Department of Commerce — Federal Assistance Programs

To build multistakeholder workforce partnerships of employers, economic development organizations, schools and institutions of higher education, and other community organization to focus on developing the skilled…

The objectives of the eight Regional Fishery Management Councils are to prepare, monitor and revise fishery management plans and data collection programs for domestic and foreign…

Awards made under this NOFO will seek to strengthen U.S. economic and national security through place-based investments in regions with the assets, resources, capacity, and potential…

Through the R&E program, EDA supports the development of tools, recommendations, and resources that shape Federal economic development policies and inform economic development decision-making. R&E program…

Research Set-Aside (RSA) programs support competitive grants where a portion of a fishery's catch or days-at-sea is reserved, not for general harvest, but to support research…

The purpose of this program is to promote and develop U.S. fisheries through marketing, research, and development, creating a dedicated fund from import duties on fishery…

This program is intended to fund fellowships for highly qualified scientists and engineers from a broad range of disciplines, including but not limited to advanced manufacturing,…

To evaluate the benefits and impacts of NIST research and development efforts and/or evaluate and/or stimulate technological innovation in the private sector, strengthen the role of…

The U.S Economic Development Administration’s STEM Talent Challenge aims to build STEM talent training systems to strengthen regional innovation economies.

To support the establishment and operation of major university centers for marine resources research, education, and training and to support marine advisory services. Some individual efforts…

To maintain a cooperative State and Federal partnership to provide a continuing source of fisheries dependent statistics to support fishery management in the States' Territorial Sea…

To assist various organizations identified by Congress or through non-competitive grants that promote the availability and support new sources of advanced telecommunications.

Species Recovery Grants are authorized under section 6 of the Endangered Species Act. Species Recovery Grants support management, research, monitoring, and/or outreach activities that have direct…

The goal of the program is to create and maintain a Standardization Center of Excellence (SCoE) to support U.S. engagement in international standardization for critical and…

The SCO Grant Program provides financial assistance to support the broad areas of standards development and conformity assessment activities, coordination activities with the private sector and…

Recipients are expected to: 1) develop curriculum to educate students about documentary standards and standardization so that they enter the workforce and/or continue their studies with…

To provide financial assistance to support the increase of forensic science standards available in one or more of the forensic science disciplines supported by the Organization…

The State Digital Equity Planning and Capacity Grant Programs were established by Section 60304 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021, Public Law 117-58.…

The objective of the Census Bureau’s Federal Financial Assistance Program is to support and advance statistical, research, and methodological activities through cooperative agreements with qualified entities.

The NIST Communications Technology Laboratory (CTL) is seeking applications from eligible applicants to support significant research in the field of advanced communications through researching, developing, promoting,…