, and public international or governmental institutions. The work is Iraq-focused. Review the full Annual Program Statement for specific priorities and procedures.

U.S. National Science Foundation · $200K–$2M

This NSF Chemical Oceanography program funds research into ocean chemistry and the oceans' role in global geochemical cycles. Eligibility is listed as unrestricted (open to any eligible entity type, subject to NSF's standard rules), so it is broadly available to research-capable organizations such as universities and nonprofits rather than individuals. Awards range from about $200,000 to $2,000,000, with a deadline of August 17, 2026.

U.S. National Science Foundation · From $250K

This NSF Physical Oceanography program supports research on ocean structure, movement, and its interactions with biological, chemical, atmospheric, and ice processes. Eligibility is listed as unrestricted (open to any eligible entity type, subject to NSF's standard rules), making it broadly available to research-capable organizations such as universities and nonprofits rather than individuals. A minimum figure of $250,000 is noted with no stated maximum; the deadline is August 17, 2026.