Iowa Grants

Top Iowa grants right now

• 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...

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• National STEM Teacher Corps Pilot Program: Midwest Alliance for Rural Elementary Science

  Up to $4.9MDeadline: Sep 30, 2030open

  The National STEM Teacher Corps Pilot Program Alliance project, “Midwest STEM Alliance to Elevate Science Teaching in Rural Elementary Schools,” aims ...

• DSHB Antibody Research, Production and Distribution Facility

  Up to $3.4MDeadline: May 31, 2030open

  Hybridoma technology has been critically important for biomedical research, allowing reproducible and scalable production of monoclonal antibodies for...

• FMRG: Eco: Electro-Manufacturing of Ethylene and Nitrogenous Chemicals by Synergizing the Capture and Conversion of CO2 and Waste Nitrogen

  Up to $3.0MDeadline: Apr 30, 2029open

  About one third of our national energy consumption and one quarter of carbon dioxide emissions come from the manufacturing sector, 30 percent of which...

• RISE: Research Ecosystem Integration and Siouxland Partnership Program--A Plan for Growing Research Capacity at Morningside University and Beyond

  Up to $2.8MDeadline: Dec 31, 2029open

  Morningside University’s RISE program (Research Ecosystem Integration and Siouxland Partnership Expansion) will establish an Office of Sponsored Progr...

• Neuroendocrine Tumor Specialized Programs of Research Excellence (SPORE) in Human Cancer

  Up to $2.2MDeadline: Jul 31, 2030open

  Overall – Summary Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) and neuroendocrine carcinomas (NECs) are orphan cancers whose incidence and prevalence are increasing i...

• EPSCoR Graduate Fellowship Program (EGFP): Iowa State University - Training the next Generation of Biologists to Drive Basic Discovery and Build the Bioeconomy

  Up to $1.6MDeadline: Jun 30, 2028open

  The National Science Foundation (NSF) EPSCoR Graduate Fellowship Program (EGFP) supports EGFP designated institutions and programs in EPSCoR jurisdict...

• NSF-DBT: Research-PGR: Maize Silk Growth - Strands of Opportunities

  Up to $1.6MDeadline: Oct 31, 2028open

  Agricultural productivity is threatened by climate change and shrinking growing lands. Maize is the second largest cereal crop in the world, grown mos...

• ReDDDoT Phase 2: Empowering Resilience: Innovations in Rural Electric Network Disaster Preparedness and Response

  Up to $1.5MDeadline: Sep 30, 2027open

  Recent climate patterns have caused more frequent and more extreme weather events, which incur more damage to electric power utilities than ever befor...

• CyberCorps Scholarship for Service: Training Iowa’s Cyber Talents to Protect the Nation’s Critical Infrastructure

  Up to $1.4MDeadline: Dec 31, 2029open

  This project will establish an SFS program at Iowa State University (ISU) to address the national need for a well-trained cybersecurity workforce, par...

• Formation and function of the periderm

  Up to $1.3MDeadline: Jun 30, 2028open

  The skin is the largest organ in the body and the skin barrier – provided by the epidermis – is critical for life of all vertebrates. Physically, the ...

• EPSCoR Graduate Fellowship Program (EGFP): Graduate Leaders in Engineering and Advanced Manufacturing (GLEAM): Enhancing Iowa's Manufacturing Capacity

  Up to $1.3MDeadline: Jun 30, 2028open

  The National Science Foundation (NSF) EPSCoR Graduate Fellowship Program (EGFP) supports EGFP designated institutions and programs in EPSCoR jurisdict...

• CAREER: Determine the function of plasmodesmata as redox signaling hubs

  Up to $1.3MDeadline: Mar 31, 2029open

  Plants are composed of millions of cells and intercellular signaling is essential for their physiology, especially under adverse growth conditions. Gi...

• High-flow portable oxygen concentrator for long-term oxygen therapy

  Up to $1.2MDeadline: Jul 31, 2027open

  Summary/Abstract: Long-term oxygen therapy (LTOT) is an established treatment for 1.5 million Americans with chronic lung diseases such as chronic obs...

• SCH: SciML-Accelerated Cardiovascular Digital Twins for Personalizing Long-Term Heart Valve Interventions

  Up to $1.2MDeadline: Aug 31, 2029open

  Valvular heart diseases, such as mitral valve regurgitation, significantly impact patient health and require personalized therapeutic strategies for l...

• Collaborative Research: Frameworks: Advanced Simulation of Multiphase Electrochemical Systems (FASTEST)

  Up to $1.1MDeadline: Aug 31, 2030open

  Processes that involve the transport of electrically charged species in fluids consisting of multiple phases, such as liquids and gases, are fundament...

• Networking the parental brain: Transformation of brain-wide electrical networks

  Up to $1.1MDeadline: Aug 31, 2030open

  Summary Periods of increased neural plasticity are responsible for profound changes in behavior such as the trajectory into and through parental care....

• Investigating the role of ATM1, a Class VIII myosin, in Arabidopsis root cell proliferation

  Up to $1.1MDeadline: Jun 30, 2027open

  Organ formation in plants and animals relies on communication between cells. This project is focused on determining how organ size is influenced by co...

• Genetic and Molecular Mechanisms of Heart Disease

  Up to $1.1MDeadline: Jan 31, 2032open

  / ABSTRACT Heart disease is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality, and the incidence of heart failure (HF) is growing, while costing our public ...

• Securing and sharing invertebrate collections at the University of Iowa Museum of Natural History through critical storage upgrades and digitization

  Up to $1.0MDeadline: Aug 31, 2029open

  An award is made to the University of Iowa Museum of Natural History for a collections curation and access initiative to preserve, digitize, and incre...

Where Iowa grants come from

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

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Qualify Iowa 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: