Browse grants
Federal and state grant opportunities with plain-English eligibility summaries. We aggregate public records — always verify the details on the funder’s site before applying. Or browse the complete index →
Personal Health Informatics for Delivering Actionable Insights to Individuals (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
Due Jan 7, 2027National Institutes of Health · Up to $250K
This NIH/National Library of Medicine R01 funds development of informatics and data science approaches that give individuals actionable insights into their own health; a clinical trial is optional. Eligible applicants include universities, research institutions, and tribal and community organizations, and foreign organizations are listed among eligible applicants. The maximum award is about $250,000. It requires informatics research capacity.
ResearchersSchools & universitiesGovernment / tribalSmall award+1 moreCancer Prevention and Control Clinical Trials Grant Program (R01 Clinical Trial Required)
Due Jan 7, 2027National Institutes of Health · Amount varies
This NIH/National Cancer Institute R01 supports investigator-initiated clinical trials in cancer prevention and control, such as early detection, screening, and survivorship research. Typical applicants are universities, research institutions, hospitals, tribal organizations, and government and community organizations; foreign organizations are listed among eligible applicants here. A qualifying clinical trial is required, so it is geared toward established research teams. No specific award amount is stated.
ResearchersSchools & universitiesGovernment / tribalBroad eligibilityNational Cancer Institute's Investigator-Initiated Early Phase Clinical Trials for Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (R01 Clinical Trial Required)
Due Jan 7, 2027National Institutes of Health · Up to $500K
This NIH/National Cancer Institute R01 funds investigator-initiated early-phase (Phase 0, I, II) clinical trials for cancer diagnosis and treatment; a clinical trial is required. Eligible applicants include universities, research institutions, hospitals, tribal and community organizations, and foreign organizations. The maximum award is just under $500,000. It is geared toward established clinical research teams.
ResearchersSchools & universitiesGovernment / tribalLarge award+1 moreMechanisms that Impact Cancer Risk with Use of Incretin Mimetics (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
Due Jan 7, 2027National Institutes of Health · Amount varies
This NIH R01 funds preclinical and patient-based research into how incretin mimetics (such as GLP-1 agents) affect cancer risk. Eligible applicants include universities, research institutions, tribal and community organizations, and foreign organizations; a clinical trial is optional. It requires established research capacity in this area. No specific award amount is stated.
ResearchersSchools & universitiesGovernment / tribalBroad eligibilityMechanisms that Impact Cancer Risk with Use of Incretin Mimetics (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Due Jan 7, 2027National Institutes of Health · Amount varies
This NIH R21 funds preclinical and patient-based research into how incretin mimetics (such as GLP-1 agents) affect cancer risk; no clinical trial is allowed. Eligible applicants include universities, research institutions, tribal and community organizations, and foreign organizations. It requires research capacity in this area. No specific award amount is stated.
ResearchersSchools & universitiesGovernment / tribalBroad eligibilityIntervention Research to Improve Native American Health (R34 Clinical Trial Optional)
Due Jan 7, 2027National Institutes of Health · Amount varies
This NIH R34 funds early-stage research and pilot studies testing interventions to improve health outcomes in Native American communities, including etiologic research and culturally-informed treatment studies. Eligible applicants include universities, tribal colleges, minority-serving institutions, and community organizations, with some restrictions on foreign entities. No award amount is specified; a clinical trial component is optional.
ResearchersBroad eligibilityAccelerating Solutions to Improve Access and Quality of Empirically-Supported Practices for Youth Mental Health (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
Due Jan 7, 2027National Institutes of Health · Amount varies
This NIH R01 supports research on improving access to and quality of evidence-based practices for youth mental health, including in rural, urban, and under-resourced settings. Eligible applicants include universities, research institutions, and tribal and community organizations, but foreign (non-U.S.) organizations are not eligible to apply and foreign components are not allowed. A clinical trial is optional. It is aimed at research teams with mental-health services research expertise. No specific award amount is stated.
ResearchersSchools & universitiesGovernment / tribalBroad eligibilityInterventions to expand cancer screening and preventive services to ADVANCE health in populations that experience health disparities (R01, Clinical Trial Required)
Due Jan 7, 2027National Institutes of Health · Amount varies
This NIH R01 funds research testing interventions that expand cancer screening and preventive-service uptake in populations facing health disparities, ideally involving community partners. Eligible applicants include universities, minority- and tribal-serving institutions, and community-based organizations, but non-U.S. organizations and their foreign components are excluded. No award amount is specified; this is a research grant requiring a clinical trial component.
ResearchersBroad eligibilityAcademic-Industrial Partnerships (AIP) to Translate and Validate In Vivo Imaging Systems (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
Due Jan 7, 2027National Institutes of Health · Up to $500K
This NIH/National Cancer Institute R01 funds academic-industrial partnerships to translate and validate in vivo imaging, data science, or spectroscopic technologies into tools for cancer and other diseases; a clinical trial is optional. Eligible applicants include universities, research institutions, and tribal and community organizations, and foreign organizations are listed among eligible applicants. The award maximum is about $500,000, and the model assumes an academic-industry collaboration. It is aimed at research teams.
ResearchersSchools & universitiesGovernment / tribalLarge award+1 moreNHLBI Clinical Trial Pilot Studies (R34 Clinical Trial Optional)
Due Jan 7, 2027National Institutes of Health · Amount varies
This NIH/NHLBI R34 funds pilot studies that inform the planning of larger Phase II-IV clinical trials for heart, lung, blood, and sleep disorders; a clinical trial is optional. Eligible applicants include universities, research institutions, and tribal and community organizations; foreign organizations are not eligible to apply, though non-U.S. components of U.S. organizations are. It is a planning mechanism for research teams preparing larger trials. No specific award amount is stated.
ResearchersSchools & universitiesGovernment / tribalBroad eligibilityPopulation Approaches to Reducing Alcohol-related Cancer Risk (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
Due Jan 7, 2027National Institutes of Health · Amount varies
This NIH R01 funds research into population-level approaches for reducing alcohol-related cancer risk, including policy analysis, social-norms research, and intervention testing. It's open to a wide range of research-capable organizations — universities, minority- and tribal-serving institutions, faith-based and community organizations, and federal agencies — though foreign entities face restrictions. No award amount is specified; this is a research grant, not general operating support.
ResearchersBroad eligibilityTitle X Family Planning Services Grants
Due Jan 9, 2027Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health · $200K–$22M
This Title X program funds voluntary family planning services across U.S. states and territories. Eligible applicants are broad and include state, local, and tribal governments, public and private institutions of higher education, public housing authorities, and nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status. Awards are large, with individual amounts running into the millions and roughly $257 million expected across about 90 awards. The work must deliver clinical family planning services to low-income and uninsured populations, so applicants generally need health-service delivery capacity.
NonprofitsGovernment / tribalSchools & universitiesLarge award+1 moreHEAL Initiative: Studies to Enable Analgesic Discovery (R61/R33 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Due Jan 15, 2027National 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.
ResearchersSchools & universitiesGovernment / tribalSmall award+1 moreCreative Catalyst
UnofficialDue Feb 2, 2027Council on the Arts · Up to $25K
Creative Catalyst is a Pennsylvania Council on the Arts program funding new initiatives that support creative workers and industries around asset development, workforce, community development, visibility, or policy. It's open to nonprofits, municipalities, school districts, and other non-arts nonprofits that provide arts programming or services, provided the project has statewide or broad regional reach. Awards go up to $25,000.
NonprofitsGovernment / tribalSchools & universitiesSmall award+1 moreOcean Technology and Interdisciplinary Coordination
Due Feb 15, 2027U.S. National Science Foundation · Amount varies
An NSF program supporting development of ocean-science instrumentation and related interdisciplinary research and facility improvements. Eligibility is described as unrestricted as to entity type, subject to any clarifications in the solicitation, so a range of organizations may potentially apply, though it is oriented toward the ocean science research community. No award amount is specified. Applicants should review the full solicitation for any additional eligibility details.
ResearchersBroad eligibilityCoupling, Energetics, and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions
Due Mar 3, 2027U.S. National Science Foundation · $100K–$750K
An NSF program funding research on the coupling, energetics, and dynamics of the upper atmosphere, including ground- and space-based observations and modeling. Eligibility is relatively broad: U.S. for-profit organizations including small businesses, nonprofit non-academic research organizations, higher-education institutions, and federally recognized Tribal Nations may apply. Awards run roughly $100,000 to $750,000. While the entity types are broad, the work is specialized atmospheric science suited to research-capable applicants.
ResearchersSchools & universitiesSmall businessGovernment / tribal+2 moreUNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY Broad Agency Announcement
Due Mar 31, 2027Dept of the Army -- Materiel Command · Amount varies
A U.S. Army (West Point / U.S. Military Academy) Broad Agency Announcement soliciting basic and applied research and analysis across science, engineering, education, policy, ethics, history, and economics. Eligibility is broad, including higher-education institutions, nonprofits, state and local governments, for-profit organizations (large and small businesses), and foreign organizations/public entities, with no restriction on place of performance. No award amount is specified, and funding depends on the specific proposal. Proposals must advance the state of the art or basic knowledge rather than target specific devices.
ResearchersSmall businessSchools & universitiesNonprofits+2 moreNARMS Cooperative Agreement Program to Strengthen Antibiotic Resistance Surveillance in Retail Food Specimens
Due Apr 1, 2027Food and Drug Administration · Up to $200K
This FDA cooperative agreement funds state and academic partners to strengthen antibiotic-resistance surveillance in retail food specimens as part of the NARMS program. Eligibility is broad, spanning universities, nonprofits (with or without 501(c)(3) status), small and large businesses, and state, local, and tribal governments. Awards range up to $200,000.
NonprofitsSmall businessGovernment / tribalBroad eligibilityLPS Qubit Collaboratory (LQC)
Due Apr 30, 2027Dept of the Army -- Materiel Command · Amount varies
This U.S. Army Research Office broad agency announcement funds collaborative research and fellowships in quantum computing and qubit development through the LPS Qubit Collaboratory. Eligibility is broad, including individuals, universities, nonprofits, small businesses, other for-profits, and FFRDCs, with collaboration alongside a government laboratory. No award amount is listed.
ResearchersSmall businessIndividualsSchools & universities+2 morePilot Health Services and Economic Research on the Treatment of Drug, Alcohol, and Tobacco Use Disorders (R34 Clinical Trial Optional)
Due May 7, 2027National Institutes of Health · Amount varies
This NIH research grant (R34) funds pilot and preliminary studies preparing for larger services-research trials on the treatment of drug, alcohol, and tobacco use disorders. It is intended for researchers at eligible institutions such as universities, nonprofits, tribal organizations, and government agencies. No award amount is listed, though R34 awards are typically modest pilot-scale budgets.
ResearchersSchools & universitiesBroad eligibility