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Health Resources and Services Administration · $1M–$1.6M

This HRSA Medical Student Education program funds public medical schools in states with projected primary care provider shortages to expand education for future physicians. Eligibility is narrow: only accredited public medical schools in a small set of identified shortage states, and schools currently receiving MSE funding are excluded. Awards range from about $1,000,000 to $1,625,000. Most organizations and individuals are not eligible.

U.S. National Science Foundation · $100K–$3.5M

This NSF program funds STEM capacity-building, education, and research, and is restricted to federally recognized Tribal Colleges and Universities, Alaska Native-serving institutions, and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions. Several award strands exist, including small research grants and large capacity-building projects, with the PI typically being a senior institutional officer or STEM faculty member. Awards range from about $100,000 to $3,500,000. Institutions that do not meet the Tribal/Native-serving criteria can only participate as non-lead partners.

Governor's Office of Emergency Services · $1–$250K

This California grant (up to $250,000) funds nonprofit or government organizations to provide child abduction training. Applicants must have a SAM.gov Unique Entity Identifier with no exclusion record, be in good standing with California's Registry of Charitable Trusts, and maintain current IRS tax-exempt status — proposals missing any of these requirements are disqualified without review.

Governor's Office of Emergency Services · Amount varies

This California supplemental grant funds a full-time Sexual Assault Counselor to serve as a Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) Advocate coordinating local sexual assault response and services. It is limited to nonprofit organizations meeting Cal OES's standard eligibility requirements, and no award amount was published with this listing.

Governor's Office of Emergency Services · $1–$201K

This California supplemental grant (up to $201,000) funds nonprofit organizations providing court-ordered on-site supervised visitation services. Applicants must meet standard Cal OES nonprofit eligibility requirements, including active SAM.gov registration, no debarment/exclusion record, and current California charitable trust and IRS tax-exempt status.

Governor's Office of Emergency Services · $1–$194K

This California supplemental grant (up to $194,000) funds nonprofits to provide advocacy and support services to unserved or underserved child and youth crime victims/survivors, such as culturally-responsive staffing, training, and outreach. Applicants must meet standard Cal OES nonprofit eligibility requirements including SAM.gov registration and current charitable trust/IRS status.

Div of Criminal Justice Serv · Up to $75M

This large New York State grant program (about $75 million total) funds local municipal police departments and sheriff's offices outside New York City to purchase law enforcement technology and related software/equipment. Only governmental law enforcement agencies employing sworn peace officers may apply, with one application per agency, and questions must be submitted by July 31, 2026.

Strategic Growth Council · $100K–$500K

This Strategic Growth Council program funds planning activities (community engagement, design prep, funding readiness) to prepare communities to later apply for a Community Resilience Centers Implementation Grant, with awards of $100,000-$500,000. Nonprofits, public agencies, and tribal governments may apply, but each application needs at least one partner organization and a signed letter of commitment. The deadline is September 5, 2026.

National Institutes of Health · Amount varies

This NIH R01 funds research into the cellular, molecular, and circuit-level biology underlying complex brain disorders, supporting hypothesis-generating or hypothesis-testing studies using model organisms or human cell-based assays. It's intended for researchers with feasibility or proof-of-concept already established (early-stage exploratory work should apply to a companion R21 instead). Eligible U.S. institutions include HBCUs and tribal colleges; the deadline is September 7, 2026.

National Institutes of Health · Amount varies

This NIH P41 opportunity funds Biomedical Technology Resource Centers that develop new research technologies, train other researchers in their use, and share them broadly with the scientific community. It's aimed at eligible U.S. research institutions (HBCUs and tribal colleges included); foreign organizations are not eligible. The deadline is September 7, 2026.

National Institutes of Health · Amount varies

This NIH R36 award funds up to two years of doctoral dissertation research on substance use and substance use disorders, aligned with NIDA funding priorities, aimed at doctoral candidates across academic disciplines. Eligible U.S. institutions include HBCUs, tribal colleges, and minority-serving institutions; foreign organizations are not eligible. The deadline is September 7, 2026.

National Institutes of Health · Amount varies

This NIH R21 funds research into how social isolation and loneliness affect suicide risk in older adults, including studies on neurobiological and environmental mechanisms, intervention testing, and service-delivery models. It's open to eligible U.S. research institutions (HBCUs and tribal colleges included). The deadline is September 7, 2026.

U.S. National Science Foundation · $2M–$3M

This NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) program funds universities to develop interdisciplinary STEM graduate training models in high-priority research areas. Only U.S. institutions of higher education may apply, and the PI must be a faculty member at the submitting institution, so this is restricted to higher education. Awards range from roughly $2,000,000 to $3,000,000. Individuals, nonprofits, and businesses are not eligible to apply directly.

U.S. National Science Foundation · $50K–$2M

This NSF program funds projects that fundamentally redesign undergraduate engineering departments and education. Only U.S. institutions of higher education may apply, and the PI must generally be an engineering department chair/head (or a dean/provost in some cases), so this is tightly restricted to higher education leadership. Awards range from about $50,000 up to $2,000,000. Individuals, nonprofits, and businesses cannot apply directly.

Department of Forestry and Fire Protection · Amount varies

Nonprofits and California tribal governments can apply for CAL FIRE's Tribal Wildfire Resilience Grants to fund forest health, cultural/prescribed burns, Traditional Ecological Knowledge programs, and related wildfire-resilience or workforce-development projects serving California Native American tribes. This is a forecasted 2026 solicitation with no award amount or deadline published yet, and eligibility is limited to nonprofits and tribal governments rather than the general public.

U.S. National Science Foundation · $600K–$12M

This NSF CISE award funds future computing research across eleven program areas spanning algorithms, systems, networking, AI, and human-centered computing. Eligibility is limited to U.S. institutions of higher education, non-profit non-academic research organizations, and federally recognized Tribal Nations; individuals and most other entities cannot apply directly. Project budgets can range widely up to a $1,000,000 maximum over up to four years, with typical awards around $150,000 to $250,000 per year. This is a higher-education and research-organization opportunity.

Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency · Amount varies

Nonprofit organizations that principally serve individuals or groups covered by the FBI's hate-crime bias motivation categories can apply to PCCD's Nonprofit Security Grant Fund for security-related funding. The listing does not specify an award amount range. Eligibility is narrow — it targets nonprofits serving specific hate-crime-affected communities, not nonprofits generally. Applications are due September 10, 2026.

Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery · $375K–$750K

Open to California public agencies and tribal governments to build rubberized asphalt or chip-seal paving projects on roadways, Class 1 bikeways, greenways, or park accessibility improvements, with awards of $375,000-$750,000. State agencies may only apply for bikeway, greenway, or park-access projects, not general roadway paving. The crumb rubber used must come from California-generated, California-processed waste tires, and construction must finish by April 1, 2029. Not open to nonprofits or private businesses.

Governor's Office of Emergency Services · $1–$215K

This California grant (up to $214,999) funds a Student Trauma Notification Program, but despite the listed nonprofit eligibility tag, the program description states applicants must be a California School District or County Office of Education. Applicants must also meet standard Cal OES registration requirements including SAM.gov and, where applicable, charitable trust/IRS status.

Community & Economic Development · Amount varies

Pennsylvania's HOME Investment Partnerships Program provides HUD-funded grant and loan assistance to municipalities, not to nonprofits or individuals directly, to expand and preserve affordable housing for low- and very-low-income residents. No specific award amount is listed. Eligibility is narrow and restricted to municipal governments. Applications are due September 11, 2026.