How much funding is available in total?

$14,000,000 across the whole programme. This is the total the funder has allocated, not an amount any single applicant can receive.

When is the application deadline?

Mar 25, 2027. Response date listed as Mar 25, 2027 12:00:00 AM EDT

Is matching funding required?

No. The source states that no matching funds are required. Cost sharing is not required (cost sharing: false)

OtherOpenU.S. National Science Foundation

Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) Program

Awards $300,000 – $1,000,000 per recipient for institutions of higher education, non-profit, non-academic organizations, other legal entity, tribal nations, closing Mar 25, 2027.

Official page

Institutions of Higher Education Non-profit, non-academic organizations Other Legal Entity Tribal Nations United States Science and Technology and other Research and Development

In one sentence

Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) Program awards $300,000 – $1,000,000 per recipient, open to institutions of higher education, non-profit, non-academic organizations, other legal entity, tribal nations in United States, closing Mar 25, 2027.

Record fields

Program pool (total): $14,000,000
Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Award ceiling (per project): $1,000,000
Award floor of $300,000 and award ceiling of $1,000,000 per project. Total estimated funding of $14,000,000 with an expected number of 20 awards.
Award floor: $300,000
Typical award: Not confirmed
Deadline: Mar 25, 2027
Deadline type: unknown
Opens: Jan 24, 2024
Status: Open
Eligible entities: Institutions of Higher Education · Non-profit, non-academic organizations · Other Legal Entity · Tribal Nations
Geography: United States
Matching funds: No
Disbursement: Not confirmed
Application effort: Not confirmed
Currency: USD

How much money is available?

Two different figures govern a programme and they are not interchangeable. The programme pool is what the funder has allocated across every award it will make this cycle. The award ceiling is the most one applicant can be granted.

Program pool (total)Across all awards this cycle

$14,000,000

Award ceiling (per project)The most one applicant can receive

$1,000,000

Source wording: “Award floor of $300,000 and award ceiling of $1,000,000 per project. Total estimated funding of $14,000,000 with an expected number of 20 awards.”

Who can apply?

entity

Institutions of Higher Education, Non-profit, non-academic organizations, Other Legal Entity, Tribal Nations

Source field: entity types

state

United States

Source field: states

industry

Science and Technology and other Research and Development

Source field: industries

use

Graduate education training and development, Institutional capacity-building, Research on graduate education systems, Workforce development

Source field: use of funds

size limit

Not stated

Source field: applicant size limit

clause text

Institutions of Higher Education must be two- or four-year IHEs accredited in and having a campus in the US. Non-profit, non-academic organizations must be located in the US and directly associated with educational or research activities. Tribal Nations must be federally recognized per the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994. International branch campuses of US IHEs must justify benefits and why activities cannot be performed at US campus.

We store the structured fields above. Clause-by-clause text from the guidelines is not connected for this record.

When does it close?

Mar 25, 2027205 daysunknown deadline

Response date listed as Mar 25, 2027 12:00:00 AM EDT

What can the money be used for?

Graduate education training and developmentWorkforce developmentInstitutional capacity-buildingResearch on graduate education systems

These categories come from the source's own classification. A line-item cost table, where the programme publishes one, lives in the guidelines and is not parsed for this record.

How hard is the application?

Application effort: Not confirmed
Disbursement: Not confirmed
Matching funds: No
Cost sharing is not required (cost sharing: false)

Who has received this funding?

No award records yet

We hold no prior awards for this programme. That is a gap in what we have connected, not a finding that the programme has never funded anyone — check the official page, which may list past recipients.

Common questions

Every answer below is a stored field from this record. Questions the source did not answer are not asked.

How much can one applicant receive?: $300,000 – $1,000,000 per recipient. The source states: “Award floor of $300,000 and award ceiling of $1,000,000 per project. Total estimated funding of $14,000,000 with an expected number of 20 awards.”.
How much funding is available in total?: $14,000,000 across the whole programme. This is the total the funder has allocated, not an amount any single applicant can receive.
When is the application deadline?: Mar 25, 2027. Response date listed as Mar 25, 2027 12:00:00 AM EDT
Who is eligible to apply?: Institutions of Higher Education, Non-profit, non-academic organizations, Other Legal Entity, Tribal Nations.
Which locations are eligible?: United States.
What can the funding be used for?: Graduate education training and development, Workforce development, Institutional capacity-building, Research on graduate education systems, as classified by the source.
Is matching funding required?: No. The source states that no matching funds are required. Cost sharing is not required (cost sharing: false)

Provenance

Source pagegrants.gov

Retrieved2026-09-01

MethodAutomated check

First seen2026-09-01

The official page governs. If the source and this record disagree, the source is correct — programmes change their terms between our checks, so confirm every figure above before you apply.