Discover grants available to individuals, including artists, educators, students, researchers, veterans, public servants, and community leaders. Funding provides financial assistance for professional development, creative projects, and academic research. Additional grants provide personal hardship relief.
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Grants of up $2,500 and grants of up to $10,000 to Illinois artists, nonprofit organizations, associations, and institutions for arts programming in eligible locations. Funding is intended for new programs, projects, and events. Eligible proposals have artistic, c...
Grants of up to $2,000 to Vermont individual artists for career advancement activities. First-time applicants must create an account in the grant portal prior to applying. Funding is intended for studies with a mentor, conference attendance, marketing, travel, and...
Grants of up to $3,000 to British Columbia artists and artist collectives in eligible locations to create collaborative artworks that engage community residents. The purpose of the program is to create artwork for the community, engage residents in the creative pr...
Award of $1,000 to a USA, Canada, or International individual artist, artist group, or nonprofit organization to recognize creativity in contemporary sculpture. Funding is intended to honor applicants who advance and broaden the field. Priority will be given to ap...
Grants of up to $1,000 to Tennessee educators and school-based professionals to promote professional development in eligible regions. Funding is intended for teachers, principals, assistant principals, and administrators in PreK-12 schools, technical schools, and ...
Grants to North Carolina artists to promote professional development. Funding is intended to assist early-career and established artists in creating work, purchasing materials and equipment, traveling for professional opportunities, attending workshops, and enhanc...
Grants of up to $500 to Rhode Island artists in eligible locations to address critical needs. Funding is intended to mitigate the negative impact of emergencies and crises, such as eviction, utility shut-off, healthcare expenses, phone or internet service interrup...
Grants to Manitoba businesses and individuals to promote economic growth and job creation in eligible communities. Funding is intended to establish, acquire, or expand a business that contributes to economic development. Eligible applicants are located and operate...
Grants of $4,000 to Hawaii women for career development activities. Funding is intended for conferences, training opportunities, seminars, and certifications. This year, grant funding is focused exclusively on professional development conferences and career advanc...
Grants of $50,000 to USA faculty researchers for pilot research projects on prostate cancer. Funding is intended for projects focused on a wide range of topics, including treatment, diagnosis, prevention, or etiology. The research may be clinical, behavioral, basi...
Grants of $1,000 to Tennessee educators and school-based professionals for classroom projects and initiatives in eligible regions. Funding is intended for materials, supplies, projects, or program costs that will benefit students in the classroom or the school as ...
Grants of up to $500 to Tennessee school or district administrators to recognize teachers for their work in eligible regions. Applicants may be from public or private K-12 schools. Funding may be used for materials for new teachers, celebration treats or prizes, c...
Grants to USA, Canada, and International investigators for research on repressive regimes. Funding is intended to support research addressing access to the internet, censorship, and other restrictions on the free flow of information. Applicants will work full-time...
Grants to Michigan students and individuals representing nonprofit educational organizations and schools for a wide range of educational programs serving students in eligible regions. Funding may be used for both basic and more innovative programming for schools, ...
Grants to Florida nonprofit organizations, businesses, and individuals to preserve historic sites, foster tourism, and promote economic development in eligible locations. Funding is intended to further historic preservation, heritage tourism, and related business ...
Grants of up to $15,000 to Indiana teachers, principals, and other educators in K-12 public, charter, and private schools for professional and personal development projects. Funding is intended for activities that will result in renewed excitement, inspiration, an...
Fellowships to USA, Canada, and International artists in various disciplines to pursue projects and teach at a university in New Jersey. Funding is intended for applicants who show noteworthy potential in their artistic practice. For the current cycle, application...
Grants to Nebraska individuals, private organizations, for-profit entities, and public agencies to preserve, protect, and enhance the state's natural environments. Funding is intended for high-quality, impactful activities that address various environmental issues...
Grants to Indiana individuals, organizations, and agencies in eligible counties to provide support for community needs. Funding is intended for programs and projects that benefit families with critical needs such as food, shelter, clothing, education, and medical ...
Award of $5,000 to a USA individual to honor an exceptional book of original poetry. The poetry may be in any style or subject and must be in English. The winner must be a living poet who has never published a book-length poetry collection. The winning poet will h...
Grants to USA, Canada, and International qualifying computer scientists and practitioners for assistance to attend a conference program held by the funding source. Eligible applicants are early-career professionals or post-doctorates working in computer science or...
Grants to USA, Canada, and International computer science students at IHEs for financial assistance to attend a conference held by the funding source. Eligible applicants are full-time students studying computer science at accredited institutions. Funds may be use...
Grants to Oklahoma nonprofit organizations and individuals in eligible locations for community benefit projects and emergency support. Funding is intended for projects focused on communities, education and youth, seniors, volunteer fire departments, and individual...
Grants to Ohio nonprofit organizations and individuals for community support projects and financial aid. Funding is intended for community service projects and to provide assistance to needy families. Funds address a range of community needs such as food, housing,...
Fellowships to USA, Canada, and International artists in various disciplines to pursue projects at a university in New Jersey. This fellowship is intended for applicants who demonstrate outstanding potential in their artistic practice. For the current cycle, appli...
Scholarships of up to $900 to Indiana residents in eligible locations to promote post-secondary education. Funding is intended to cover the costs of required books and equipment for four years of undergraduate study on a full-time basis, leading to a BA degree at ...
Awards and grants to Florida individuals and nonprofit organizations in eligible counties for exceptional contributions to the community. The award is intended to recognize a commitment to giving back and a history of volunteerism. In addition to celebrating grass...
Awards of $5,000 and an award of $40,000 to Canada authors for recently published nonfiction works. Eligible literary works are those on a political topic relevant to local readers and that have the potential to impact current political thought. The award will be ...
Grants of up to $2,500 to California nonprofit and public organizations, municipalities, public schools, Tribes, and artists in eligible locations to produce new artwork. Eligible art fields include, but are not limited to, dance, film, graphic design, music, pain...
Award of $10,000 to a Quebec nonprofit arts and cultural organization, artist, or arts collective in eligible areas to recognize excellence and diversity in dance. The award is intended to honor cultural diversity and contributions to the vitality of the local art...
Grants to Minnesota healthcare professionals to improve access to primary care and mental health services in underserved areas. Funding is intended to assist health professionals in repaying student loans. The purpose of this program is to promote the recruitment ...
Grants to Connecticut boards of education, IHEs, childcare centers, schools, farms, agencies, and organizations for farm-to-school projects. Funding is intended to support efforts to purchase food from local producers. Eligible grant tracks include local procureme...
Grants of up to $15,000 to Canada Indigenous individuals and nonprofit organizations for activities to promote understanding and acceptance between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people. Eligible individuals include artists, youth, educators, community leaders, Eld...
Fellowship to a California early-career curator or curatorial team in eligible locations to receive mentorship in the field. This opportunity is meant to give early-career curators a space to mount exhibitions, under the close mentorship and guidance of experience...
Grants to Washington artists to develop and create public works of art in eligible locations. Funding is intended to allow artists to “adopt” fire hydrants and create artistic designs for them. The goal of this program is to embrace the artistic talents of loc...
Grants of up to $4,000 and grants of up to $20,000 to Ontario professional artists and groups to create new music. Funding is intended for pieces initiated by the artist as well as for commissioned pieces. Eligible applicants include music professionals at any lev...
Fellowships to USA, Canada, and International MDs, PhDs, JDs, and artists to support creative scholarly projects in a variety of disciplines. The fellowships are intended to promote multidisciplinary collaborations through workshops and conferences. Fellows will b...
Grants of $3,500 to Missouri and Kansas artists and groups of artists for artistic projects in eligible counties. Funding is intended for projects that have a positive effect on the community, and that represent elements of change and growth for the artist. Projec...
Grants to Canada musicians and record labels to offset the costs of creating an original music album. Applicants must create online profiles prior to applying. Eligible sound recordings must be performed by Canadian artists, feature previously-unreleased material,...
Grants of up to $15,000 to Manitoba professional artists and knowledge keepers, groups of artists, and arts organizations for public arts presentations or publications. Applicants must be pre-approved before submitting an application. Funding is intended for proje...
Grants of up to $12,000 to Ontario individuals to support the creation of original literary works. Funding can support literary artists in genres including fiction, literary non-fiction, poetry, comic arts, and young adult literature. Funding may be used for artis...
Grants to Quebec research teams for collaborative projects and studies with scholars from other provinces and territories of Canada. Applicants must submit a letter of intent prior to applying. Funding is intended to enable researchers to generate new knowledge in...
Opportunity for Texas individual artists to participate in an art competition. The winner and runners-up will receive monetary stipends of $5,000 and $500, respectively. The opportunity offers an award for artwork that will be digitally reproduced into a publicly ...
Grants to Colorado government agencies, nonprofit organizations, for-profit entities, and individuals for projects and activities that protect, conserve, improve, and develop water resources in eligible locations. Applicants must contact program staff before apply...
Grants to Florida qualifying neighborhood and homeowners organizations and local residents for community enhancement projects in eligible locations. Applicants must complete the required registration prior to applying. Funding is intended to support projects that ...
Opportunity for USA qualifying artists and composers in multiple states to participate in a residency program to create works related to particle physics. The purpose of the program is for artists to interact with scientists in order to develop an artistic piece t...
Grants of up to $5,000 to Saskatchewan organizations, individuals, groups, and corporate entities for seasonal programming in eligible regions. Funding is intended to encourage visitors and residents to participate in outdoor activities during the winter months. P...
Scholarships to USA, Canada, and International qualifying researchers at accredited institutions for training in research related to Parkinson's Disease. The program will train exceptional early-career clinician-scientists in clinical research within the field. El...
Fellowships to New York City early-career scientists affiliated with a qualifying educational institution for scientific research in mathematics, computer and information science, physical and engineering sciences, and the life sciences. In addition to a cash stip...
Grants to USA, Canada, and International early-career physicians for research in clinical oncology. Funding is intended to support studies conducted under the supervision of a mentor that address the needs of cancer patients. Projects may focus on areas that inclu...