Arts & Culture grants in California

50 currently open funding opportunities for the Arts & Culture sector that are available to applicants in California.

Open Arts & Culture funds in California

Division of Boating and Waterways Aquatic Center Boating Safety Education Grant FY26

Department of Parks and Recreation · Grant

Small Grants Program

Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy · Grant

Rice Incentive Program

Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy · Grant

Delta Community, Environment, and Climate Grant Program

Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy · Grant

Youth Community Access Grant Program (Round 4)

CA Natural Resources Agency · Grant

Centers of Excellence for Veteran Student Success

US Dept of Education — OPE · Grant

Astronomical Sciences Technology and Instrumentation (ATI)

National Science Foundation · Grant

2026 California Nutrition Incentive Program

CA Department of Food and Agriculture · Grant

NIST NOFO Requirements for Research Involving Human Subjects/Animal Subjects

National Institute of Standards and Technology · Grant

FY 2025 Next Generation Warning System (NGWS) for Early Earthquake Warning (EEW) Grant Program CFO

Governor's Office of Emergency Services · Grant

2026 CalAgPlate Grant Program

CA Department of Food and Agriculture · Grant

Branch of Land Titles and Records

Bureau of Indian Affairs · Grant

Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Grant for Program Year 2026-27 (PY 26-27)

Employment Development Department · Grant

Farm and Ranch Solid Waste Cleanup and Abatement Grant Program FR93

Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery · Grant

Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF)

Department of Parks and Recreation · Grant

Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Strengthening Processing for US Ranchers (SPUR) Guaranteed Loan Program for Fiscal Year 2027 and Guarantee Fee Rates/Loan Guarantee Percentage and Fee for Issuance of Loan Note Guarantee Prior to Construction Completi

Agriculture Department · Loan

2027 CNIP Expansion – WIC, WIC Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program and Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program

CA Department of Food and Agriculture · Grant

DoW Orthopaedic, Applied Research Award

Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA · Grant · Deadline Nov 18, 2026

Competing Revisions to Existing NIH Single Project Research Grants and Cooperative Agreements (Clinical Trial Optional)

National Institutes of Health · Grant · Deadline Nov 24, 2026

Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST)

U.S. National Science Foundation · Grant · Deadline Dec 4, 2026

Arctic Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (Arctic DDRIG) Arctic Social Sciences, Arctic System Sciences, and Arctic Observing Network (DDRIG)

U.S. National Science Foundation · Grant · Deadline Dec 15, 2026

ROSES 2025: A.4 Rapid Response and Novel Research in Earth Science

NASA Headquarters · Grant · Deadline Dec 31, 2026

Rural Hard-To-Reach Agriculture Direct Install Program

Southern California Regional Energy Network (SoCalREN) · Grant · Deadline Dec 31, 2026

Agriculture Retrofit Program

Southern California Regional Energy Network (SoCalREN) · Grant · Deadline Dec 31, 2026

Intervention Research to Improve Native American Health (R34 Clinical Trial Optional)

National Institutes of Health · Grant · Deadline Jan 7, 2027

Linguistics

U.S. National Science Foundation · Grant · Deadline Jan 15, 2027

Arctic Research Opportunities

U.S. National Science Foundation · Grant · Deadline Jan 15, 2027

Cultural Anthropology Program Senior Research Awards (CA-SR)

U.S. National Science Foundation · Grant · Deadline Jan 15, 2027

Antarctic Research Not Requiring U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP) Field Support

U.S. National Science Foundation · Grant · Deadline Jan 15, 2027

Tribal Undergraduate to Graduate Research Training and Leadership Experiences (TURTLE) Program (UE5/T32)

National Institutes of Health · Grant · Deadline Jan 25, 2027

Tribal Undergraduate to Graduate Research Training and Leadership Experiences (TURTLE) Program (UE5/T34)

National Institutes of Health · Grant · Deadline Jan 25, 2027

Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge

National Endowment for the Arts · Grant · Deadline Jan 25, 2027

Cancer Advancement through Partnerships in Research and Infrastructure (CAPRI) (U54 Clinical Trial Optional)

National Institutes of Health · Grant · Deadline Jan 25, 2027

Biological Anthropology Program Senior Research Awards (BA-SR)

U.S. National Science Foundation · Grant · Deadline Feb 1, 2027

Developmental Sciences (DS)

U.S. National Science Foundation · Grant · Deadline Feb 1, 2027

Science of Learning and Augmented Intelligence (SL)

U.S. National Science Foundation · Grant · Deadline Feb 10, 2027

NSF Dynamic Language Infrastructure - NEH Documenting Endangered Languages (DLI-DEL)

U.S. National Science Foundation · Grant · Deadline Feb 16, 2027

Accelerating Discovery through Partnered Research with All of Us to Analyze Participant Biospecimens (X01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

National Institutes of Health · Grant · Deadline Mar 1, 2027

UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY Broad Agency Announcement

Dept of the Army -- Materiel Command · Grant · Deadline Mar 31, 2027

LPS Qubit Collaboratory (LQC)

Dept of the Army -- Materiel Command · Grant · Deadline Apr 30, 2027

Antarctic Research Requiring U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP) Support for Fieldwork

U.S. National Science Foundation · Grant · Deadline Jun 1, 2027

EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: EPSCoR Research Incubators for STEM Excellence (E-RISE)

U.S. National Science Foundation · Grant · Deadline Aug 10, 2027

Advancement and Innovation in Measurement of Language Development and Predictors (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

National Institutes of Health · Grant · Deadline Sep 7, 2027

Advancement and Innovation in Measurement of Language Development and Predictors (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

National Institutes of Health · Grant · Deadline Sep 7, 2027

Interventions to Reduce Sleep Health Disparities (R01 - Clinical Trials Optional)

National Institutes of Health · Grant · Deadline Sep 7, 2027

DOD Defense Health Agency (DHA) Research & Development FY23-FY27 BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT for Extramural Medical Research

Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA · Grant · Deadline Sep 30, 2027

CHEERS Open Period 2 - All Technical Areas

Air Force -- Research Lab · Grant · Deadline Sep 30, 2027

DEVCOM ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT FOR FOUNDATIONAL RESEARCH

Dept of the Army -- Materiel Command · Grant · Deadline Nov 20, 2027

Focused Technology Research and Development (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

National Institutes of Health · Grant · Deadline Jan 7, 2028

Interventions to Address Disparities in Liver Diseases and Liver Cancer (R01 - Clinical Trials Optional)

National Institutes of Health · Grant · Deadline Jan 7, 2028