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2026 Research Facilities Act Program

Limit: 1 // Tickets Available: 0

J. Chorover (College of Agriculture, Life and Environmental Sciences) 

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 An eligible institution may not submit more than one application to this program as a lead institution. This includes applications from subordinate units under a parent institution. Additionally, eligible recipients may only receive funds for one award at a time. Recipients with active RFAP awards are not eligible to receive additional RFAP awards. Prospective applicants are advised to contact their institutional sponsored projects office regarding processes used to select proposals for submission. 

Institutions that have received congressionally directed funding for research facility projects are not excluded from participation in this program. Such institutions may submit applications and compete for additional projects under this competitive funding opportunity. 

Executive Summary
This notice identifies the objectives for RFAP projects, deadlines, funding information, eligibility criteria for projects and applicants, and application forms and associated instructions. 

NIFA is requesting applications for the RFAP to support the construction, alteration, acquisition, modernization, renovation, and/or remodeling of a research facility. Proposals must enhance the institution’s long-term impact on food and agricultural research and build on careful strategic planning. 

RFAP seeks to strengthen the quality and expand the scope of fundamental and applied research at eligible institutions by providing them with opportunities to assist in the construction, alteration, acquisition, modernization, renovation, and/or remodeling of the facility that supports their research and research training goals. 

The amount available for support of this program in FY 2026 is approximately $121,127,200. 

Public Health Training Centers (PHTC) Program

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K. Reynolds (Community, Environment & Policy)

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You may not submit more than one application. If you submit more than one application, we will only accept the last on-time submission.
Summary
The Public Health Training Centers (PHTC) Program aims to increase the knowledge of the public health workforce through traineeships, specialized training and professional development in partnership with state and local health departments, community-based primary care providers, and related organizations (including non-traditional partners) to address public healthcare needs.

Funding Type
External Deadline
7/17/2026

State Offices of Rural Health Program

Limit: 1 // Tickets Available: 0

D. Derksen (Arizona Center for Rural Health)

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States with State Offices of Rural Health are eligible to apply. Only one applicant from each state is eligible, based on the designation of the governor. 

Executive Summary
The State Office of Rural Health (SORH) Program assists states in strengthening rural health care delivery systems by maintaining a focal point for rural health. This program funds an institutional framework in each state that links small rural communities with state and federal resources to help develop long-term solutions to improve access to, and the quality of care for the nearly 60 million people living in rural communities.

Strengthening Institutions Program (SIG)

Limit: 2 * // Tickets Available: 1

A. Linares-Gaffer (Nutritional Science and Wellness) - Individual Development Grant

The Strengthening Institutions Program is coordinated by the Office of Hispanic Serving Institutions Initiatives.

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An eligible IHE may only submit one Individual Development Grant (Individual) application and one Cooperative Arrangement Development Grant (Coop) application. Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs) that have current SIP grants may only submit a Coop grant for this competition.

Program Information
The Employment and Training Administration at the U.S. Department of Labor (Labor) is soliciting applications in support of the administration of the Strengthening Institutions Program (SIP) on behalf of the U.S. Department of Education (ED). The SIP Program provides grants to eligible institutions of higher education (IHEs) to help them become self- to serve low-income students by providing funds to improve and strengthen the institution's academic quality, institutional management, and fiscal stability.

Research Category
Funding Type
External Deadline
6/23/2026

Rural Health Research Dissemination Program

Limit: 1 // Tickets Available: 0

Co-PIs: K. Lutrick and M. Walsh (COM-T/FCHS Cooperative Extension)

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You may not submit more than one application. If you submit more than one application, we will only accept the last on-time submission.

Summary
This notice announces the opportunity to apply for funding under the Rural Health Research Dissemination Program. The purpose of this program is to disseminate health research, including rural mental health, rural infant mortality prevention, and rural occupational safety and preventive health research focused on rural health care to rural stakeholders at national, state, and community levels. FORHP funds health research through the Rural Health Research Center (RHRC) Program and other cooperative agreements. The successful applicant for this program will disseminate research so that it is easily and freely accessible to the public. The successful applicant will also develop and maintain strategies to disseminate this research through a website, an e-mail listserv presentations, , and webinars.

Funding Type
External Deadline
7/8/2026

FAA Aircraft Pilots Workforce Development Grant Program

Limit: 1 // Tickets Available: 0 

J. Thanga (Aerosace and Mechanical Engineering) 

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The FAA will accept only one application from an eligible entity serving as a single applicant or as a lead for a partnership. The eligible entity may also participate as a non-lead partner on the application(s) of other eligible entities. An applicant entity must have its own Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) to be eligible. The FAA will accept only an applicant’s last validated electronic submission, under the correct funding opportunity number, before the Grants.gov application due date as the final and only acceptable application.

Eligible Project Types
Projects that fall into one or more of the categories below will be eligible for an award. An eligible project is a project to:

  1. Create and deliver a program or curriculum that provides high school or secondary school students and students of institutions of higher education with meaningful aviation education to become aircraft pilots or unmanned aircraft system operators, including purchasing and operating a computer-based simulator associated with such curriculum; Establish or improve scholarship, internship, or registered apprenticeship programs for individuals pursuing employment as a professional aircraft pilot or unmanned aircraft system operator;
  2. Create and deliver curricula that provide certified flight instructors with the necessary instructional, leadership, and communication skills to better educate student pilots;
  3. Support the transition to professional aircraft pilot or unmanned systems operator careers, including veterans of the armed forces; Support robust outreach about careers in commercial aviation as a professional aircraft pilot or unmanned system operator; or
  4. Otherwise enhance or expand the aircraft pilot or unmanned aircraft system operator workforce.
Funding Type
External Deadline
6/22/2026
Solicitation Type

FY 2026 Strengthening Talent, Research, Innovation and Vital Engagement (STRIVE) Program

No Applicants // Limit: 1 // Tickets Available: 1

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Only one proposal will be considered by ECA from each applicant organization. In cases where more than one submission from an applicant appears in grants.gov, ECA will only consider the submission made closest in time to the NOFO deadline; that submission would constitute the one and only proposal ECA would review from that applicant. Please note: Applicant organizations are defined by their legal name, and EIN number as stated on their completed SF-424 and additional supporting documentation outlined in the PSI document.

Executive Summary
The STRIVE Program’s goal is to strengthen U.S. global leadership by supporting U.S. higher education institutions to equip the next generation of American leaders with the vital knowledge, skills, and relationships needed to advance U.S. commercial and security interests. ECA previously engaged U.S. higher education institutions in similar activities through the IDEAS Program. The STRIVE Program increases the U.S. institutions and students engaging overseas while aligning activities to better support U.S. prosperity and security.

The STRIVE Program provides competitively selected subawards and resources to U.S. colleges and universities to establish international partnerships and programming that prepare U.S. undergraduate and graduate students for careers in industries critical to U.S. prosperity and security. The STRIVE Program has three main objectives:

  • Increase the number of U.S. higher education institutions developing international partnerships to maintain U.S. global leadership and influence in higher education, counter malign influence of other actors in foreign higher education systems, and align global academic innovation with U.S. priorities.
  • Increase the number of U.S. undergraduate and graduate students studying, interning, apprenticing, and/or researching abroad on programs that prepare them to fulfill domestic labor needs, ensuring a skilled U.S. workforce that can effectively advance U.S. commercial and security interests.
  • Increase the strategic locations where U.S. undergraduate and graduate students study, intern, apprentice, and/or research abroad. Growing foreign public’s interactions with U.S. students, culture, and business practices helps lay the foundation for strengthened diplomatic, security, economic, and trade ties.

Pending availability of funds, the recipient will work in close consultation with ECA to implement two main components to achieve the STRIVE Program goal and objectives under this award:

  1.  Small Grants Competition and Oversight: The award recipient will implement at least one open, merit-based competition that will result in at least 25 subawards to accredited U.S. colleges and universities to develop international academic programs that equip U.S. students to meet domestic labor needs in industries critical to U.S. commercial and security interests. The developed programs can include credit-bearing study, internship, apprenticeship, and/or research abroad activities and be open to U.S. undergraduate and/or graduate students. The award recipient should look for efficiencies to maximize the amount of funding dedicated to subawards. The award recipient will monitor and support subaward recipients as they implement project activities and build institutional capacity to develop international programs aligned with U.S. economic and security needs.
  2. Higher Education Partnerships Initiative: The award recipient will develop and implement a cohesive series of engagements to foster partnerships between U.S. and global higher education institutions that will lead to study, internship, apprenticeship, and/or research exchanges in one or more fields critical to U.S. commercial and security interests. The field(s) of focus will be determined in consultation with ECA but could include artificial intelligence / supercomputing, critical minerals, emerging technologies and innovations, and energy, among others. This initiative should include virtual and/or in-person seminars open to all U.S. and foreign higher education institutions, as well as an in-person forum held in conjunction with a major industry conference that will bring together approximately 40 total U.S. and foreign higher education leaders to explore partnership opportunities.
     
Research Category
Funding Type
External Deadline
6/10/2026

FY26 Personnel Preparation of Special Education, Early Intervention, and Related Services Personnel, Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.325K

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L. Seder - (Disability and Psychoeducational Studies)

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Eligible applicants may submit only one application under the 84.325K competition.

Program Information
The purposes of the Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities program are to (1) help address State- identified shortages and needs for personnel preparation in special education and early intervention, including infants and toddlers, and youth with disabilities; and (2) ensure that those personnel have the necessary skills and knowledge, derived from practices that have been determined through scientifically based research, to be successful in serving those children.
The purpose of the Personnel Preparation of Special Education, Early Intervention, and Related Services Personnel (84.325K) competition is to prepare and increase the number of personnel who have the necessary qualifications to serve children with disabilities. Under this absolute priority, ED will fund grantees that use evidence-based strategies to prepare scholars in special education, early intervention, and related services at the bachelor’s degree, certification, master’s degree, educational specialist degree, or clinical doctoral degree levels to serve in a variety of settings, including natural environments (the home and community settings in which children with and without disabilities participate), early learning programs, child care, classrooms, and schools.

Research Category
Funding Type
External Deadline
7/2/2026

FY 2026 Study of the U.S. Institutes Madeleine K. Albright Young Women Leaders Program

No Applicants // Limit: 1 // Tickets Available: 1

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Only one proposal will be considered by ECA from each applicant organization. In cases where more than one submission from an applicant appears in grants.gov, ECA will only consider the submission made closest in time to the NOFO deadline; that submission would constitute the one and only proposal ECA would review from that applicant. Please note: Applicant organizations are defined by their legal name, and EIN number as stated on their completed SF-424 and additional supporting documentation outlined in the PSI document.

Executive Summary
The Office of Academic Exchange Programs, ECA, invites proposal submissions for the design and implementation of the FY 2026 Study of the U.S. Institutes Madeleine K. Albright Young Women Leaders Program (Albright SUSIs). The four Albright SUSIs will take place over five weeks in summer 2027. 

The Albright SUSIs will focus on one of two themes: 1) Economic Prosperity and Growth (two SUSIs) and 2) Governance and Security (two SUSIs). See details in section C. Program Description.

The Albright SUSIs include four cohorts of approximately 20 foreign undergraduate students (men and women), between the ages of 18 and 25 (approximately 80 participants total). The Albright SUSIs will include an approximately four-week academic residency at a U.S. educational institution and an approximately one-week integrated academic field experience that will bring participants to a U.S. region distinct from their residency location. Each Albright SUSI should highlight American success and innovation in the themes outlined above. The program should include opportunities for continued follow-on engagement once participants return home.

The award recipient will be responsible for planning, overseeing, and implementing the program, including administering the four Albright SUSIs and overseeing all subaward recipients.

Only one proposal will be considered by ECA from each applicant organization.

Research Category
Funding Type
External Deadline
6/26/2026

The Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program

Limit: 1 // Tickets Available: 0

R. Tronstad (Cooperative Extension) 

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Limit one submission per eligible entity. An entity is an autonomous organization. Organizations with a hierarchical structure of multiple locations/offices grouped under the authority of a larger system/main office may submit one application from the autonomous system/main office. For academic institutions, this is defined as the Higher Education Directory System Office, published by Higher Education Publications, Inc., 6400 Arlington Boulevard, Suite 648, Falls Church, Virginia 22042 (703-532-2300).

Executive Summary 
This notice identifies the objectives for the GusNIP-Nutrition Incentive Program (NI) projects, deadlines, funding information, eligibility criteria for projects and applicants, and application forms and associated instructions. The amount available for grants in FY 2026 is approximately $36,300,000.

The GusNIP-NI funds and evaluates projects to increase the purchase of fruits and vegetables among USDA Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants in all 50 States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and U.S. Virgin Islands; and the USDA Nutrition Assistance Program (NAP) Block Grants for Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands by providing a financial incentive at the point of purchase.

Research Category
Funding Type
External Deadline
6/16/2026