Notices of Funding Opportunities and Awards
Featured Funding Opportunity
Washington, D.C. | March 17 2026 | Talent Search Program |The Employment and Training Administration at the U.S. Department of Labor (Labor), is soliciting applications in support of the administration of the Talent Search Program (TS) on behalf of the U.S. Department of Education (ED). The purpose of the Talent Search Program is to identify qualified individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds with potential for education at the postsecondary level and encourage them to complete secondary school and undertake postsecondary education.
Talent Search projects publicize the availability of, and facilitate the application for, student financial assistance for persons who seek to pursue postsecondary education, and encourage persons who have not completed programs at the secondary or postsecondary level to enter or reenter and complete these programs…This grant opportunity is fully aligned with America’s Talent Strategy, encouraging grantees
to expand services to learners to explore a variety of postsecondary opportunities,
including Registered Apprenticeship.
Estimated Awards: 175. Total Funding: $175,152,359. Award Ceiling: $10,000,000. Closing Date: May 1 2026.
Funding Opportunities
Washington, D.C. | March 17 2026 | The Genesis Mission: Transforming Science and Energy with AI | The DOE Office of Science (SC), Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation (CMEI), Office of Environmental Management (EM), Office of Nuclear Energy (NE), Office of Electricity (OE), and Hydrocarbons and Geothermal Office (HGEO) hereby announce interest in receiving applications from interdisciplinary teams addressing the Genesis Mission National Science and Technology Challenges to accelerate scientific discovery and research and development (R&D) workflows using novel artificial intelligence (AI) models and frameworks. By achieving AI advantage, these teams will advance the DOE’s mission and ensure America’s security and prosperity by addressing energy, environmental, and nuclear challenges through science and technology. Teams are encouraged to leverage the extensive scientific and data resources of the DOE/National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), the National Laboratories, U.S. industry, and academia. The resulting AI models and workflows, if successful, may be integrated into the American Science Cloud. Estimated Awards: Not Specified. Total Funding: $293,760,000. Award Ceiling: $3,750,000. Closing Date: December 17 2026.
Washington, D.C. | March 13 2026 | Staff Sergeant Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program Funding Opportunity | The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is announcing the availability of funds for new and renewing suicide prevention grants under the Staff Sergeant Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program (SSG Fox SPGP) for services in Federal Fiscal Year (FY) 2027. The SSG Fox SPGP directs efforts to reduce Veteran suicide by awarding grants to community-based organizations to directly provide or coordinate the provision of primarily non-clinical suicide prevention services to eligible individuals and their families. Eligible individuals include certain Veterans and Active-Duty Service Members as defined by statute and regulations. Veteran suicide risk is reduced by services that improve mental health status, well-being, financial stability, and social support. Services provided by grantees may include case management, peer support, linkage to VA care and benefits, emergency clinical services, faith-based or innovative approaches. Most Veterans who die by suicide were not engaged with VA in the years prior to their deaths. This program addresses a critical gap by engaging and serving Veterans at risk for suicide who were previously out of VA’s reach and their family members. Estimated Awards: Not Specified. Total Funding: $111,000,000. Award Ceiling: $750,000. Closing Date: June 12 2026.
Washington, D.C. | March 12 2026 | Advancing Global Health | The Department of State invites eligible applicants to advance the America First Global Health Strategy, which aims to save lives, strengthen health systems, enhance efficiency, foster self-reliance, and ensure U.S. investments benefit American safety, strength, and prosperity. This Annual Program Statement (APS) establishes a supplemental framework through which the Department of State may identify and support projects that complement, extend, and/or fill identified gaps in the implementation of these bilateral MOUs. Through specific Addenda, the Department will signal priorities and needs. This APS provides the standard application instructions for the submission of all Statements of Interest (SOIs) to these specific Addenda. Estimated Awards: 100. Total Funding: $2,147,483,647. Award Ceiling: $250,000,000. Closing Date: February 14 2027.
Springfield, Ill. | March 11 2026 | Partners for Conservation – Illinois Soil and Water Conservation District Grants (FY26) | The Partners for Conservation Program is a long-term, state-supported initiative to protect natural resources and enhance outdoor recreational opportunities in Illinois. Several state agencies share responsibility for administering the Partners for Conservation Fund. The Illinois Department of Agriculture oversees the program’s agriculture-related components. Under the Illinois Department of Agriculture, the program implements strategies for maintaining the viability of Illinois’ soil and water resources. Soil and Water Conservation Districts assist landowners in natural resource management by providing technical assistance in such areas as soil conservation, water quality protection, wetlands management, flood control, soil erosion control at urban construction sites, stream bank stabilization, recycling, soil interpretation, land use and site suitability, and conservation education. Local County Soil and Water Conservation Districts in Illinois that provide natural resource management technical assistance to landowners in such areas as soil conservation, water quality protection, wetlands management, flood control, soil erosion, stream bank stabilization, recycling, soil interpretation, land use and site suitability, and conservation education are eligible to apply. Estimated Awards: 100. Total Funding: $2,147,483,647. Award Ceiling: $250,000,000. Closing Date: February 14 2027.
Washington, D.C. | March 11 2026 | Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative – OREI Research Projects with Extension and/or Education Components | Applications may only be submitted by the following entities:State Agricultural Experiment StationsColleges and universitiesUniversity research foundationsOther research institutions and organizationsFederal agenciesNational laboratoriesPrivate organizations, foundations, or corporationsIndividuals who are United States citizens or nationalsA group consisting of two or more of the entities described in items (1) through (8).Award recipients may subcontract to organizations not eligible to apply provided such organizations are necessary for the conduct of the project by an eligible entity. Estimated Awards: 26. Total Funding: $65,000,000. Award Ceiling: $3,500,000. Closing Date: May 14 2026.
Washington, D.C. | March 10 2026 | Feed the Future Innovation Labs | The Department of State invites eligible applicants for Feed the Future Innovation Labs to advance global food security in alignment with U.S. policy through targeted research that meets one or both of the following core objectives: (1) Advances agricultural science and research to increase productivity, mitigate threats to production systems, and support food systems to reduce hunger and malnutrition through enhanced supply of nutritious and safe foods; and/or (2) Increases demand for individual and household consumption of nutritious, safe foods as part of healthy diets, and improves market pathways and opportunities for government and private sector actors to promote consumption of nutritious and safe foods. Estimated Awards: 7. Total Funding: $64,000,000. Award Ceiling: $40,000,000. Closing Date: April 9 2026.
Springfield, Ill. | March 11 2026 | 590 Crisis Care System | Implementation of the Community Emergency Services and Support Act (CESSA) is woven into the UCC framework and this program. CESSA requires that individuals who call 911 Public Safety Answering Points (911) due to a behavioral health crisis receive a behavioral health response, rather than a law enforcement only response, when appropriate. Accordingly, Mobile Crisis Response (MCR) is increasingly available through calls that start with 911, connecting the UCC to the State’s traditional crisis response system; the 911 to 988 to MCR connection will be implemented statewide by July 1, 2027. Estimated Awards: 60. Total Funding: $54,000,000. Award Ceiling: $2,000,000. Closing Date: April 7 2026.
Springfield, Ill. | March 6 2026 | FY2027 Federal Postsecondary Perkins Basic Grant – Career and Technical Education | Provides Federal Postsecondary Perkins grants to community colleges for career and technical education (CTE) through the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (Perkins V). Perkins V is the most important piece of legislation affecting CTE in Illinois. The purpose of the law is to develop more fully the academic knowledge and technical and employability skills of secondary and postsecondary education students who elect to enroll in CTE programs and programs of study. Estimated Awards: 39. Total Funding: Not Specified. Award Ceiling: Not Specified. Closing Date: May 15 2026.
Washington, D.C. | March 6 2026 | Development of Collaborative Research Facilities or Research-Resource Facilities (C06 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) solicits applications to develop shared-use research facilities or research-supporting facilities that enable collaborative research and benefit broad research communities at large. The NOFO supports two existing construction programs: the Biomedical Research Facilities (BRF) program and the HIV/AIDS Research Facilities (HRF) program.The BRF program supports the construction or modernization of biomedical research facilities that advance basic, translational, clinical, or behavioral science research in all areas. Intended facilities include shared research spaces, core facilities, biorepositories, or other shared-use resource facilities that serve a broad scientific community with a significant, long-term impact on biomedical research. Estimated Awards: 14. Total Funding: $88,000,000. Award Ceiling: $8,000,000. Closing Date: April 6 2026 (First Round); January 25 2027 (Second Round) January 25 2028 (Third Round).
Washington, D.C. | March 3 2026 | Early Career Research Program (ECRP) | DOE SC hereby invites applications for support under the ECRP in the following program areas: Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR); Basic Energy Sciences (BES); Biological and Environmental Research (BER); Fusion Energy Sciences (FES); High Energy Physics (HEP); Nuclear Physics (NP); Isotope Research and Development and Production (DOE IP). The purpose of this program is to support the development of individual research programs of outstanding scientists early in their careers and to stimulate research careers in the areas supported by SC. Estimated Awards: 100. Total Funding: $145,000,000. Award Ceiling: $2,750,000. Closing Date: June 2 2026.
Grant Awards
Chicago, Ill. | March 4, 2026 | $1.2M federal grant will repair Jackson Park path linking Griffin MSI, Obama Center | The Chicago Park District will receive $1.2 million in federal funding to repair a Jackson Park pathway connecting the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry (MSI), the Obama Presidential Center and the Osaka Garden, officials announced Monday. U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (D-2nd) secured the money through the Community Project Funding program, a congressional earmark administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The grant will pay for repaving the existing lagoon pathway and installing lighting, security cameras and wayfinding materials along the path, which runs just north of the lagoons from the museum’s east parking lot to the west side of the park.
Chicago, Ill. | March 2 2026 | Cook County Health, City Colleges to train 1,000 health care workers with $5M from Pritzker Traubert Foundation | Cook County Health and City Colleges of Chicago are partnering to train and hire 1,000 health care workers over the next three years, an effort funded by a $5 million investment from the Pritzker Traubert Foundation that aims to ease chronic staffing shortages at the city’s largest public health provider. With health care providers facing down severe staffing shortages, there is a growing trend toward partnerships between educators and health systems that give entry-level employees a clear career path and job waiting for them when they get out of school.
Post will be updated until the end of the month | Current update: March 17 2026.
Information is provided as a courtesy | See the original notices of funding opportunities (NOFOs) for application eligibility and requirements.