New Federal Grants — May 2026
115 federal grant opportunities posted in May 2026, sourced live from Grants.gov. Covers health, technology, environment, energy, defense, and more.
About May 2026 Federal Grant Postings
Federal agencies post Notices of Funding Opportunity (NOFOs) throughout the year. Grants posted in May 2026 represent active funding from NIH, NSF, DOD, EPA, USDA, HHS, DOE, and other federal agencies. Each posting includes the award ceiling, eligibility requirements, and application deadline — all sourced directly from Grants.gov.
Newly posted grants are typically open for 30–90 days. High-priority programs from NIH and DOD often close faster — monitoring monthly postings ensures your organization does not miss time-sensitive opportunities. Bookmark this page and check back as new grants are added throughout the month.
How to use this list: Click any grant to view the full funding opportunity details including award ceiling, eligibility criteria, application instructions, and AI-generated briefing. Use the sector tags to identify relevant programs. All close dates are displayed in MM/DD/YYYY format and sourced directly from the official Grants.gov registry.
Grants Posted in May 2026 (115)
NSF invests in scientific discoveries, technological breakthroughs, and transformative innovations that strengthen econo...
This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) solicits applications for the continued development and sustainment of high va...
This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) invites applications for advanced development and enhancement of emerging info...
The purpose of this notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) is to establish a Center that trains researchers in formal prod...
This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) solicits applications for the development of enabling informatics technologies...
This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is one of three NOFOs for the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Community Oncolo...
This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is one of three NOFOs for the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Community Oncolo...
This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is one of three NOFOs for the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Community Oncolo...
Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Toxic Exposures Research Program (TERP) Clinical Trial Award (CTA) mechanism suppor...
Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Traumatic Brain Injury and Psychological Health Research Program (TBIPHRP) Health S...
Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Prostate Cancer Research Program (PCRP) Idea Development Award (IDA) supports new i...
Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Traumatic Brain Injury and Psychological Health Research Program (TBIPHRP) Clinical...
Summary: Supports the addition of independent, early career investigators (Scholars) who are no more than seven years fr...
Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Prostate Cancer Research Program (PCRP) Physician Research Award (PRA) Supports a m...
Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Military Burn Research Program (MBRP) Discovery Award supports innovative, untested...
Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Prostate Cancer Research Program (PCRP) Early Investigator Research Award (EIRA) su...
Summary: Despite significant research investment in combat-relevant burn care, a disparity exists between newly discover...
Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Melanoma Research Program (MRP) Survivorship Research Award addresses the relativel...
Summary: The fiscal year 2026 Toxic Exposures Research Program (TERP) Investigator-Initiated Research Award (IIRA) is in...
Summary: The Translational Research Award (TRA) intends to accelerate the conversion of scientific findings into impactf...
Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Military Burn Research Program (MBRP) Technology/Therapeutic Development Award (TTD...
Summary: The intent of the fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Toxic Exposures Research Program (TERP) Translational Research Award ...
Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Autism Research Program (ARP) Career Development Award supports early-career, indep...
Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Autism Research Program (ARP) Clinical Trial Award supports the rapid implementatio...
Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Melanoma Research Program (MRP) Team Science Award supports a broad range of hypoth...
Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Autism Research Program (ARP) Idea Development Award supports the development of in...
Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Melanoma Research Program (MRP) Focused Program Award â Rare Melanomas, supports ...
Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Melanoma Research Program (MRP) Idea Award supports innovative, exploratory, high-r...
Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Prostate Cancer Research Program (PCRP) Data Science Award (DSA) supports research ...
This is an Annual Program Statement, outlining our funding priorities, the strategic themes we focus on, and the procedu...
This is a NOFO for a Single Source competition that will invite application(s) from eligible organization(s) to apply. P...
The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), with the National Institute of Biomedical ...
Using appropriations to the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) anticipa...
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity is to address the needs of the maternal and pediatric HIV scientific community f...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) Coastal Program provides technical and financial assistance to partners to ...
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) is announcing the continuation of the Superfund Hazardou...
The purpose of this Program Announcement with Special Receipt, Referral, and/or Review Considerations (PAR) is to solici...
The Highlands Conservation Act Program (HCA) is administered by the US Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) to assist Con...
The Highlands Conservation Act Program (HCA) is administered by the US Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) to assist Con...
This notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) invites applications from eligible organizations to establish a Data Coordinat...
This is a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for a Limited Competition that will invite application(s) from eligible o...
The EDU Core Research (ECR) program offers this ECR:Core solicitation and invites proposals for fundamental research (cu...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Headquarters anticipates release of a solicitation, titled âN...
Through WaterSMART, the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) leverages Federal and non-Federal funding to work cooperativ...
Through WaterSMART, the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) leverages Federal and non- Federal funding to work cooperati...
The objective of the WaterSMART Enhancing Water Resources Projects funding opportunity is to invite eligible entities to...
The NIH INvestigation of Co-occurring conditions across the Lifespan to Understand Down syndromE (INCLUDE) Project seeks...
Water Resource Research Act (WRRA) coordination award to support efforts toward water resources research.
The Maximizing Investigators' Research Award (MIRA) for Early Stage Investigators (ESIs) provides support for ESIs with ...
The NIH INvestigation of Co-occurring conditions across the Lifespan to Understand Down syndromE (INCLUDE) Project seeks...
The NIH INvestigation of Co-occurring conditions across the Lifespan to Understand Down syndromE (INCLUDE) Project seeks...
This is a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for a Limited Competition that invites applications from eligible organiz...
If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact Jenifer McEnery (DOL-ETA-DWG@dol.g...
Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP) Clinical Trial Award supports the ra...
Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP) Platform Clinical Translation Award ...
This notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) invites submission of investigator-initiated Program Project (P01) application...
This notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) invites applications for investigator-initiated Resource-Related Research Proj...
Using appropriations to the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) anticipa...
Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program (PRCRP) Clinical Trial Award (CTA) supports t...
Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program (PRCRP) Idea Award (IA) supports innovative, ...
Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program (PRCRP) Impact Award supports mature research...
The NIH Research Education Program (R25) supports research education activities in the mission areas of the NIH. The ove...
Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Spinal Cord Injury Research Program (SCIRP) Clinical Translation Research Award (CT...
Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Lung Cancer Research Program (LCRP) Idea Development Award (IDA) supports conceptua...
Summary: The intent of the fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Tick-Borne Disease Research Program (TBDRP) Therapeutic/Diagnostic Re...
Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Lung Cancer Research Program (LCRP) Translational Research Award (TRA) supports adv...
Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Spinal Cord Injury Research Program (SCIRP) Translational Research Award (TRA) supp...
Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Vision Research Program (VRP) Translational Research Award (TRA) supports translati...
Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Vision Research Program (VRP) Investigator-Initiated Research Award (IIRA) supports...
Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Spinal Cord Injury Research Program (SCIRP) Clinical Trial Award (CTA) supports the...
Summary: The intent of the fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Tick-Borne Disease Research Program (TBDRP) Idea Development Award (I...
Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Vision Research Program (VRP) Clinical Trial Award (CTA) supports the rapid impleme...
Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Spinal Cord Injury Research Program (SCIRP) Investigator-Initiated Research Award (...
Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Lung Cancer Research Program (LCRP) Patient-Centered Outcomes and Survivorship Awar...
Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Vision Research Program (VRP) Mentored Clinical Research Award (MCRA) supports pati...
The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to solicit applications for the conduct of scientific resear...
The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to support investigators who have the interest and capabilit...
The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to solicit basic research applications to investigate the pa...
Invasive surgical procedures in humans offer the unique opportunity to intracranially record and stimulate neuronal acti...
Through this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), the National Cancer Institute (NCI) encourages grant applications to ...
Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Hearing Restoration Research Program (HRRP) Focused Research Award (FRA) supports p...
Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Pancreatic Cancer Research Program (PCARP) Translational Research Partnership Award...
Summary: Initially created in FY09, the OCRP Ovarian Cancer Academy (OCA) is a unique, interactive virtual academy provi...
Summary: Created in FY23, the Ovarian Cancer Clinical Trial Academy (OCCTA) supports the next generation of Early-Career...
Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Breast Cancer Research Program (BCRP) Breakthrough Award mechanism supports promisi...
Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Pancreatic Cancer Research Program (PCARP) Idea Development Award supports the deve...
Summary: The Ovarian Cancer Research Program (OCRP) Investigator-Initiated Research Award is intended to support high-im...
Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research Program (ALSRP) Pilot Clinical Trial Award (...
Summary: The OCRP Clinical Trial Award supports the rapid implementation of clinical trials with the potential to have a...
Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Breast Cancer Research Program (BCRP) Transformative Breast Cancer Consortium Award...
Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research Program (ALSRP) Therapeutic Idea Award (TIA)...
Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research Program (ALSRP) Clinical Outcomes and Biomar...
Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Pancreatic Cancer Research Program (PCARP) Focused Pilot Award supports the explora...
Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Breast Cancer Research Program (BCRP) Breakthrough Award mechanism supports promisi...
Summary: The Ovarian Cancer Pilot Award supports research that expands or modifies current thinking about and/or approac...
Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research Program (ALSRP) Therapeutic Development Awar...
This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) encourages collaborations between the life and physical sciences that: 1) appl...
Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Arthritis Research Program (ATRP) Translational Research Award (TRA) supports high-...
Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Alzheimerâs Research Program (AZRP) Transforming Care Award (TrCA) supports clini...
Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Arthritis Research Program (ATRP) Clinical Research Award (CRA) supports clinical r...
Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Alzheimerâs Research Program (AZRP) Transforming Research Award (TrRA) supports n...
Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Alzheimerâs Research Program (AZRP) Transforming Diagnosis Award (TrDA) supports ...
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