Government Grants in Maine
36 state-specific grants + 3,334 federal programs available in Maine.
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 Venture Capital Program — Maine
U.S. Department of the Treasury
SSBCI Loan Participation Program — Maine
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Air Force Customer Feasibility Study Robot Mounted and Controlled Hydraulic Breaching Tool
Department of Defense — Air Force
Disaster Platform - Helping communities build resilience to disasters via social networking, gamification and relationship building
Environmental Protection Agency
DETECT-ML: Detection of Energetic Topology Errors via Computed Tomography & Machine Learning
Department of Defense — Army
Large-scale Additive Manufacturing R&D to Advance Modular Shelter Design and Deployment
Department of Defense — Army
Seaweed-based bioplastic replacement for commercial lobster fishing gear.
Department of Commerce — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Formable Preform for Advanced Ceramic Matrix Composite Structures
Department of Defense — Defense Logistics Agency
A Maine Wild Blueberry Value-Added Product for Profitability andSustainability of Small and Mid-Sized Growers
Department of Agriculture
Prapela® SVS incubator pad: A cost-effective stochastic vibrotactile device to improve the clinical course of infants with apnea of prematurity.
Department of Health and Human Services — National Institutes of Health
SBIR Phase I:Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Enabled African Language Database
National Science Foundation
OWL 40mm Photoluminescent Tracer
Department of Defense — Navy
Responsive and Tactical Space Launch System (RTSLS)
Department of Defense — Air Force
Self-Contained Forced Entry/Rescue System for Breaching and Rescue Operations from Armored Vehicles
Department of Defense — Air Force
Typhoon-resistant Modular, Insulated, Next-generation, All-climate, TSCIF-capable, Off-grid, Rapidly-buildable Structure (MINATORS)
Department of Defense — Air Force
Image-based risk assessment to identify women at high-risk for breast cancer
Department of Health and Human Services — National Institutes of Health
Recovery and Analysis of Bioactive Compounds from Domestically Grown Sugar Kelp
Department of Agriculture — National Institute of Food and Agriculture
An Electric Workboat for the Aquaculture Industry
Department of Agriculture — National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Integrated Fishing and Marine Mammal Monitoring and Protections System (IFMAPS)
Department of Energy
SBIR Phase II:Cellulose Based Material Innovations for an Ocean Compostable, Fish Friendly, Plastic Packaging Replacement Platform Technology
National Science Foundation
RAE cHealth: A digital community support tool to promote recovery from substance use disorder
Department of Health and Human Services — National Institutes of Health
Embedded Instrumentation for Detection of Flow Separation
Department of Energy
Development and evaluation of peroxide free fin-fish nursery feeds with active DHA-synthase enzyme (DSe)
Department of Commerce — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Sustainable seed production for North Atlantic kelp aquaculture
Department of Commerce — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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