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📅 GRANT CALENDAR
Federal Grants Deadline Calendar 2026
100 upcoming federal grant deadlines — sorted by date. Track NIH, NSF, DOD, USDA, EPA and all major agencies in one place.
ACTIVE DEADLINES: 100 // AGENCIES: 44 // UPDATED: DAILY
Federal grant deadlines are firm. Unlike many competitive processes, missing the submission window for a federal NOFO almost always means waiting a full funding cycle — which can be six months to a year — before the opportunity comes around again. For research institutions, nonprofits, and government agencies that depend on federal funding, maintaining visibility over upcoming deadlines is not optional.
This calendar aggregates every active federal grant opportunity that carries a posted close date, pulled directly from Grants.gov and organized by deadline month. It covers grants from all major agencies — NIH, NSF, DOD, EPA, USDA, HHS, DOE, DOT, and HUD — across every sector and funding type. The data refreshes daily, so newly posted NOFOs with upcoming deadlines appear within 24 hours of publication.
Use this page alongside the 30-day deadline tracker for the most urgent opportunities. Each grant title links to the full detail page including award ceiling, eligibility requirements, and AI-generated program briefing.
About Federal Grant Deadlines
How far in advance should I start a federal grant application?
Most federal grant applications require 4 to 12 weeks of preparation time, depending on the complexity of the program. NIH R01 applications typically require 2 to 3 months of preparation. Simpler program grants may require 4 to 6 weeks. It is advisable to identify your target grant at least 90 days before the close date to allow adequate time for writing, institutional review, and electronic submission via Grants.gov.
Can a federal grant deadline be extended?
Rarely, and only at the discretion of the issuing agency. Extensions are typically granted only due to system outages at Grants.gov or declared federal emergencies. Individual applicants cannot request extensions. If the Grants.gov system experiences a technical disruption on or near a close date, the agency may post an amendment extending the deadline — these updates appear on the original NOFO listing.
What is the difference between the close date and the receipt date?
The close date shown on Grants.gov is the deadline for electronic submission through the Grants.gov portal. Some programs — particularly NIH — use a separate receipt date that governs when applications are accepted for review. Always read the full NOFO carefully: some programs have multiple deadlines covering letters of intent, full applications, and resubmissions. The close dates shown in this calendar reflect the primary Grants.gov submission deadline.
September 2026 (100 grants)
Deadline Grant Title Agency Award
Sep 1 Pathways to Enable Secure Open-Source Ecosystems NSF $40,000,000 Sep 1 OVW Fiscal Year 2026 Grants to Indian Tribal Governments Program USDOJ-OJP-OVW Agency Discretion Sep 1 OVW Fiscal Year 2026 Tribal Sexual Assault Services Program USDOJ-OJP-OVW Agency Discretion Sep 1 OVW Fiscal Year 2026 Local Law Enforcement Grants for Enforcement of Cybercrimes Program USDOJ-OJP-OVW Agency Discretion Sep 1 Tribal Colleges and Universities Program NSF $10,799,836 Sep 1 Medical Student Education Program (MSE) HHS-HRSA Agency Discretion Sep 1 Advancing Investigative Journalism in Ukraine through U.S. AI Innovation DOS-UKR Agency Discretion Sep 1 Disaster Assistance for State Units on Aging (SUAs) and Tribal Organizations HHS-ACL Agency Discretion Sep 1 CYBER CERTIFICATION PROGRAM 2026-01 SBA Agency Discretion Sep 1 Independent Journalism Consortium in Europe DOS-DRL Agency Discretion Sep 1 Children, Youth, and Families At-Risk Professional Development and Technical Assistance Program USDA-NIFA Agency Discretion Sep 1 Research Facilities Act Program USDA-NIFA Agency Discretion Sep 1 BJA FY 2026 Invited to Apply- Regional Information Sharing Systems USDOJ-OJP-BJA Agency Discretion Sep 2 DoW Prostate Cancer, Idea Development Award DOD-AMRAA $13,600,000 Sep 2 DoW Lung Cancer Idea Development Award DOD-AMRAA $6,400,000 Sep 2 DoW Prostate Cancer, Physician Research Award DOD-AMRAA $8,800,000 Sep 2 DoW Prostate Cancer, Early Investigator Research Award DOD-AMRAA $8,820,000 Sep 2 DoW Lung Cancer Translational Research Award DOD-AMRAA $9,100,000 Sep 2 DoW Lung Cancer Patient-Centered Outcomes and Survivorship Award DOD-AMRAA $1,950,000 Sep 2 DoW Prostate Cancer, Data Science Award DOD-AMRAA $5,600,000 Sep 2 BJA FY 2026 Enhancing Security Measures for Houses of Worship USDOJ-OJP-BJA Agency Discretion Sep 2 Media Literacy and Capacity Building Workshop Series DOS-IDN Agency Discretion Sep 2 FY26 National Dam Safety Program State Assistance Program DHS-DHS Agency Discretion Sep 2 Increasing Market Opportunities in Vietnam for U.S. Innovative Biofertilizer Exporters USDA-FAS Agency Discretion Sep 2 Safeguarding U.S. Critical Minerals Supply Chains- Tunisia DOS-NEA Agency Discretion Sep 3 NIH Director’s Transformative Research Award for Individual and Group Science (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) HHS-NIH11 Agency Discretion Sep 3 DRL Ensuring Resilient Seafood Supply Chains: Countering Forced Labor and any associated Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing DOS-DRL Agency Discretion Sep 3 Documentation of Hateful Rhetoric Targeting Minority Populations in South Africa DOS-DRL Agency Discretion Sep 3 English Access Microscholarship Program for Central and Southern Iraq DOS-IRQ Agency Discretion Sep 4 Addressing Dementia in Tribal and Urban Indian Communities: CAReS Program HHS-IHS Agency Discretion Sep 4 Cooperative Agreement for Affiliated Partner with the Great Lakes – Northern Forest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) DOI-USGS1 Agency Discretion Sep 4 Project Constellation: Building a Constellation of Outer Space Partners at the UN DOS-UNVIE Agency Discretion Sep 4 MANUFACTURING AND SMALL BUSINESS CYBERSECURITY RESILIENCE PROGRAM 2026 SBA Agency Discretion Sep 4 FY26-22-Baltimore Penn Station Facility Improvements DOT-FRA Agency Discretion Sep 6 Building Lasting U.S.-Chad Partnerships to Promote American Excellence DOS-TCD Agency Discretion Sep 6 Applied Drug Policy Research Experiences ONDCP Agency Discretion Sep 7 Substance Use/Substance Use Disorder Dissertation Research Award (R36 Clinical Trials Not Allowed) HHS-NIH11 Agency Discretion Sep 7 National Centers for Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NCBIB) (P41 Clinical Trials Optional) HHS-NIH11 Agency Discretion Sep 7 Cellular and Molecular Biology of Complex Brain Disorders (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) HHS-NIH11 Agency Discretion Sep 7 Social disconnection and Suicide Risk in Late Life (R21 Clinical Trial Optional) HHS-NIH11 Agency Discretion Sep 7 Research Projects to Enhance Applicability of Mammalian Models for Translational Research (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) HHS-NIH11 $499,000 Sep 7 Assay development and screening for discovery of chemical probes, drugs or immunomodulators (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) HHS-NIH11 Agency Discretion Sep 7 Alcohol Health Services Research (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) HHS-NIH11 $500,000 Sep 7 Alcohol Treatment, Pharmacotherapy, and Recovery Research (R01 Clinical Trial Required) HHS-NIH11 $500,000 Sep 7 Alcohol Health Services Research (R34 Clinical Trial Optional) HHS-NIH11 Agency Discretion Sep 7 Schizophrenia and related disorders during mid- to late-life (R21 Clinical Trial Optional) HHS-NIH11 Agency Discretion Sep 7 Novel Mechanism Research on Neuropsychiatric Symptoms (NPS) in Alzheimer's Dementia (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) HHS-NIH11 Agency Discretion Sep 7 Novel Mechanism Research on Neuropsychiatric Symptoms (NPS) in Alzheimer's Dementia (R21 Clinical Trial Optional) HHS-NIH11 Agency Discretion Sep 7 Alcohol Treatment, Pharmacotherapy, and Recovery Research (R34 Clinical Trial required) HHS-NIH11 Agency Discretion Sep 7 Schizophrenia and related disorders during mid- to late-life (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) HHS-NIH11 Agency Discretion Sep 7 Social disconnection and Suicide Risk in Late Life (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) HHS-NIH11 Agency Discretion Sep 7 Cellular and Molecular Biology of Complex Brain Disorders (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) HHS-NIH11 Agency Discretion Sep 8 U.S. National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) Program NSF $53,000,000 Sep 8 OVW Fiscal Year 2026 Consolidated Grant Program to Assist Children and Youth Affected by and to Engage Men and Youth in Preventing Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking USDOJ-OJP-OVW Agency Discretion Sep 8 Rural Housing Preservation Grant USDA-RHS Agency Discretion Sep 8 Wetland Mitigation Banking Program Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 USDA-NRCS Agency Discretion Sep 8 Improved Oil and Gas Recovery and Produced Water Management Technologies DOE-NETL Agency Discretion Sep 8 Community Economic Development Projects HHS-ACF-OCS Agency Discretion Sep 8 Evaluations of Practices for Program Integrity and Fraud Prevention HHS-ACF Agency Discretion Sep 8 Specialized Services for Abused Parents and Their Children (Demonstration Projects) HHS-ACF-OFVPS Agency Discretion Sep 8 Culturally Specific Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Services HHS-ACF-OFVPS Agency Discretion Sep 8 National Resource Centers HHS-ACF-OFVPS Agency Discretion Sep 8 AI Partnership & Exchange for Tech Leaders (APEX) DOS-SAU Agency Discretion Sep 8 Emergency Assistance for Fundamental Freedom Defenders DOS-DRL Agency Discretion Sep 8 Southwest Border Resource Protection Program DOI-NPS Agency Discretion Sep 8 IUSE / Professional Formation of Engineers: Revolutionizing Engineering Departments (IUSE/PFE: RED) NSF $8,000,000 Sep 9 A Science of Science Approach to Analyzing and Innovating the Biomedical Research Enterprise NSF $2,000,000 Sep 9 NIH Director’s Pioneer Award (DP1 Clinical Trial Optional) HHS-NIH11 Agency Discretion Sep 9 Fiscal Year 2027 Expanding Nutrition Services HHS-HRSA Agency Discretion Sep 9 Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund Grant Program – Solutions for AI-Native RAN DOC-NTIA Agency Discretion Sep 9 FY 2026 Notice of Funding Opportunity: Innovative Coordinated Access and Mobility Pilot Program DOT-FTA Agency Discretion Sep 9 FY26 - Stopping Threats On Pedestrian Competitive Grant Program (Bollards) DOT-FHWA Agency Discretion Sep 9 Disrupting Transnational Criminal Organizations Through Advanced Forensic Capabilities in Morocco DOS-INL Agency Discretion Sep 10 Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE): Future Computing Research NSF $280,000,000 Sep 10 DoW Hearing Restoration Focused Research Award DOD-AMRAA $2,800,000 Sep 10 NIH Director’s Early Independence Award (DP5 Clinical Trial Optional) HHS-NIH11 Agency Discretion Sep 10 DoW Vision, Mentored Clinical Research Award DOD-AMRAA $150,000 Sep 10 Scholarships for Students at 1890 Institutions (1890 Scholarships) USDA-NIFA Agency Discretion Sep 10 Enhancing and Supporting the Network of American Spaces in Armenia DOS-ARM Agency Discretion Sep 10 Cook Inlet Beluga Whale (CIBW) Prey, Salmon Productivity Monitoring at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER). DOD-COE-FW Agency Discretion Sep 10 Fostering the Future Together: Empowering Youth for a Safe Digital World DOL-ILAB Agency Discretion Sep 10 Kenya: Crowd Control and Less-Than-Lethal Riot Response Training DOS-INL Agency Discretion Sep 11 FY26 Bureau of Land Management Wildlife Resource Management Program - Bureau wide DOI-BLM Agency Discretion Sep 11 FY26 Bureau of Land Management Threatened and Endangered Species - Bureau wide DOI-BLM Agency Discretion Sep 11 Cooperative Agreement for Affiliated Partner with the Alaska Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) DOI-USGS1 Agency Discretion Sep 11 Cooperative Agreement for Affiliated Partner with the Gulf Coast Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) DOI-USGS1 Agency Discretion Sep 11 U.S. Mission Iraq EducationUSA Roadshow DOS-IRQ Agency Discretion Sep 11 Forest Legacy Program - FY2028 Funding USDA-FS Agency Discretion Sep 12 Cooperative Agreement for Affiliated Partner with the Colorado Plateau Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) DOI-USGS1 Agency Discretion Sep 12 Cooperative Agreement for Affiliated Partner with the Californian Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) DOI-USGS1 Agency Discretion Sep 13 SBA WBC Modernization Initiative FY26 - Georgia SBA Agency Discretion Sep 13 Annual Program Statement DOS-ZWE Agency Discretion Sep 13 Countering CCP Influence in Panama's Unviersities DOS-PAN Agency Discretion Sep 13 Equipping Journalists to Counter Anti-American Propaganda DOS-PAN Agency Discretion Sep 14 NEA Arts and Artifacts International Indemnity Program 1, FY2027 (9/26) NEA Agency Discretion Sep 14 DoW Neurofibromatosis Research Academy – Leadership Award DOD-AMRAA Agency Discretion Sep 14 DE-FOA-0003646 Notice of Intent to Issue DE-FOA-0003647 Accelerating Scale-up and Pre-piloting of Emerging Chemical Technologies (ASPECT) DOE-GFO Agency Discretion Sep 14 OVW Fiscal Year 2026 Training and Services to End Abuse in Later Life Program USDOJ-OJP-OVW Agency Discretion Sep 14 Lead-Safe and Healthy Homes Financing Demonstration HUD Agency Discretion Sep 14 BJA FY25 Forensic Ballistics and Higher Education Program USDOJ-OJP-BJA Agency Discretion GrantMetric Intelligence Systems — Independent federal grant intelligence platform. 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