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National Institutes of Health · Amount varies

This NIH R21 award supports early-stage, high-risk exploratory research into the cellular, molecular, and circuit biology of risk factors for complex brain disorders, with no clinical trials allowed. It is aimed at research institutions and investigators, with a broad list of eligible U.S. organization types. Award amounts are not specified here. Applications are submitted through eligible organizations rather than by individuals.

National Institutes of Health · Amount varies

This NIH R01 award funds research on how social isolation and loneliness raise suicide risk in older adults, including mechanism studies and intervention development and testing. It is aimed at research institutions and investigators, with a broad list of eligible U.S. organization types. Award amounts are not specified here. Applications are submitted through eligible organizations rather than by individuals.

National Institutes of Health · Up to $500K

This NIH (NIAAA) R01 award funds treatment, pharmacotherapy, and recovery research for alcohol use disorder, including medications development, behavioral therapies, and recovery science; a clinical trial is required. It is aimed at research institutions and investigators, with a broad list of eligible U.S. organization types. The stated maximum award is about $500,000. Applications are submitted through eligible organizations.

National Institutes of Health · Amount varies

This NIH R21 funds research into how social isolation and loneliness affect suicide risk in older adults, including studies on neurobiological and environmental mechanisms, intervention testing, and service-delivery models. It's open to eligible U.S. research institutions (HBCUs and tribal colleges included). The deadline is September 7, 2026.

U.S. National Science Foundation · $2M–$3M

This NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) program funds universities to develop interdisciplinary STEM graduate training models in high-priority research areas. Only U.S. institutions of higher education may apply, and the PI must be a faculty member at the submitting institution, so this is restricted to higher education. Awards range from roughly $2,000,000 to $3,000,000. Individuals, nonprofits, and businesses are not eligible to apply directly.

U.S. National Science Foundation · $50K–$2M

This NSF program funds projects that fundamentally redesign undergraduate engineering departments and education. Only U.S. institutions of higher education may apply, and the PI must generally be an engineering department chair/head (or a dean/provost in some cases), so this is tightly restricted to higher education leadership. Awards range from about $50,000 up to $2,000,000. Individuals, nonprofits, and businesses cannot apply directly.

National Park Service · $15K–$50K

This National Park Service program provides financial assistance for natural and cultural resource protection along the U.S.-Mexico border, open to NPS units, educational institutions, nonprofits, tribes, and state and local agencies. Projects must work with and benefit a specified NPS unit and a protected area in Mexico. Foreign entities cannot receive funding directly, though recipients may subcontract to them. Awards range from about $15,000 to $50,000, making this a small-award opportunity.

U.S. National Science Foundation · $100K–$250K

This joint NSF/NIH opportunity funds science-of-science research analyzing and improving the biomedical research enterprise, drawing on social, behavioral, and economic science methods. Eligibility is stated as unrestricted (open to any eligible entity type), so check the solicitation for the specific organization categories allowed; NSF awards typically go to institutions on behalf of investigators. The stated award range is roughly $100,000 to $250,000. This is a research-focused opportunity.

Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA · Amount varies

This Department of War (Defense Health Agency) Hearing Restoration Focused Research Award funds preclinical and clinical research to accelerate drug discovery and therapeutics for hearing restoration after military-relevant auditory injury. It cannot support clinical trials, tinnitus research, or vestibular research, and offers two funding levels including a partnering-PI option. Eligibility is stated as unrestricted, so review the program announcement for specific organization categories. Award amounts are not specified here.

U.S. National Science Foundation · $600K–$12M

This NSF CISE award funds future computing research across eleven program areas spanning algorithms, systems, networking, AI, and human-centered computing. Eligibility is limited to U.S. institutions of higher education, non-profit non-academic research organizations, and federally recognized Tribal Nations; individuals and most other entities cannot apply directly. Project budgets can range widely up to a $1,000,000 maximum over up to four years, with typical awards around $150,000 to $250,000 per year. This is a higher-education and research-organization opportunity.

Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA · Amount varies

This Department of War (Defense Health Agency) Vision Research Program Mentored Clinical Research Award funds patient-oriented vision injury research by clinicians in training, paired with an established clinician or PhD scientist serving as PI and mentor. It cannot support preclinical research or clinical trials, and applicants must submit IRB/ethics approval or exemption by January 1, 2027. Eligibility is otherwise stated as unrestricted, so review the program announcement for specific organization categories. Award amounts are not specified here.

Governor's Office of Emergency Services · $1–$215K

This California grant (up to $214,999) funds a Student Trauma Notification Program, but despite the listed nonprofit eligibility tag, the program description states applicants must be a California School District or County Office of Education. Applicants must also meet standard Cal OES registration requirements including SAM.gov and, where applicable, charitable trust/IRS status.

U.S. National Science Foundation · Amount varies

This NSF Probability Program supports research on the theory and applications of probability, including stochastic processes and related areas, as well as conference and workshop proposals. Eligibility is stated as unrestricted (open to any eligible entity type), so review the solicitation for the specific organization categories NSF allows. In practice NSF research grants are awarded to institutions on behalf of investigators rather than to individuals. Award amounts are not specified here.

National Institute of Standards and Technology · Amount varies

This NIST program funds research and partnership activities across measurement science areas such as metrology, standards, nanotechnology, AI, advanced communications, and advanced manufacturing. Eligibility is broad, open to higher education, non-profit and for-profit organizations, state and local governments, tribes, hospitals, and foreign public entities and governments; individuals and unincorporated sole proprietors are not eligible. Award amounts are not specified here. NIST encourages minority-serving institutions and community colleges to apply.

Illinois Community College Board · Amount varies

Open to Illinois government agencies, educational institutions, and nonprofit organizations that qualify as an "eligible provider" under WIOA Section 203(5) — including local educational agencies, community-based organizations, libraries, housing authorities, and consortia — but only for providers located in Area Planning Council (APC) 507. Funding supports adult education and literacy services, including basic skills instruction, workforce-aligned career pathways, and English-language instruction for adults 16 and older. No maximum award amount is specified; applications are due September 15, 2026. Providers outside APC 507 are not eligible.

U.S. National Science Foundation · Amount varies

This NSF/NEH partnership funds research and infrastructure projects to document and analyze endangered human languages, including fieldwork, archiving, and database development. Eligibility is limited to U.S. institutions of higher education, non-profit non-academic research organizations, and Tribal and Native-serving organizations; there are no program-specific restrictions on who may serve as PI. Funding is available as one- to three-year senior research grants and conference proposals, with amounts not specified here. Fellowships are handled separately through NEH.

Illinois Community College Board · Amount varies

Open to Illinois government agencies, educational institutions, and nonprofit organizations that qualify as an "eligible provider" under WIOA Section 203(5), restricted to providers located in Area Planning Council (APC) 507. This track uses non-match state funding, so no local matching funds are required, and it supports the same adult education, literacy, and workforce-aligned services as the standard AEFLA competitive grant. No maximum award is specified; applications are due September 15, 2026.

Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA · Amount varies

This Department of War (Defense Health Agency) Reconstructive Transplant Concept Award funds exploration of highly innovative, untested concepts in reconstructive transplantation, and does not support clinical trials. Preliminary data are not allowed, but applications must show a clear rationale and the ability to produce interpretable results. Early-career investigators at or above the postdoctoral fellow level are encouraged to apply, and eligibility is otherwise stated as unrestricted. Award amounts are not specified here.

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency · $50K–$1.5M

Illinois EPA offers this Clean Water Act Section 319(h) grant to a very wide range of applicants — individuals, small businesses, nonprofits, for-profit companies, schools/universities, and government organizations with legal standing to receive Illinois state funds — for projects that reduce nonpoint source pollution (like agricultural and stormwater runoff) in Illinois waterways. Awards range from $50,000 to $1,500,000, but applicants must provide matching funds, front project costs for later reimbursement, and be pre-qualified in Illinois' GATA portal (active SAM.gov registration, good standing, no debarment). Priority goes to projects implementing an already-approved watershed-based plan or TMDL plan; routine maintenance, permit-required activities, and pure habitat/flood-control projects are not eligible. Applications are due September 16, 2026.

DOC NIST ERA · Amount varies

This NTIA (Department of Commerce) Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program funds expansion of broadband access and adoption on Tribal lands, including remote learning, telework, and telehealth. Eligibility is restricted to Tribal governments, Tribal colleges/universities, Tribal organizations, Alaska Native Corporations, and the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands on behalf of the Native Hawaiian community. Other organizations and individuals are not eligible. Award amounts are not specified here.