New Jersey Grants

Top New Jersey 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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• 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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• Center for accelerated development of drug candidates targeting high threat bacterial infections

  Up to $7.6MDeadline: May 31, 2030open

  SUMMARY The global rise in antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a grave public health threat, limiting treatment options and causing substantial morbi...

• Real Estate Gap Financing Grant Program

  New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA)Up to $5.0Mopen

  The Real Estate Gap Financing Grant Program is a $10 million pilot program from the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) that funds real ...

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• Coriell Cell Engineering Center to Support National Biobanking Infrastructure

  Up to $5.0MDeadline: May 31, 2030open

  Coriell Institute for Medical Research Application to ORIP C06 Funding Opportunity Announcement PAR- 25-061, Biomedical Research Facilities. Project t...

• Institute for Advanced Study, School of Mathematics

  Up to $3.6MDeadline: Aug 31, 2030open

  The School of Mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) seeks to advance basic research in mathematics and to create an environment that f...

• TLE transcription cofactors in anti-viral and anti-tumor immunity

  Up to $3.4MDeadline: Jun 30, 2029open

  CD8+ T lymphocytes are essential players in mounting protective cellular immune responses against pathogens and malignantly transformed cells. However...

• CIRC: GRAND/ENS: COSMOS3: Enhancing and Sustaining the COSMOS Platform

  Up to $3.4MDeadline: Sep 30, 2029open

  The COSMOS^3 project is to enhance and expand the COSMOS platform, a city-scale testbed for advanced wireless, networking, and sensing technologies, d...

• Adverse Health Outcomes From Extreme Heat, Air Pollution, and Medications in Low-Income Pregnant Women and Their Offspring

  Up to $3.1MDeadline: Aug 31, 2029open

  Climate change constitutes “the single biggest health threat facing humanity”. Climate change exacerbates heat-related morbidity and mortality due to ...

• BPC-AE: STARS Computing Corps: Extending a National Community of Practice for Developing BPC Change Leaders

  Up to $3.0MDeadline: Dec 31, 2029open

  STARS Computing Corps aims to address the challenge of increasing the number of students who graduate with computing degrees and who remain in the fie...

• Mycoestrogens and maternal-child health in the TIDES cohort

  Up to $2.8MDeadline: Sep 10, 2029open

  The accumulation of mycotoxins, chemical by-products of fungal growth, is an emerging issue in public health due to their widespread presence in food ...

• HSI Institutional Transformation Project: The Effectiveness of Psychoeducational Counseling in STEM Internship and Research Experiences

  Up to $2.7MDeadline: May 31, 2029open

  With support from the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI Program), this Track 3 project aims to improve studen...

• Collaborative Research: Frameworks: Building a national integrated watershed evaluation framework: A community platform to improve model evaluation and decision making

  Up to $2.6MDeadline: Aug 31, 2028open

  Water is a critical national resource for drinking, growing food, and industry. Computer simulation, or modeling, is a key way that the amount, moveme...

• Hedgehog signaling regulation of postnatal tongue and taste organ morphogenesis

  National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication DisordersUp to $2.3MDeadline: Jul 31, 2029open

  The tongue has a major developmental trajectory during suckling and weaning periods as they adapt for changes in feeding patterns and movement for spe...

• Understanding the Metabolic Regulation of Immune Responses to Bacterial Infections

  National Institute of General Medical SciencesUp to $2.2MDeadline: Jul 31, 2029open

  /Abstract: My research program investigates how the host metabolism impacts immune responses during infection. While immune evasion strategies by bact...

• Convergence Accelerator Bio-Inspired Design Innovations: All-Terrain Self-Assembling Robotic Conveyor System Inspired by Slime Mold Behaviors and Ant Assemblages

  Up to $2.0MDeadline: Jul 31, 2028open

  This convergent and translational research project will develop a swarm of interlocking robotic tiles able to transport goods and equipment over diffi...

• Revised Implementation of a Mathematics and Computer Science Scholars Program

  Up to $2.0MDeadline: May 31, 2032open

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

• Ramapo Opportunities for Advanced Degrees in STEM

  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...

• Neural and computational mechanisms of multi-option choice in prefrontal cortex

  Up to $2.0MDeadline: Sep 21, 2029open

  The goal of this proposal is to identify the computations and neural mechanisms for economic decisions between many options, using a nonhuman primate ...

Where New Jersey grants come from

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

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Qualify New Jersey 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: