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Montana grants for nonprofits & individuals

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

Federal grant funding to Montana (FY2025)
$5.8B
#46 of 50 states
Per resident
$5,364
federal grants per capita

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

Which federal programs actually fund Montana

Competitively awarded federal grant dollars that went to Montana 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 Montana
Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience81.254$747.5M
Airport Improvement Program, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs, and COVID-19 Airports Programs20.106$128.2M
Highway Planning and Construction20.205$122.0M
Impact Aid84.041$69.3M
Head Start93.600$68.8M
1332 State Innovation Waivers93.423$51.8M
Climate Pollution Reduction Grants66.046$49.8M
Indian Housing Block Grants14.867$48.3M

Who won competitive federal grants in Montana

The largest Montana 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
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE MONTANA$756.0M
MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$111.5M
DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS MONTANA$90.0M
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY$70.3M
NATURAL RESOURCES & CONSERVATION, MONTANA DEPT OF$61.4M
UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA$51.9M
STATE AUDITOR MONTANA$51.8M
FISH WILDLIFE & PARKS MONTANA DEPARTMENT$49.5M

Open federal grants for Montana 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 Montana.

Fiscal Year 2027 Expanding Nutrition ServicesHealth Resources and Services Administration · $350,000 – $350,000 · due 2026-09-09 · funded in MontanaTribal Broadband Connectivity ProgramMisty L Roosa Grantor · due 2026-11-17 · funded in MontanaNational Institute of General Medical Sciences Predoctoral Basic Biomedical Sciences Research Training Program (T32)National Institutes of Health · due 2026-09-25 · funded in MontanaTribal Undergraduate to Graduate Research Training and Leadership Experiences (TURTLE) Program (UE5/T32)National Institutes of Health · due 2027-01-25 · funded in MontanaMedical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) (T32)National Institutes of Health · due 2027-01-25 · funded in MontanaNational Centers for Cryo-electron Tomography (cryoET) (R24 -Clinical Trial Not Allowed)National Institutes of Health · due 2027-01-26 · funded in MontanaTribal Institutional Review Board Establishment and Enhancement (TIRBEE) (R24 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)National Institutes of Health · due 2027-01-27 · funded in MontanaNIGMS National and Regional Resources (R24 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)National Institutes of Health · due 2027-06-14 · funded in MontanaFocused Technology Research and Development (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)National Institutes of Health · due 2028-01-07 · funded in MontanaMaximizing Investigators' Research Award (MIRA) (R35 - Clinical Trial Optional)National Institutes of Health · due 2028-05-26 · funded in MontanaNIGMS Institutional Biomedical Undergraduate Research Training (BURT) Program (T34)National Institutes of Health · due 2028-09-25 · funded in MontanaBiomedical Technology Optimization and Dissemination Center (BTOD) (RM1 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)National Institutes of Health · due 2029-01-29 · funded in Montana
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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.