The General Plan

Original Research

Where the Open Federal Grant Money Is: Opportunities by Agency

An analysis of 1,339 open federal grant opportunities on Grants.gov, broken down by the agencies posting them.

Original analysis by The General Plan

As of 2026-06-23, Grants.gov listed 1,339 open federal grant opportunities. This report analyzes a sample of 1000 of the most recent postings to show which agencies are putting the most funding opportunities on the street.

Agencies posting the most opportunities

  1. National Institutes of Health — 397 open opportunities in the sample
  2. U.S. National Science Foundation — 166 open opportunities in the sample
  3. Health Resources and Services Administration — 26 open opportunities in the sample
  4. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA — 24 open opportunities in the sample
  5. National Park Service — 19 open opportunities in the sample

Closing soon

Within the sample, 237 opportunities close within 30 days, 323 within 60 days, and 360 within 90 days.

Methodology

Data was retrieved from the public Grants.gov Search API on 2026-06-23 (status: posted). Agency counts reflect a sample of up to 1,000 of the most recent postings; the total-open figure is Grants.gov's reported hit count. For individual deadlines, see the live Grant Deadline Calendar.