Click on the names of the departments to link to their grants pages.

Department of Agriculture (USDA)

• Tip! Check out their HSI and Minority Scholars programs.

• Tip! Be sure your application clearly states how your project will enhance an area of interest important to USDA. They take this very seriously.

• Tip! Call the program officer to go over your idea.

• Tip!  Be sure to understand the research interests of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research and make sure your proposed research aligns

• Tip! Examples of some research program opportunities: Basic Research Initiative Program, Individual Investigator Program, Small University Grants Program, Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP)

• Tip! Also look into their graduate fellowships and undergraduate research experiences

• Air Force Research Lab Funding

• HBCU/MI Program

Department of the Army

• Tip! Make sure your application clearly helps the Army overcome its current identified challenges. 

• Tip! Check out the University Single Investigator, MURI, and DURIP Programs.

• Army Research Lab Open Solicitations

• HBCU/MI Program

• Army Educational Outreach (K-12 only)

• Army Medical Research

Department of the Navy

• Tip! The Office of Naval Research expects proposers to discuss their idea first with the program officer then have a "white paper" approved before submitting a full proposal

• Tip! Student opportunities include the Science and Engineering Apprenticeship Program and the Naval Research Enterprise Intern Program

• Office of Naval Research Funding

• HBCU/MI Program

Department of Education (ED)

• Tip! Attend a technical assistance workshop or a webinar for your program if offered.

• Tip! Many ED programs are offered yearly or in intervals (every 2, 3 or 4 years). If you like a program, call the program officer and ask when the next competition is expected.

Department of Energy (DOE) 

• Tip! DOE strongly recommends signing up to receive e-newsletters from programs that interest you to learn of funding opportunities as they are published or even before.

• Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy 

• Oak Ridge Institute for Science & Education

• DOE - Office of Science

• DOE - Opportunities for Young Americans

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

• Tip! Find out how to faculty and students can participate in paid summers of research at a Center of Excellence (COE). Some COEs are at Minority-Serving Institutions

Department of Justice (DOJ)

• Overview of DOJ Grants

Department of Labor (DOL)

• Tip! Primary grant for educational institutions is the Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training Grants Program

• Tip! Applicants to the above program can be a lead organization or partner with another one

Department of State (State)

• Tip! Some grant opportunities include the Fulbright Award, Community Colleges Award, Professional Fellows Program, Undergraduate Global Exchange, and Community Solutions Award.

• Tip! Call State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) to ask about programs you’ve identified or learn if State offers a program in your area of interest.

• Tip! The best way to learn of opportunities with State is to pay close attention to the ECA website and sign up for alerts on grants.gov

• Click here for grant writing resources particular to State