Agriscience Awards
The Agriscience Awards competition will present: $25,000 award to two scientists, with additional funds for research; three $10,000 awards to high school educators; and three $5,000 awards to high school students, who are judged to exemplify excellen...
Biological Response to Environmental Health Hazards
The National Institute of Environment Health Sciences (NIEHS) funds
grants to the extramural community with the goal of improving the
understanding of how chemical and physical agents cause pathological...
Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Programs
Funds must be used for the following program activities:
the writing, implementation and evaluation of a jurisdiction-wide childhood lead poisoning elimination plan;
the writing, implementation, and evaluation of blood lead screening/case ma...
Community Based Child Abuse Prevention Grants
The Community Based Family Resource and Support (CBFRS) Program,
authorized by Title II of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act as
amended in 1996, is a formula grant program that provides funds...
Community Mental Health Services Block Grant
The Community Mental Health Services Block Grant is dedicated to
improving public mental health service systems across the country. The
purpose of the grant is to help build and support the community-ba...
Community Services Block Grant
The Community Services Block Grant program provides States and
Federal and State-recognized Indian Tribes with funds to provide a range of
services to address the needs of low-income individuals to amel...
Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund
This program provides Federal financial assistance to states and Territories to participate in a wide array of voluntary conservation projects for candidate, proposed, and listed species. The program provides funding for species and habitat conservat...
D.C. Higher Education Financial Services
The Higher Education Financial Services' programs and services include, but are not limited to:
The D.C. Adoption Scholarship (DCAS)- DCAS offers grant awards up to $10,000 per year for up to six years, with a lifetime maximum of $50,000, to Distr...
Doctoral Dissertation Research Grants
Doctoral Dissertation Research Grants help Doctoral candidates who
have been accepted to an accredited institution complete research and
dissertations on housing or urban development issues. Recipients ...
Federal Pell Grants
The Federal Pell Grant Program provides need-based grants to low-income undergraduate and certain post-baccalaureate students to promote access to postsecondary education. The maximum Pell Grant for the 2009-10 award year is $5,350. Grants are not lo...
Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants
Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants (FSEOG) help financially needy undergraduate students, who have not earned a bachelor's or professional degree, meet the cost of postsecondary education. The program gives priority to students ...
Federal Work-Study
The Federal Work-Study Program funds jobs for undergraduate and graduate students with financial need, allowing them to earn money to help pay postsecondary education expenses. The program encourages community service work and work related to th...
Foster Care
The Foster Care program provides Federal financial assistance to
states to assist with: 1) Costs of
foster care maintenance for eligible children 2)
Administrative costs to mana...
Foster Grandparent Program
The Foster Grandparent Program provides grants to qualified
agencies and organizations for the dual purpose of engaging persons 60 or
older, with limited incomes, in volunteer service to meet critical c...
Fulbright-Hays - Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad
The Overseas Doctoral Dissertation program provides opportunities for graduate students to engage in full-time dissertation research abroad in modern foreign language and area studies with the exception of Western Europe. This program is designed to ...
Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Program
The Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Program offers fellowships, through Institutions of Higher Education, to faculty members who propose to conduct research abroad in modern foreign languages and area studies to improve their skill in language...
Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad (GPA) Program
The Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad (GPA) program is designed to contribute to the development and improvement of the study of modern foreign languages and area studies in the United States by providing training opportunities for faculty, teache...
Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need
The Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) program provides fellowships through graduate academic departments, programs, and units of institutions of higher education (IHE) to graduate students of superior ability who demonstrate finan...
Housing Counseling Assistance Program
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funds housing counseling agencies throughout the country that can give you advice on buying a home, renting, defaults, foreclosures, credit issues and reverse mortgages....
Immunization Grants
The Vaccines for Children (VFC) program purchases vaccines for
children in certain eligibility groups (see below) who can't afford to buy
vaccines. Doctors can get these vaccines for their patients who ...
Indian Child Welfare Act Programs
The purpose of the program is to promote the stability and security of American Indian tribes/Alaskan Native and families by protecting American Indian/Alaskan Native children and preventing the separation of American Indian/Alaskan Native families. ...
Indian Education Assistance to Schools
The purpose of the program is to fund other programs that meet the unique and specialized needs of eligible Native American students in a wide range of areas....
Indian Higher Education Grant Program
The purpose of the program is to provide financial aid to eligible Native American students to assist them in attending an accredited institution of higher education....
Indian Home Loan Guarantee Program
This grant provides and operates cost-effective, decent, safe and
affordable dwellings for lower income families through an authorized local
Public Housing Agency (PHA)....
Indian Home Loan Guarantee Program (Section 184)
This program provides home ownership opportunities to Native Americans, Tribes, Tribally Designated Housing Entities (TDHEs), and Indian Housing Authorities on Indian land, through a guaranteed mortgage loan program available through private financia...
Indian Housing Block Grants
This grant provides Federal assistance for Indian tribes in a
manner that recognizes the right of tribal self-governance, housing-related
services such as housing counseling, self-sufficiency services, ...
Jacob K. Javits Fellowships Program
The Javits Fellowships are awarded to graduate students pursuing the study of the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Individuals are selected on the basis of demonstrated achievement, financial need, and exceptional promise. Recipients receive a ...
James Madison Memorial Fellowship Program
The James Madison Fellowships were created to honor Madison's legacy and Madisonian principles by providing support for graduate study that focuses on the Constitution, its history and contemporary relevance to the practices and policies of democrati...
Life Sciences Awards
The Life Sciences Awards competition will present: $25,000 award to a scientist, with additional funds for research; three $10,000 awards to high school educators; and three $5,000 awards to high school students, who are judged to exemplify excellenc...
Literature Fellowships
Fellowships for creative writers are available on a two-year cycle with fellowships in prose available one year and fellowships in poetry available the next. Fellowships in prose (fiction and creative nonfiction) or poetry that enable recipients to s...
Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic
If you are a low-income taxpayer who cannot afford professional tax assistance or if you speak English as a second language (ESL) and need help understanding your taxpayer rights and responsibilities, you may qualify for help from a Low Income Taxpay...
Matching Grants to Tribes for Scholarship Program
Matching Grants to Tribes for Scholarship program provides grants
to Indian tribes and tribal organizations for the purpose of assisting such
tribes and tribal organizations in educating American Indian...
Mental Health National Research Service Award
The Mental Health National Research Service Awards ensure a
continuing and adequate supply of well-trained personnel who are able to
conduct research on mental health problems. The program provides trai...
Migrant Education - College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP)
The College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) assists students who are migratory or seasonal farmworkers (or children of such workers) enrolled in their first year of undergraduate studies at an institution of higher education. The funding supports c...
Migrant Education - High School Equivalency Program
The High School Equivalency Program (HEP) helps migratory and seasonal farmworkers (or children of such workers) who are 16 years of age or older and not currently enrolled in school to obtain the equivalent of a high school diploma and, subsequently...
Minority Access to Research Careers
Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) offers special research training support to 4-year colleges, universities, and health professional schools with substantial enrollments of minorities such as African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Ame...
Minority Biomedical Research Support
The Minority Biomedical Research Support Program increases the number of researchers who are members of minority groups that are underrepresented in the biomedical sciences. MBRS awards grants to 2- or 4-year colleges, universities, and health profes...
National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program
The National Health Service Corps offers this scholarship program
to students committed to providing primary health care in communities
identified as having a shortage of health professionals. The progr...
Native Employment Works Program
The purpose of the NEW (Native Employment Work) program is to make
work activities available to grantees' designated service populations and
service areas. Allowable work activities include (but are not...
Parental Information and Resource Centers
Parent Information and Resource Centers (PIRCs) help implement successful and effective parental involvement policies, programs, and activities that lead to improvements in student academic achievement and that strengthen partnerships among parents, ...
Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant
The PHHS block grant is used to support clinical services,
preventive screening, laboratory support, outbreak control, workforce
training, public education, data surveillance, and program evaluation
...
Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH)
The Federal grant program Projects for Assistance in Transition
from Homelessness (PATH) provides assistance to individuals who are homeless
and have serious mental illnesses. PATH funds are distributed...
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness
The Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness
Program (PAIMI) is administered by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the Center for Mental Health...
Refugee and Entrant Assistance - Voluntary Agency Programs
The Matching Grant program provides an alternate approach to
State-administered resettlement assistance. The program's goal is to help
refugees (and other appropriate individuals) attain self-sufficienc...
Retired and Senior Volunteer Program
The Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) provides grants to
qualified agencies and organizations for the dual purpose of engaging
persons 55 and older in volunteer service to meet critical commun...
Rural Housing: Farm Labor Housing Loans and Grants
The Farm Labor Housing Loan and Grant program provides capital financing for the development of housing for domestic farm laborers. Farm Labor Housing loans and grants are provided to buy, build, improve, or repair housing for farm laborers, includin...
Rural Housing: Housing Repair Loans and Grants
The Rural Housing Repair Loans and Grants program provides loans and grants to very low-income homeowners to repair, improve, modernize, or to remove health and safety hazards in their rural dwellings. Loans are arranged for up to 20 years at 1 perce...
Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students
The Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students program provides scholarships to full-time, financially needy students from disadvantaged backgrounds, who are enrolled in health professions and nursing programs.
The programs makes funds available to ...
Senior Companion Program
The Senior Companion Program provides grants to qualified agencies
and organizations for the dual purpose of engaging persons 60 and older,
particularly those with limited incomes, in volunteer service ...
Social Services Block Grant
The Social Services Block Grant (SSBG) is a capped entitlement
program that provides funds to assist states in delivering social services
directed toward the needs of children and adults. These services...
Special Improvement Project
The purpose of the Special Improvement Project grant is to provide
funding for projects that further the national child support mission and
goals. This mission aims to help children receive financial an...
State Fire Training Systems Grants
The State Fire Training Systems Grant program provides financial assistance to firefighters and emergency response personnel for the delivery of a variety of National Fire Academy courses/programs....
Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant
The Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant (SAPTBG)
enables states to provide substance abuse treatment and prevention services
through a variety of means, both statute and regulations, an...
TRIO Student Support Services
The Student Support Services (SSS) program provides support services to low-income students, first generation college students, and disabled students enrolled in post-secondary education programs. Eligible students may receive (among other services) ...
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program provides grant funds to States and Territories to assist families in any manner that is reasonably calculated to accomplish the purposes of this program. The purposes are: assisting needy fam...
Tribal Family Assistance Grants
The Tribal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program,
formerly Aid to Families with Dependent Children, program provides a variety
of benefits and services to Federally-recognized tribes, A...
Urban Indian Health Program
The IHS Urban Indian Health Program supports contracts and grants
that fund outreach and referral, case management, comprehensive primary
care, limited primary care, dental, community health, substance ...
Youth Education and Training Activities
The Youth Activities Program provides grants to State and local
communities to operate a comprehensive array of youth services that help
low-income youth (ages 14-21) seeking assistance in achieving aca...
