Grants & appropriations
Federal and state grants, appropriations, and where the funding actually flows.
A data analysis of 109 Federal Register documents referencing notice of funding opportunity over the last 12 months, by the agencies driving federal funding-opportunity notices.
Read the analysis →Federal award spending per resident by state for FY2025 — the smaller-population states that punch far above their weight.
Read the analysis →An analysis of 1,339 open federal grant opportunities on Grants.gov, broken down by the agencies posting them.
Read the analysis →Three transportation agencies finalize updated NEPA rules that stand independent of rescinded CEQ regulations, incorporate BUILDER Act streamlining, and adjust categorical exclusion thresholds under IIJA.
A new Federal Railroad Administration rule permits railroads to satisfy the hands-on portion of periodic brake system refresher training through instructor-led, computer-based 3D simulation, effective September 30, 2026.
NHTSA has determined that a marking error on approximately 532 Michelin T-type spare tires showing the wrong maximum inflation pressure in one sidewall location is inconsequential to motor vehicle safety.
The agency denied a public hearing request from Micro-Tracers, Inc. and restored the timeline to delist the red food dye from food and ingested drugs under the Delaney Clause.
A final rule effective August 3, 2026 converts a 12-month pilot into a standing requirement that consular officers may demand bonds of up to $20,000 from certain business and tourist visa applicants to enforce departure compliance.
Two federal agencies announce funding actions targeting public health workforce training and transit safety research, with an FTA application deadline of September 28, 2026.
The Office on Violence Against Women is requesting a three-year Paperwork Reduction Act authorization for its semi-annual grantee progress report, with public comments due August 17, 2026.
The U.S. International Trade Commission has closed its enforcement action against Dae Do Inc. d/b/a Vivace after complainant JBS Hair withdrew its enforcement complaint without any settlement agreement between the parties.
The Federal Transit Administration has published a notice of funding opportunity for approximately $12 million in FY 2026 competitive grants under the Innovative Coordinated Access and Mobility Program, with proposals due September 9, 2026.
Three federal notices — two from the Education Department and one from EPA — open public comment periods closing July 27, 2026, covering an equity-program deregulation, a NEPA overhaul, and a routine grant-form renewal.
The FAA is again waiving minimum slot-usage requirements at three major airports, citing persistent air traffic controller shortages at the New York TRACON facility that it does not expect to resolve until after 2027.
The NRC, HUD, DOJ, Commerce, and FHWA each published Federal Register actions on June 23, 2026, spanning reactor license amendments, loan guarantee data collection, immigration forms, a foreign-trade zone correction, and Texas highway approvals.
The Department of Commerce's NOAA Climate Program Office is making an estimated $15.5 million available for approximately 60 new competitive awards in FY 2012 to advance climate research, observations, and decision support.
Five active federal funding opportunities cover neural device translation, Native American health interventions, Army collaborative basic research, marine geoscience, and behavioral science education.
The Department of Education has announced a comprehensive schedule of submission and disbursement deadlines for major federal student aid programs in the 2026-2027 award year, while NIH has opened funding opportunities in ELSI research, women's and children's health, and otolaryngology training.
The National Science Foundation is soliciting proposals across four interrelated civil and mechanical engineering programs, while the Economic Development Administration directs applicants to its new EDGE platform for planning and technical assistance awards.
A cluster of federal grant opportunities spans NPS resource management and interpretation projects in the National Capital Region as well as a public diplomacy program in Australia.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has opened two parallel comment periods on exemption requests from drivers with epilepsy or seizure disorders, while NIH posts two research grant opportunities with longer-horizon deadlines.
The National Park Service has listed separate funding opportunities covering research technology and data management on Grants.gov.
The National Institutes of Health has released four active notices of funding opportunity covering mind-body clinical trials, brain cell access reagents, neuromodulation device development, and high-risk addiction research.
A cluster of federal grant announcements targets translational science infrastructure, Alzheimer's workforce development, substance use research, minority health disparities, and NOAA fisheries programs.
The National Institutes of Health has posted a slate of funding announcements spanning youth cancer education, dissemination science, alcohol-cancer risk, predoctoral biomedical training, and Down syndrome research fellowships.