Open federal grant opportunities
944 open opportunities in our database as of Oct 16, 2026, summarized from Grants.gov and other public federal sources. Each one links to the official notice.
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Open opportunities
Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) for Early Stage Investigators (ESI)
National Institutes of Health · PAR-27-032
BRAIN Initiative: Research Opportunities Using Invasive Neural Recording and Stimulating Technologies in the Human Brain (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
National Institutes of Health · RFA-NS-28-010
HEAL Initiative: Translating Addiction Epidemiology, Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Research into Practice (R61/R33 - Clinical Trial Optional)
National Institutes of Health · RFA-DA-27-016
HEAL Initiative: Non-addictive Analgesic Therapeutics Development [Small Molecules and Biologics] to Treat Pain (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Optional)
National Institutes of Health · RFA-NS-27-007
NIAMS P30 Centers Program (P30 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
National Institutes of Health · RFA-AR-28-001
Research Grants in Clinical Informatics (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
National Institutes of Health · PAR-26-042
Advancing Bioinformatics, Translational Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Research (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
National Institutes of Health · PAR-26-040
F24AS00298 Cooperative Agriculture
Fish and Wildlife Service · F24AS00298
NINDS Efficacy and Exploratory Clinical Trials (UG3/UH3 - Clinical Trial Required)
National Institutes of Health · PAR-27-065
Paul Calabresi Career Development Award for Clinical Oncology (K12 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
National Institutes of Health · PAR-27-025
Mathematical Sciences Research Institutes
U.S. National Science Foundation · 23-606
Science Track Award for Research Transition (START) Program (R03, Clinical Trial Optional)
National Institutes of Health · PAS-27-028
ARMY APPLICATIONS LAB BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT FOR DISRUPTIVE APPLICATIONS
Dept of the Army -- Materiel Command · W911NF-24-S-0008
NIH Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase IIB Strategic Breakthrough Award (Parent [R44] Clinical Trial Optional)
National Institutes of Health · PA-27-101
SBIR/STTR Commercialization Readiness Pilot (CRP) Program (Parent SB1 Clinical Trial Optional)
National Institutes of Health · PAR-27-098
Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Transition Award (Parent F99/K00 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
National Institutes of Health · PA-27-037
NIH Brain Development Cohorts (NBDC) and Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study Biospecimen Access (X01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
National Institutes of Health · PAR-27-051
NIH Research Educational Program - Mentoring Activities & Networks (Parent R25/UE5 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
National Institutes of Health · PA-27-035
NIH Research Education Program - Research Experiences (Parent R25 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
National Institutes of Health · PA-27-036
NIH Collaborative International Research Project (Parent PF5 Clinical Trial Optional)
National Institutes of Health · PA-26-002
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