The GRANT Program is available for eligible recipients to support the local match requirement when applying for a federal government grant. Applications open June 1, 2024 and will continue on a rolling monthly basis thereafter until funds expire.
Supports the efforts of nonprofit organizations to build vibrant communities that offer stable jobs, homes, and communities connected through culture, recreation, and play.
Funding through the Implementation Pathway will help communities and regions devise and implement long-term economic recovery strategies through a variety of construction and non-construction projects to address economic challenges in areas where a Presidential declaration of a major disaster was issued in 2023 and 2024.
NACo’s Counties for Housing Solutions will provide free virtual technical assistance to help counties assess and update their zoning codes to increase affordable housing development and overall housing supply. These fast-paced technical assistance sprints are designed to be high-intensity and implementation-focused, with a county being on track to formally adopt an amendment to their zoning code at the conclusion of the sprint.
The purpose of this program is to bring recent advances in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) knowledge into undergraduate education, that adapt, improve, and incorporate evidence-based practices into STEM teaching and learning, and that lay the groundwork for institutional improvement in STEM education. Funding will support projects that implement evidence-based and knowledge-generating approaches to understand and improve STEM learning and learning environments, improve the diversity of STEM students and majors, and prepare STEM majors for the workforce.
Funding will also support projects to conduct workshops and conferences aimed at improving undergraduate STEM education, developing implementation practices, and/or assembling research partnerships and agendas. Conference projects that address diversity in STEM teaching and learning and/or involve collaborations of educational researchers and disciplinary scientists to ensure that STEM teaching reflects cutting-edge STEM disciplinary research are especially encouraged.
Questions should be directed to program staff at (703) 292-8670 or iuse@nsf.gov. Proposals must be submitted online at www.research.gov or www.ecivis.com/grants.gov.
Eligible applicants include:
Institutions of higher education (IHEs)
Nonprofit, non-academic organizations
Tribal nations
State and local governments
In addition, for-profit organizations may be eligible to apply if the project is of special concern from a national point of view, special resources are available for the work, or the proposed project is especially meritorious.
Applications for conferences and workshops are accepted on a rolling basis. Deadlines for other types of proposals are as follows: Institutional and community transformation (ICT) capacity building and ICT level 1 proposals, and engaged student learning (ESL) level 1 proposals: January 21, 2026
ICT level 2 proposals and ESL levels 2 and 3 proposals: July 15, 2026