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Maine grants for nonprofits & individuals

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

Federal grant funding to Maine (FY2025)
$6.4B
#44 of 50 states
Per resident
$4,670
federal grants per capita

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

Which federal programs actually fund Maine

Competitively awarded federal grant dollars that went to Maine 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 Maine
Disaster Grants - Public Assistance (Presidentially Declared Disasters)97.036$185.6M
Highway Planning and Construction20.205$133.1M
Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience81.254$65.4M
Congressionally Mandated Projects66.202$57.2M
Head Start93.600$51.1M
Health Center Program (Community Health Centers, Migrant Health Centers, Health Care for the Homeless, and Public Housing Primary Care)93.224$46.9M
1332 State Innovation Waivers93.423$43.4M
Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements66.818$38.4M

Who won competitive federal grants in Maine

The largest Maine 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
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY MAINE$210.0M
MAINE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$184.5M
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, MAINE DEPARTMENT OF$92.5M
JACKSON LABORATORY$81.2M
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY RESOURCES$65.4M
MAINE GUARANTEED ACCESS REINSURANCE ASSOCIATION$43.4M
NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND PASSENGER RAIL AUTHORITY$38.2M
STATE OF MAINE$34.6M

Open federal grants for Maine applicants

A sample of the 2,243 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 Maine.

Fiscal Year 2027 Expanding Nutrition ServicesHealth Resources and Services Administration · $350,000 – $350,000 · due 2026-09-09 · funded in MaineNational Institute of General Medical Sciences Predoctoral Basic Biomedical Sciences Research Training Program (T32)National Institutes of Health · due 2026-09-25 · funded in MaineTribal Undergraduate to Graduate Research Training and Leadership Experiences (TURTLE) Program (UE5/T32)National Institutes of Health · due 2027-01-25 · funded in MaineMedical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) (T32)National Institutes of Health · due 2027-01-25 · funded in MaineNational Centers for Cryo-electron Tomography (cryoET) (R24 -Clinical Trial Not Allowed)National Institutes of Health · due 2027-01-26 · funded in MaineTribal Institutional Review Board Establishment and Enhancement (TIRBEE) (R24 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)National Institutes of Health · due 2027-01-27 · funded in MaineNIGMS National and Regional Resources (R24 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)National Institutes of Health · due 2027-06-14 · funded in MaineFocused Technology Research and Development (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)National Institutes of Health · due 2028-01-07 · funded in MaineMaximizing Investigators' Research Award (MIRA) (R35 - Clinical Trial Optional)National Institutes of Health · due 2028-05-26 · funded in MaineNIGMS Institutional Biomedical Undergraduate Research Training (BURT) Program (T34)National Institutes of Health · due 2028-09-25 · funded in MaineBiomedical Technology Optimization and Dissemination Center (BTOD) (RM1 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)National Institutes of Health · due 2029-01-29 · funded in MaineMaximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) for Early Stage Investigators (ESI)National Institutes of Health · due 2029-02-06 · funded in Maine
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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.