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...

  counter_dronehomeland_securityai_detectionpublic_safetyuas_defense

• Rural Health Transformation Program

  Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human ServicesUp to $162Mopen

  The Rural Health Transformation Program is a grant from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services that funds the transformation ...

  public_healthrural_developmenthealth_disparitiescommunity_developmentrural health

• 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...

  counter_uasai_drone_defensecomputer_visionsensor_fusionpublic_safety_ai

• Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Youth Program

  Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce DevelopmentUp to $21Mopen

  Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Youth Program is sponsored by Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development. Provi...

  education_researchcommunity_developmentsocial_scienceyouthemployment

• R/V Atlantis 5 Year Proposal 2024-2028

  Up to $15MDeadline: Dec 31, 2028open

  The research programs supported by R/V Atlantis will provide new insights and invaluable discoveries that will continue to enhance the understanding o...

• Feasibility of Genomic Newborn Screening Through Public Health Laboratories

  Up to $14MDeadline: Sep 14, 2028open

  Newborn screening (NBS) by whole genome sequencing (NBSxWGS) offers the potential to identify infants at risk for genetic conditions that are treatabl...

• Healey-Driscoll Administration's $14 Million Graduation Rate Enhancement

  Massachusetts Department of Higher EducationUp to $14Mopen

  Healey-Driscoll Administration's $14 Million Graduation Rate Enhancement is sponsored by Massachusetts Department of Higher Education. The Healey-Dris...

  higher_educationeducation_researchgraduation rateshigher educationstate universities

• R/V Neil Armstrong 5 Year Proposal 2024-2028

  Up to $13MDeadline: Dec 31, 2028open

  The research programs supported by R/V Neil Armstrong will enhance understanding of the oceans and address a broad range of important scientific quest...

• Center for Multi-Scale Multi-Omic Human and non-human primate Brain Atlas

  Up to $12MDeadline: May 31, 2030open

  A detailed understanding of the functional, anatomical and molecular architectures of brain cells and their brain-wide organization is essential for i...

• Gap Energy Grant Program (GAP IV)

  Commonwealth of Massachusetts (via Mass.gov)Up to $8.7Mopen

  Gap Energy Grant Program (GAP IV) is a grant from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, administered by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Pro...

  clean_energyenergy_efficiencyenergy improvementsfood processingfood distribution

• Pediatric HIV/AIDS Cohort Study (PHACS): Research on Immune Aging, Supporting Reproductive Health, and Perinatal Acquisition: Elucidating Relationships in HIV (RISE)

  Up to $8.1MDeadline: Aug 31, 2030open

  People with HIV (PWH) experience a substantial burden of adverse reproductive and sexual health outcomes, perpetuated by psychosocial stress, chronic ...

• Scalable Phenotyping to Assay Risk in Childhood after eXposures in Pregnancy: SPARC-XP

  Up to $7.0MDeadline: Aug 31, 2029open

  Infection in pregnancy is a significant risk for neurodevelopmental disorders in offspring, demonstrated in national registries, large epidemiologic s...

• Precision Editing of Granulin Mutations that Cause Frontotemporal Dementia

  National Institute of Neurological Disorders and StrokeUp to $6.6MDeadline: Jul 31, 2029open

  Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is the most common form of presenile dementia before the age of 60, and no effective treatments are available. 40% of FT...

• The Ante-Amyloid Treatment of Alzheimer's disease (A3) Trial and Alzheimer Plasma EXtension (APEX) Study

  Up to $6.5MDeadline: Aug 31, 2030open

  SUMMARY: This R01 application is to continue NIH funding for the Ante-Amyloid treatment of Alzheimer’s disease (A3) Trial and the Alzheimer Plasma Ext...

• National Deep Inference Fabric for Very Large Language Models

  Up to $6.2MDeadline: Apr 30, 2028open

  The National Deep Inference Fabric The National Deep Inference Fabric (NDIF) is a research computing project that will enable researchers to crack ...

• NSF I-Corps Hub (Track 1): New England Region

  Up to $6.0MDeadline: Dec 31, 2029open

  This I-Corps Hub develops a New England regional innovation ecosystem to provide training to scientists and engineers that supports the translation of...

• CTSA Program at University of Massachusetts

  National Center for Advancing Translational SciencesUp to $6.0MDeadline: Jan 31, 2033open

  /ABSTRACT The UMCCTS was funded in 2010 with the vision of building healthier communities together through translational innovation.

• Gut Microbiome and Individual Differences in Lumbosacral Radicular Pain

  National Center for Complementary and Integrative HealthUp to $5.3MDeadline: Jul 31, 2029open

  The profile of pain severity, impact, and persistence after (surgical) treatment is heterogeneous. For example, some patients with lumbosacral radicul...

• Supporting Students' Social Emotional Learning, Behavioral & Mental Health, and Wellness — (SEL & Mental Health) Competitive Grant

  Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary EducationUp to $5.2Mopen

  Supporting Students' Social Emotional Learning, Behavioral & Mental Health, and Wellness — (SEL & Mental Health) Competitive Grant is sponsored by Mas...

  health_disparitiesmental_healtheducation_researchsocial_emotional_learningmental_health

• Digital Health Technologies for Monitoring Motor Function in Progressive Supranuclear Palsy and Dementia with Lewy Bodies

  Up to $5.2MDeadline: Aug 31, 2029open

  Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) is a severe and rapidly progressive Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration (FTLD) syndrome that lacks effective treatm...

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: