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Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention · Department of Justice · O-OJJDP-2026-172744
Deadline Closes October 29, 2026(today)
Published award range Published award: Up to $1,200,000 Open (posted) Cooperative Agreement Businesses Nonprofits
Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention · Department of Justice · O-OJJDP-2026-172755
Deadline Closes October 29, 2026(today)
Published award range Published award: Up to $2,850,000 Open (posted) Cooperative Agreement Businesses Nonprofits
Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention · Department of Justice · O-OJJDP-2026-172753
Deadline Closes October 29, 2026(today)
Published award range Published award: Up to $675,000 Open (posted) Cooperative Agreement Businesses Nonprofits
National Institutes of Health · Department of Health and Human Services · RFA-HG-27-011
Deadline Closes October 30, 2026(1 day left)
Published award range Published award: Up to $1,250,000 Open (posted) Cooperative Agreement Businesses Nonprofits
National Institutes of Health · Department of Health and Human Services · RFA-HG-27-012
Deadline Closes October 30, 2026(1 day left)
Published award range Published award: Up to $2,250,000 Open (posted) Cooperative Agreement Businesses Nonprofits
National Institutes of Health · Department of Health and Human Services · RFA-HG-27-013
Deadline Closes October 30, 2026(1 day left)
Published award range Published award: $3 – $500,000 Recently posted or forecasted Open (posted) Grant Businesses Nonprofits
National Institutes of Health · Department of Health and Human Services · RFA-EB-28-004
Deadline Closes December 1, 2030
Published award range Award amount not published Open (posted) Grant Businesses Nonprofits
National Institute of Justice · Department of Justice · O-NIJ-2026-172804
Deadline Closes November 30, 2026
Published award range Published award: Up to $1,800,000 Open (posted) Grant Businesses Nonprofits
National Institute of Justice · Department of Justice · O-NIJ-2026-172805
Deadline Closes November 30, 2026
Published award range Published award: Up to $3,500,000 Open (posted) Grant Businesses Nonprofits
National Institute of Justice · Department of Justice · O-NIJ-2026-172806
Deadline Closes November 30, 2026
Published award range Published award: Up to $3,000,000 Forecasted Cooperative Agreement Businesses Nonprofits
Administration for Children and Families - ORR · Department of Health and Human Services · HHS-2027-ACF-ORR-ZU-0045
Deadline Forecasted · estimated close January 12, 2027 (agency estimate)
Published award range Published award: $2,000,000 – $5,600,000 Open (posted) Cooperative Agreement Grant Businesses
Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy · Department of Energy · DE-FOA-0003631
Deadline Closes November 20, 2026(22 days left)
Published award range Published award: $323,090 – $4,630,944 What to know before you search Free “startup grants” are uncommon. Federal grants that list small businesses as eligible usually support a defined public purpose: research and innovation (for example SBIR/STTR solicitations), agricultural value-added projects, energy, export development, or training. Be wary of any website or caller that promises free government money for opening a business.
Many business programs are loans or tax incentives, not grants. The U.S. Small Business Administration mainly guarantees loans made by lenders and supports counseling through resource partners. Those programs are not listed on Grants.gov, so they do not appear in this directory yet. Visit SBA.gov loan programs for official information.
You will need registrations. Applying for federal awards generally requires an active registration in SAM.gov (which issues your Unique Entity ID) and a Grants.gov account. Registration is free — never pay a third party just to register.
How to use this directory Filter by business eligibility , then narrow by focus area or agency. Open a listing and read the eligibility details. “Small businesses” as an eligible category does not mean every small business qualifies. Follow the official Grants.gov link for the full announcement, required forms, and how to apply. New to federal funding? Read The truth about small business grants and How federal grants work .
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