Education Grants in Colorado

Top education grants in Colorado right now

• TeachEngineering: Expanding the democratization of engineering education through increased partnerships and professional development

  Up to $4.2MDeadline: Sep 30, 2027open

  This three-year initiative, Teach Engineering: Expanding the democratization of engineering education through increased partnerships and professional ...

• Research Education Core

  National Institute on AgingUp to $2.3MDeadline: Jul 31, 2030open

  ASCENT: RESEARCH EDUCATION CORE (REC) PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT A lack of trained palliative care scientists is cited as a major impediment to the con...

• Partnership for Education and Advancement of Quantum and nano-Sciences (PEAQS)

  Up to $2.1MDeadline: Aug 31, 2030open

  A strong partnership between Fort Lewis College (FLC), Norfolk State University (NSU), and IMOD (Science and Technology Center for Integration of Mode...

• Building a Science of Education: Lessons Learned from the Use of Models for Research and Development of Educational Interventions

  Up to $751KDeadline: Aug 31, 2028open

  Improving education requires the development of scientifically grounded programs, practices, and policies. Over the past several decades, researchers ...

• Mapping the Development of K-12 STEM Education Research Over Time

  Up to $750KDeadline: Feb 29, 2028open

  Too often, valuable STEM education research knowledge and products fail to reach classrooms. Improving the translation and diffusion of education rese...

• Bridging the Gap: Career Pathways and Education in Mass Timber Construction

  Up to $500KDeadline: Sep 30, 2028open

  This project serves the national interest in impacting workforce development for students in the School of Engineering at Colorado State University- P...

• Collaborative Research: Impact of Alcohol and Alkanoic Acids on Reverse Micelle Formation and Properties: Integration of Research and Education from the Novice to Expert

  Up to $450KDeadline: Aug 31, 2028open

  With support from the Chemical Structure and Dynamics (CSD) program in the Division of Chemistry, Professor Nancy Levinger at Colorado State Universit...

• Research Education for Addressing Challenges of Homelessness (REACH) Program

  Up to $381KDeadline: Jan 31, 2031open

  Homelessness is a public health crisis that often co-occurs with substance use disorders (SUDs) and HIV in the US. Despite this crisis, there exists a...

• MRI: Track 1 Acquisition of a Large-amplitude 6-DOF Motion Simulator to Advance Multidisciplinary Research and Education

  Up to $368KDeadline: Aug 31, 2028open

  This Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) award supports the acquisition of a state-of-the-art motion simulation platform, the Human-Infrastructure Re...

• Advancing Career and Technical Skills: Through the science of material, nondestructive testing and welding education.

  Up to $331KDeadline: Jun 30, 2027open

  Ongoing research has demonstrated that there is a notable shortage of skilled trade and technical workers in the United States, and in specialty areas...

• Collaborative Research: ER2: Developing Educational Resources for the Ethical Use of Pervasive Data

  Up to $241KDeadline: Aug 31, 2027open

  Researchers working in computer, information, and data science regularly extract huge amounts of data from online platforms like YouTube, Facebook, an...

• Assessment of the contextual factors that influence implementation of a type 2 diabetes nutrition education curriculum in American Indian and Alaska Native-serving healthcare and community-based org

  Up to $120KDeadline: Apr 30, 2028open

  / ABSTRACT American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) adults experience disproportionately high rates of type 2 diabetes (T2D) and face significant bar...

• Educational Experiences in Atmospheric Science Field Campaigns: A Community Workshop

  Up to $100KDeadline: Dec 31, 2026open

  One important way that atmospheric scientists research phenomena on Earth is through observations, often done in field campaigns, with ground-based or...

• Rural-Led Business Fund

  First Southwest Community FundUp to $75Kopen

  Rural-Led Business Fund is a grant from First Southwest Community Fund that funds small businesses, start-ups, and nonprofits in rural Colorado throug...

  small_businesseconomic_developmentworkforce_developmentrural_developmentrural business

• Colorado Water Center CSU Grant Program

  Colorado Water Center at Colorado State University (CSU)Up to $40Kopen

  Colorado Water Center CSU Grant Program is a grant from the Colorado Water Center at Colorado State University that funds transdisciplinary water reso...

  water_qualityenvironmental_educationclimate_changewater researchwater extension

• Arts in Society Grant

  Colorado Creative Industries (via OEDIT)Up to $35Kopen

  Arts in Society Grant is sponsored by Colorado Creative Industries (via OEDIT). Funds arts‑driven projects engaging social issues in Colorado; support...

  visual_artsarts_educationpublic_artsocial_sciencearts

• Public Education, Participation, and Outreach (PEPO) Grant Program

  Colorado Water Conservation BoardUp to $25Kopen

  Public Education, Participation, and Outreach (PEPO) Grant Program is sponsored by Colorado Water Conservation Board. Provides funding for education a...

  water_qualityenvironmental_educationpublic_healthwater conservationpublic outreach

• Competitive Grant Process

  El Pomar FoundationUp to $25Kopen

  Competitive Grant Process is sponsored by El Pomar Foundation. El Pomar Foundation offers general-purpose grantmaking for arts and culture, civic and ...

  arts_educationcommunity_developmenteducation_researchhealth_disparitiesarts

• Mary K. Chapman Foundation Grant

  Mary K. Chapman FoundationUp to $15Kopen

  Mary K. Chapman Foundation Grant is a grant from the Mary K. Chapman Foundation that funds nonprofit organizations in communities where the foundation...

  performing_artsvisual_artsarts_educationk12_educationhigher_education

• CORE Fund Grant Program

  Western Colorado Community FoundationUp to $10Kopen

  CORE Fund Grant Program is sponsored by Western Colorado Community Foundation. This opportunity supports mission-aligned projects and measurable outco...

  environmental_educationenvironmental_educationconservationoutdoor recreationenvironmental education

What counts as a education grant in Colorado

We surface opportunities matching education-related keywords whose geography includes Colorado (statewide, regional, or county-level grants serving Colorado-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 Colorado where program names vary by region.

Where Colorado education grants come from

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