Federal Business and Commerce Grants

This funding opportunity supports U.S. aquaculture programs in improving legal, regulatory, and policy frameworks to promote sustainable development and resilience in coastal and marine communities.

This funding opportunity supports non-profit organizations in Zimbabwe that empower women entrepreneurs by providing essential skills, resources, and mentorship to help them succeed in the private sector.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to rural communities for projects that create jobs and promote economic development, such as establishing business centers, training programs, and infrastructure improvements.

This funding opportunity supports organizations working to improve fiscal transparency and public financial management in various countries, focusing on enhancing budget transparency, parliamentary oversight, and public engagement in fiscal processes.

This funding opportunity supports collaborations between Sea Grant programs and Minority Serving Institutions to enhance aquaculture research, education, and community engagement across four U.S. regions.

This program provides funding for cultural and educational projects that strengthen ties between the U.S. and Türkiye, encouraging collaboration in areas like security, innovation, democratic values, and cultural exchange.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to organizations working to strengthen small and medium-sized enterprises in Haiti, helping them improve performance, access financing, and create jobs to foster economic growth.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to Sea Grant Programs for creating hands-on aquaculture internships that help develop workforce skills in the U.S. aquaculture industry for students and interested individuals, including veterans and commercial fishers.

FY 2025 Opportunity for the Development of Sea Grant Projects aims to fund the creation of two new Sea Grant projects in the U.S. Virgin Islands and the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands, focusing on research, education, and outreach to support sustainable coastal and marine resource management.

This program provides funding to public bodies, nonprofit organizations, and government entities to support economic development and job creation initiatives in rural areas with populations under 50,000.

Grant Title: FY2025 Weather Program Office Research Programs Announcement - VORTEX USA aims to enhance tornado forecasting and public safety by funding interdisciplinary research that improves warning systems, understands societal vulnerabilities, and utilizes advanced technologies.

The FY2025 Weather Program Office Research Programs Announcement - Air Quality Research and Forecasting (AQRF) aims to enhance the nation's air quality prediction capabilities through innovative research and technology development, with a focus on improving emissions modeling, atmospheric composition predictions, and computational efficiency.

FY2025 Weather Program Office Research Programs Announcement - Subseasonal to Seasonal: This grant aims to fund projects that enhance weather, water, and earth system forecasting and observations on a subseasonal to seasonal scale, with a focus on improving predictive models and data assimilation techniques, particularly through innovative approaches like artificial intelligence and machine learning.

FY2025 National Aquaculture Initiative: Strengthening U.S. Coastal, Marine, and Great Lakes Aquaculture Through Business Support aims to enhance the development and efficiency of U.S. aquaculture businesses by funding projects that address critical business needs and promote partnerships between researchers, industry stakeholders, and Sea Grant extension personnel.

FY2025 Weather Program Office Research Programs Announcement - Testbeds aims to fund projects that advance applied weather research and improve forecasting tools for severe weather hazards by collaborating with NOAA's testbeds to ensure practical application in real-world forecasting operations.

FY2025 Weather Program Office Research Programs Announcement - Observations aims to fund innovative research projects that develop and enhance sensor and observation technologies to improve the accuracy and reliability of weather forecasts, particularly in high-impact weather scenarios.

FY2025 Weather Program Office Research Program Announcement - Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBES): This grant aims to fund interdisciplinary research that integrates social and behavioral sciences with meteorology to enhance public responses to hazardous weather events and improve community safety and resilience.

The "FY25 Ocean Acidification Coastal Research: Uniting Investigations and Shipboard Experiments (OA CRUISE)" grant aims to fund projects that enhance coastal research on ocean acidification, particularly in relation to the upcoming East Coast Ocean Acidification Cruise (ECOA-4) in summer 2026, focusing on the impacts of ocean chemistry changes on marine ecosystems and coastal communities.

This grant provides funding to community organizations in the U.S. to develop and implement initiatives that improve health equity for people with disabilities.

This competition provides funding to companies and coalitions developing innovative technologies that improve the integration of energy storage systems with the electricity grid, promoting a more efficient and sustainable energy future.