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FundFellows reads official public sources on a schedule and keeps each record linked to the page it came from. Here is every source, what it covers, and how often we check it.

Open right now

7,079

opportunities open or announced right now.

Grants
1,161
Contracts and bids
4,642
Research funding
1,196
Scholarships and fellowships
80
Private foundations on file
81,649

Counted from the database on October 25, 2026. The page refreshes every few minutes. Open means you can apply now; announced means the funder has published a forecast with expected dates. Federal assistance programs (0 listed) are counted apart, because a program is not an open call.

The sources

Federal grants and programs

  • Federal Register

    Refreshed: Daily on weekdays

    Funding notices federal agencies publish in the Federal Register, such as notices of funding opportunity and applications for new awards, with deadlines read from each notice.

    License: Public domain (1 CFR 2.6: anyone may reproduce Federal Register material). Terms of use. Source: FederalRegister.gov, Office of the Federal Register

    3

    open or announced

    Checked October 25, 2026

  • Grants.gov

    Refreshed: Daily

    Every federal grant and cooperative agreement notice, forecasts included, from all 26 federal grant-making agencies.

    License: Public domain (U.S. government work). Terms of use. Source: Grants.gov

    1,261

    open or announced

    Checked October 25, 2026

  • Every federal grant and cooperative agreement program in the Assistance Listings catalog (formerly CFDA), with objectives, who may apply, and typical award ranges.

    License: Public domain (U.S. government work). Terms of use. Source: SAM.gov Assistance Listings

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Federal contracts

  • SAM.gov Contract Opportunities

    Refreshed: Hourly with a free SAM.gov API key, daily from the public extract without one

    Every federal contract notice still open for responses on SAM.gov: solicitations, combined synopses, presolicitations, sources sought, and special notices, one row per solicitation.

    License: Public domain (U.S. government work). Terms of use. Source: SAM.gov

    2,193

    open or announced

    Checked October 25, 2026

State and city bids

  • Delaware open bids

    Refreshed: Weekly at the source; checked daily

    Open bids posted by Delaware state agencies, school districts, and colleges on the Delaware Bids marketplace.

    License: Public information (Delaware Open Data Portal). Terms of use. Source: Delaware Office of Management and Budget, Government Support Services, via data.delaware.gov

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  • State construction projects the Illinois Capital Development Board expects to put out to bid soon, with estimated bid dates and cost ranges.

    License: Public information (Illinois Open Data Portal). Terms of use. Source: Illinois Capital Development Board, via data.illinois.gov

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  • Los Angeles RAMP open bids

    Refreshed: Daily (the dataset refreshes hourly)

    Open bids, proposals, and qualification requests from City of Los Angeles departments (Public Works, LADWP, Airports, Harbor) and other agencies posting on RAMP.

    License: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication). Terms of use. Source: City of Los Angeles, RAMP, via data.lacity.org

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  • Active invitations for bids, requests for proposals, and informal solicitations from the Montgomery County, Maryland Office of Procurement, with construction and local small business reserve flags.

    License: Public information (Montgomery County Open Data Act, no restriction on use). Terms of use. Source: Montgomery County, Maryland, Office of Procurement, via dataMontgomery

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  • NYC City Record Online

    Refreshed: Daily

    Open solicitations from every New York City agency as published in the City Record, including construction and design work from DDC, DEP, Parks, NYCHA, and Health + Hospitals.

    License: Public domain (NYC Open Data). Terms of use. Source: The City Record, NYC Department of Citywide Administrative Services, via NYC Open Data

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  • San Francisco open bids

    Refreshed: Weekly at the source; checked daily

    Open bid events from San Francisco departments on SF City Partner, including Public Works, Recreation and Park, and Public Utilities construction packages.

    License: Open Data Commons PDDL 1.0. Terms of use. Source: City and County of San Francisco, Controller's Office, via DataSF

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  • TxDOT highway lettings

    Refreshed: Daily (the dataset refreshes several times a day)

    Texas Department of Transportation construction and maintenance contracts: those advertised for the next letting, and those scheduled to let in the coming twelve months.

    License: Public information (State of Texas open data). Terms of use. Source: Texas Department of Transportation, TxDOTCONNECT, via the Texas Open Data Portal

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Research funding

  • Active NIH funding notices (RFAs, program announcements, and PARs) with due dates, activity codes, and participating institutes.

    License: Public domain (U.S. government work). Terms of use. Source: NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts

    390 records

    Checked October 25, 2026

  • Every NSF program, solicitation, program description, and Dear Colleague Letter inviting proposals, with due dates, target dates, and accepted-anytime programs.

    License: Public domain (U.S. government work). Terms of use. Courtesy: U.S. National Science Foundation

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  • SBIR.gov solicitations

    Refreshed: Daily

    Open SBIR and STTR solicitations from all eleven participating agencies, with topic counts and open and close dates, for U.S. small businesses.

    License: Public domain (U.S. government work). Terms of use. Source: SBIR.gov, U.S. Small Business Administration

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Foundations and nonprofits

  • IRS exempt organization registry (EO BMF and Publication 78)

    Refreshed: Monthly

    Needs a free API key, which the operator adds.

    Every organization the IRS recognizes as tax exempt, with its 501(c) subsection and whether gifts to it are deductible, for checking an applicant's status by EIN.

    License: Public domain (U.S. government work). Terms of use. Source: Internal Revenue Service

    Totals only

  • IRS Form 990-PF (private foundations)

    Refreshed: Daily (detail for up to 2,000 foundations a run)

    Private grantmaking foundations in every state from IRS filings, with how to apply, deadlines, typical grant sizes, and past grantees for the larger ones.

    License: Public domain (U.S. government work). Terms of use. Source: Internal Revenue Service

    574

    open or announced

    Checked October 25, 2026

Scholarships and fellowships

  • Scholarships and fellowships, checked by hand

    Refreshed: Checked by hand each month

    Well-known national scholarships and fellowships for U.S. students and individuals, each checked on the sponsor's official page.

    License: Facts from each sponsor's official page; links only. Source: each sponsor's official program page

    59

    open or announced

    Checked October 25, 2026

Outside the United States

  • Contracts Finder (UK)

    Refreshed: Daily

    Open UK public sector tenders published on Contracts Finder, mostly English contracts from about 12,000 pounds up to the Find a Tender threshold.

    License: Open Government Licence v3.0. Terms of use. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

    170

    open or announced

    Checked October 25, 2026

  • Open and forthcoming European Union calls for proposals (Horizon Europe, Erasmus+, LIFE, CERV, Digital Europe, and more), EU external action grants, cascade funding calls, and calls for tenders from EU institutions.

    License: CC BY 4.0 (European Commission reuse policy, Decision 2011/833/EU). Terms of use. Source: EU Funding & Tenders Portal, European Commission

    762

    open or announced

    Checked October 25, 2026

  • Find a Tender (UK)

    Refreshed: Daily

    Open UK public sector tenders above the procurement thresholds, from every part of the UK, published on Find a Tender.

    License: Open Government Licence v3.0. Terms of use. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

    1,402

    open or announced

    Checked October 25, 2026

  • Open invitations for bids and requests for expressions of interest on World Bank financed projects worldwide.

    License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Data Catalog dataset terms). Terms of use. Source: World Bank procurement notices

    655

    open or announced

    Checked October 25, 2026

Past awards (totals only)

  • NIH RePORTER

    Refreshed: Weekly

    Past NIH awards, summarized by institute, activity code, state, and fiscal year (counts, totals, and typical award sizes).

    License: Public domain (U.S. government work). Terms of use. Source: NIH RePORTER

    Not loaded yet

  • NSF Award Search

    Refreshed: Weekly

    Past NSF awards, summarized by directorate, program, state, and fiscal year (counts, totals, and typical award sizes).

    License: Public domain (U.S. government work). Terms of use. Courtesy: U.S. National Science Foundation

    Not loaded yet

  • SBIR.gov awards

    Refreshed: Weekly

    Past SBIR and STTR awards, summarized by agency, branch, phase, program, state, and fiscal year (counts, totals, and typical award sizes).

    License: Public domain (U.S. government work). Terms of use. Source: SBIR.gov, U.S. Small Business Administration

    Not loaded yet

  • USAspending.gov

    Refreshed: Weekly

    Past federal contract and grant awards as yearly totals: how many awards, how much, and typical award sizes by NAICS code, Assistance Listing, agency, and state.

    License: Public domain (U.S. government data; free to copy, adapt, and redistribute, per usaspending.gov/about). Terms of use. Source: USAspending.gov, U.S. Department of the Treasury

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How we keep it trustworthy

  • Every opportunity links to the official page it came from and shows the date we last checked it.
  • The AI never adds a funder, a deadline, or an amount from memory. If it is not in a source, it is not shown.
  • We use only sources whose terms allow reuse, keep to their published rate limits and robots rules, and never scrape a site that forbids it.
  • Past contract awards are kept only as totals and typical sizes. We never show who won a contract.
  • A notice is marked closed once its deadline passes, and anything a source withdraws is closed on the next refresh.

Missing a source you rely on, such as your state's bid portal or a community foundation? Tell us which one. We add sources whose terms allow it.