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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.

Business & Commerce

SSBCI Collateral Support Program — Kentucky

U.S. Department of the Treasury

Amount varies
Business & Commerce

SSBCI CAP Program — Kentucky

U.S. Department of the Treasury

Amount varies
Business & Commerce

SSBCI Loan Participation Program — Kentucky

U.S. Department of the Treasury

Amount varies
Science & Technology

A More Durable and Universal Adjuvanted Influenza Vaccine Through Synthetic Biology

Department of Health and Human Services — National Institutes of Health

Up to $600K
Science & Technology

Developing a Rehydration System for Lyophilized Blood Products

Department of Defense — Air Force

Up to $75K
Science & Technology

TAK Enabled Meshed Signaling Device

Department of Defense — Air Force

Up to $74K
Science & Technology

AutoGenMalware: Automate Large-scale Zero-knowledge Behavior-centric Bytes-level Malware Sample Repository

Department of Defense — Air Force

Up to $150K
Science & Technology

Acclimate - Active Thermoregulation for Military Personnel

Department of Defense — Air Force

Up to $175K
Science & Technology

UnifiedDL: Secure Metadata-enabled Intelligent Data Integration and Management Lake by AI-powered Graph Canonization and Parallel Processing

Department of Defense — Navy

Up to $140K
Science & Technology

Development of a Nautical Electric Motor for submersible applications ( NEMo)

Department of Defense — Navy

Up to $138K
Science & Technology

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

Up to $296K
Science & Technology

Wicked Smart Pad: Washable Sensorized Bedding for the Prevention and Detection of Moisture Events

Department of Health and Human Services — National Institutes of Health

Up to $343K
Science & Technology

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

Up to $282K
Science & Technology

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

Up to $167K
Science & Technology

Coupled Process for Production of Hydrogen from Bio-based Feedstocks

Department of Agriculture

Up to $175K
Science & Technology

Smartphone Integrated Multispectral Image Sensor for Packaged Meat Safety

Department of Agriculture

Up to $175K
Science & Technology

Development of a Neutrophil Degranulation Inhibitor to Treat ARDS

Department of Health and Human Services — National Institutes of Health

Up to $306K
Science & Technology

OT-Healer: A Real-time Decentralized Self-Security/Healing Tool for DER OT Resiliency

Department of Energy

Up to $200K
Science & Technology

A biological alternative to chemical pesticides to control corn earworm in Hawaii

Department of Agriculture

Up to $175K
Science & Technology

An intensified process for reactive capture of carbon dioxide from the air and its conversion to methanol

Department of Energy

Up to $250K
Science & Technology

Time-resolved laser speckle contrast imaging of resting-state functional connectivity in neonatal brain

Department of Health and Human Services — National Institutes of Health

Up to $289K
Science & Technology

SAR development for Smoke Stack Monitoring System

Department of Defense — Defense Logistics Agency

Up to $50K
Science & Technology

Dye-loaded Nanoparticle Platform for Rapid and Sensitive Vivarium Pathogen Detection

Department of Health and Human Services — National Institutes of Health

Up to $236K
Science & Technology

RESCUEPACK Whole Blood Management System

Department of Defense — Air Force

Up to $75K
Science & Technology

Depth-Resolved Algal Bloom Mapping at Lake Okeechobee, FL

Engineer Research and Development Center

Up to $96K1d left
Health

Small Research Grant Program for the Next Generation of Researchers in AD/ADRD Research (R03 Clinical Trial Optional)

National Institutes of Health

Up to $100K2d left
Income Security & Social Services

Support for a National Electronic Interstate Records Exchange System

Administration for Children and Families - ACYF/CB

Up to $1.6M2d left
Health

Service Area Competition - Additional Area 1

Health Resources and Services Administration

Up to $1.6M2d left
Other

International Religious Freedom Fund (I-REFF) Emergency Assistance

Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor

Up to $4.9M2d left
Environment

2025 South Florida Program

Environmental Protection Agency

Up to $1.0M2d left
Science & Technology

Request for Information – Mutually Beneficial Multidisciplinary Innovation Ecosystems

Dept of the Army -- Materiel Command

Amount varies3d left
Education

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

Up to $350K5d left
Humanities

BJA FY25 Smart Reentry Demonstration Program

Bureau of Justice Assistance

Up to $1.0M5d left
Law, Justice & Legal Services

BJA FY25 Strengthening Community Supervision Agency Operations Program

Bureau of Justice Assistance

Up to $1.0M5d left
Law, Justice & Legal Services

OJJDP FY 2026 Attorney General Alliance Child ID Kits Invitation to Apply

Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention

Up to $10.0M5d left
Education

Mobile Health: Technology and Outcomes in Low and Middle Income Countries (R21/R33 - Clinical Trial Optional)

National Institutes of Health

Amount varies6d left
Science & Technology

ROSES25: F.19 Collaborative Opportunities for Mentorship, Partnership and Academic Success in Science

NASA Headquarters

Amount varies6d left
Education

Next Gen STEM (NGS) NASA Aerospace Skilled Technical Workforce Hubs (NAS_Hub)

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Up to $1.5M6d left
Other

Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund (AEIF) 2026: Strengthen U.S.–Kazakhstan Partnerships Through Alumni-Led Innovation

U.S. Mission to Kazakhstan

Up to $35K6d left
Law, Justice & Legal Services

Securing Convictions from Vetted and Special Unit Operations

U.S. Mission to Mexico

Up to $1.5M6d left
Natural Resources

2026 Atlantic Sea Scallop Research Set Aside Program

DOC NOAA - ERA Production

Amount varies9d left
Disaster Prevention & Relief

Department of the Interior (DOI), Office of Wildland Fire (OWF) - Slip-On Tanker Units

Interior Business Center

Up to $249K9d left
Arts

NEA Research Grants in the Arts, FY 2027

National Endowment for the Arts

Up to $100K9d left
Arts

NEA Research Labs, FY 2027

National Endowment for the Arts

Up to $300K9d left
Science & Technology

Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) Program

U.S. National Science Foundation

Up to $1.0M11d left
Science & Technology

Deployed Warfighter Protection (DWFP) Program for the Protection of Deployed Military Personnel from Threats Posed by Arthropod Disease Vectors

ACC-APG-Detrick

Up to $975K11d left
Agriculture

Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Strengthening Agricultural Systems

National Institute of Food and Agriculture

Up to $10.0M12d left
Community Development

Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 AmeriCorps Seniors RSVP Competition

AmeriCorps

Amount varies12d left

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