Grants for businesses in Kentucky
Federal agencies awarded $550 million in 42 grants to businesses in Kentucky from fiscal 2021 to 2025. The largest source was Clean Energy Demonstrations. 12 open or forecast federal grants are good fits for businesses.
- Kentucky ranks 24th of the 50 states and DC for federal grants to businesses.
- Grants to businesses made up 1% of all federal grant money to recipients in Kentucky.
- That is 1% of all federal grant money to businesses nationwide.
- Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$550 million
- Grant awards42
- Good fits open nationwide12
Federal programs that fund businesses in Kentucky
| Program | Awarded to businesses in Kentucky |
|---|---|
| Clean Energy Demonstrations | $342 million |
| Defense Production Act Title III (DPA Title III) | $94.1 million |
| Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements | $39.2 million |
| Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities | $21.4 million |
| Education Stabilization Fund | $14.8 million |
| Military Medical Research and Development | $11.0 million |
| GRRP | $6.4 million |
| Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs | $5.4 million |
| Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy | $4.4 million |
| Education Innovation and Research (formerly Investing in Innovation (i3) Fund) | $4.0 million |
Businesses in Kentucky that received the most
| Recipient | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Wieland North America Recycling LLC | 1 | $270 million |
Open federal grants for businesses, best fits first
- Unlocking New Levels of Output and Capacity for Key Subsurface Resources (UNLOCK)
Open Closes November 20, 2026 (13 days left)
Businesses won 17% of the money in its program over five years - Advanced Nuclear Energy Licensing Cost-Share Grant Program
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Businesses won 55% of the money in its program over five years - Accelerating Scale-up and Pre-piloting of Emerging Chemical Technologies (ASPECT)
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Businesses won 28% of the money in its program over five years - Silcon Carbide Cladding Lead Test Rod Development-Phase 1
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Businesses won 55% of the money in its program over five years - National Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program (BREP) - FY2026/27
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Businesses won 22% of the money in its program over five years - Grid Supply Chain Alternatives to Lead Energy Dominance (SCALED)
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Businesses won 28% of the money in its program over five years - Department of Defense HIV/AIDS Prevention Program
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Businesses won 18% of the money in its program over five years - SEEDING CRITICAL ADVANCES FOR LEADING ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES WITH UNTAPPED POTENTIAL (SCALEUP) READY
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Businesses won 17% of the money in its program over five years - Geosciences Core Research: Atmospheric, Geospace, Earth and Ocean Sciences (GEO Core)
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Businesses won 12% of the money in its program over five years - Ocean Drilling Program
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Businesses won 12% of the money in its program over five years - RFI - DOE R
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Businesses won 55% of the money in its program over five years - Multilateral Partnerships Leveraging Excellence
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Businesses won 18% of the money in its program over five years - Cooperative Program for Modeling Clinical Transplantation
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Businesses won 0.1% of the money in its program over five years - HEAL Initiative: Program to Reveal and Evaluate Cells-to-gene Information that Specify Intricacies, Origins and the Nature of (PRECISION) Human Pain Network
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Businesses won less than 0.1% of the money in its program over five years - NIH Blueprint Initiative: Tools for Germline Gene Editing in the Nervous System
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Businesses won 0.4% of the money in its program over five years - BRAIN Initiative: Brain-Behavior Quantification and Synchronization – Transformative Research on Behavior at the Organismal Level
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Businesses won 1.6% of the money in its program over five years - Ancillary Studies to Ongoing Clinical Projects (RP1 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
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Businesses won 0.2% of the money in the programs behind it over five years - Limited Competition: Small Grant Program for the NCATS Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) Program (Clinical Trial Optional)
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Businesses won less than 0.1% of the money in its program over five years - Preservation and Reinvestment Initiative for Community Enhancement (PRICE)
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Businesses won 0% of the money in its program over five years - Impact of Immunotherapies on CNS Outcomes in People with HIV: Potential Benefits, Challenges and Risks
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Businesses won 0.1% of the money in its program over five years - HEAL Initiative: Optimization of Therapeutic Medical Devices through Team Science Mechanistic Research (RM1)
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Businesses won less than 0.1% of the money in its program over five years - The NIDDK Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics Consortium (IBDGC) Genomic Research Centers
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Businesses won less than 0.1% of the money in its program over five years - The NIDDK Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics Consortium (IBDGC) Data Coordinating Center
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Businesses won less than 0.1% of the money in its program over five years - The NIA Genetics of Alzheimer's Disease Data Storage Site (NIAGADS)
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Businesses won 0.2% of the money in its program over five years - Autism Centers of Excellence R01
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Businesses won 0.5% of the money in its program over five years
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