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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.

Business & Commerce

SSBCI Venture Capital Program — Tennessee

U.S. Department of the Treasury

Amount varies
Science & Technology

Escape: Enhancing security capabilities through an analytic platform ecosystem- idnetify feasibility study

Department of Health and Human Services — National Institutes of Health

Up to $600K
Science & Technology

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

Up to $100K
Science & Technology

CAIOS - Containerized Artificial Intelligence for microservices-based Open architecture Systems

Department of Defense — Air Force

Up to $75K
Science & Technology

Proactive Cyber Defense of Orbital Systems & Software

Department of Defense — Air Force

Up to $75K
Science & Technology

Innovative Defense-Related Dual- Purpose Technologies/Solutions with a Clear Air Force or Space Force Stakeholder Need

Department of Defense — Air Force

Up to $75K
Science & Technology

Expeditionary Large-Scale Freeform Composite 3D Printing for Deployed Environments with Indigenous Materials

Department of Defense — Air Force

Up to $75K
Science & Technology

Havenlock: Saving Lives and Securing Critical DAF Infrastructure

Department of Defense — Air Force

Up to $75K
Science & Technology

Quiet Swift'Lite Powerglider for ISR Missions

Department of Defense — Air Force

Up to $75K
Science & Technology

Electrically Small High Frequency Antenna for Unmanned Naval Applications (ESHFAUNA)

Department of Defense — Navy

Up to $140K
Science & Technology

Skuid UX Application Development for Rapid Data Unification Across Multiple Platforms

Department of Defense — Air Force

Up to $74K
Science & Technology

Amalgamated Vision Optical Technology For Superior Military Head Mounted Display User Experience

Department of Defense — Air Force

Up to $75K
Science & Technology

Accelerating mission readiness with hybrid reinforcement of SiC-C heat shields for hypersonics and atmospheric reentry

Department of Defense — Air Force

Up to $71K
Science & Technology

Lightweight Multifunctional EMI-shielding Coatings Enabled by Domestic, Sustainable, & Low-Cost Carbon Nanotubes

Department of Defense — Air Force

Up to $75K
Science & Technology

Explosive Gel Shape Charge

Department of Defense — Air Force

Up to $75K
Science & Technology

Domestic source of semiconducting carbon nanotubes for advanced chemical sensors

Department of Defense — Air Force

Up to $75K
Science & Technology

Arena Strive: A Data-Driven Approach to Prevent Burnout, Manage Stress, and Improve Regeneration in Air Force Medical Teams

Department of Defense — Air Force

Up to $74K
Science & Technology

Integrating Smart Lock Technology with USAF PICARD for AI/ML Enabled Base Security

Department of Defense — Air Force

Up to $75K
Science & Technology

Improving Air Force Supply Chain Resilience Using an AI-Powered Digital Supply Chain Twin

Department of Defense — Air Force

Up to $74K
Science & Technology

C55-01a ACCELERATING THE DEPLOYMENT OF ADVANCED SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES: Deployment of ASCR-Funded Software

Department of Energy

Up to $200K
Science & Technology

Amalgamated Vision NASA SBIR Phase I

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Up to $150K
Science & Technology

Single-Aisle Aircraft LH2 Storage System

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Up to $150K
Science & Technology

Novel High-G 3-axis Accelerometer for Fuzing Applications

Department of Defense — Defense Microelectronics Activity

Up to $197K
Science & Technology

SBIR Phase I:Renewable platinum catalyst for fuel cell applications

National Science Foundation

Up to $275K
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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