Deadline: December 31, 2026
Award Amount: $10,000 to $10,000,000
Match: None
Eligible Entities: Land Grant Institutions, Hispanic Serving Institutions, Nonprofits, and Businesses
Description: The AFRI Foundational and Applied Science Program supports grants in six AFRI priority areas to advance knowledge in both fundamental and applied sciences important to agriculture. The six priority areas are:

Plant Health and Production and Plant Products; Animal Health and Production and Animal Products; Food Safety, Nutrition, and Health; Bioenergy, Natural Resources, and Environment; Agriculture Systems and Technology; and Agriculture Economics and Rural Communities.

Deadline: Rolling until grant funding unavailable.
Award Amount: Unspecified; total grant funding $30,000,000
Match: None
Eligible Entities: Higher Education and Nonprofits
Description: The Plant Genome Research Program (PGRP) supports genome-scale research that addresses challenging questions of biological, societal and economic importance. PGRP encourages the development of innovative tools, technologies, and resources that empower a broad plant research community to answer scientific questions on a genome-wide scale. Emphasis is placed on the scale and depth of the question being addressed and the creativity of the approach. Data produced by plant genomics should be usable, accessible, integrated across scales, and of high impact across biology.

Training, broadening participation, and career development are essential to scientific progress and should be integrated in all PGRP-funded projects.

Deadline: Rolling
Award Amount: $100,000 to $30,000,000
Match: Yes
Eligible Entities: State, City, Township, County or Tribal Governments, Nonprofits, Businesses, and Higher Education
Description: Provides funding to support economic development initiatives in distressed communities. These programs aim to enhance infrastructure, promote resilience, and foster job creation through investments in public works and economic adjustment projects. Priority is given to projects that align with EDA’s investment priorities, including equity, workforce development, and environmentally sustainable development.

Deadline: Rolling
Award Amount: $50,000 to $600,000
Match: None
Eligible Entities: State, City, Township, County or Tribal Governments, Higher Education, Nonprofits, and Business
Description: The Cyberinfrastructure for Public Access and Open Science, (CIPAOS) program within the Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (OAC) aims to catalyze new and transformative socio-technical partnerships supporting research data infrastructure ecosystems across domains through early-stage collaborative activities between cyberinfrastructure researchers, scientists, research computing experts, data management experts, research labs, university libraries, and other communities of practice. The CI PAOS program supports the NSF Public Access Initiative by encouraging innovation across the CI ecosystem to address accessibility, discoverability, reliability, reproducibility, sustainability, and utility of data products in alignment with NSF and national goals for public access and open science.

Deadline: Rolling
Award Amount: Unspecified
Match: None
Eligible Entities: State, City, Township, County or Tribal Governments, Higher Education, Nonprofits, and Small Businesses
Description: The Life and Environments Through Time (LET) program supports research that advances knowledge about the patterns and processes relating to the origin and evolution of Earth’s climate, environments, life, and sedimentary record. This research takes place at the molecular, local, regional, and global scales from the Archean Eon through the Holocene epoch. LET-supported research can be useful for predicting and planning for future global change, and for the maintenance and security of ecosystem services and human societies

Deadline: Rolling
Award Amount: Up to $30,000
Match: None
Eligible Entities: Nonprofits
Description: Two-year general operating support grants for small, constituent-led grassroots groups in the U.S. advancing social & environmental justice through collective action. Eligible organizations must have budgets under $350K and use grassroots organizing as their primary strategy.

Deadline: Rolling
Award Amount: Up to $3,000,000
Match: None
Eligible Entities: State, City, Township, County or Tribal Governments, Higher Education Entities, Nonprofits, and Businesses
Description: The NSF STEM K-12 program in the Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings (DRL) in the Directorate for STEM Education (EDU) supports fundamental, applied, and translational research that advances STEM teaching and learning and improves understanding of education across the human lifespan and a range of formal and informal settings.

Deadline: Rolling until grant funding unavailable.
Award Amount: $5,000 to $5,000,000
Match: None
Eligible Entities: Higher Education and Nonprofits
Description: The Division of Environmental Biology (DEB) Core supports research and training on evolutionary and ecological processes acting at the level of populations, species, communities, ecosystems, macrosystems, and biogeographic extents. DEB encourages research that elucidates fundamental principles that identify and explain the unity and diversity of life and its interactions with the environment over space and time.

Research may incorporate field, laboratory, or collection-based approaches; observational or manipulative studies; synthesis activities; phylogenetic discovery projects; or theoretical approaches involving analytical, statistical, or computational modeling. Proposals should be submitted to the core clusters (Ecosystem Science, Evolutionary Processes, Population and Community Ecology, and Systematics and Biodiversity Science).

Deadline: Rolling Monthly
Award Amount: $3,000
Match: None
Eligible Entities: Tribal Governments, Arts/Creatives, and Nonprofits
Description: This opportunity seeks emerging Native American artists (visual, performing & literary artists welcomed). The selected artists must reside at the Amerind Museum for 1 month at a time. The selected artist(s) will receive housing, workspace, and a $3,000/month stipend. The artist will be asked to give a public talk about their work and/or hold some open studio hours. While in residence, the artist can sell their work directly to the public. Depending on the nature of the artist’s work, the Amerind Museum may consider an exhibition or similar event by the selected artist. The artist must have reliable transportation.

Deadline: Rolling Monthly
Award Amount: $500, Fellows may be eligible to receive $2,500 grant at the end of the year.
Match: None
Eligible Entities: Businesses
Description: Every month, the Freed Fellowship selects a U.S. small business owner to become a Freed Fellow. Fellow’s receive feedback and recommendations on how to grow their business. When applying, applicants must prepare to answer questions related to the 5 C’s: Context, Content, Community, Chemistry, and Commerce.

Deadline: Rolling
Award Amount: Up to $25,000
Match: None
Eligible Entities: Nonprofits
Description: Skatepark Grants empowers community-led projects that create safe and inclusive public skateparks, skate spaces, and skate spots in underserved communities. Organizations seeking to build free, public concrete skateparks in underserved communities are eligible to apply for a grant.

Deadline: Rolling
Award Amount: N/A
Match: None
Eligible Entities: State, City, Township, or County Governments and Nonprofits
Description: The federal personal property donation program enables certain certain non-federal organizations to obtain property the federal government no longer needs. State agencies for surplus property (SASPs) are state-run organizations that administer the federal program for donating federal surplus property to public, tax-supported entities and eligible private nonprofit tax-exempt organizations.

Deadline: Rolling
Award Amount: Up to $1,000,000
Match: Not required, but encouraged.
Eligible Entities: City, Township, County or Tribal Governments with populations below 40,000 and Nonprofits
Description: This program helps eligible communities prepare, or recover from, an emergency that threatens the availability of safe, reliable drinking water. Applicants must show that a major decline in quantity or quality of water occurred within two years of the date of the application. Grants are also awarded when a significant decline in quality and quantity of water is imminent. A federal disaster declaration is not required in order to qualify.

Deadline: Rolling
Award Amount: Unspecified
Match: None
Eligible Entities: City, Township, County or Tribal Governments and Nonprofits
Description: Those applying must serve an area with a population of 10,000 or less. This program provides technical assistance to rural water systems that are experiencing day-to-day operational, financial or managerial issues. Rural water system officials may request assistance from the National Rural Water Association State Association or the local Rural Utilities Service office. Rural Utilities Service staff may also request assistance on behalf of the system.

Deadline: Rolling
Award Amount: Unspecified
Match: None
Eligible Entities: State, City, Township, County or Tribal Governments and Nonprofits
Description: This grant provides fully funded marker or plaque signage for public properties and historic districts that have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The program covers design, fabrication, shipping, and inscription costs, allowing communities to commemorate and publicize their historic designation.

Deadline: Rolling
Award Amount: Dependent upon population and median household income.
Match: Dependent upon population and median household income.
Eligible Entities: City, Township, County or Tribal Governments and Nonprofits
Description: Those applying must be a rural area, classified as having no more than 20,000 residents. This program provides affordable funding to develop essential community facilities in rural areas. An essential community facility is defined as a facility that provides an essential service to the local community for the orderly development of the community in a primarily rural area, and does not include private, commercial or business undertakings.

Deadline: Rolling
Award Amount: Up to $250,000
Match: 5% non-federal share.
Eligible Entities: Tribal
Description: This program provides funding to 1994 Land Grant Institutions (Tribal Colleges) to make capital improvements to their educational facilities and to purchase equipment. Funds may be used for infrastructure improvements, to purchase equipment, and to develop essential community facilities. These community facilities include: Schools, education equipment, libraries, dorms, vehicles and major equipment, education and cultural projects, and renovations and improvements.

Deadline: Rolling
Award Amount: $1,000 to $5,000
Match: None
Eligible Entities: K-12 Education and Nonprofits
Description: Albertsons Companies, Safeway and Vons Foundations funds organizations that strengthen the neighborhoods they serve. The Foundation prioritizes projects that align with mission priorities that include: Health and Humans Services, Hunger, Youth and Education, Veterans, and Supporting Diversity and Inclusion.

Deadline: Rolling
Award Amount: $500 to $5,500,000
Match: None
Eligible Entities: Businesses
Description: The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) helps small businesses get funding by setting guidelines for loans and reducing lender risk. These SBA-backed loans make it easier for small businesses to get the funding they need.

Deadline: Rolling
Award Amount: Unspecified
Match: None
Eligible Entities: Businesses
Description: In order to provide rural small businesses with increased opportunities to access capital, SBA created the 504 Loan Rural Initiative pilot program. This program waives some small business regulations in order to help rural development through the 504 Loan Program.

Deadline: Rolling
Award Amount: $25,000 to $5,000,000
Match: None
Eligible Entities: Nonprofits and Businesses
Description: B:Side assists those to gain access to SBA loans and fund, but also assists those that cannot access a traditional bank loan. B:Side offers loans to assist with working capital, debt refinance, leasehold improvements, business acquisition, purchasing equipment, inventory, and furniture, and buying, building, or renovating commercial real estate.

Deadline: Rolling
Award Amount: Unspecified amount
Match: None
Eligible Entities: K-12 Education, Higher Education, and organizations seeking to promote energy efficiency, the environment, and economic development.
Description: Continental Divide aims to serve the following counties in New Mexico: Bernalillo County, Cibola County, McKinley County, Sandoval County, Valencia County.

Continental Divide aims to support organizations that: Promote the efficient use of energy, such as weatherization or toward the planning, development or building of a renewable energy source, promote projects or activities that benefit the environment, promote projects or activities that create economic development, and/or projects or activities that benefit students in grades K-12 or students enrolled at an accredited New Mexico college or university within Continental Divide’s service territory.

Deadline: Rolling
Award Amount: $500 to $2,500, larger amount considered if project impact reaches larger group of students.
Match: None
Eligible Entities: K-12 Education, charter schools ineligible.
Description: Most Rural Tech funding goes to teacher and student-led projects in public schools and libraries. Projects Rural Tech funds are designed to help spark student interest in technology-based careers like computer science, computer engineering, information technology, programming, cyber security, robotics, or similar areas. In some cases, these project donations may include a few smaller items like a Raspberry Pi microcomputer or a robotics kit. In other situations, Rural Tech partners with school districts to provide entire Maker Spaces equipped with things like circuit development kits, 3-D printers, robotics kits, and classroom sets of individual microcomputers to build upon. Rural Tech also frequently funds early-stage robotics classes, teams, and clubs interested in project-based learning that culminates in competitive events.

Deadline: Rolling
Award Amount: Valued at approximately $4,794
Match: None
Eligible Entities: K-12 Education
Description: Salad Bars to Schools is a granting program that provides schools and districts with salad bar equipment and support, including Cambro salad bars, camchillers, and technical assistance. The grant package is tailored for schools that serve at least 100 reimbursable meals daily.

Deadline: Rolling
Award Amount: Up to $150,000 worth of assistance
Match: None
Eligible Entities: Businesses
Description: The TRGR Technology Readiness Initiative provides New Mexico businesses the opportunity to work directly with scientists and engineers at Los Alamos or Sandia national laboratories to advance the maturation of patents, patent applications, and software related to an active license between the lab and business or developed under an active Cooperative Research and Development Agreement in which the business is a participant.

Deadline: Monthly on the 10th
Award Amount: $100 and $5,000
Match: None
Eligible Entities: Tribal Governments, Film/Media, Arts/Creatives, and Nonprofits
Description: This opportunity supports the growing number of Native artists and culture bearers who need financial assistance with a professional development opportunity or a hardship hindering their creative practice. Applicants must be enrolled members of, or provide proof of lineal descendency from, a U.S. federally recognized or U.S. state-recognized tribe or be able to provide evidence of ancestry as an Alaska Native or Native Hawaiian. This program offers grants between $100 and $5,000.

Deadline: Rolling: First Monday of July, September, November, and February.
Award Amount: $5,000 per year over five year period.
Match: None
Eligible Entities: K-12 Education
Description: SBHSN is now accepting applications from public school principals interested in implementing student mental health support services. Grant funds must be used to expand access to mental health support services for students with a documented history of chronic absenteeism, behavioral challenges, or declining academic performance. If grant awarded, schools must appoint grant coordinator to act as liaison to update SBHSN to review progress.

Deadline: Rolling: January 3, April 1, July 1, October 1.
Award Amount: Up to $6,000
Match: None
Eligible Entities: Nonprofits
Description: This opportunity helps US-based nonprofit organizations do their work in transforming lives through adult literacy. The grant funds organization’s general operating expenses, such as salaries or teacher stipends, supplies or equipment, space rental, and more.

Deadline: Rolling: July 1, February 1
Award Amount: Unspecified
Match: None
Eligible Entities: Nonprofits
Description: NEF invites applications for innovative projects with the potential to enhance life on the planet, brighten the future, and advance peace. To that end, the foundation will award grants in support of pioneering yet practical projects in many endeavors, including but not limited to environmental initiatives that are working to eliminate pollution and save the planet’s ecosystems, community efforts that create models of social sustainability, educational innovations that prepare youth to become the socially responsible leaders, and strategies that offer economic improvement and opportunities. The foundation particularly seeks projects with the potential to be replicated so excellent ideas and work can multiply and benefit many.

Deadline: Rolling: Final business day of January, April, July, and October.
Award Amount: Unspecified
Match: None
Eligible Entities: Nonprofits
Description: To support U.S. nonprofit organizations delivering direct services to sick, wounded, disabled, homeless, at-risk, or aging veterans—or their families and caregivers. Projects may include rehabilitation, mobility, therapeutic activities, shelter, food assistance, career training, and legal or educational services.

Deadline: Rolling
Award Amount: Dependent upon project.
Match: None
Eligible Entities: Nonprofits, Community Water Systems
Description: With the increase in demand and federal requirements for the DWSRF, The State of New Mexico will continue to choose the projects to fulfill the federal equivalency requirements. Additionally, the schedule by which the priority lists will be published will remain semi‐annual. Lists are produced in December and May with supplemental lists published in September and February if project interest and urgency exist. Criteria for project interest and urgency are included in this IUP to clarify when the supplemental lists will be produced. Project priority ranking criteria for emerging contaminants were updated to reflect increased value on providing water service to underserved communities or where wells are contaminated by emerging contaminants.

Deadline: Rolling
Award Amount: Dependent upon project.
Match: Dependent upon project.
Eligible Entities: State, City, Township, County or Tribal Governments and Nonprofits.
Description:  A brownfield is a property whose redevelopment is complicated by the presence of contamination or perceived contamination. Examples include old gas stations, vacant motels, former industrial sites or abandoned dumps. Cleaning up and reinvesting in these properties can restore the environment, reduce health risks, eliminate blight, revitalize downtowns, create jobs, increase local tax bases, and create a sense of community pride.

NMED offers free environmental evaluations of brownfield properties. Services include: Phase I & II environmental site assessments; Environmental investigations (sampling and analysis); Asbestos and lead paint surveys: Clean-up planning: and Remediation cost estimates. NMED also offers the Brownfield Clean-Up Revolving Loan Fund.

Deadline: Rolling
Award Amount: $100,000 to $5,000,000
Match: None
Eligible Entities: Federally recognized tribes
Description: EDA supports bottom-up strategies that build on regional assets to spur economic growth and resiliency. EDA encourages its grantees throughout the country to develop initiatives that present new ideas and creative approaches to advance economic prosperity in distressed communities.

Deadline: Until funds are depleted.
Award Amount: Loan maximum is 100 percent of the allowable total development cost.
Eligible Entities: Individual farm owners, family farm partnerships, family farm corporations, and associations of farmers.
​Description: It provides affordable financing to develop or rehabilitate affordable rental housing for very-low to moderate income domestic, migrant, and seasonal farm laborers. It also provides funding used to increase the supply of affordable housing for farm labor; and the ability of the farmer to provide affordable, decent, sage and sanitary housing for farm workers.

Deadline: Apply by 11:59pm on the last day of the month to be eligible for that month
Award Amount: $1,000
Match: None
Eligible Entities: 51% women owned, registered in the US, and less than $1 million in gross revenue
Description: The HerRise MicroGrant, providing $1,000 each month, is available to under-resourced women, including women of color entrepreneurs, across a variety of industries. The HerRise MicroGrant offers financial support to innovative women who struggle to secure funding for their community-impacting small businesses. Small business grants are useful for financing a particular small business need. Past recipients used their growth grants for computers, equipment, marketing materials, software purchase, website creation and more.