Grants due in December 2026

60 open grants close in December 2026, 22 of them open to small businesses. Every listing links to its official source.

December 2026

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Tuesday, December 1 9 deadlines

Accelerating Scale-up and Pre-piloting of Emerging Chemical Technologies (ASPECT)

Department of Energy $2M to $20M Small businesses eligible

Closes Dec 1
Archaeology Program Senior Research Awards

U.S. National Science Foundation Others (see eligibility details)

Closes Dec 1
Archaeometry (AMTRY)

U.S. National Science Foundation Others (see eligibility details)

Closes Dec 1
Computational Mathematics

U.S. National Science Foundation $1 to $1.2M Small businesses eligible

Closes Dec 1
Dairy Business Innovation Initiatives Program (DBI) Fiscal Year 2026

Department of Agriculture $2.3M to $3.5M Others (see eligibility details)

Closes Dec 1
John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant

Department of Commerce $1 to $150K Small businesses eligible

Closes Dec 1
National Center for Construction Safety and Health Research and Translation (U54)

Department of Health and Human Services $3M to $5.8M Small businesses eligible

Closes Dec 1
OJP FY 2026 Integrity in American Elections Grant Program

Department of Justice Up to $5M State governments

Closes Dec 1
OVC FY 2026 Specialized Human Trafficking Assistance: Task Forces and Legal Services

Department of Justice Up to $3M Small businesses eligible

Closes Dec 1

Wednesday, December 2 3 deadlines

BJA FY 2026 Missing and Unidentified Human Remains (MUHR) Program

Department of Justice Up to $1M Nonprofits eligible

Closes Dec 2
Maximizing the Scientific Value of Data Generated by the Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program: Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (F32)

Department of Health and Human Services Small businesses eligible

Closes Dec 2
ROSES25: A.14 Atmosphere

National Aeronautics and Space Administration Others (see eligibility details)

Closes Dec 2

Thursday, December 3 5 deadlines

Emerging Global Leader Award (K43 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Department of Health and Human Services Others (see eligibility details)

Closes Dec 3
Emerging Global Leader Award (K43 Independent Clinical Trial Required)

Department of Health and Human Services Others (see eligibility details)

Closes Dec 3
Hispanic-Serving Institutions Education Grants Program

Department of Agriculture $25K to $1.2M Others (see eligibility details)

Closes Dec 3
ROSES 2025: D.4 Theoretical and Computational Astrophysics Networks

National Aeronautics and Space Administration Others (see eligibility details)

Closes Dec 3
The Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship for Service Program Cooperative Agreement

Department of Defense Up to $1.3B Others (see eligibility details)

Closes Dec 3

Friday, December 4 6 deadlines

Air Force Fiscal Year 2027 Young Investigator Program (YIP)

Department of Defense $150K to $450K Nonprofits eligible

Closes Dec 4
Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST)

U.S. National Science Foundation Others (see eligibility details)

Closes Dec 4
NIH Research Software Engineer (RSE) Award (R50 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)

Department of Health and Human Services Small businesses eligible

Closes Dec 4
ROSES 2025: A.16 Cryosphere

National Aeronautics and Space Administration Others (see eligibility details)

Closes Dec 4
Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute Cooperative Agreement Notice-5 (SSERVI CAN-5)

National Aeronautics and Space Administration Others (see eligibility details)

Closes Dec 4
Specialty Crop Multi-State Grant Program 2026

Department of Agriculture $250K to $1M Nonprofits eligible

Closes Dec 4

Monday, December 7 3 deadlines

MPPEP Phase 3 Invasive Wild-Caught Catfish

Department of Agriculture $50K to $2M Small businesses eligible

Closes Dec 7
NEA Arts and Artifacts Domestic Indemnity Program 1, FY2027 (12/26)

National Endowment for the Arts $10K to $100K Nonprofits eligible

Closes Dec 7
Silicon Carbide Cladding Lead Test Rod Development-Phase 1

Department of Energy Up to $62.5M Small businesses eligible

Closes Dec 7

Tuesday, December 8 3 deadlines

Cooperative Research Agreements Related to the World Trade Center Health Program (U01)

Department of Health and Human Services Up to $550K Small businesses eligible

Closes Dec 8
Exploratory/Developmental Grants Related to the World Trade Center Health Program (R21)

Department of Health and Human Services Up to $365K Small businesses eligible

Closes Dec 8
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative: Community Forest and Open Space Conservation Program

Department of Agriculture Up to $1M Nonprofits eligible

Closes Dec 8

Wednesday, December 9 2 deadlines

IUSE: Innovation in Two-Year College STEM Education (ITYC)

U.S. National Science Foundation Others (see eligibility details)

Closes Dec 9
Landmarks of History and Culture and Summer Institutes

National Endowment for the Humanities $1 to $460K Nonprofits eligible

Closes Dec 9

Friday, December 11 4 deadlines

Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Department of the Navy (DoN) Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Minority Institutions (HBCU/MI) Program

Department of Defense $450K to $525K Others (see eligibility details)

Closes Dec 11
Institute of Education Sciences (IES): National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER): Transformative Research in Special Education, Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.324T

Department of Education Up to $3.8M Others (see eligibility details)

Closes Dec 11
Institute of Education Sciences (IES): National Center on Education Research (NCER): From Seedlings to Scale, Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.305J

Department of Education Up to $500K Others (see eligibility details)

Closes Dec 11
Southeast New England Program (SNEP) Innovative Restoration Grants

Environmental Protection Agency Others (see eligibility details)

Closes Dec 11

Monday, December 14 5 deadlines

Boosting Innovative GEOINT - Science & Technology Broad Agency Announcement (BIG-ST BAA)

Department of Defense Others (see eligibility details)

Closes Dec 14
Computational Modeling and Analysis of the Impact of Genomic Variation on Function (UM1, Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Department of Health and Human Services Up to $800K Small businesses eligible

Closes Dec 14
Genomic Variant Interactions With Other Variants Or The Environment (UM1 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)

Department of Health and Human Services Up to $1.5M Small businesses eligible

Closes Dec 14
IGVF Data and Coordinating Center (U24 Clinical trials Not Allowed)

Department of Health and Human Services Up to $4M Small businesses eligible

Closes Dec 14
Systematic Characterization of Genomic Variation to Assess Effects of Individual Variants on Genome Function and Phenotype (UM1 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)

Department of Health and Human Services Up to $2M Small businesses eligible

Closes Dec 14

Tuesday, December 15 3 deadlines

Arctic Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (Arctic DDRIG) Arctic Social Sciences, Arctic System Sciences, and Arctic Observing Network (DDRIG)

U.S. National Science Foundation Others (see eligibility details)

Closes Dec 15
Collections Stewardship

National Endowment for the Humanities $50K to $500K Nonprofits eligible

Closes Dec 15
Statistics

U.S. National Science Foundation Small businesses eligible

Closes Dec 15

Wednesday, December 16 2 deadlines

F26AS00104 State ANS Management Plan 2026

Department of the Interior $5,000 to $150K State governments

Closes Dec 16
Public Humanities Projects

National Endowment for the Humanities $1 to $2M Nonprofits eligible

Closes Dec 16

Thursday, December 17 1 deadline

The Genesis Mission: Transforming Science and Energy with AI

Department of Energy - Office of Science $500K to $16M Small businesses eligible

Closes Dec 17

Tuesday, December 22 1 deadline

TTO Office Wide (OW) BAA 2025

Department of Defense Others (see eligibility details)

Closes Dec 22

Wednesday, December 30 2 deadlines

Fiscal Year 2024 Flood Mitigation Assistance Swift Current

Department of Homeland Security Tribal organizations

Closes Dec 30
NRL Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Basic and Applied Research

Department of Defense Small businesses eligible

Closes Dec 30

Thursday, December 31 11 deadlines

Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program Education and Workforce Development

Department of Agriculture $10K to $650K Others (see eligibility details)

Closes Dec 31
Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program Foundational and Applied Science Program

Department of Agriculture $10K to $10M Others (see eligibility details)

Closes Dec 31
F26AS00083 Aquatic Invasive Species Grants to Great Lakes States - Fiscal Year 2026 Great Lakes Restoration Initiative

Department of the Interior $100K to $600K Small businesses eligible

Closes Dec 31
F26AS00084 Aquatic Invasive Species Grants to Great Lakes Tribes - Fiscal Year 2026 Great Lakes Restoration Initiative

Department of the Interior $20K to $100K Small businesses eligible

Closes Dec 31
F26AS00085 Aquatic Invasive Species Interjurisdictional Grants to the Great Lakes States and Tribes - Fiscal Year 2026 Great Lakes Restoration Initiative

Department of the Interior $20K to $924K Small businesses eligible

Closes Dec 31
FY25 Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Navy and Marine Corps Science and Technology

Department of Defense Others (see eligibility details)

Closes Dec 31
ROSES 2025: A.4 Rapid Response and Novel Research in Earth Science

National Aeronautics and Space Administration Others (see eligibility details)

Closes Dec 31
SEFSC Bluefin Tuna Research Program

Department of Commerce $25K to $300K Small businesses eligible

Closes Dec 31
Solid Waste Management Grant Program

Department of Agriculture Up to $1M Others (see eligibility details)

Closes Dec 31
Technical Assistance and Training Grant Program

Department of Agriculture Nonprofits eligible

Closes Dec 31
Tribal Colleges Research Grants Program

Department of Agriculture $150K to $2.5M Others (see eligibility details)

Closes Dec 31