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• Federal Grants
• Federal Youth Funding Agencies

Funding Information Center

Applying for Federal Grants

Grants.gov contains information about more than 1,000 grant programs offered by all federal grant-making agencies, including the federal agencies that support FindYouthInfo.gov. You can search and apply for federal government grants at Grants.gov. Click here to see what's new this week on Grants.gov.

Grants.gov makes it easier to identify and apply for federal funding by enabling you to search by:

• Federal agency (e.g., Department of Labor, U.S. Department of Education, Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration)
• Keyword (e.g., positive youth development, underage drinking, violence prevention, youth employment)
• Funding category (e.g., community development, education, juvenile justice)

Register with Grants.gov

One-time registration with Grants.gov is required in order for you or your organization to apply for a grant. If you are a first-time registrant, it may take up to several weeks to have your registration confirmed and to receive your username and password. Start the registration process as early as possible to prevent delays in submitting application packages to agencies before their specified deadlines. Use the Grants.gov registration checklist (PDF - 3 pages) or view its registration tutorial to ensure you complete all the necessary steps.

Grants.gov also has a number of subscriptions available that can help you make your way through the federal grant process. Subscribe now and receive notifications of new grant opportunities, postings, and updates. You do not need to be a registered user of Grants.gov to sign up for this service.

• Grants.gov RSS Feed: Helps you stay informed about new and updated grant opportunities. Once you receive the Grants.gov RSS feed, you may want to discontinue your email notification subscription.
• Grants.gov Updates: Gives you the opportunity to receive updated information about critical issues, new tips for users and other time sensitive updates as information is available.
• All Grants Notices: Enables you to receive daily notification of all new grant opportunities.
  • Notices Based on Advanced Criteria: Allows you to select notifications based on specific criteria such as funding instrument type, eligibility, or sub-agency.
  • Notices Based on Funding Opportunity Number: Enables you to receive notifications based on a specific Funding Opportunity Number (FON). An FON is a number that a federal agency assigns to its grant announcement.

Additional Assistance and Services

If you need personal financial assistance such as social security/supplemental security income, Medicaid, or state social services, you will find help at http://www.govbenefits.gov, the U.S. government's official benefits Web site. It contains information on more than 1,000 benefit and assistance programs. Complete a short questionnaire to find out about all of the programs for which you might be eligible, including food stamps, child care subsidies, health insurance, scholarships, lending programs, and more.

Are you interested in student loans? Student Aid on the Web is the U.S. Department of Education's site for free information on preparing for and funding education beyond high school.

 

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