Arkansas Grants

Top Arkansas grants right now

• Workforce Grants (Arkansas - HIRED Grants)

  Arkansas Department of Higher Education (ADHE) and Arkansas Department of Commerce (ACOM)Up to $88Mopen

  Workforce Grants (Arkansas - HIRED Grants) is sponsored by Arkansas Department of Higher Education (ADHE) and Arkansas Department of Commerce (ACOM). ...

  workforce_developmenthigher_educationhealth_disparitiesmanufacturingworkforce training

• E-CORE RII: Arkansas Nexus for Excellence in Technology, Workforce, Outreach and Research Knowledge

  Up to $3.8MDeadline: Jun 30, 2029open

  This project aims to build a stronger research system in Arkansas. The goal is to connect different science, technology, engineering, and mathematics ...

• E-RISE Rll: Arkansas Smart Transportation Research Incubator through Data Engineering and Science

  Up to $3.4MDeadline: Jun 30, 2029open

  Next generation transportation and logistics systems include those that are autonomous, electrified, interconnected, and shared. These systems are tra...

• The Maternal and Reproductive Community Health Excellence (MaRCH) Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE)

  Up to $2.6MDeadline: May 31, 2030open

  Arkansas is ranked worst for maternal mortality and fourth worst for maternal health outcomes. Arkansas is a rural state, and rural women have a highe...

• DESC: Type II: CHIPLETS360: Datacenter Optimization Through Whole-stack Novel Accounting, Design, Reuse, and Heterogeneous Provisioning of CHIPLETS

  Up to $2.0MDeadline: May 31, 2029open

  Data centers play a vital role in modern computing, supporting everything from personal internet use to a wide range of industries. As demand for comp...

• Social Mobility through ARkansas Tech program

  Up to $2.0MDeadline: Jun 30, 2032open

  This project will contribute to the national need for well-educated scientists, mathematicians, engineers, and technicians by supporting the retention...

• CARE PATH Community Health Worker (CHW) Assessment for Postpartum Health

  Up to $1.5MDeadline: Aug 31, 2027open

  The United States (U.S.) has a higher maternal mortality ratio than most other high-income nations. Severe maternal mortality (SMM) and maternal morta...

• Treatment of GM1 gangliosidosis CNS manifestations by AAV systemic expression of lectin-enhanced enzyme

  Up to $1.5MDeadline: Aug 30, 2027open

  BioStrategies LC proposes to complete IND-enabling studies to advance the development of BIOS-GM1, a novel drug therapy combining a delivery enhanced ...

• COBRE Phase III

  Up to $1.1MDeadline: May 31, 2030open

  Overall – Project Summary/Abstract The overall goal of the Center for Studies of Host Response to Cancer Therapy at the University of Arkansas for Med...

• Replication of G-quadruplex DNA by translesion polymerases

  Up to $1.1MDeadline: Apr 30, 2028open

  All lifeforms depend on accurate replication and maintenance of their genome for growth, adaptation, and survival. Certain nucleic acid sequences rich...

• MRI Track 1: Acquisition of a Replacement Multicollector ICP-MS for Enhanced Research in Geology, Archeology, and Paleobiology

  Up to $1.1MDeadline: Jul 31, 2027open

  Acquisition of a new multicollector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (MC-ICP-MS) will replace an aging instrument maintained by the Trace ...

• CAREER: Exploring New Gene Emergence and Functional Innovation through the Genetic Origins, Regulatory Integration, and Evolutionary Trajectories of Fish Antifreeze Proteins

  Up to $1.1MDeadline: Jun 30, 2031open

  This CAREER project will investigate one of biology’s most fundamental questions: how entirely new genes with novel biological functions arise and hel...

• Deep-UV Microscopy for Real-Time Adequacy Analysis of Bone Marrow Aspirates

  Up to $1.1MDeadline: Apr 30, 2027open

  /ABSTRACT Cellia will improve the quality and reliability of bone marrow aspiration procedures by developing a point-of-care instrument for rapid, non...

• SCH:Large-scale Multi-Modality Learning System to Identify Tobacco Addiction and Predictive Analytics via Social Media Platforms

  Up to $1.0MDeadline: Jul 31, 2029open

  The increasing promotion of tobacco-related content on social media significantly contributes to the rising prevalence of tobacco use, particularly am...

• SBIR Phase II: Implementation of Machine Learning Module in Novel Relay Trucking Pilot

  Up to $998KDeadline: Sep 30, 2027open

  The broader/commercial impact of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project will be to enhance traditional U.S. long-haul truckin...

• Bone-Targeted Therapies to Improve Bone Health and Prevent Relapse in Multiple Myeloma

  Up to $918KDeadline: May 31, 2027open

  Summary Current chemotherapeutic agents have improved multiple myeloma (MM) patient survival. However, MM remains incurable due to high rate of diseas...

• Collaborative Research: PurSUiT: Standing on the shoulders of giants: Phylogeny, systematics, and adaptation of marine epizoic diatoms to endangered megafaunal hosts

  Up to $918KDeadline: Jul 31, 2027open

  Animals are covered in microbes. For example, the microbes in and on the human body number in the trillions, outnumbering our own cells. Sea turtles, ...

• Partial Heart Transplantation: Clinically Relevant Aspects of Transplant Biology

  Up to $801KDeadline: Feb 28, 2031open

  Heart valve replacement in children is marred with problems because state-of-the art heart valve implants do not grow. This commits affected children ...

• Understanding the origins of the mutational landscape in cancer

  National Institute of Environmental Health SciencesUp to $750KDeadline: Jan 31, 2028open

  Exposure to environmental genotoxins poses a considerable risk, contributing to the formation of pro-mutagenic DNA lesions. These DNA lesions, in turn...

• DISES-EX: Climate resilience and risk aversion within the integrated dynamics of a hydro-agricultural system

  Up to $746KDeadline: Dec 31, 2027open

  Climate change affects agriculture and water resources. Agriculture relies heavily on water, and different crops and farming practices require varying...

Where Arkansas grants come from

• Federal sources — Grants.gov, NIH RePORTER, and SAM.gov, filtered for opportunities that fund work in Arkansas.
• Arkansas state portal — state-administered grant programs, including pass-through federal dollars and state-only appropriations.
• Foundations — community foundations and private foundations active in Arkansas, drawn from IRS Form 990 filings and curated foundation directories.
• Corporate giving — a curated set of corporate philanthropy programs that explicitly fund Arkansas-based work.

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Qualify Arkansas grants before you write

Most of the time it takes to win a grant isn't writing — it's research and qualifying. Before you commit a week to a full proposal, qualify the opportunity with a 1–2 page Letter of Inquiry. Our guide walks through the structure that gets a yes: