Grants for Small Businesses & Startups

Grants to Oklahoma nonprofit and for-profit organizations to promote tourism in eligible locations. Funding is intended for projects and events that demonstrate an ability to generate overnight visitors to the areas. The grant program encourages all event organize...

Grants of up to $1,500 and in-kind support to Oklahoma retail store owners for community enhancement projects. Funding is intended for a wide range of initiatives to improve local neighborhoods, such as planting bushes and trees, putting up holiday decorations, an...

Grants to Oklahoma investigators affiliated with institutions of higher education, research institutions, and private industry for biomedical research projects. Funding is intended for research studies, travel, equipment, education, and technology. Research topics...

Grants to Oklahoma individuals to develop and expand agricultural businesses. Applicants are required to obtain a letter of endorsement from an advisor who is a professional in the field for which they are applying. Funding is intended for projects and activities ...

Grants of up to $10,000 and loans to Oklahoma nonprofit and for-profit organizations, government agencies, and institutions of higher education for projects and activities that address food insecurity. Funding is intended for programs that help to offer healthy fo...

Grants to Oklahoma entities and individuals to expand or create an event highlighting an agricultural product. Applications must be accompanied by an endorsement from the local Chamber of Commerce. The event should increase the public's interest in agriculture and...

Grants to Oklahoma entities for research relating to the agriculture industry. Funding is intended for studies relating to topics such as product development, test marketing expenses, and feasibility studies. Proposals must illustrate how the research will result ...

Grants to Oklahoma entities or individuals to encourage diversification in agricultural products. Applicants are required to obtain a letter of endorsement from an advisor who is a professional in the field for which they are applying. Funding is intended for unde...

Grants of up to $10,000 to Oklahoma small businesses in eligible locations to make renovations in leased or owned retail spaces. Applicants must contact staff prior to applying. Funding is intended to provide businesses with the capital necessary to expand, update...

Grants to Oklahoma property owners in eligible regions to install fire suppression systems. Applicants must contact staff prior to applying. The purpose of the program is to assist in the redevelopment of local historic downtown buildings by fulfilling requirement...

Grants of up to $10,000 to Oklahoma commercial property owners and renters for signage projects that promote economic development and advance tourism in eligible locations. Funding is intended to develop a corridor with historic and historically inspired signs tha...

Grants of up to $1,000 to Oklahoma licensed child care providers in eligible locations to address emergency operational needs. Funding is intended to respond to short-term, one-time needs and to help ensure community access to childcare following an unexpected ope...

Grants of up to $25,000 to Oklahoma businesses in eligible regions for business development activities. Funding is intended to support equipment purchases and infrastructure improvements that assist local businesses in expanding operations, improving efficiency, ...

Grants of up to $40,000 to Oklahoma property owners and business lessees for facade improvements on commercial properties in eligible locations. Funding is intended for the preservation of historically significant facades. Eligible buildings must be located along ...

Grants to USA food producers in multiple states to mitigate the financial damage caused by natural disasters in 2023 and 2024. Funding is intended to provide disaster relief funds to producers who suffered a decline in revenue, production, or quality of their tree...

Grants of up to $10,000 to California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, and Illinois qualifying businesses for new and existing projects to preserve historic places and advance economic development in eligible regions. Funding is intended to...

Grants of up to $7,500 and grants of up to $10,000 to USA qualifying ag retailers and cooperatives in eligible states to support neighborhood projects. Priority is given to requests that align with farmer well-being and agricultural safety, rural community vitalit...

Grants to USA nonprofit and for-profit organizations, government entities, and private entities for high-risk research projects related to advancing the use of Earth satellite observations. Applicants must contact the funding source and complete the required regis...

Opportunity for USA individuals, teams, organizations, institutions, and corporations to develop datasets that can be used to predict the toxicity of specific types of gene therapy. This challenge is intended to use advanced computational methods to develop new ap...

Grant to a USA, Canada, or International nonprofit or for-profit organization, IHE, public entity, or intramural organization for research related to bone marrow failure (BMF) diseases. Applicants must submit a letter of intent and complete the required registrati...

Grants to USA and territories scientists and teams of scientists affiliated with IHEs, nonprofit and for-profit organizations, government agencies, tribes, and school districts for innovative and unconventional scientific research. Applicants are advised that requ...

Grants to USA, Canada, and International nonprofit and for-profit organizations, research institutes, and academic institutions for innovative studies and therapies for a specific type of muscular dystrophy. Applicants must submit a letter of intent and complete r...

Grants to USA, Canada, and International nonprofit and for-profit organizations, research institutes, and academic institutions for translational research for a specific type of muscular dystrophy. Applicants must submit a letter of intent and complete required re...

Grants to USA, Canada, and International nonprofit and for-profit organizations and public entities for early-career research projects related to Parkinson's disease. Applicants must submit a letter of intent and complete the required registrations prior to applyi...

Grants to USA, Canada, and International public entities and nonprofit and for-profit organizations for high-impact Parkinson's Disease research projects. Applicants must submit a letter of intent and complete the required registrations prior to applying. Funding ...

Grants to USA, Canada, and International nonprofits, for-profits, public entities, intramural organizations, and IHEs for innovative, high-risk research related to rare cancers. Applicants must submit a letter of intent and complete the required registrations prio...

Grants to USA, Canada, and International nonprofit and for-profit organizations and public entities for mentorship opportunities for early-career kidney cancer researchers. Applicants must submit a letter of intent and complete required registrations prior to subm...

Grants to USA, Canada, and International nonprofit and for-profit organizations and public entities for innovative kidney cancer research ideas. Applicants must submit a letter of intent and complete required registrations prior to submitting a full application. F...

Grants to USA, Canada, and International nonprofit and for-profit organizations, and government agencies to encourage emerging scholars to pursue research in neurofibromatosis and schwannomatosis. Applicants must submit a letter of intent and complete the required...

Grants to USA, Canada, and International nonprofit and for-profit organizations, and government agencies for innovative research in neurofibromatosis and schwannomatosis. Applicants must submit a letter of intent and complete the required registrations prior to ap...

Grants to USA, Canada, and International nonprofit and for-profit organizations, and government agencies for high-impact research that will foster new directions for and address overlooked issues in neurofibromatosis research. Applicants must submit a letter of in...

Grants to USA, Canada, and International nonprofit and for-profit organizations, and government agencies for collaborative neurofibromatosis research. Applicants must submit a letter of intent and complete the required registrations prior to applying. Applications...

Grants to USA, Canada, and International nonprofit and for-profit organizations and research institutions to improve Navy electrical systems. Applicants are advised to complete required registrations prior to submitting an application. The purpose of funding is to...

Opportunity for USA and territories nonprofit organizations, academic institutions, PreK-12 schools, for-profit entities, and tribes to participate in a competition to present innovative solutions that mitigate fatal electrocutions in the workplace. Competitors mu...

Grants to USA, Canada, and International nonprofit organizations, IHEs, government agencies, for-profits, school districts, and Tribal organizations for research to develop technologies to treat neurological disorders. Applicants are advised that the required regi...

Cooperative agreements to USA nonprofit organizations, government agencies, tribes, IHEs, and for-profits for translational and clinical brain research. Applicants are advised that the required registrations must be completed prior to applying. Funding is intended...

Cooperative agreements to USA government agencies, for-profits, IHEs, tribes, and nonprofit organizations for brain research. Applicants are advised that the required registrations must be completed prior to applying. Funding is intended for clinical studies for d...

Grants to USA, Canada, and International nonprofit and for-profit organizations, research institutions, and IHEs to improve Navy communications interoperability. Applicants are advised to complete required registrations prior to submitting an application. The purp...

Cooperative Agreements to USA and territories nonprofit organizations, IHEs, businesses, government agencies, and faith-based organizations for research on workplace safety in the commercial fishing sector. Applicants must complete registrations before applying, w...

Grants to USA and territories for-profits, nonprofit organizations, government agencies, Tribes, and IHEs for programs to improve safety training for commercial fishermen. Applicants are advised that the required registrations must be completed prior to applying. ...

Cooperative agreements to USA nonprofit organizations, government agencies, Tribes, IHEs, and businesses for activities addressing global fungal disease threats. Applicants must complete registrations before applying. Funding is intended for improving laboratory o...

Grants to USA nonprofit and for-profit organizations, government agencies, tribes, fisheries, and educational institutions to implement and improve technological innovations in the fishing industry. The purpose of the funding is to expand the use and upgrade the l...

Prizes to USA individuals, startups, entrepreneurs, businesses, and IHEs to advance energy storage technologies. The prize is intended to mitigate supply chain issues within the early stage of development of energy storage. The goal of the program is to accelerate...

Grants to USA nonprofit and for-profit organizations, IHE hospitals, and government agencies for programs to develop organizational capacity to conduct research. Applicants must submit a letter of intent prior to submitting a full application. The purpose of the p...

Grants to USA nonprofit and for-profit organizations, agencies, and IHEs for research projects focused on the engagement of partners in medical research. Applicants must submit a letter of intent prior to submitting a full application. This opportunity is focused ...

Opportunity for USA nonprofit and for-profit organizations to compete in a contest to create a fully digital military training program. Applicants are required to submit a preliminary application and complete required registrations prior to a full grant applicatio...

Grants to USA, Canada, and International nonprofit organizations, for-profit companies, government agencies, and academic institutions for micronutrient research. Funding is intended for introducing novel binding molecules, measuring vitamin nutritional status usi...

Grants to USA research entities, including agencies, nonprofit organizations, for-profit organizations, and IHEs, for research projects focused on people with rare diseases and/or developmental and intellectual disabilities. Applicants must submit a letter of inqu...

Grants to USA nonprofit and for-profit organizations, IHEs, and government agencies for research projects on a wide range of health-related topics. Special emphasis is placed on studies related to diabetes, neuropathic pain, dementia and IDD, mental health in preg...

Grants to USA government agencies, for-profit and nonprofit organizations, and institutions of higher education for research related to the effectiveness of substance use disorder treatment programs. Applicants must submit an LOI prior to applying. Priority focus ...