Notices of Funding Opportunities and Awards
Featured Funding Opportunity
Washington D.C. | April 18 2025 | Responsible Design, Development, and Deployment of Technologies (25-536) | The Responsible Design, Development, and Deployment of Technologies (ReDDDoT) program invites proposals from multidisciplinary, multi-sector teams that inform, explore, and execute the principles, methodologies, implementations, and impacts associated with responsible design, development, and deployment of technologies, with a focus on artificial intelligence; biotechnology; and/or natural and anthropogenic disaster prevention or mitigation. The program has two primary aims: 1) to support and strengthen collaborations across disciplines and sectors, such as academia, industry, non-profit, and government for technology translation; and 2) to ensure that ethical, legal, and societal considerations and community values are embedded across the design, development, and deployment of use-inspired technology to promote the public’s wellbeing.
In FY25, the program will consider proposals for three project types: Execute, Explore, and Inform (Workshop). Execute Projects are for established teams with demonstrated relevant experience and relationships to execute activities that will have a significant and sustainable impact on the responsible design, development, or deployment of technologies. Explore Projects are for exploratory and formative activities that identify, validate, or test specific approaches to responsible design, development and deployment and strengthen the ability of teams to work across disciplines and sectors. Inform (Workshop) Projects are for convenings and products that harness expertise and inform activities across ecosystems of researchers, practitioners, and communities in responsible design, development, and deployment of technologies. (See Section II.C for more details on each project type.)
Estimated Awards: 31. Total Funding: $12,000,000. Award Ceiling: $1,500,000. Closing Date: July 8, 2025.
Funding Opportunities
Washington, D.C. | April 29 2025 | Preservation and Access Education and Training | The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Preservation and Access is accepting applications for the Preservation and Access Education and Training program. This program supports training that develops knowledge and skills among professionals responsible for preserving and establishing access to humanities collections. NEH will issue awards to organizations that offer national, regional, or statewide education and training programs that provide staff of cultural institutions with the knowledge and skills they need to serve as effective stewards of humanities collections. Estimated Awards: 10. Total Funding: $2,700,000. Award Ceiling: $350,000. Closing Date: June 17, 2025.
Washington, D.C. | April 24 2025 | FY25 School Violence Prevention Program | The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) is the component of the U.S. Department of Justice responsible for advancing the practice of community policing by the nation’s state, local, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies through information and grant resources…The FY25 School Violence Prevention Program (SVPP) provides funding directly to states, units of local government, Indian tribes, and their public agencies to improve security at schools and on school grounds in the recipient’s jurisdiction through evidence-based school safety programs. The COPS Office anticipates that up to $73,000,000 will be available for up to $500,000 per award, with approximately 200 awards anticipated. A local cost share (matching funds) of at least 25 percent in the form of cash is required unless a match waiver is requested and approved, and the period of performance duration will be 36 months, with a period of performance start date of 10/1/25. Approximately $1 million of the available funding will be reserved for microgrants for school districts, including rural, tribal, and low-resourced schools. Applications for microgrants must not exceed $100,000, and the COPS Office will waive the 25 percent local cost share (matching funds) requirement for microgrant applicants that are selected for funding. Estimated Awards: 200. Total Funding: $73,000,000. Award Ceiling: $500,000. Closing Date: June 18, 2025.
Washington, D.C. | April 24 2025 | Workforce Data Quality Initiative – WDQI Round 10 | The purpose of this program is to support the modernization of state workforce longitudinal administrative databases and related workforce data initiatives to achieve specific Departmental objectives listed below in this section and Appendix A. Collecting and analyzing longitudinal data can provide a comprehensive picture of how certain education and training programs may lead to employment in related fields and whether jobseekers are obtaining training-related employment in such fields. Estimated Awards: 5. Total Funding: $11,600,000. Award Ceiling: $2,500,000. Closing Date: May 27, 2025.
Washington, D.C. | April 24 2025 | Cyberinfrastructure for Sustained Scientific Innovation | The Cyberinfrastructure for Sustained Scientific Innovation (CSSI) program seeks to enable funding opportunities that are flexible and responsive to the evolving and emerging needs in cyberinfrastructure (CI). The program continues to emphasize integrated CI services, quantitative metrics with targets for delivery and usage of these services, and community creation. The CSSI program anticipates three classes of awards: 1) Elements: These awards target small groups that will create and deploy robust services for which there is a demonstrated need, and that will advance one or more significant areas of science and engineering; 2) Framework Implementations: These awards target larger, interdisciplinary teams organized around the development and application of services aimed at solving common research problems faced by NSF researchers in one or more areas of science and engineering, and resulting in a sustainable community framework providing CI services to a diverse community or communities; and, 3) Transition to Sustainability: These awards target groups who would like to execute a well-defined sustainability plan for existing CI with demonstrated impact in one or more areas of science and engineering supported by NSF. The sustainability plan should enable new avenues of support for the long-term sustained impact of the CI. Estimated Awards: 35 [“up to 20 Elements awards, up to 10 Framework Implementations awards, and up to 5 Transition to Sustainability awards”]. Total Funding: $34,000,000. Award Ceiling: $5,000,000 [Framework Implementations]. Closing Date: December 1, 2025
Springfield, Ill. | April 10 2025 | Public comments open on Illinois Local Food Infrastructure Grant program | The deputy director of the Illinois Department of Agriculture says a state program that assists farmers with upgrading necessary equipment is gearing up for its second year. Kristi Jones tells Brownfield the $2 million Local Food Infrastructure Grant (LFIG) program is currently in the rules making process.
Springfield, Ill. | April 1 2025 | Illinois Not-for-Profit Security Grant Program (NSGP-IL) | The Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security (IEMA-OHS)/Illinois Homeland Security Advisory Council announces the State Fiscal Year 2025 Illinois Not-for-Profit Security Grant Program (NSGP-IL) $150,000 for security upgrades to eligible 501(c)(3) organizations located in Illinois who are deemed at high-risk of a threat, attack, or acts of terrorism. NSGP-IL seeks to integrate the preparedness activities of not-for-profit organizations with broader state and local preparedness efforts. Estimated Awards: Not specified. Total Funding: $20,000,000. Award Ceiling: $150,000 per site [3 max]. Closing Date: July 1, 2025.
Washington D.C. | April 1 2024 | 2026 Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops (USDA-FAS-TASC-2026) | The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service, announces this funding opportunity to support the Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops (TASC) program by issuing new awards. This opportunity is available to U.S. entities to provide funding for projects that seek to remove, resolve, or mitigate existing or potential sanitary, phytosanitary, or technical barriers that prohibit or threaten the export of U.S. specialty crops. Estimated Awards: 20. Total Funding: $9,000,000. Award Ceiling: $9,000,000. Closing Date: June 6, 2025 [See NOFO].
Washington D.C. | April 1 2024 | 2026 Emerging Markets Program (USDA-FAS-EMP-2026) | The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service, announces this funding opportunity to support the Emerging Markets Program by issuing new awards. This opportunity is available to U.S. entities to develop, maintain, or expand markets for exports of United States agricultural commodities and to promote cooperation and exchange of information between agricultural institutions and agribusinesses in the United States and emerging markets. Estimated Awards: 40. Total Funding: $8,000,000. Award Ceiling: $8,000,000. Closing Date: June 6, 2025 [See NOFO].
Washington D.C. | April 1 2024 | 2026 Market Access Program (USDA-FAS-MAP-2026) | The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service, announces this funding opportunity to support the Market Access Program (MAP) by issuing new awards. This opportunity is available to nonprofit U.S. agricultural trade organizations, nonprofit state regional trade groups (SRTGs), U.S. agricultural cooperatives, and state agencies and is intended to foster expanded exports and market diversification by encouraging the development, maintenance, and expansion of diverse commercial export markets for United States agricultural commodities and products. Estimated Awards: 40. Total Funding: $8,000,000. Award Ceiling: $8,000,000. Closing Date: June 6, 2025 [See NOFO].
Grant Awards
Naperville, Ill. | April 28 2025 | Your museum’s federal grant has been terminated. Best wishes, Keith E. Sonderling | On April 9, DuPage Children’s Museum in Naperville received an email from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, a federal agency that recently had been gutted on President Donald Trump’s orders. “We regret to inform you,” it read, “that your IMLS grant has been terminated.” A termination notice from the institute’s new acting Director Keith Sonderling was attached to the 38-word email. “Best wishes,” the message concluded. IMLS provides significant funding to libraries, museums and other educational institutions across the country. Amid Trump’s order to shutter the agency, several Illinois museums have had their grants terminated, including the DuPage Children’s Museum, Morton Arboretum in Lisle, the National Museum of Mexican Art in the Pilsen neighborhood, the Chicago History Museum, the McLean County Museum of History in Bloomington and the Galena and U.S. Grant Museum in western Illinois.
Chicago, Ill. | April 26 2025 | Justice Dept. cuts grants as Chicago tries to tamp down violence | The U.S. Justice Department has cut nearly $1 billion in grants that support everything from centers for domestic violence victims to gun violence prevention to police training. Some worry that this slashing comes with a price, especially in major cities like Chicago. For 13 years in a row, Chicago has worn the grim badge as the nation’s leader in the number of annual homicides (populous Chicago actually ranks 13th in the U.S. when murders are tabulated per capita). In 2024, the number of homicides within the city stood at 573. There’s reason for hope. This year, the Chicago Police Department says murders are at the lowest level in six years. Officials credit changes in the way homicide investigators operate as well as grassroots efforts supported by federal funding.
Springfield, Ill. | April 25 2025 | $2 Million State Grant Accelerates Downtown West Chicago’s Revitalization Momentum | The City of West Chicago is proud to announce it has been selected to receive a $2 million Rebuild Downtowns & Main Streets (RDMS) grant through the State of Illinois. This funding will support the construction, repair, and modernization of public infrastructure and amenities to boost jobs, improve quality of life, and stimulate economic activity in downtown West Chicago. [Also: Red Bud, Monmouth, Mendota , Carbondale
Chicago, Ill. | April 25, 2025 | Mayor Johnson Announces $2 Million in New Round of Community Grant Recipients | Ten neighborhood business projects are slated to receive a combined $2 million in Community Development Grants from the City, Mayor Brandon Johnson announced today…To be funded through proceeds from Mayor Johnson’s Housing and Economic Development bond, the projects represent approximately $4.5 million in neighborhood investments.
Evanston, Ill. | April 18 2025 | NIH halts key LGBTQ+ HIV studies, citing mission conflict | Brian Mustanski has come to dread Fridays at 3pm. That’s when the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that funding for research he’s led, some of it for two decades, has been cut, and he’s worried more announcements could follow. Why it matters: As director of the Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing at Northwestern, Mustanski’s work is focused on health equity for sexual and gender minorities, including HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment for the most vulnerable populations. Driving the news: Mustanski says the institute has lost about $8.9 million in funding as part of grant terminations announced last month.
Chicago, Ill. | April 15 2025 | University of Chicago Booth School Scores $100 Million Gift Amid Funding Threats | [T]he University of Chicago Booth School of Business announced a $100 million gift from private equity investor and alumnus Konstantin Sokolov, aimed at bolstering its executive MBA program. The donation, one of the largest in the school’s history, comes at a critical juncture as elite U.S. universities grapple with the risk of losing billions in federal grants due to recent policy shifts under the Trump administration.
Urbana, Ill. | April 15 2025 | U of I takes legal action after Department of Energy announces cuts to research grants | The University of Illinois is suing the federal government over a cap on energy grants. Last week, the Department of Energy announced it plans to cut its university research grants for “indirect” administrative and facility costs down to 15%. The department says that will halt inefficient spending while expanding American research. The U of I System joined a lawsuit with the Association of American Universities and eight other schools Monday, according to a memo from Chancellor Robert Jones and Provost John Coleman.
Chicago, Ill. | April 11 2025 | National Endowment for the Humanities Terminates UChicago Research Grants | UChicago’s University Research Administration received notice last week that all active and upcoming grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to the University would be terminated. According to the NEH website, the NEH had been funding 10 active projects at the University worth a total of $3.1 million. It is unclear how much of this funding has already been allocated and what will be lost due to the cuts.
Evanston, Ill. | April 9 2025 | White House confirms freezing $790M in federal funds for Northwestern University | Northwestern University now joins a growing list of colleges across the country to have its federal funding frozen by President Donald Trump’s administration, as the government investigates alleged civil rights violations at universities across the country. The White House confirms it’s frozen around $790 million in federal funds for Northwestern University, but did not elaborate on which grants are being affected or any further details about the funding-freeze.
Peoria, Ill. | April 4 2025 | Supreme Court allows Trump to terminate teacher training grants as part of anti-DEI policy | The Supreme Court on Friday allowed the Trump administration to terminate Education Department grants for teacher training that officials deemed to violate their new policy opposing diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. The 5-4 decision blocks a Massachusetts-based judge’s ruling that said the administration had failed to follow the correct legal process in terminating the grants. About $65 million in grant payments are outstanding.
Peoria, Ill. | April 4 2025 | Illinois Humanities faces $2M funding cut, arts programs affected | Organizations in central Illinois receiving active grants from the National Endowment of Humanities (NEH) will not be paid back, after cuts made by the Department of Government Efficiency. NEH sends money to state based agencies like Illinois Humanities which in turn distribute it as grants to organizations including the Peoria Riverfront Museum, Cornstock Theatre and McLean County Museum of History, and many others.
Springfield, Ill. | April 1 2025 | Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul files lawsuit against HHS, RFK Jr. for cutting $12B in grants | Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul filed a lawsuit against Health and Human Services and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for cutting $12 billion in grants.