Federal Grant Opportunities

The Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration (MARAD) is offering $450 million in grant funding through the FY 2025 Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP). The program aims to improve the safety, efficiency, and reliability of goods movement through port facilities, including coastal seaports, inland river ports, and Great Lakes ports. Eligible applicants include tribal governments, city/township governments, county governments, special district governments, and state governments. Key requirements include registering in SAM.gov, obtaining a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI), and submitting applications through Grants.gov by the April 30, 2025 deadline. No more than 25% of funds can be awarded to projects in a single state, and at least 25% is reserved for small port projects under $11.25 million. The federal cost share is generally limited to 80%, but may be increase

The Department of the Navy's Office of Naval Research (ONR) is seeking applications for its FY25 Department of the Navy (DoN) Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education and Workforce Program. This grant opportunity aims to fund STEM education programs and activities that develop learners' STEM knowledge and skills, attract students to STEM careers, provide research opportunities, improve STEM educator quality, and expand institutional STEM capacities. Eligible applicants include academia, non-profit, and industry organizations, but exclude foreign entities, FFRDCs, and military/government laboratories. Proposals will be evaluated on naval relevance, scientific/technical merit, and program sustainability. The mandatory white paper deadline is April 11, 2025, and full proposals are due by invitation only on August 29, 2025.

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The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) has announced a funding opportunity for the FY2025 McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program. This program aims to improve food security, reduce hunger, and enhance literacy and primary education, particularly for girls, in developing countries through the procurement of agricultural commodities, financial and technical assistance, and maternal, infant, and child nutrition programs. Eligible applicants include Private Voluntary Organizations, Cooperatives, Intergovernmental Organizations, governments of developing countries, and other organizations. Projects must address two strategic objectives: improved literacy of school-aged children and increased use of health and nutrition practices. The application deadline is April 18, 2025, with a question submission deadlin

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) is seeking applications for the "Smart Manufacturing Technologies for Material and Process Innovation" program. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) aims to drive innovation in materials, manufacturing processes, and circular materials flows to support the clean energy transition. The FOA includes four topic areas: smart manufacturing for a circular economy, smart manufacturing of tooling and equipment for sustainable transportation, smart manufacturing for high performance materials, and smart technologies for sustainable and competitive U.S. mining. Applicants must meet eligibility, cost share, and other requirements detailed in the announcement. Concept papers are due by August 22, 2024, and full applications are due by November 18, 2024.

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The Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory is seeking innovative solutions through a $88 million cooperative agreement program for fiscal year 2025. The program aims to support research, development, demonstration, and deployment of advanced vehicle technologies to reduce energy use and costs, improve safety and reliability, and enhance U.S. competitiveness. Key focus areas include improved battery technology, smart charging infrastructure, sustainable farming, and workforce development. Eligible applicants include domestic entities such as universities, companies, non-profits, and state/local governments. Concept papers are due April 1, 2025, with full applications due June 18, 2025. Awards are expected to be announced November 5, 2025, with an anticipated start date of February 13, 2026.

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The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is seeking applications for a $50 million cooperative agreement to implement the Ukraine Mental Health Initiative for National Development (U-MIND) activity over a five-year period starting around March 31, 2025. The program aims to establish a comprehensive mental health system in Ukraine that addresses immediate and long-term needs while contributing to economic recovery. Key deadlines include questions due by December 16, 2024 and applications due by January 15, 2025 at 3:00 p.m. Kyiv time. USAID will use a two-phase review process where applicants first submit concept papers, then selected applicants are invited to submit full applications. The opportunity is open to all eligible organizations under CFDA 98.001 (USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas) and recipients must focus on four main objectives: increasin

This Federal Grant Opportunity, titled "Training-based Workforce Development for Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (CyberTraining)," is being offered by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The program seeks to prepare and grow the national scientific research workforce for creating, utilizing, and supporting advanced cyberinfrastructure to enable and transform fundamental science and engineering research and education. The goals include ensuring broad adoption of cyberinfrastructure tools and integrating core literacy and advanced skills in cyberinfrastructure into educational curricula. Proposals may target one or both of these goals. Prospective applicants are strongly encouraged to consult with the Cognizant Program Officers at least one month prior to the submission deadline of January 15, 2026.

The opportunity provides two project classes: Pilot Projects with budge

The Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) is seeking applicants for the Supporting Effective Educator Development (SEED) program under Assistance Listing Number 84.423A. The purpose of the program is to increase the number of highly effective educators by supporting the implementation of evidence-based practices that prepare, develop, or enhance the skills of educators. Eligible applicants include non-501(c)(3) nonprofits, for-profit organizations, public and private higher education institutions, and other entities. The program has two absolute priorities: Supporting Effective Teachers (requiring moderate evidence) and Supporting Effective Principals/School Leaders (requiring promising evidence). Applications must be submitted electronically through Grants.gov by March 18, 2025.

The SEED program is expected to award an estimated $75 mill

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) aims to speed scientific solutions to stem the national opioid public health crisis by supporting the development of therapies and technologies directed at enhanced pain management through the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program. This FOA is focused on applications directed at improving pain treatment, including the development of new non-addictive medications and devices and objective pain measurement. In addition, NIH is interested in new screening tools and models focused specifically on pain and development of pain therapies.

The Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory is seeking applications for its Aligning Manufacturability & Pre-production Design (AMPD) for Storage Technologies funding opportunity (DE-FOA-0003425). The program aims to improve the manufacturability of energy storage technologies through pre-production design innovations, with the goal of enabling manufacturing scale-up to meet the energy storage needs of American consumers. Key requirements include advancing energy storage technologies from Technology Readiness Level (TRL)/Manufacturing Readiness Level (MRL) 4 to at least TRL/MRL 5. Applicants must submit a Technical Volume Cover Page, Budget Justification Worksheet, Technology Maturation Plan, Statement of Project Objectives, and Project Management Plan by the March 17, 2025 deadline.

The program will make approximately $8 million in FY2025 funding avail