Aging Grants for Senior Services & Older-Adult Programs

Top opportunities

• FTA Section 5310 Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities Program

  Federal Transit Administration (FTA) administered by CaltransUp to $51MDeadline: Sep 1, 2026open

  FTA Section 5310 Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities Program is a grant from the Federal Transit Administration administere...

  community_developmenttransportationagingdisabilitymobility

• Creating Local Support Systems for Seniors

  Up to $15MDeadline: Jan 31, 2027open

  The changes in the community-demogr. taking place in the region of festivities show a very pronounced increase in the number of elderly people in the ...

• Creation of a Senior Daily Home in Wielopol

  Up to $8.5MDeadline: Dec 31, 2026open

  The project concerns the construction of social infrastructure in the scope of the facility intended for the provision of care services for the elderl...

• Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Program Project Grant (P01)

  National Institute on AgingUp to $4.0Mopen

  Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Program Project Grant (P01) is sponsored by National Institute on Aging. Supports multi-project, synergistic...

  health_disparitiespublic_healthagingclinical_researchalzheimer's

• Caregiver Artificial Intelligence Prize Competition

  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)Up to $2.0Mopen

  Caregiver Artificial Intelligence Prize Competition is sponsored by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Funds innovators developing AI...

  health_disparitiesartificial intelligencecaregivershealthtechdisabilities

• Schmidt Sciences AI2050 Senior and Early Career Fellowships for Beneficial AI Research

  Schmidt Sciences (AI2050 Initiative)Up to $1.5Mopen

  Schmidt Sciences' AI2050 program, founded by Eric and Wendy Schmidt, funds Senior and Early Career Fellows working on the hard problems in AI that mus...

  ai_safetyai_alignmentbeneficial_aiai_for_scienceai_and_labor

• Rehabilitation of a mansion and its outbuildings in inclusive shared housing for seniors

  Up to $1.4MDeadline: Jun 30, 2027open

  The shared housing project will allow the elderly of the territory to benefit from an adapted housing in the heart of a dynamic village equipped with ...

• Research Excellence Program (REP)

  Government of Uzbekistan (with financial support from the World Bank)Up to $600Kopen

  Research Excellence Program (REP) is a grant from the Government of Uzbekistan, with financial support from the World Bank, that funds high-quality sc...

  basic_researchconvergence_researcheconomic_developmentinternational_developmentresearch funding

• Section 5310 Formula Grants and Loans Program

  U.S. Department of TransportationUp to $500Kopen

  The Section 5310 Formula Grants and Loans Program is a U.S. Department of Transportation initiative that enhances mobility for seniors and individuals...

  community_developmenttransportationsocial_sciencetransportationmobility

• Center for Seniors Uniting Nationwide to Support Health, INtegrated care, and Economics (SUNSHINE)

  Up to $463KDeadline: Aug 31, 2027open

  The Center for SUNSHINE (Seniors Uniting Nationwide to Support Health, INtegrated care, and Economics) focuses on resilience, defined as the integrate...

• Archaeology Program Senior Research Awards

  U.S. National Science FoundationUp to $350Kopen

  Archaeology Program Senior Research Awards is sponsored by U.S. National Science Foundation. Supports anthropologically relevant archaeological resear...

  basic_researchsocial_sciencearchaeologyanthropologyresearch

• Emergency Senior Services (ESS) Grants

  Illinois Department on Aging (IDoA)Up to $300Kopen

  Emergency Senior Services (ESS) Grants is sponsored by Illinois Department on Aging (IDoA). These grants address emergency and supportive gap-filling ...

  agingpublic_healthcommunity_developmentemergency_managementsenior services

• TSET Discovery Grants

  Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET)Up to $250Kopen

  TSET Discovery Grants is sponsored by Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET). Supports innovative health programs across Oklahoma, including youth ...

  health_disparitiespublic_healthtobacco preventionhealth programschildren health

• Alcon Research Institute Senior Investigator Grant

  Alcon Research Institute (ARI)Up to $250Kopen

  Alcon Research Institute Senior Investigator Grant is sponsored by Alcon Research Institute (ARI). The Alcon Research Institute awards grants to excep...

  biomedical_researchprecision_medicineai_healthcarevision scienceeye health

• Research Grants

  RRF Foundation for AgingUp to $200Kopen

  Research Grants is sponsored by RRF Foundation for Aging. RRF funds applied research projects that seek to identify interventions, policies, and pract...

  aginghealth_disparitiespublic_healthbiomedical_researchsocial_science

• New Jersey Innovative Healthy Food Retail Initiative

  Reinvestment Fund and The Food Trust (funded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)Up to $200Kopen

  New Jersey Innovative Healthy Food Retail Initiative is sponsored by Reinvestment Fund and The Food Trust (funded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation). ...

  food_securitycommunity_developmentpublic_healthnutritioneconomic_development

• Cultural Anthropology Program Senior Research Awards (CA-SR)

  NSFUp to $120KDeadline: Aug 17, 2026open

  Cultural Anthropology Program Senior Research Awards (CA-SR) is sponsored by NSF. Supports senior-level anthropological research examining human cultu...

  social_sciencecultural_preservationanthropologyhuman_culturesociety

• Direct Services Grants (St. Louis City)

  St. Louis City Senior FundUp to $75Kopen

  Direct Services Grants (St. Louis City) is sponsored by St. Louis City Senior Fund. Funding for programs and services that immediately impact and impr...

  health_disparitiespublic_healthagingsenior_servicesolder_adults

• Age-Friendly Communities Grants

  New Jersey Department of Human ServicesUp to $70Kopen

  Age-Friendly Communities Grants is sponsored by New Jersey Department of Human Services. Supports local government and nonprofit organizations in impl...

  agingcommunity_developmentpublic_healthage-friendly communitiesaging population

• Spectrum Digital Education Grants

  Charter CommunicationsUp to $50Kopen

  Spectrum Digital Education Grants is sponsored by Charter Communications. Grants supporting nonprofit organizations that enhance digital access and li...

  digital_literacyadult_educationworkforce_developmentcommunity_developmentdigital education

What's included in seniors & aging grants

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How GrantMind sources these grants

• Federal sources — Grants.gov, NIH RePORTER, and SAM.gov, filtered for opportunities tagged or thematically aligned with seniors & aging.
• State portals — state-administered programs across all 50 states and D.C.
• Foundations — community and private foundations active in this category, drawn from IRS Form 990 filings and curated foundation directories.
• Corporate giving — a curated set of corporate philanthropy programs.

Make these grants count

The leverage point isn't writing more proposals — it's qualifying funders before you write. A 1–2 page Letter of Inquiry tells you in days whether a foundation is going to fund you, instead of forty hours from now. Our guide walks through the structure that gets a yes: