Grants for businesses in Rhode Island
Federal agencies awarded $195 million in 262 grants to businesses in Rhode Island from fiscal 2021 to 2025. The largest source was Airport Improvement Program, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs, and COVID-19 Airports Programs. 12 open or forecast federal grants are good fits for businesses.
- Rhode Island ranks 34th 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 Rhode Island.
- That is 0% of all federal grant money to businesses nationwide.
- Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$195 million
- Grant awards262
- Good fits open nationwide12
Federal programs that fund businesses in Rhode Island
| Program | Awarded to businesses in Rhode Island |
|---|---|
| Airport Improvement Program, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs, and COVID-19 Airports Programs | $165 million |
| Renewable Energy Research and Development | $9.9 million |
| Electricity Research, Development and Analysis | $9.4 million |
| Mathematical and Physical Sciences | $3.4 million |
| Education Stabilization Fund | $2.1 million |
| Biological Sciences | $1.1 million |
| Geosciences | $998,633 |
| Engineering | $954,292 |
| STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) | $755,367 |
| NOAA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program | $499,559 |
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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