Massachusetts Grants

Top Massachusetts grants right now

• FEMA Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems Grant Program for AI-Enabled Drone Detection

  Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) / Department of Homeland SecurityUp to $250Mopen

  The FEMA Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS) Grant Program, established under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025, provides $500 million to e...

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• DHS Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (Counter-UAS) Grant Program FY2026 for AI-Enabled Drone Defense at FIFA World Cup and National Capital Region

  U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)Up to $30Mopen

  The DHS Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (Counter-UAS) Grant Program was established to support state and local law enforcement, critical infrastruct...

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• Massachusetts Manufacturing Innovation Initiative M2I2 for Hardtech Manufacturing including Robotics and AI

  Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (Center for Advanced Manufacturing)Up to $2.0Mopen

  The Massachusetts Manufacturing Innovation Initiative (M2I2) provides state grant funding to help Massachusetts innovators advance hardtech products t...

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• Massachusetts Applied AI Models Innovation Challenge 2.0 for Domain-Specific AI Models

  Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (Massachusetts AI Hub)Up to $1.0Mopen

  The Massachusetts Applied AI Models Innovation Challenge 2.0, administered by the Massachusetts AI Hub at the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, ...

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• MIT Generative AI Impact Consortium Seed Grants for Foundation Models and Multimodal AI

  MIT Generative AI Impact Consortium (Founding Members: Analog Devices, Coca-Cola, OpenAI, Tata, Cisco, TWG Global, SK Telecom, McKinsey, Citi, Verizon)Up to $250Kopen

  The MIT Generative AI Impact Consortium (MGAIC) is an MIT-wide initiative bringing together industry partners and MIT faculty to advance generative AI...

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Where Massachusetts grants come from

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

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Qualify Massachusetts 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: