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Program Classifications Grants.gov

Every grant opportunity from Grants.gov in our database is classified by its relevance to rural communities. Click a tier to filter, or use the search and agency filters below.

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Rural Exclusive
Programs designed exclusively for rural communities — typically USDA Rural Development, Rural Utilities Service, and similar agencies whose mission is rural-focused.
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Rural Priority
Programs that give priority or preference to rural applicants, or that have a significant track record of funding rural areas (e.g., EDA, ARC, tribal programs).
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Rural Eligible
Programs where rural communities are eligible to apply but that do not specifically target or prioritize rural areas.
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Suggested Programs USASpending.gov
Programs with high per-capita federal award spending in non-metro counties, identified from USASpending.gov obligation data.
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Advanced Technological Education U.S. National Science Foundation Rural Eligible Oct 1, 2026
Advanced Technologies and Instrumentation for the Astronomical Sciences U.S. National Science Foundation Rural Eligible Nov 16, 2026
Atmosphere Cluster U.S. National Science Foundation Rural Eligible -
Cognitive Neuroscience U.S. National Science Foundation Rural Eligible Aug 17, 2026
Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE): Future Computing Research U.S. National Science Foundation Rural Eligible Sep 10, 2026
Condensed Matter and Materials Theory U.S. National Science Foundation Rural Eligible -
Cyberinfrastructure for Public Access and Open Science U.S. National Science Foundation Rural Eligible -
Cybersecurity Innovation for Cyberinfrastructure U.S. National Science Foundation Rural Eligible Jan 20, 2027
Developmental Sciences U.S. National Science Foundation Rural Eligible Jul 30, 2026
Division of Chemistry: Disciplinary Research Programs: No Deadline Pilot U.S. National Science Foundation Rural Eligible -
ECosystem for Leading Innovation in Plasma Science and Engineering U.S. National Science Foundation Rural Eligible Aug 11, 2026
Engineering for Civil Infrastructure U.S. National Science Foundation Rural Eligible -
Environmental Engineering U.S. National Science Foundation Rural Eligible -
EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII): EPSCoR Research Fellows U.S. National Science Foundation Rural Eligible Apr 14, 2026
EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: EPSCoR Collaborations for Optimizing Research Ecosystems U.S. National Science Foundation Rural Eligible Jul 21, 2026
EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: EPSCoR Research Incubators for STEM Excellence U.S. National Science Foundation Rural Eligible Aug 11, 2026
Faculty Early Career Development Program U.S. National Science Foundation Rural Eligible Jul 22, 2026
Findable Accessible Interoperable Reusable Open Science U.S. National Science Foundation Rural Eligible Apr 8, 2026
Geospace Cluster U.S. National Science Foundation Rural Eligible -
GROWING CONVERGENCE RESEARCH U.S. National Science Foundation Rural Eligible Feb 8, 2027
Growing Research Access for Nationally Transformative Economic Development U.S. National Science Foundation Rural Eligible -
Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Directorate for STEM Education U.S. National Science Foundation Rural Eligible Jul 15, 2026
Infrastructure Capacity for Biological Research U.S. National Science Foundation Rural Eligible -
Infrastructure Innovation for Biological Research U.S. National Science Foundation Rural Eligible -
Integrated Data Systems & Services U.S. National Science Foundation Rural Eligible Jul 28, 2026
Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation U.S. National Science Foundation Rural Eligible Nov 20, 2026
Major Research Instrumentation Program U.S. National Science Foundation Rural Eligible Nov 16, 2026
Mathematical Foundations of Artificial Intelligence U.S. National Science Foundation Rural Eligible Oct 9, 2026
Mathematical Sciences Infrastructure Program U.S. National Science Foundation Rural Eligible Aug 4, 2026
Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics U.S. National Science Foundation Rural Eligible Aug 27, 2026
Mid-scale Research Infrastructure-1 U.S. National Science Foundation Rural Eligible Feb 8, 2027
National Facilities U.S. National Science Foundation Rural Eligible -
NSF National Quantum Virtual Laboratory - Quantum Testbeds U.S. National Science Foundation Rural Eligible Apr 7, 2026
NSF-DFG Lead Agency Opportunity in Chemistry and Chemical Process and Transport Systems U.S. National Science Foundation Rural Eligible -
NSF's Eddie Bernice Johnson Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (INCLUDES) Initiative U.S. National Science Foundation Rural Eligible May 12, 2026
Pathways to Enable Secure Open-Source Ecosystems U.S. National Science Foundation Rural Eligible Sep 1, 2026
Plant Genome Research Program U.S. National Science Foundation Rural Eligible -
Plasma Physics U.S. National Science Foundation Rural Eligible Nov 16, 2026
Research in the Formation of Engineers U.S. National Science Foundation Rural Eligible -
Research Infrastructure in the Social and Behavioral Sciences U.S. National Science Foundation Rural Eligible -
Research on the Science and Technology Enterprise: Indicators, Statistics, and Methods (NCSES S&T) U.S. National Science Foundation Rural Eligible Jun 16, 2026
Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program U.S. National Science Foundation Rural Eligible Aug 25, 2026
Scholarships in STEM Network U.S. National Science Foundation Rural Eligible Aug 13, 2026
Science of Organizations U.S. National Science Foundation Rural Eligible -
The Research on Research Security Program U.S. National Science Foundation Rural Eligible -
Training-based Workforce Development for Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (CyberTraining) U.S. National Science Foundation Rural Eligible Jan 21, 2027
U.S. National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) Program U.S. National Science Foundation Rural Eligible Sep 8, 2026
WINDOWS ON THE UNIVERSE: THE ERA OF MULTI-MESSENGER ASTROPHYSICS U.S. National Science Foundation Rural Eligible Sep 30, 2026
NDEP STEM Open NFO Washington Headquarters Services Rural Eligible Feb 8, 2028
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