Government Grants in Kentucky
79 state-specific grants + 3,334 federal programs available in Kentucky.
Federal government grants are available to applicants in this state across all major categories including health, education, science, environment, and business development. Browse the listings below to find programs you may qualify for, and always verify eligibility on the official program website.
SSBCI Collateral Support Program — Kentucky
U.S. Department of the Treasury
SSBCI CAP Program — Kentucky
U.S. Department of the Treasury
SSBCI Loan Participation Program — Kentucky
U.S. Department of the Treasury
A More Durable and Universal Adjuvanted Influenza Vaccine Through Synthetic Biology
Department of Health and Human Services — National Institutes of Health
Developing a Rehydration System for Lyophilized Blood Products
Department of Defense — Air Force
TAK Enabled Meshed Signaling Device
Department of Defense — Air Force
AutoGenMalware: Automate Large-scale Zero-knowledge Behavior-centric Bytes-level Malware Sample Repository
Department of Defense — Air Force
Acclimate - Active Thermoregulation for Military Personnel
Department of Defense — Air Force
UnifiedDL: Secure Metadata-enabled Intelligent Data Integration and Management Lake by AI-powered Graph Canonization and Parallel Processing
Department of Defense — Navy
Development of a Nautical Electric Motor for submersible applications ( NEMo)
Department of Defense — Navy
Integration of Compliance Chambers into Diaphragm Displacement Pump to Double the Pumping Flow of Pediatric Paracorporeal Pulsatile Ventricular Assist Device
Department of Health and Human Services — National Institutes of Health
Wicked Smart Pad: Washable Sensorized Bedding for the Prevention and Detection of Moisture Events
Department of Health and Human Services — National Institutes of Health
Developing a High-Flow Acoustofluidic Loading Platform for Research Cell Stabilization in the Anhydrous State
Department of Health and Human Services — National Institutes of Health
A2TTA: Real-time Isotope Identification and Quantification using YOLO-based Neural Network for Advanced Atom Trap Trace Analysis
Department of Defense — Defense Threat Reduction Agency
Coupled Process for Production of Hydrogen from Bio-based Feedstocks
Department of Agriculture
Smartphone Integrated Multispectral Image Sensor for Packaged Meat Safety
Department of Agriculture
Development of a Neutrophil Degranulation Inhibitor to Treat ARDS
Department of Health and Human Services — National Institutes of Health
OT-Healer: A Real-time Decentralized Self-Security/Healing Tool for DER OT Resiliency
Department of Energy
A biological alternative to chemical pesticides to control corn earworm in Hawaii
Department of Agriculture
An intensified process for reactive capture of carbon dioxide from the air and its conversion to methanol
Department of Energy
Time-resolved laser speckle contrast imaging of resting-state functional connectivity in neonatal brain
Department of Health and Human Services — National Institutes of Health
SAR development for Smoke Stack Monitoring System
Department of Defense — Defense Logistics Agency
Dye-loaded Nanoparticle Platform for Rapid and Sensitive Vivarium Pathogen Detection
Department of Health and Human Services — National Institutes of Health
RESCUEPACK Whole Blood Management System
Department of Defense — Air Force
Depth-Resolved Algal Bloom Mapping at Lake Okeechobee, FL
Engineer Research and Development Center
Small Research Grant Program for the Next Generation of Researchers in AD/ADRD Research (R03 Clinical Trial Optional)
National Institutes of Health
Support for a National Electronic Interstate Records Exchange System
Administration for Children and Families - ACYF/CB
Service Area Competition - Additional Area 1
Health Resources and Services Administration
International Religious Freedom Fund (I-REFF) Emergency Assistance
Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor
2025 South Florida Program
Environmental Protection Agency
Request for Information – Mutually Beneficial Multidisciplinary Innovation Ecosystems
Dept of the Army -- Materiel Command
Single Cell Opioid Responses in the Context of HIV (SCORCH) Program: Data Mining and Functional Validation (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
National Institutes of Health
BJA FY25 Smart Reentry Demonstration Program
Bureau of Justice Assistance
BJA FY25 Strengthening Community Supervision Agency Operations Program
Bureau of Justice Assistance
OJJDP FY 2026 Attorney General Alliance Child ID Kits Invitation to Apply
Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention
Mobile Health: Technology and Outcomes in Low and Middle Income Countries (R21/R33 - Clinical Trial Optional)
National Institutes of Health
ROSES25: F.19 Collaborative Opportunities for Mentorship, Partnership and Academic Success in Science
NASA Headquarters
Next Gen STEM (NGS) NASA Aerospace Skilled Technical Workforce Hubs (NAS_Hub)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund (AEIF) 2026: Strengthen U.S.–Kazakhstan Partnerships Through Alumni-Led Innovation
U.S. Mission to Kazakhstan
Securing Convictions from Vetted and Special Unit Operations
U.S. Mission to Mexico
2026 Atlantic Sea Scallop Research Set Aside Program
DOC NOAA - ERA Production
Department of the Interior (DOI), Office of Wildland Fire (OWF) - Slip-On Tanker Units
Interior Business Center
NEA Research Grants in the Arts, FY 2027
National Endowment for the Arts
NEA Research Labs, FY 2027
National Endowment for the Arts
Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) Program
U.S. National Science Foundation
Deployed Warfighter Protection (DWFP) Program for the Protection of Deployed Military Personnel from Threats Posed by Arthropod Disease Vectors
ACC-APG-Detrick
Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Strengthening Agricultural Systems
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 AmeriCorps Seniors RSVP Competition
AmeriCorps