Indiana Grants

Top Indiana grants right now

• Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG)

  State of IndianaUp to $292Mopen

  Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) is sponsored by State of Indiana. (F) Fall 2025 N/A (5-15% local match) FEMA

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• NSF and Computer Science Teachers Association AI Professional Development Weeks Computer Science Foundations for Creating with AI

  U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded to Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA)Up to $11Mopen

  Artificial Intelligence Professional Development Weeks: CS Foundations for Creating with AI is an $11 million two-year NSF initiative awarded to the C...

  ai_educationai_literacyk12_ai_teacher_pdcomputer_science_educationai_curriculum

• Frameworks: StreamCI: an AI-ready streaming data platform for a wide range of scientific applications

  Up to $4.0MDeadline: Jun 30, 2030open

  This project creates StreamCI, an open-source streaming data platform designed to help researchers and users across industries to more effectively har...

• Microphysiological systems to Advance Precision medicine for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (MAP-AD)

  Up to $3.3MDeadline: Jun 30, 2030open

  /SUMMARY IU MAP-AD Overall Abstract/Summary The Indiana University Microphysiological systems to Advance Precision medicine for AD/ADRD (IUMAP-AD) Cen...

• Targeting a novel inter-tissue L-BAIBA/FGF23 axis to enhance adaptive musculoskeletal remodeling in aging

  National Institute on AgingUp to $3.1MDeadline: May 31, 2029open

  Aging causes deterioration of the musculoskeletal system via disruptions in critical paracrine and endocrine systems. Sarcopenia, the loss of muscle m...

• HIV, Depression, and Insulin Resistance

  Up to $3.1MDeadline: Aug 31, 2029open

  Diabetes is a key driver of serious non-AIDS events in people with HIV (PWH). Depression potentially contributes to new-onset diabetes in PWH. Collect...

• Targeting PDGFR-b promoter vacancy G-quadruplex to suppress gene expression

  Up to $2.9MDeadline: Jul 31, 2029open

  Targeting PDGFR-β promoter vacancy G-quadruplex to suppress gene expression Overexpression of platelet-derived growth factor receptor β (PDGFR-β) is a...

• Measuring social needs among older adults: psychometrics and policy

  Up to $2.8MDeadline: Sep 14, 2029open

  Health-related social needs (HRSNs), sometimes called social determinants, are drivers of morbidity, mortality, healthcare utilization, and costs. Per...

• Ideas Lab: USPRD: Programmable Small Molecule Biosynthesis

  Up to $2.6MDeadline: Apr 30, 2028open

  Programmable Small Molecule Biosynthesis This project aims to develop new bioplastics with diverse properties. The team will computationally design...

• FIRE-WUI: Community Resilience Assessment Framework for Wildfires using Multi-Resolution Digital Twins

  Up to $2.5MDeadline: Jan 31, 2029open

  Wildfires pose a growing threat to communities across the US, particularly in areas where homes and natural landscapes meet, known as the Wildland-Urb...

• CyberCorps Scholarship for Service: Building the Next Generation Cybersecurity Engineering Workforce

  Up to $2.4MDeadline: Jan 31, 2028open

  Cybersecurity threats are the most significant challenge to information technology infrastructure in the digital age. The ransomware attack on Colonia...

• DCCF Ag Field of Interest Grants Program

  Up to $2.0Mopen

  The Ag Field of Interest Fund supports nonprofit organizations providing agricultural programming in Decatur County, Indiana, including educational tr...

• INSECt: INsects for a Sustainable Environment and Circular bioeconomy

  Up to $2.0MDeadline: Apr 30, 2028open

  This award is funded by NSF Global Centers program, an innovative program that supports use-inspired research addressing global challenges through the...

• Scaling Our Undergraduate Real-world Convergence Education

  Up to $2.0MDeadline: Sep 30, 2029open

  This project aims to serve the national interest by developing new organizational approaches for scaling and sustaining convergence education practice...

• Academic, Mentoring, and Professional Development Support to Foster Career Success for Math and Engineering Students

  Up to $2.0MDeadline: Sep 30, 2031open

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

• In Vivo Characterization of White Matter Hyperintensity Using Individualized Analysis of Multimodal Imaging

  National Institute of Neurological Disorders and StrokeUp to $1.9MDeadline: Apr 30, 2029open

  White matter hyperintensities (WMHs) are common findings in older adults, appearing as high-signal areas on T2-weighted MRI scans. While often linked ...

• QuSeC-TAQS: Nanodiamond Quantum Sensing for Four-Dimensional Live-Cell Imaging

  Up to $1.6MDeadline: Aug 31, 2027open

  This project aims to revolutionize live-cell imaging by harnessing the power of nanodiamond quantum sensing and advanced microscopy. By developing nan...

• SCC-IRG Track1: Smart energy assistants for affordable housing communities

  Up to $1.6MDeadline: May 31, 2027open

  Almost 25% of U.S. households experience high energy burdens, referring to the percentage of gross household income spent on energy costs. As a result...

• CIRC: New: Spectrum Sharing Sandbox (S3) - A 6 GHz and CBRS Data Platform for Advancing Spectrum Coexistence

  Up to $1.5MDeadline: May 31, 2027open

  The next generation of wireless systems will largely be deployed in radio spectrum that is shared, not only between commercial networks such as cellul...

• NSF Safe-OSE: Cultivating a Security-Focused Community Infrastructure for Open Medical Records System (OpenMRS)

  Up to $1.5MDeadline: Sep 30, 2027open

  This Safety, Security, and Privacy of Open-Source Ecosystems (Safe-OSE) project focuses on OpenMRS, which serves as critical healthcare infrastructure...

Where Indiana grants come from

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

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Qualify Indiana 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: