Government Grants in Tennessee
158 state-specific grants + 3,334 federal programs available in Tennessee.
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 — Tennessee
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Escape: Enhancing security capabilities through an analytic platform ecosystem- idnetify feasibility study
Department of Health and Human Services — National Institutes of Health
Improving the Outcomes of Home and Community-Based Services for Medicaid Populations Through the Use of Analytics.
Department of Health and Human Services — Administration for Community Living
CAIOS - Containerized Artificial Intelligence for microservices-based Open architecture Systems
Department of Defense — Air Force
Proactive Cyber Defense of Orbital Systems & Software
Department of Defense — Air Force
Innovative Defense-Related Dual- Purpose Technologies/Solutions with a Clear Air Force or Space Force Stakeholder Need
Department of Defense — Air Force
Expeditionary Large-Scale Freeform Composite 3D Printing for Deployed Environments with Indigenous Materials
Department of Defense — Air Force
Havenlock: Saving Lives and Securing Critical DAF Infrastructure
Department of Defense — Air Force
Quiet Swift'Lite Powerglider for ISR Missions
Department of Defense — Air Force
Electrically Small High Frequency Antenna for Unmanned Naval Applications (ESHFAUNA)
Department of Defense — Navy
Skuid UX Application Development for Rapid Data Unification Across Multiple Platforms
Department of Defense — Air Force
Amalgamated Vision Optical Technology For Superior Military Head Mounted Display User Experience
Department of Defense — Air Force
Accelerating mission readiness with hybrid reinforcement of SiC-C heat shields for hypersonics and atmospheric reentry
Department of Defense — Air Force
Lightweight Multifunctional EMI-shielding Coatings Enabled by Domestic, Sustainable, & Low-Cost Carbon Nanotubes
Department of Defense — Air Force
Explosive Gel Shape Charge
Department of Defense — Air Force
Domestic source of semiconducting carbon nanotubes for advanced chemical sensors
Department of Defense — Air Force
Arena Strive: A Data-Driven Approach to Prevent Burnout, Manage Stress, and Improve Regeneration in Air Force Medical Teams
Department of Defense — Air Force
Integrating Smart Lock Technology with USAF PICARD for AI/ML Enabled Base Security
Department of Defense — Air Force
Improving Air Force Supply Chain Resilience Using an AI-Powered Digital Supply Chain Twin
Department of Defense — Air Force
C55-01a ACCELERATING THE DEPLOYMENT OF ADVANCED SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES: Deployment of ASCR-Funded Software
Department of Energy
Amalgamated Vision NASA SBIR Phase I
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Single-Aisle Aircraft LH2 Storage System
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Novel High-G 3-axis Accelerometer for Fuzing Applications
Department of Defense — Defense Microelectronics Activity
SBIR Phase I:Renewable platinum catalyst for fuel cell applications
National Science Foundation
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