Grants for California Individuals

Grants to USA professionals, scholars, educators, administrators, and artists to support professional projects abroad. Awards will be offered to selected recipients specializing in a range of fields at all career levels. Eligible individuals may apply for projects...

Fellowships to USA immigrants and children of immigrants for graduate school support. Funding is intended to assist individuals pursuing advanced degrees in any field. In addition to funding to offset the cost of tuition and fees, Fellows will receive a stipend an...

Opportunity for USA individuals, teams, organizations, institutions, and corporations to develop datasets that can be used to predict the toxicity of specific types of gene therapy. This challenge is intended to use advanced computational methods to develop new ap...

Grants to California ranchers, farmers, and Tribes for initiatives to improve dairy farms. Funding is intended to address the farm's management of manure. The goal of the program is to manage levels of salt and nitrogen, reduce overall emissions of methane, and ad...

Grants to California government agencies, tribal governments, nonprofit organizations, and owners of shoreline property for environmental preservation projects in eligible regions. Funding is intended for projects that protect local habitats, provide flood managem...

Grants to California visual artists and artist-driven organizations in eligible regions for arts projects. Funding is available to artists from a broad range of disciplines, including painting, sculpture, drawing, sound art, performance art, and installations. Eli...

Grants of up to $8,000 to USA and territories women to pursue advanced degrees and courses of study. Funding is intended to benefit women who seek to rejoin the workforce, pursue professional advancement, and change their field of employment. Eligible fields of st...

Opportunity for USA research teams of researchers at IHEs, nonprofit organizations, and research labs to conduct experiments that utilize a robotic arm in low Earth orbit. Applicants must complete an eligibility registration prior to submitting a full white paper....

Prizes to USA individuals, startups, entrepreneurs, businesses, and IHEs to advance energy storage technologies. The prize is intended to mitigate supply chain issues within the early stage of development of energy storage. The goal of the program is to accelerate...

Fellowships to early-career conservation scientists of any nationality based at USA institutions. This two-year post-doctoral fellowship program is intended to support leading scientists by fostering research skills improvement and providing field learning experie...

Grants to California individuals working in the healthcare field for financial assistance in making educational loan repayments. Funding is intended to assist healthcare professionals who obtained government or commercial loans in order to pursue their undergradua...

Grants of up to $75,000 to USA and territories faculty researchers for projects related to sustainable agriculture. Funding is intended to support collaborative education and research projects of researchers, producers, educators, and students conducted within the...

Grants of up to $500 to USA K-12 teachers for science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics programming. Funding is intended for projects with an emphasis on aerospace. Eligible expenses include but are not limited to parts and supplies for robotics, soft...

Awards to USA early- or mid-career faculty members to acknowledge excellence in mentoring scientific researchers. This prize competition is meant to recognize and encourage high-quality mentoring that prepares the next generation of scientific researchers, as well...

Grants of up to $5,000 to USA school and IHE qualifying teachers, instructional support personnel, education support professionals, and groups of educators for professional development activities. Applicants must pre-register prior to applying. Funding is intended...

Grants of up to $5,000 to USA qualifying educators, instructional support personnel, and education support professionals at public schools and IHEs to enhance the learning experience for students. Applicants must pre-register prior to applying. Funding is intended...

Grants of up to $5,000 to USA teachers and school personnel for projects that enhance equity and cultural understanding in the classroom. Applicants must pre-register prior to applying. Funding is intended to support project-based learning and to assist educators ...

Opportunity to USA eligible female business founders to participate in a pitch competition. Winners of the pitch competition will receive cash prizes and a range of in-kind support. The following industries will be eligible to participate: consumer products, beaut...

Contracts for services to USA and territories academics, industries, researchers, and for-profits to increase manufacturing capability for the defense industry. Applicants are advised that the required registrations must be completed prior to applying. The goal of...

Fellowships to USA journalists for projects addressing healthcare topics. Participants will receive an award, project funding, in-kind support, and opportunities to attend seminars, workshops, and conferences. Preference will be given to projects with a focus on h...

Grants of up to $1,000 to USA teachers, IHEs, and schools for Holocaust education activities. Funding is intended for field trips, educational materials, guest speakers, and other programming to teach students about the Holocaust and genocide. The focus is on teac...

Grants of up to $35,000 to USA agricultural producers collaborating with a technical advisor in multiple states and territories to benefit the agriculture industry. Funding is intended to support projects that promote sustainable agriculture. With the support and ...

Grants to USA agricultural professionals in multiple states and territories for professional training related to sustainability in agriculture. Funding is intended to support programs that educate these professionals so that they will be able to conduct training p...

Grants of up to $30,000 to USA and territories graduate students for agricultural projects that promote sustainability in eligible regions. Projects must take place in one of the following regions: Alaska, American Samoa, Arizona, California, Colorado, Guam, Hawai...

Grants to California nonprofit and for-profit organizations, property owners, and government agencies for stormwater management projects in eligible locations. Funding is intended for green infrastructure projects that replace impervious surfaces with plantings an...

Grants to California nonprofit and for-profit organizations, government agencies, and individuals for projects to upgrade stormwater infrastructure in eligible regions. Funding is intended to improve the functionality of the area's sewer system by decreasing the a...

Residencies for USA, Canada, and International artists and scholars to perform research in France. Funding is intended for artists, scholars, and thinkers researching arts, culture, and the humanities. Applicants must be able to attend a ten-week residency, where ...

Grants of up to $85,000 to USA agricultural professionals in multiple states and territories to conduct collaborative projects with qualifying businesses to further agricultural sustainability. Funding is intended to support projects that incorporate both research...

Fellowships of up to $65,000 to USA, Canada, and International fellows and residents affiliated with IHEs to obtain specialized training in the field of eye health. The purpose of the program is to enhance the knowledge of fellows as it relates to retinal degenera...

Grants to USA, Canada, and International researchers associated with IHEs, research institutes, hospitals, laboratories, nonprofit organizations, or other institutions to support research studies related to eye diseases. Applicants must submit a letter of intent p...

Fellowships to USA, Canada, and International early-career PhDs, DVMs, DOs, and ODs affiliated with an eligible research institution for research related to eye disease. Applicants must submit a letter of inquiry before applying. Funding is intended for research f...

Fellowships to USA, Canada, and International artists in various disciplines to pursue projects and teach at a university in New Jersey. Funding is intended for applicants who show noteworthy potential in their artistic practice. For the current cycle, application...

Award of $5,000 to a USA individual to honor an exceptional book of original poetry. The poetry may be in any style or subject and must be in English. The winner must be a living poet who has never published a book-length poetry collection. The winning poet will h...

Grants to USA, Canada, and International qualifying computer scientists and practitioners for assistance to attend a conference program held by the funding source. Eligible applicants are early-career professionals or post-doctorates working in computer science or...

Grants to USA, Canada, and International computer science students at IHEs for financial assistance to attend a conference held by the funding source. Eligible applicants are full-time students studying computer science at accredited institutions. Funds may be use...

Fellowships to USA, Canada, and International artists in various disciplines to pursue projects at a university in New Jersey. This fellowship is intended for applicants who demonstrate outstanding potential in their artistic practice. For the current cycle, appli...

Fellowships to USA and territories PhD scholars for academic research projects in the humanities and eligible social sciences. Fellowships are intended to support projects at all stages of development. Eligible proposals for social science research must utilize pr...

Fellowships to USA early-career doctoral students for creative research projects related to the social sciences and humanities. Funding is intended to assist doctoral students who are seeking innovative approaches to dissertation research in the humanities and int...

Fellowships to USA and Canada educators and leaders to increase their teaching effectiveness and improve their leadership abilities. Participants will benefit from individualized mentoring and will be encouraged to share their knowledge with each other as they att...

Opportunity for USA undergraduate and graduate student teams to participate in a competition to develop technologies to improve spaceflight design. The competition is a design challenge in which college students from across the country help design user interface s...

Fellowships of $60,000 to USA qualifying scholars for social science and humanities research projects. Funding is intended to support individuals engaged in full-time writing and research. The applicant's goal should be to produce a significant scholarly work. Eli...

Grants to USA, Canada, and International organizations and individuals for a wide range of economic development and social empowerment projects. Applicants must submit an initial inquiry form prior to applying. Funding is intended to support projects to address t...

Grants of up to $2,500 to California nonprofit and public organizations, municipalities, public schools, Tribes, and artists in eligible locations to produce new artwork. Eligible art fields include, but are not limited to, dance, film, graphic design, music, pain...

Award to a USA or Canada MD, PhD, MS, or MSc to acknowledge an exceptional science research manuscript. Applicants are required to submit an abstract prior to a full manuscript submission. Eligible areas of interest include in-vitro research, in-vivo animal resear...

Award of $5,000 to a USA or Canada MD, PhD, or MS to acknowledge an exceptional full-length manuscript submission related to sports injury research. Applicants are required to submit an abstract prior to a full manuscript submission. The purpose of the award is to...

Award of $2,000 to a USA or Canada MD, PhD, BS, or MS early-career investigator in recognition of an outstanding full-length research manuscript. Applicants are required to submit an abstract prior to a full manuscript submission. The award is intended to honor an...

Grants to USA early-career scholars affiliated with nonprofit research institutes and universities to pursue research projects related to bioethics. Applicants must submit a letter of intent prior to applying. Funding is intended for salary support as well as proj...

Fellowship to a California early-career curator or curatorial team in eligible locations to receive mentorship in the field. This opportunity is meant to give early-career curators a space to mount exhibitions, under the close mentorship and guidance of experience...

Grants of up to $50,000 to USA medical oncology and urology organizations to host professional medical education programs related to prostate cancer testing. The purpose of the program is to provide prostate cancer care teams with education regarding genetic and s...

Fellowships to USA post-graduate students to carry out scientific research in a laboratory. Research areas of interest include but are not limited to robotics, chemistry, computing, electronics, agriculture, transportation, and water. The project or company must s...