Open federal grant opportunities
992 open opportunities in our database as of Oct 16, 2026, summarized from Grants.gov and other public federal sources. Each one links to the official notice.
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Open opportunities
HEAL Initiative: Studies to Enable Analgesic Discovery (R61/R33 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
National Institutes of Health · RFA-NS-25-023
Arctic Research Opportunities
U.S. National Science Foundation · 23-572
Antarctic Research Not Requiring U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP) Field Support
U.S. National Science Foundation · 25-526
Social Psychology
U.S. National Science Foundation · PD-22-1332
Cultural Anthropology Program Senior Research Awards (CA-SR)
U.S. National Science Foundation · 25-502
Linguistics
U.S. National Science Foundation · PD-98-1311
NOI: PROSPECT Program: Providing Opportunities for Specialized Education in Critical Technologies
Golden Field Office · DE-FOA-0003662
Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences Program (HEGS)
U.S. National Science Foundation · 25-507
ROSES 2025: A.18 Geosphere
NASA Headquarters · NNH25ZDA001N-GEO
Decision, Risk and Management Sciences (DRMS)
U.S. National Science Foundation · PD-23-1321
Research on the Science and Technology Enterprise: Indicators, Statistics, and Methods (NCSES S&T)
U.S. National Science Foundation · 24-587
Cybersecurity Innovation for Cyberinfrastructure (CICI)
U.S. National Science Foundation · 25-531
Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Directorate for STEM Education (IUSE: EDU)
U.S. National Science Foundation · 23-510
Training-based Workforce Development for Advanced Cyberinfrastructure
U.S. National Science Foundation · 23-520
National Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program (BREP) - FY2026/27
DOC NOAA - ERA Production · NOAA-NMFS-FHQ-2027-33398
2026 Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) National Program
Environmental Protection Agency · EPA-OAR-OTAQ-26-01
Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) (T32)
National Institutes of Health · PAR-24-128
Tribal Undergraduate to Graduate Research Training and Leadership Experiences (TURTLE) Program (UE5/T32)
National Institutes of Health · PAR-24-235
Tribal Undergraduate to Graduate Research Training and Leadership Experiences (TURTLE) Program (UE5/T34)
National Institutes of Health · PAR-24-236
Security, Privacy, and Trust in Cyberspace (NSF SaTC)
U.S. National Science Foundation · 25-515
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