Education Grants in California

Top education grants in California right now

• 2025 KIT Grant & Retention & Recruitment Grant

  California Department of EducationUp to $155Mopen

  2025 KIT Grant & Retention & Recruitment Grant is sponsored by California Department of Education. Supports school food authorities in California to i...

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• 2025 Kitchen Infrastructure and Training (KIT) Grant

  California Department of EducationUp to $145Mopen

  2025 Kitchen Infrastructure and Training (KIT) Grant is sponsored by California Department of Education. Supports school food authorities in improving...

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• Category I: National Data Platform: A Federated National AI-ready Data Ecosystem for Discovery, Innovation, Education, and Workforce Development

  Up to $11MDeadline: Jun 30, 2031open

  National Data Platform (NDP) addresses the challenge of data and computing resource integration facilitating the nation's capacity to pursue scalable ...

• Educator Workforce Investment Grant: Special Education–Related Professional Development

  California Department of EducationUp to $10Mopen

  Educator Workforce Investment Grant: Special Education–Related Professional Development is sponsored by California Department of Education. Allocates ...

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• Organic Transition Pilot Program

  California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA)Up to $10Mopen

  Organic Transition Pilot Program is sponsored by California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA). This program funds assistance to farmers and ra...

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• Category II: iDLab - A Federated Interactive Discovery Lab for Data-Driven Research and Education

  Up to $9.0MDeadline: Jun 30, 2029open

  The Interactive Discovery Laboratory (iDLab) a unified, easy-to-use web-based platform that enables researchers to seamlessly access and use computing...

• Center: The Micro Nano Technology Education Center (MNT-EC)

  Up to $7.5MDeadline: Jun 30, 2030open

  Micro- and nano-technology (MNT) industries are growing and evolving at an ever-increasing pace, especially in the microelectronics sector. A major co...

• High Road Training Partnership California Solar for All Program – PY 25-26

  California Employment Development Department (EDD)Up to $5.0Mopen

  High Road Training Partnership California Solar for All Program – PY 25-26 is sponsored by California Employment Development Department (EDD). This op...

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• NRT-IPP: Smart Construction, Infrastructure, and Buildings through Education, Research, and Cutting-edge Technology

  Up to $4.5MDeadline: Aug 31, 2030open

  The construction industry is poised for a major digital transformation with technological innovations that are set to improve the safety, productivity...

• Song Brown Family Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant (FNP & PA) 2026 Application

  California Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI)Up to $3.9MDeadline: Sep 23, 2026open

  Song Brown Family Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant (FNP & PA) 2026 Application is a grant from the California Department of Health Care Acce...

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• PREM: Cal. State Univ. Long Beach and Ohio State University Partnership for Education and Research in Topological Materials

  Up to $2.1MDeadline: Aug 31, 2030open

  This partnership project builds on the success of a prior three-year Partnerships for Research and Education in Materials (PREM) Seed grant awarded in...

• Pollinator Habitat Program

  California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA)Up to $2.0Mopen

  Pollinator Habitat Program is sponsored by California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA). This program provides financial incentives to farmers...

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• After School Education and Safety (ASES) Program

  California Department of EducationUp to $2.0Mopen

  After School Education and Safety (ASES) Program is sponsored by California Department of Education. Supports the establishment of locally-driven expa...

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• Collaborative Research: Transforming STEM Education Nationwide Through Scalable Open Educational Infrastructure, Social Annotation, and Collaborative Content Improvement

  Up to $1.6MDeadline: Sep 30, 2030open

  This project aims to serve the national interest by expanding access to high-quality, adaptable STEM learning materials through the development and la...

• CICI:TCR: Routing Operations Observational Technology: Building to Enable Education and Research (ROOTBEER)

  Up to $1.2MDeadline: Sep 30, 2028open

  The ROOTBEER award ensures that Internet routing policies align with the security and integrity goals of the U.S. science ecosystem. Research and educ...

• CS4NorthCal: Scaling an Evidence-based Model for Teacher Preparation and Support to Provide Equitable and Inclusive CS Education in California High Schools

  Up to $1.1MDeadline: Sep 30, 2026open

  The goal of CS4NorthCal is to scale up an effective, evidence-based model for preparation, PD, and ongoing support of high school CS teachers. CS4Nort...

• Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Grants

  California Department of Social ServicesUp to $1.0Mopen

  Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Grants is a grant from the California Department of Social Services funding providers of general child care and...

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• IGE: Track 2: Mobilizing Community Cultural Wealth to Transform STEM Graduate Education

  Up to $1000KDeadline: Sep 30, 2028open

  Gaps in equity and inclusion within STEM graduate education in the U.S. persist. At stake is the loss of contributions toward scientific innovation an...

• CyberTraining: Implementation: Medium: ChemCompute: Computational Chemistry for Undergraduate Education and Research

  Up to $996KDeadline: Jul 31, 2028open

  Computational chemistry methods, as implemented in multiple academic software packages, are essential scientific instruments used by both academic and...

• SBIR Phase II: A novel method to scaling mentoring and career development in Institutes of Higher Education

  Up to $987KDeadline: Aug 31, 2026open

  The broader/commercial impact of this SBIR Phase II project is to improve academic and career outcomes for first-generation and underrepresented stude...

What counts as a education grant in California

We surface opportunities matching education-related keywords whose geography includes California (statewide, regional, or county-level grants serving California-based organizations). The keyword set:

Internal program language often differs from how funders tag their grants. AI mission-fit search (available after signup) catches the conceptual matches that exact-keyword filtering misses — useful in California where program names vary by region.

Where California education grants come from

• Federal sources — Grants.gov, NIH RePORTER, and SAM.gov opportunities open to California-based organizations and thematically aligned with education.
• California state portal — state-administered education programs, including pass-through federal dollars and state-only appropriations.
• Foundations — community foundations and private foundations giving in California for education work, drawn from IRS Form 990 filings and curated directories.
• Corporate giving — corporate philanthropy programs that fund education work in California.