Grants Office | Grant Development Resources

Grant writing is both a science and an art. Successful, competitive applications will require subject matter expertise, general grant writing, agency- and grant program specific grant writing experience, and in some circumstances research methods expertise. The following grant writing guidelines are intended to support you as you’re researching and working on a grant.

Upcoming Grant Opportunities

Grant Deadline Funding Agency Grant Program Title Possible Award ($s) Grant Period Agency / Program Webpage NOFA/RFA Link
May 2026            
2026.05.04 LOI
2026.05.11 APP
US Department of Justice (DOJ) BJA FY25 Second Chance Act Improving Reentry Education and Employment Outcomes  Up to $900,000 36 months https://bja.ojp.gov/funding/
opportunities
/o-bja-2025-172507
https://www.ojp.gov/funding/
docs/
bja-2025-172507.pdf
2026.05.14 US Department of Labor (DOL) on behalf of the US Department of Education (ED) Educational Opportunity Centers Program (EOC) $238,000 - $3,000,000 60 months https://www.dol.gov/agencies/
eta/
grants/apply/find-opportunities
https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/
files
/ETA/grants/2026%20PDFs/
Educational%20Opportunity%20
Centers%20Program%20(EOC)%
20ED-GRANT-26-024.pdf
2026.05.20 (prior to midnight) California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) Business and Workforce Development Grants $10,000 to $3M   https://www.fire.ca.gov/what-we-do/grants/business-and-workforce-development-grants https://34c031f8-c9fd-4018-8c5a
-4159cdff6b0d-cdn-endpoint.azureedge.net/-/
media/calfire-website/what-we-do/natural-resource-management/wood-products-and
bioenergy/2026/bwd_grant_
guidelines
_2026q1-02232026-2.pdf?
June 2026            
2026.06.09
(by 11:59p)
California Energy Commission (CEC) GFO-25-306 - Solar PV Located in Non-traditional Terrain (SPLINT) Group 1: $1M to $2.5M;
Group 2: $500k to $1M; and
Group 3: $500k to $1M
3 years and 3 months https://www.energy.ca.gov/
solicitations/2026-03/gfo-25-306-solar-pv-located-non-traditional-terrain-splint
https://www.energy.ca.gov/
funding-opportunities/solicitation
2026.06.16 (LOI) 2026.07.16 (Full Proposal) US Department of Labor (DOL) and National Science Foundation (NSF) Workforce development partnership for the TechAccess: AI-Ready America initiative     https://www.nsf.gov/funding/
initiatives/ai-readyhttps://www.rwjf.org/en/our-vision.html
 
 
2026.06.24 (Forecast) Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Rural Community Health Support Program Max. $4,500,000   https://www.hrsa.gov/rural-health/grants/rural-community https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/361316
2026.06.25 - Next deadline (anticipated) [2026.04.15 - Application available (anticipated)] National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Institutes for Higher Education Faculty and K-12 Educators $220,000   https://www.neh.gov/grants/
education/
institutes-higher-education-faculty
 
2026.06.30 
(by 5p Eastern)
US Department of Defense (DOD), Office of Naval Research (ONR) Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) Education, Outreach and Workforce Program       https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/359932

 

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