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Alabama grants for nonprofits & individuals

Open federal and state grants Alabama organizations and individuals can apply for — with who qualifies, how much, the deadline, and exactly what each one requires.

Federal grant funding to Alabama (FY2025)
$14.6B
#28 of 50 states
Per resident
$2,898
federal grants per capita

State-specific Alabama grant programs are being added; federal opportunities below are open to Alabama applicants.

Which federal programs actually fund Alabama

Competitively awarded federal grant dollars that went to Alabama recipients in FY2025 — project grants and cooperative agreements only. Formula and block funding (Medicaid, highways) is excluded because it is allocated to state government, not won by applicants.

ProgramAssistance listingAwarded in Alabama
Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program11.035$1.4B
Highway Planning and Construction20.205$214.9M
Airport Improvement Program, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs, and COVID-19 Airports Programs20.106$161.7M
Head Start93.600$154.5M
Higher Education Institutional Aid84.031$115.0M
Health Center Program (Community Health Centers, Migrant Health Centers, Health Care for the Homeless, and Public Housing Primary Care)93.224$90.9M
Clean Energy Demonstrations81.255$80.0M
National Guard Military Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Projects12.401$52.6M

Who won competitive federal grants in Alabama

The largest Alabama recipients of competitive federal grant awards in FY2025. Useful for two things: seeing who your likely co-applicants and partners are, and seeing which programs have a track record of paying out in this state.

RecipientAwarded
ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF$1.4B
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM$343.0M
ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$211.4M
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA$97.0M
AUBURN UNIVERSITY$82.7M
AMERICAN CAST IRON PIPE COMPANY$75.0M
DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY ALABAMA$74.4M
THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE$68.2M

Open federal grants for Alabama applicants

A sample of the 2,037 federal opportunities open now — each links to a full breakdown of eligibility, required documents, and deadlines. Listed first: the 12 whose program has a record of awarding money in Alabama.

ROSES25: A.13 Accelerating Earth SolutionsCaleb Schuler Grantor · due 2026-10-15 · funded in AlabamaROSES 2025: C.2 Solar System ScienceCaleb Schuler Grantor · due 2026-11-12 · funded in AlabamaROSES 2025: A.4 Rapid Response and Novel Research in Earth ScienceCaleb Schuler Grantor · due 2026-12-31 · funded in AlabamaAtopic Dermatitis Research Network (ADRN) (U19 Clinical Trial Optional)National Institutes of Health · $4,520,000 · due 2026-09-24 · funded in AlabamaNIAID Career Transition Award (K22 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)National Institutes of Health · up to $150,000 · due 2028-01-07 · funded in AlabamaNIAID Investigator Initiated Program Project Applications (P01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)National Institutes of Health · due 2029-05-25 · funded in AlabamaNIAID Resource-Related Research Projects (R24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)National Institutes of Health · due 2029-05-25 · funded in AlabamaNIAID Clinical Trial Implementation Cooperative Agreement (U01 Clinical Trial Required)National Institutes of Health · due 2029-07-05 · funded in AlabamaInstitutional Training Programs to Advance Translational Research on Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and AD-Related Dementias (ADRD) (T32 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)National Institutes of Health · due 2026-09-25 · funded in AlabamaNIA Expanding Research in AD/ADRD (ERA) Summer Research Education Program (R25 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)National Institutes of Health · up to $200,000 · due 2027-05-26 · funded in AlabamaNIA Expanding Research in AD/ADRD (ERA) Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (R25 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)National Institutes of Health · up to $400,000 · due 2027-05-26 · funded in AlabamaAlzheimer's Drug-Development Program (U01 Clinical Trial Optional)National Institutes of Health · up to $1,500,000 · due 2027-11-05 · funded in Alabama
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This report compiles and structures publicly available grant information from official federal and state sources. It is not legal, financial, or grant-writing advice, is not an endorsement by any grantor, and does not replace reading the official grant solicitation or consulting a grants professional. Eligibility, funding amounts, and deadlines are current as of the source’s publication date — always confirm against the official notice of funding opportunity before you apply. Many federal grants are not available to for-profit businesses or individuals; where that applies, the report says so.