Education & Research grants & funding

Urban Greening 2026

Purpose: Urban Greening Grant Program funds projects that use nature-based solutions to mitigate the urban heat island effect, rising temperatures, and extreme...

Resident Instruction Grants Program for Institutions of Higher Education in Insular Areas and Agriculture and Food Sciences Facilities and Equipment

Distance Education Grants for Institutions of Higher Education in Insular Areas

Plant Genome Research (PGRP)

Supports genome-scale plant research and the development of tools and resources that advance functional plant genomics — addressing challenges of biological, so...

Tool Development for Molecular and Cell Biology (Tools4Cells)

Supports development of tools and methods that help manipulate, measure or analyze critical cellular traits or functions — enabling new research areas in cell b...

CyberAICorps Scholarship for Service (CyberAI SFS)

Supports scholarships and educational innovations that integrate AI and cybersecurity training to prepare a skilled workforce for the AI and cybersecurity missi...

Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (PRFB)

Supports postdoctoral fellowships that train early-career scientists to apply AI to biological research, advancing biotechnology innovation while preparing futu...

Pathways to Enable Secure Open-Source Ecosystems (PESOSE)

Supports planning, building and securing sustainable open-source ecosystems that translate research tools into widely used, resilient technologies. These effort...

National Science Foundation Fostering Interdisciplinary Networks to Develop Emergent and Responsive Solutions Foundry (NSF FINDERS FOUNDRY)

Supports interdisciplinary partnerships among educators, technologists and researchers to co-design and scale evidence-based, technology-driven solutions — part...

Empowering and Educating Children to Thrive in a Digital Era

Invites proposal submissions to support and promote the well-being of children in the digital age through the use of safe and innovative advanced technologies,...

TechAccess: AI-Ready America

Supports a coordinated national network of state and territorial hubs, partnerships and pilot initiatives that expand AI literacy, workforce skills and real-wor...

Integrated Data Systems & Services (IDSS)

Supports the development, scaling and operation of national data and cyberinfrastructure systems and services that enable data- and AI-driven research and educa...

Circuits and Systems for Communications and Sensing (CSCS)

Supports research in circuits and systems — including AI-enabled and quantum approaches — to develop next-generation communication and sensing technologies that...

Energy, Power, Control, and Learning (EPCL)

Supports research on control and learning theories and methods, as well as the design and analysis of complex engineered systems, to enhance the operation, perf...

Electronic, Photonic, Magnetic, and Quantum Devices (EPMQD)

Supports fundamental research to design and advance next-generation and quantum devices, driving innovations in and other critical technologies.Supports fundame...

Professional Formation of Engineers (PFE)

Supports education research to improve how engineers are trained and developed across settings, growing a skilled, adaptable and globally competitive engineerin...

Organizational Change in the Professional Formation of Engineers (ENGINEER:OC)

Supports research and activities that drive organizational change to transform the quality of engineering education and workforce development.Supports research...

Engineering Environmental Resiliency

Supports fundamental research to conserve and recover resources and to safeguard the natural environment and human health.Supports fundamental research to conse...

Chemical Process Systems

Supports engineering research in chemical and biochemical processes for and materials.Supports engineering research in chemical and biochemical processes for an...

Engineering Biological and Biomedical Systems

Supports engineering research on and processes that advance knowledge and control of biological functions.Supports engineering research on and processes that ad...

Transport Phenomena

Supports engineering research to understand, model and control the transport of and species across multiple scales.Supports engineering research to understand,...

Charter School Facilities Program (CSFP)

Purpose: Through the passage of Propositions 47, 55, 1D, and most recently, 51, $1.4 billion has been made available to charter schools for construction of new...

Charter School Facilities Credit Enhancement Grant Program

Purpose: The federally-funded Charter School Facilities Credit Enhancement Grant Program provides grants to fully or partially fund debt service reserve account...

The Charter School Revolving Loan Fund Program

Purpose: The Charter School Revolving Loan Fund Program provides low-cost loans of up to $250,000 to charter schools Description: The Charter School Revolving L...

Charter School Facility Grant Program – (SB740)

Purpose: To provide financial assistance for charter school facilities. Description: The Charter School Facility Grant Program provides annual grants to offset...