Grants for Small businesses - Education

This grant provides funding for innovative preclinical research on radionuclide-based cancer therapies, focusing on their biological effects and potential combinations with other treatments, aimed at institutions and researchers in cancer biology and radiopharmaceuticals.

This funding opportunity provides financial support for licensed child care programs in Connecticut to make necessary improvements to their facilities, ensuring they meet safety and quality standards.

This grant invites private sector companies and organizations to collaborate with USAID on projects that address economic growth, financial inclusion, and environmental sustainability, leveraging their resources and expertise to achieve shared development goals.

This funding opportunity supports small businesses in developing innovative medical devices specifically designed to help children and adolescents struggling with substance use and addiction.

This program provides funding to organizations in New Jersey to develop training and workforce development initiatives in the film and digital media sectors, particularly for individuals from overburdened communities.

This funding opportunity supports research into innovative non-invasive brain stimulation techniques to treat substance use disorders, targeting under-explored brain areas and measuring treatment success indicators.

This program provides funding to individuals, schools, cooperatives, and community organizations in Montana to support projects that enhance agricultural education, improve local food systems, and promote sustainable farming practices.

This funding opportunity supports research institutions and organizations in developing innovative technologies to study how neural cell groups in rodents respond to addictive substances, aiming to deepen our understanding of addiction-related behaviors.

This funding opportunity supports innovative research teams using non-human animal models to develop advanced methods for measuring and analyzing behavior in relation to environmental factors.

This funding opportunity supports K-12 schools in developing inclusive athletic programs that enable meaningful participation for students with developmental disabilities, fostering social inclusion and community engagement.

This grant supports early-stage university-affiliated startups developing dual-use technologies that can benefit both commercial markets and the Department of Defense, providing funding, mentorship, and resources to help them engage with defense opportunities.

This grant provides funding for researchers to develop a vaccine against Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus (KSHV), aiming to prevent infection and treat related diseases in affected populations.

This grant provides funding to organizations and individuals with innovative projects that promote youth participation in baseball and softball, particularly in underserved communities.

This funding opportunity seeks innovative research proposals from universities, businesses, and nonprofits to develop advanced AI technologies that can significantly accelerate mathematical progress and enhance national competitiveness.

This grant provides financial support to projects that promote environmental leadership and education for women and girls in the Greater Philadelphia Region.

DPR's Research Grants Program supports projects that seek to advance integrated pest management (IPM) knowledge in agricultural, urban, or wildland settings. Projects should focus on reducing impacts to public health or the environment from pesticides of high regulatory interest. Summaries of previously funded Research Grants Program projects can be found on the Research Grants webpage.  The 2025 Research Grants Program is particularly seeking applications that address one or more of the following topic areas: · IPM for underserved or disadvantaged communities; · Decreasing the use of pesticides of high regulatory interest (such as fumigants like 1,3-dichloropropene or sulfuryl fluoride); · Advancement of urban IPM and safer, more sustainable pest management tools and strategies in urban settings; · Advancement of IPM and safer, more sustainable pest management tools and strategies in agricultural settings adjacent to or near a school(s); · Meeting the IPM needs of small growers; and/or TWO or more of the three sustainability pillars noted below and referenced in the Sustainable Pest Management (SPM) Roadmap: o Human Health and Social Equity o Environmental Protections o Economic Vitality For further definitions of these priority topic areas, please review the 2025 Research Grants Solicitation. Following the submission deadline, applications are concurrently reviewed by DPR staff and the Pest Management Advisory Committee (PMAC). Both groups evaluate the proposal application according to scoring criteria that can be found in the 2025 Research Grants Solicitation. This year, DPR invites projects with budgets ranging from $50,000 to $500,000 to apply. Eligible grantees include nonprofit agencies, tribal governments, individuals, businesses, and public agencies. There is no limit on the number of applications that can be submitted, including multiple applications from the same person or entity. PMAC members may apply, but they must follow the rules regarding conflict of interest in the PMAC Charter. All applicants and associated project personnel must meet DPR’s eligibility requirements that can be found in the 2025 Research Grants Solicitation. Keywords: Agriculture, Agricultural Commodity, Agricultural Crops, Agronomy, Air Quality, Automation, Bacteria, Bactericide, Climate Change, Community Health, Cover Crops, Cropping System, Crops, Ecology, Ecosystem, Emissions, Fauna, Fertility, Field Sanitation, Flora, Fruits, Fumigant, Fungi, Fungicide, Herbicide, Horticulture, Housing, Insect Pests, Insecticide, Integrated Pest Management, Irrigation, Lakes, Land Management, Laws and Regulations, Machinery, Mating Disruption, Miticide, Natural Enemies, Nuts, Oceans, Pathogens, Personal Protective Equipment, Pest, Pest Management, Pesticide, Plant Disease, Plant Protection, Pollinator, Pollution, Reduced-Risk, Rivers, Rodenticide, Soil Health, Streams, Sustainable, Training, Urban Pest Management, Vegetables, Vertebrate Pests, Virus, Volatile Organic Compounds, Water, Water Quality, Watershed, Weeds, Wildlands, Worker Health and Safety

Targeting projects led by members from historically excluded communities, this track offers specialized support including workshops and direct consultations. Focusing on equity and inclusion within Massachusetts narratives, the grant promotes projects that reinterpret recognized histories or highlight new stories. The funding, up to $20,000, supports up to 15 selected projects through a non-competitive review process, fostering equitable representation in the state’s cultural narrative. LOI April 5th

This funding opportunity provides financial assistance to counties, municipalities, tribal governments, and weed management entities in Minnesota for projects aimed at controlling and eradicating harmful noxious weeds.

This funding opportunity supports U.S. institutions and organizations in developing centers that integrate advanced translational science into cancer clinical trials, enhancing research on precision medicine and rare cancers.

The purpose of this funding opportunity is to develop artificial intelligence tools and experimental assays to identify new pharmacotherapeutics with lower toxicity and higher efficacy for substance use disorders (SUD) Areas of interest include but are not limited to: 1) Development of AI tools to identify potential target combinations, design new molecules, conduct virtual preclinical studies to predict efficacy and toxicity, and model in vitro and in vivo polypharmacology 2) Development of assays to assess the effects of compounds on multiple targets or functions