Small Business Grant Deadlines 2026: The Verified Calendar

By Khalid Hamadeh, founder of GrantCompass · Updated November 1, 2026

Quick answer

Forty-three US small business funding programs in the GrantCompass catalog carry a dated deadline on or after October 9, 2026, and 22 of them close on or before December 31: nine in the rest of October, seven in November and six in December. The soonest are the Con Edison efficiency program and the Tadlock Veteran Small Business Grant on October 15. Far more programs — 351 of the 736 we track, about 48% — are open with no fixed deadline at all, which is why a calendar answers only part of the question.

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The next 90 days of deadlines

Every dated deadline in the catalog is listed below, soonest first — filter it down to the urgency window, level, type and award size you actually care about.

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All 43 dated deadlines in the GrantCompass US catalog, soonest first — as of October 9, 2026
Program	Deadline	Advertised maximum	Level & type	Date check
Con Edison Commercial & Industrial Energy Efficiency Program Consolidated Edison (Con Edison) The date is an installation-completion deadline for 2026 incentive rates, not an application date; custom projects need a funding commitment before work starts.	October 15, 2026 6 days from Oct 9	Varies; up to $500K+ for custom	Corporate · Program NY	As published 6 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Kenneth B. and Stephen L. Tadlock Veteran Small Business Grant Founders First CDC For veteran-owned small businesses; the full-application stage follows a September pre-registration.	October 15, 2026 6 days from Oct 9	$1,000	Foundation · Grant All US	As published 6 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Coach K Legacy Grant Coach K LLC Monthly cycle; this is the next published close, 11:59 pm Eastern.	Closes monthly October 17 date has passed	$1,000 (monthly)	Corporate · Grant All US	As published 7 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
NOAA Hurricane Response Marine Debris Removal Fund National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Marine Debris Program, administere… Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Guam only; no per-award cap is published, and awards are announced March 2027.	October 21, 2026 12 days from Oct 9	Up to $11M total program (no per-award cap published)	Federal · Grant FL / GA / NC / SC / GU	As published 6 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
SBIR Phase I — DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DoD) Topic-based: the DARPA topics in the current DoW release close together, and each release carries its own date.	October 21, 2026 12 days from Oct 9	Up to $250K (Phase I)	Federal · Grant All US	As published 7 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
STTR Phase I — Department of Defense Department of Defense (DoD) Topic-based: each DoW release carries its own close; this is the current DARPA STTR topic close.	October 21, 2026 12 days from Oct 9	Up to $250K (Phase I)	Federal · Grant All US	As published 7 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Galaxy Grant for Women and Minority Business Owners Galaxy of Stars (Hidden Star 501(c)(3)) About a 30-second application, no fee; winners announced the following week.	October 31, 2026 22 days from Oct 9	$2,500	Foundation · Grant All US	Verified 7 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Hey Helen Grant Visionaries Rounds close on the last day of each month; one application is kept on file for 12 monthly rounds.	October 31, 2026 22 days from Oct 9	$10,000 (monthly)	Corporate · Grant All US	As published 7 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Women Founders Grant Women Founders Grant LLC Rolling merit-based cycles; the program posts its current cutoff on its own application page. A $25 application fee applies.	October 31, 2026 22 days from Oct 9	$5,000	Foundation · Grant All US	As published 7 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
SBIR Phase I — NSF (America's Seed Fund) National Science Foundation Full proposals require an invited Project Pitch first — budget lead time before the November date.	November 4, 2026 26 days from Oct 9	Up to $305K (Phase I)	Federal · Grant All US	Verified 1 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
STTR Phase I — NSF National Science Foundation Same NSF 26-510 full-proposal window as SBIR Phase I; an invited Project Pitch comes first.	November 4, 2026 26 days from Oct 9	Up to $305,000	Federal · Grant All US	As published 1 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Entreprenista Evolve Grant Entreprenista (in partnership with IT Cosmetics) Fall 2026 cycle of a seasonal program run with IT Cosmetics.	November 11, 2026 33 days from Oct 9	$5,000 (quarterly)	Corporate · Grant All US	As published 7 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
SXSW Pitch SXSW (South by Southwest) Entry for SXSW Pitch 2027; the competition itself is held in March at SXSW.	November 13, 2026 35 days from Oct 9	Cash prize (undisclosed) + exposure	Corporate · Award All US	As published 7 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
DTE Energy — Energy Efficiency Program for Business DTE Energy The binding date is the earlier of 90 days from your reservation letter or November 30, 2026.	November 30, 2026 52 days from Oct 9	Prescriptive per-measure + custom incentives	Corporate · Program MI	As published 6 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Montana Tribal Tourism Small Business Grant Montana Department of Commerce — Office of Indian Country Economic Development FY27 window opened October 1; award decisions typically follow in January–February.	November 30, 2026 52 days from Oct 9	Up to $30,000	State · Grant MT	As published 7 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Shophand $5k Small Business Boost Grant Shophand Round 2 of two rounds a year; the winner is announced December 15.	November 30, 2026 52 days from Oct 9	$2,500 cash + $2,500 Shophand services	Corporate · Grant All US	As published 6 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Idaho Workforce Development Council — Employer Training Grant Idaho Workforce Development Council / Idaho STEM Action Center Quarterly review — this cutoff feeds the January Grant Review Committee.	December 4, 2026 56 days from Oct 9	Up to $500,000	State · Grant ID	As published 6 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
NRL Long Range Broad Agency Announcement for Basic and Applied Research U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) White papers accepted through this date under Amendment 0008; formal proposals are by invitation only.	December 30, 2026 82 days from Oct 9	Varies by scope	Federal · Grant All US	As published 0 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Business Freedom Grant Darcy's Business Entries stay eligible for final judging; an interim review round closes November 15.	December 31, 2026 83 days from Oct 9	$1,000	Corporate · Grant All US	As published 7 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Rhode Island Qualified Jobs Incentive Tax Credit Rhode Island Commerce Corporation Statutory sunset for new applications, not a competitive round.	December 31, 2026 83 days from Oct 9	$2,500–$7,500 per new job, up to 10 yrs	State · Tax credit RI	As published 6 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Secretsos Small Business Grant Secretsos Foundation One award per quarter; applications do not roll over, so each quarter needs a fresh submission.	December 31, 2026 83 days from Oct 9	$2,500 (quarterly)	Foundation · Grant All US	As published 7 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
USDA Organic Certification Cost Share Program (OCCSP) USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) Deadline to apply for both the 2025 and 2026 program years, through a local USDA Service Center.	December 31, 2026 83 days from Oct 9	Up to $750 per certification scope	Federal · Grant All US	As published 7 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
North Dakota Agricultural Products Utilization Commission (APUC) Grant North Dakota Department of Agriculture — Agricultural Products Utilization Commission (AP… Quarterly deadlines — January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1; the commission meets about a month after each.	January 1, 2027 84 days from Oct 9	Varies by category (recent max ~$115K)	State · Grant ND	As published 6 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
SBIR Phase I — NIH (PHS Omnibus) National Institutes of Health Standard NIH cycle: September 5 · January 5 · April 5. The fall 2026 receipt date has passed, so January 5 is next.	January 5, 2027 88 days from Oct 9	Up to $323,090	Federal · Grant All US	As published 7 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
SBIR Phase II — NIH (PHS Omnibus) National Institutes of Health Standard NIH cycle: September 5 · January 5 · April 5. The fall 2026 receipt date has passed, so January 5 is next.	January 5, 2027 88 days from Oct 9	Up to $2.15M (Phase II)	Federal · Grant All US	As published 7 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
STTR Phase I — NIH (PHS Omnibus) National Institutes of Health Standard NIH cycle: September 5 · January 5 · April 5. The fall 2026 receipt date has passed, so January 5 is next.	January 5, 2027 88 days from Oct 9	Up to $323,090 (STTR Phase I)	Federal · Grant All US	As published 7 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
STTR Phase II — NIH (PHS Omnibus) National Institutes of Health Standard NIH cycle: September 5 · January 5 · April 5. The fall 2026 receipt date has passed, so January 5 is next.	January 5, 2027 88 days from Oct 9	Up to $2.15M (STTR Phase II)	Federal · Grant All US	As published 7 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Her Agenda Breakthrough Grant Her Agenda Volume IV of the grant; the winner is announced March 2027.	January 19, 2027 102 days from Oct 9	$5,000	Corporate · Grant All US	As published 7 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
NOAA National Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program (BREP) — FY 2026/27 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration — NOAA Fisheries Submitted through Grants.gov; SAM.gov/UEI registration can take several weeks.	January 22, 2027 105 days from Oct 9	$50,000–$400,000	Federal · Grant All US	As published 6 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
CDC/NIOSH Commercial Fishing Occupational Safety Research Cooperative Agreement Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — National Institute for Occupational Safety a… Standing announcement with a fixed receipt-date series; the late-August 2026 date has passed and this is the next one.	January 26, 2027 109 days from Oct 9	$150K–$975K	Federal · Grant All US	As published 6 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Tampa Entrepreneur Support Hub Microgrant City of Tampa Referral-based: a City-funded partner submits the referral after you complete technical assistance.	February 15, 2027 129 days from Oct 9	$1,500–$3,000	City / county · Grant FL	As published 6 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
LPS Qubit Collaboratory (LQC) NSA Laboratory for Physical Sciences (LPS) / Army Research Office (ARO) Rolling BAA — proposals accepted continuously up to this date.	April 30, 2027 203 days from Oct 9	Up to $800K/yr	Federal · Grant All US	As published 0 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Colorado Green Business Network (CGBN) Efficiency Grant Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment — Colorado Green Business Network 2026–27 funding cycle; projects cannot be completed before you apply.	May 1, 2027 204 days from Oct 9	Up to $1,500-$4,500 depending on Colorado EnviroScreen score	State · Grant CO	As published 3 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Colorado Green Business Network (CGBN) Pre-Approved Equipment Grant Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment — Colorado Green Business Network First-come, first-served within the 2026–27 cycle.	May 1, 2027 204 days from Oct 9	Up to $500 per business per grant cycle	State · Grant CO	As published 3 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Entrepreneurship World Cup (EWC) Entrepreneurship World Cup (Global Entrepreneurship Network in partnership with Misk Foun… Equity-free prize competition; global finals in November 2027.	May 31, 2027 234 days from Oct 9	$20K-$200K (equity-free)	Corporate · Award All US	As published 6 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Global NY STEP — New York State Trade Expansion Program Empire State Development (ESD) — Global NY Office STEP 13 funding period, first-come until the money is committed — a race against the fund balance, not the date.	September 29, 2027 355 days from Oct 9	$2,000–$5,000 per activity	State · Grant NY	Corrected 6 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Oklahoma STEP Fund — State Trade Expansion Program Oklahoma Department of Commerce STEP 13 activity period; individual trade events carry their own earlier deadlines.	September 29, 2027 355 days from Oct 9	Up to $24,000/year	State · Grant OK	As published 6 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Washington STEP Export Voucher Program Washington State Department of Commerce Up to three vouchers per company per federal fiscal year.	September 29, 2027 355 days from Oct 9	Up to $10,000/year	State · Grant WA	As published 6 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
DOE Office of Science — FY2026 Continuation of Solicitation for the Financial Assistance… U.S. Department of Energy — Office of Science The FY 2027 continuation (DE-FOA-0003665) replaced the FY2026 solicitation and runs to this date.	September 30, 2027 356 days from Oct 9	$50K–$5,000,000/year	Federal · Grant All US	As published 6 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Colorado Rural Jump-Start Grant and Tax Credit Program Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) Grants through this date; the program's tax credits run to December 31, 2030.	June 30, 2028 630 days from Oct 9	Up to $15,000 ($25K Just Transition)	State · Grant CO	As published 6 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Next New Jersey Manufacturing Program Tax Credit New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) Open until the $500M credit pool is committed or this date, whichever comes first.	March 1, 2029 874 days from Oct 9	Up to 25% of capital investment	State · Tax credit NJ	As published 6 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
NIST CHIPS R&D Office — Broad Agency Announcement (CRDO BAA) National Institute of Standards and Technology — CHIPS Research and Development Office Mandatory white paper first; an invited pre-negotiation package follows.	September 30, 2029 1087 days from Oct 9	$10M minimum, no ceiling	Federal · Grant All US	As published 6 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Clean Fuel Production Credit (Section 45Z) Internal Revenue Service Claimed on the annual tax return for fuel produced and sold through 2029 — a credit window, not an application cutoff.	December 31, 2029 1179 days from Oct 9	Up to $1.00/gal of clean fuel	Federal · Tax credit All US	As published 7 of 7 intel fields on file — locked

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Recomputed October 9, 2026 from the GrantCompass US catalog of 736 programs: past deadlines removed, newly dated ones added, counts re-derived. The August 18, 2026 pass opened 23 program records at their official source and corrected three stored dates; rows marked Verified or Corrected carry that check, and every other date is shown exactly as the program last published it.

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Monthly cutoffs — these reset every month

Ten programs in the catalog close and reopen on a schedule, so missing one costs you weeks rather than a year — the Amber Grant, HerRise MicroGrant and Freed Fellowship all cut off on the last day of every month.

A dated calendar creates a particular kind of anxiety: miss the date and the opportunity is gone until next year. For the programs below that is simply not true. They award on a repeating rhythm — monthly for most, quarterly for a few — which changes the workflow completely. You are not racing a deadline; you are joining a queue that reopens. Applicants who understand this treat the monthly grants as a standing habit rather than an event, and they submit to several cycles rather than agonising over one.

Ten programs whose cutoff resets on a schedule — miss one and the next is weeks away, not a year
Program	Amount	The rhythm	Level
Amber Grant for Women WomensNet Three $15,000 grants awarded every month; one application covers all three tracks.	Three $15,000 grants monthly + three $75,000 year-end	Last day of every month, 11:59:59 pm ET	Corporate 7 of 7 intel fields on file — locked Verified
HerRise MicroGrant Yva Jourdan Foundation / HerSuiteSpot For under-resourced women founders under $1M revenue; winners announced at the following month's mixer.	$1,000/month	Last day of every month, 11:59 pm ET	Foundation 7 of 7 intel fields on file — locked Verified
Freed Fellowship Grant The Freed Studio Every monthly fellow is carried into the year-end $2,500 decision automatically.	$500/month + $2,500 year-end	One fellow selected each month	Corporate 7 of 7 intel fields on file — locked Verified
NASE Growth Grant National Association for the Self-Employed Members only — monthly members wait 90 days after joining before they can apply.	Up to $4,000	Apply any time; applications reviewed quarterly (January, April, July, October)	Corporate 7 of 7 intel fields on file — locked As published
Secretsos Small Business Grant Secretsos Applications do not roll into the next quarter; each quarter needs a fresh one.	$2,500 per quarter	Quarter end — next cutoff December 31, 2026, 11:59 pm CT	Foundation 7 of 7 intel fields on file — locked Verified
Breva Thrive Grant Breva One award a quarter, so four shots a year rather than one.	$5,000 per quarter	One award a quarter; not open, and no next window is posted	Corporate 7 of 7 intel fields on file — locked As published
Chicago Small Business Improvement Fund (SBIF) City of Chicago / SomerCor Non-competitive within a district — the constraint is whether your address sits in a TIF zone whose window is open.	Up to $150,000	Monthly windows, opened TIF district by TIF district	City / county 7 of 7 intel fields on file — locked Verified
Iowa Business Incentives for Growth (BIG) Iowa Economic Development Authority The board meets the third Friday, so a missed 15th costs a full month.	Investment tax credit + sales-tax refund	Pre-application by the 15th; the IEDA board reviews the following month	State 6 of 7 intel fields on file — locked Verified
Michigan Business Development Program Michigan Economic Development Corporation Negotiated, performance-based awards rather than a fixed application form.	$10,000–$10M+ (negotiated)	Rolling — the MEDC Strategic Fund board meets monthly	State 6 of 7 intel fields on file — locked As published
Idaho WDC Employer Training Grant Idaho Workforce Development Council Reviewed first-come as well as quarterly, so early in a quarter beats late.	Up to $500,000	Quarterly cutoff — next December 4, 2026, 5:00 pm MT	State 6 of 7 intel fields on file — locked As published

The four private grants at the top of the list — Amber, HerRise, Freed and NASE — are small by design, between $500 and $10,000. Their value is cadence, not size; three of them cut off monthly, while NASE takes applications any time and reviews them quarterly. The three government programs on the list behave differently: Chicago's SBIF opens district by district on a published rollout calendar, Iowa's BIG program runs a 15th-of-the-month pre-application into the next board meeting, and Michigan's MBDP is negotiated at a monthly board rather than scored against a form.

How small business grant deadlines work, by type of funder

A grant deadline means something different for each kind of funder. A monthly microgrant that you miss comes back in about four weeks, an annual foundation window comes back in a year, a federal SBIR release closes on its own clock, and a rolling program closes when its money runs out. Work out which kind you are facing before you plan the work.

The dated calendar above treats every deadline the same way: a date and a countdown. In practice the five shapes below behave so differently that the right response to “it closes in ten days” depends almost entirely on which shape it is. A ten-day runway is generous for the Amber Grant, whose application is short, and nearly hopeless for a first-time federal SBIR proposal, which needs registrations, a technical plan and a budget.

Five kinds of small business grant deadline, and how far ahead to start each one
Kind of deadline	When it closes	What missing it costs	Start this far ahead
Monthly micrograntAmber Grant, HerRise MicroGrant, Hey Helen Grant, Freed Fellowship	The last day of each month, usually 11:59 pm Eastern	About four weeks	1 week
Quarterly grantSecretsos Small Business Grant, NASE Growth Grant	The last day of the quarter (Secretsos), or a review once a quarter (NASE)	About three months	2 weeks
Annual windowTory Burch Foundation Fellows	One window a year, often only a few weeks long	A full year	4 to 6 weeks, ideally before the window opens
Federal release or noticeSBIR and STTR at DoD, NIH and NSF; agency NOFOs on Grants.gov	A date and a clock time set in each release or notice	Weeks to months, until the next release or cycle	8 to 12 weeks, registrations included
Rolling until funds run outState loan funds, utility efficiency incentives, standing agency announcements	No date: when the budget is spent or the fiscal year turns over	Unknown, because the money can run out first	Apply as soon as you qualify

The “start this far ahead” column is GrantCompass’s planning rule, not a funder requirement. Closing times are taken from each funder’s own page.

Two rules hold across all five. First, a recurring deadline is a queue, not a cliff: missing a monthly or quarterly cutoff costs weeks, so it is never worth sending a rushed application to beat one. Second, a rolling program rewards the early applicant. Programs that review applications as they arrive can spend their budget before anyone announces a close, so “no deadline” is a reason to apply now rather than later. The programs with no date at all have their own guide: small business grants with no deadline.

How many chances a year each recurring grant gives you

Hey Helen Grantone application covers 12 rounds

HerRise MicroGranta winner picked every month

Freed Fellowshipa monthly cycle

Amber Grantup to 4 applications per email

Secretsos Small Business Grantreapply each quarter

NASE Growth Grantmembers only, reviewed quarterly

Tory Burch Foundation Fellowsone window a year

The Amber Grant is the one people misread. WomensNet picks Amber winners every month, but its FAQ says its system will not accept a second application from the same email within three months, and it asks people to reapply only when something significant has changed in the business. So the Amber Grant is the exception to the monthly habit described above. Apply in the month your story is strongest, then again a quarter later if the business has moved on. The Hey Helen Grant works the other way: one application stays eligible for 12 monthly rounds, so the work is done once.

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Why grant deadlines are usually wrong on the internet

Grant listings are copied far more often than they are checked, so the typical error is not an invented date but a stale one — the end of a retired funding period presented as the current deadline.

A funding programme publishes a date. An aggregator records it. Dozens of other sites copy the aggregator. Then the programme moves — a new fiscal year opens, a solicitation is superseded, an application window is pulled forward — and none of the copies move with it. Nothing malicious happens; the date simply stops being re-checked. The result is a search results page where six sites agree on a deadline and all six are wrong, because they are all downstream of the same unchecked record.

Two failure modes account for most of it. The first is the retired period: a multi-year announcement ends, a successor opens with new dates, and the old end date keeps circulating as though it were live. The second is the invitation gate: a programme advertises a late deadline that only invited applicants can meet, while the genuinely open door — a letter of intent, a funding inquiry, a project pitch — closed months earlier. Both look like accurate dates. Both waste an applicant's week.

GrantCompass re-opens program records at their official source rather than syndicating them. In the August 18, 2026 pass, 23 records were checked and three stored dates were wrong:

CDC/NIOSH Commercial Fishing Occupational Safety Research Cooperative Agreement — corrected to August 25, 2026. Our record carried August 28. CDC/NIOSH publishes a fixed receipt-date series for this cooperative agreement, and the date that was next on August 18 was August 25, 2026. We moved it three days earlier; that date has since passed, and the next in the series is January 26, 2027.
Global NY STEP — New York State Trade Expansion Program — now September 29, 2027. Our record carried August 31, 2026 — that is the end of the previous STEP 12 funding period. Empire State Development now runs STEP 13, funded July 24, 2026 – September 29, 2027, first-come until the money is gone.
Montana Indian Equity Fund Small Business Grant — corrected to September 30, 2026. Our record carried October 31. The Montana Department of Commerce program page gave the 2026 application period as July 1 – September 30, 2026 — a month earlier than we had it. That window has since closed, and the next one is not yet dated.

Two more entries needed a caveat rather than a correction. The HFFI FARE Fund deadline of October 30, 2026 is real, but it applies only to applicants invited after the funding-inquiry stage, which closed July 31, 2026 — the date on the calendar is not the door, so the catalog now lists the 2026 round as closed and it is no longer on this calendar. And NSF SBIR Phase I takes full proposals until November 4, 2026, but a full proposal requires an invited Project Pitch first, so the practical deadline sits weeks earlier than the published one.

October 9, 2026 — re-checked. Every row was recomputed from the catalog, taking the calendar from 31 dated deadlines to 43. Twelve entries came off. Nine passed or closed: the NC IDEA SEED and MICRO grants, the Montana Indian Equity Fund, the DOE Advanced Nuclear licensing cost-share and the NOAA Fisheries BAA (both closed at the end of September with no successor posted), the FHLBank Indianapolis Elevate grant, the DoD SBIR fall release, the HFFI FARE Fund, and the Massachusetts Manufacturing Accelerate Program, which re-verified on August 23 as closed for its FY2026 round. Three no longer carry a single dated deadline in the catalog: the Breva Thrive Grant (one award a quarter, not open now and with no next window posted — it now sits only in the monthly lane above), the MassCEC heat pump training network (rolling Strand B enrollment) and the Section 48E clean electricity credit (claimed on an ongoing basis). Six moved to their next date: the Women Founders Grant, Idaho WDC, Secretsos and the CDC/NIOSH agreement roll forward on their own cycles; the NRL Long Range BAA was extended to December 30, 2026; and the DOE Office of Science solicitation was replaced by an FY 2027 continuation running to September 30, 2027. Twenty-four newly dated programs were added, among them the four NIH SBIR and STTR omnibus grants, the Hey Helen and Coach K monthly grants and the Her Agenda Breakthrough Grant.

None of this makes a calendar useless. It makes an unverified calendar useless. The honest version of this page includes statuses that a lead-generation listing would rather not print — a window that closed, a date that moved a month earlier, a deadline that is really invitation-only.

What still closes in November 2026

Thirty-five dated deadlines fall in November 2026 as of November 1, 2026, starting with the Rhode Island Innovation Voucher on November 3; twelve of them close in the first eight days of the month.

October’s rounds are over: the Galaxy Grant ($2,500) and Women Founders Grant ($5,000) both closed October 31 with no new dates posted, while the monthly Hey Helen Grant ($10,000) moved on to a November 30 round. November itself splits three ways. Federal R&D dates bunch at both ends of the month: NSF SBIR and STTR full proposals on November 4 (Phase I needs an invited Project Pitch first), EPA SBIR Phase I on November 8, DOE’s UNLOCK concept papers on November 20, and the Department of Defense, Air Force, Navy and DARPA SBIR topics on November 25. Nationally open grants include the Sephora Beauty Grant ($100,000) on November 6, the Entreprenista Evolve Grant ($5,000) on November 11, SXSW Pitch entries on November 13, the Coach K Legacy Grant ($1,000) on November 28 and, on November 30, Hey Helen, the Shophand Small Business Boost Grant and the IFW Startup Accelerator Grant ($5,000). The rest are state and city programs with narrower eligibility, from Ohio’s Third Frontier fund on November 5 to Chicago’s Neighborhood Opportunity Fund on November 13 and the Montana Tribal Tourism Small Business Grant on November 30.

Rhode Island Innovation Voucher ProgramNovember 3, 2026
Up to $75,000 · State grant · RI · As published · 6 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Current round open October 6 – November 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM EST.
SBIR Phase I — NSF (America's Seed Fund)November 4, 2026
Up to $305K (Phase I) · Federal grant · All US · Verified · 1 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Full proposals require an invited Project Pitch first — budget lead time before the November date.
SBIR Phase II — NSF (America's Seed Fund)November 4, 2026
Up to $1.25M (Phase II) · Federal grant · All US · As published · 7 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Phase II is open only to NSF Phase I awardees, who may submit between 6 and 24 months after their Phase I start date; no invitation is needed.
STTR Phase I — NSFNovember 4, 2026
Up to $305,000 · Federal grant · All US · As published · 1 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Same NSF 26-510 full-proposal window as SBIR Phase I; an invited Project Pitch comes first.
NCBiotech Small Business Research Loan (SRL)November 5, 2026
$150,000–$350,000 · State loan · NC · As published · 6 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Quarterly deadlines; next: November 5, 2026 (then February 5, 2027). Applications are by invitation following an eligibility review with the NCBiotech Investments team.
NCBiotech Strategic Growth Loan (SGL)November 5, 2026
Up to $650,000 (standard cap $500,000) · State loan · NC · As published · 6 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Quarterly deadlines; next: November 5, 2026 (then February 5, 2027). Applications are by invitation following an eligibility review with the NCBiotech Investments team.
Ohio Third Frontier Technology Validation and Start-up Fund (TVSF)November 5, 2026
Up to $200,000 (Phase 2) · State grant · OH · As published · 6 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Round 47 (Phase 2) open now: application opened Oct. 23, 2026; written questions through Oct. 30; proposals due 4 p.m. Nov. 5, 2026; awards approximately January 2027. Rounds run roughly quarterly.
SBIR Phase I — U.S. ArmyNovember 5, 2026
Up to $300K (Phase I) · Federal grant · All US · As published · 7 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Rolling topics — Army SBIR|STTR posts topics on armysbir.army.mil and DSIP, each with its own close date. The currently active topic (G-TEAD USAREUR-AF ACE 27-02) closes November 5, 2026.
MIT Solve 2027 Global ChallengesNovember 6, 2026
Average $40,000 per Solver team · Foundation grant · All US · As published · 6 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
November 6, 2026 at 12:00 pm EST.
Sephora Beauty GrantNovember 6, 2026
$100,000 · Corporate grant · All US · As published · 7 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
The 2027 Sephora Beauty Grant application is open from October 6 to November 6, 2026.
MDOT Small Business Grant (Purple Line corridor, Maryland)November 7, 2026
Up to $50,000 · State grant · MD · As published · 6 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Round 3 closes November 7, 2026; awards announced December 16, 2026.
SBIR Phase I — EPANovember 8, 2026
Up to $100K (Phase I) · Federal grant · All US · As published · 7 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Open — the EPA SBIR 2026 Phase I solicitation closes November 8, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. ET. EPA issues one annual solicitation.
Denver Business Impact Opportunity (BIO) FundNovember 10, 2026
Up to $15,000 · City / county grant · CO · As published · 6 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
The final BIO Fund round (East Colfax, Roslyn St to Yosemite St) is open and the deadline to apply is Tuesday, November 10, 2026.
Entreprenista Evolve GrantNovember 11, 2026
$5,000 (quarterly) · Corporate grant · All US · As published · 7 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Fall 2026 cycle of a seasonal program run with IT Cosmetics.
Restaurant Strong 2026 Grant (Wonder and The Greg Hill Foundation)November 11, 2026
$5,000 per restaurant · Foundation grant · 14 states · As published · 6 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
November 11, 2026 at 11:59 PM EST (rolling review from October 26)
Preserve Route 66 Legacy Business Grant Fund (National Trust for Historic Preservation)November 12, 2026
Generally $5,000 to $10,000 · Foundation grant · 8 states · As published · 6 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
November 12, 2026 at 11:59pm local time.
Chicago Neighborhood Opportunity Fund (NOF)November 13, 2026
Up to $250,000 · City / county grant · IL · As published · 6 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Rolling intake with quarterly review cycles. Next deadline: 11:59 p.m. Friday, November 13, 2026 (Q4); 2027 deadlines will be posted when available.
SXSW PitchNovember 13, 2026
Cash prize (undisclosed) + exposure · Corporate award · All US · As published · 7 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Entry for SXSW Pitch 2027; the competition itself is held in March at SXSW.
Maryland Research and Development Tax CreditNovember 15, 2026
10% incremental QRE (capped) · State tax credit · MD · As published · 6 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Annual — open now for tax year 2025; apply online by November 15, 2026 (portal opened June 1).
New Mexico SBIR/STTR Matching GrantNovember 17, 2026
Up to $50K (Ph I) / $100K (Ph II) · State grant · NM · As published · 6 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Annual competitive round. The current round is open and closes November 17, 2026 at 5 pm Mountain Time.
Tory Burch Foundation Fellows ProgramNovember 17, 2026
$2,000 education grant + a year-long fellowship · Foundation program · All US · As published · 6 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Annual: the 2027 cohort application opened September 22, 2026 and closes November 17, 2026. Fellows are announced in May 2027.
SBIR Phase I — Department of EnergyNovember 20, 2026
Up to $250K (Phase I, by topic) · Federal grant · All US · As published · 7 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Open now for one topic: DOE ARPA-E's UNLOCK SBIR/STTR (subsurface resources, combined Phase I/II). Concept papers are due November 20, 2026; full applications are by invitation, date to be set.
STTR Phase I — Department of EnergyNovember 20, 2026
$200K–$250K (STTR Phase I) · Federal grant · All US · As published · 7 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Open now for one topic: DOE ARPA-E's UNLOCK SBIR/STTR (subsurface resources, combined Phase I/II). Concept papers are due November 20, 2026; full applications are by invitation, date to be set.
SBIR Phase I — DARPANovember 25, 2026
Up to $250K (Phase I) · Federal grant · All US · As published · 7 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
DARPA SBIR topics (DoW 2026 BAA, DPA26BZ06): most closed October 21, 2026; topic DPA26BZ06-DV028 (TRIAGE-X) stays open until November 25, 2026.
SBIR Phase I — Department of DefenseNovember 25, 2026
Up to $250K (Phase I) · Federal grant · All US · As published · 1 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
DoW FY27 Release 1 is open now (opened October 28) and closes November 25, 2026 at 12:00pm ET; DoW now issues SBIR topic releases monthly.
SBIR Phase I — U.S. Air Force / AFWERXNovember 25, 2026
Up to $323K (Phase I) · Federal grant · All US · As published · 7 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
The FY27 Release 1 Air Force topics (solicitations 27.BZ and 27.TZ, 16 topics) are open now and close November 25, 2026 at 12:00 PM ET. Release 2 pre-releases November 4, 2026.
SBIR Phase I — U.S. Navy / ONRNovember 25, 2026
Up to $140K + $100K option (Phase I) · Federal grant · All US · As published · 7 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Navy topics in DoW FY27 Release 1 are open now: submissions opened October 28, 2026 and close November 25, 2026 at 12:00pm ET (Navy topics in FY26 Release 6 closed October 21, 2026).
Coach K Legacy GrantNovember 28, 2026
$1,000 (monthly) · Corporate grant · All US · As published · 7 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Monthly ($1,000 each round). The current round closes November 28 at 11:59pm EST.
DOE Advanced Nuclear Energy Licensing Cost-Share Grant ProgramNovember 30, 2026
Varies (cost-share structure) · Federal grant · All US · As published · 6 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Rolling applications accepted through November 30, 2026, subject to available funding (DE-FOA-0003339)
DTE Energy — Energy Efficiency Program for BusinessNovember 30, 2026
Prescriptive per-measure + custom incentives · Corporate program · MI · As published · 6 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
The binding date is the earlier of 90 days from your reservation letter or November 30, 2026.
Flagship Fund (City of Erie, Pennsylvania)November 30, 2026
$2,500 to $10,000 (1:1 match, reimbursed) · City / county grant · PA · As published · 6 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
November 30, 2026, 11:59 PM.
Hey Helen GrantNovember 30, 2026
$10,000 (monthly) · Corporate grant · All US · As published · 7 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Rounds close on the last day of each month at 11:59pm ET; the next deadline is November 30, 2026.
IFW Startup Accelerator GrantNovember 30, 2026
$5,000 (one winner) · Corporate grant · All US · As published · 6 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
November 30, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. ET (applications opened October 15, 2026)
Montana Tribal Tourism Small Business GrantNovember 30, 2026
Up to $30,000 (10% cash match above $25,000) · State grant · MT · As published · 7 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
FY27 window opened October 1; award decisions typically follow in January–February.
Shophand $5k Small Business Boost GrantNovember 30, 2026
$2,500 cash + $2,500 Shophand services · Corporate grant · All US · As published · 6 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Round 2 of two rounds a year; the winner is announced December 15.

Small business grant deadlines in December 2026

Twenty-two dated deadlines fall in December 2026 as of November 1, 2026, eight of them on the last day of the year — including the Secretsos Small Business Grant’s fourth-quarter close and the Rhode Island Qualified Jobs Incentive Tax Credit’s statutory sunset.

December mixes three kinds of date. The Idaho Workforce Development Council Employer Training Grant (up to $500,000) has a quarterly cutoff on December 4 that feeds the January review committee. The NRL Long Range BAA takes white papers through December 30 under its latest amendment. The eight-program December 31 cluster is the most varied; among it, the Secretsos Small Business Grant ($2,500) closes its fourth quarter, the Business Freedom Grant ($1,000) takes its final entries, the USDA Organic Certification Cost Share Program (up to $750 per certification scope) stops taking applications for the 2025 and 2026 program years, and the Rhode Island Qualified Jobs Incentive Tax Credit reaches a statutory sunset rather than a competitive deadline — a date in law after which new authorizations stop unless the legislature extends the program.

KSU Small-Scale Farm GrantDecember 1, 2026
Up to $5,000 per application; lifetime maximum $10,000 per farm business · State grant · KY · As published · 3 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Rolling review with six deadlines in 2026-27: Feb 1, Apr 1, Jun 1, Aug 1, Oct 1 and Dec 1 (next: December 1, 2026)
Pennsylvania Research and Development Tax CreditDecember 1, 2026
10% of incremental QRE (20% small biz) · State tax credit · PA · As published · 6 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
December 1 annually — applications open August 1 through December 1.
Texas Enterprise Zone Program (EZP)December 1, 2026
$2,500–$7,500 per job · State tax credit · TX · As published · 6 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Quarterly rounds, due the first business day of March, June, September and December. Next deadline: December 1, 2026 (then March 1, 2027). Communities nominate companies.
Idaho Workforce Development Council — Employer Training GrantDecember 4, 2026
Up to $500,000 · State grant · ID · As published · 6 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Quarterly review — this cutoff feeds the January Grant Review Committee.
Hello Alice × Verizon Digital Ready Small Business GrantDecember 7, 2026
$10,000 per recipient · Corporate grant · All US · As published · 6 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Open now — complete 2 Digital Ready courses/events between Jan 1 and Dec 7, 2026 to unlock the application; 10 grants awarded monthly June-December 2026, final decisions by Jan 12, 2027.
LISC Verizon Small Business Digital Ready GrantDecember 7, 2026
$10,000 · Corporate grant · All US · As published · 6 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Apply once in 2026 (prerequisite courses/events must be completed by December 7, 2026); monthly selections June–December 2026.
Vermont Working Lands Enterprise Initiative Business Enhancement GrantDecember 10, 2026
$10,000–$50,000 · State grant · VT · As published · 2 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Business Enhancement Grant applications are open until December 10, 2026 at 2:00pm ET.
California STEP — State Trade Expansion ProgramDecember 11, 2026
Up to $10,000 per federal fiscal year (75% reimbursement) · State grant · CA · As published · 6 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Export Voucher Round 1 is open until December 11, 2026. Round 2: Dec 14, 2026 – Mar 12, 2027. Round 3: Mar 14 – Apr 30, 2027.
Hawaiʻi Small Business Innovation Research (HSBIR) Matching GrantDecember 11, 2026
Up to 50% match, up to $75,000 (Phase 0: $3K) · State grant · HI · As published · 6 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
FY27 Phase 0 and Phase I applications opened October 23, 2026 (9am) and close December 11, 2026 (11:59pm).
NFTE World Series of Innovation 2026-27December 13, 2026
Prizes of $300 to $1,500 · Foundation grant · All US · As published · 6 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Submissions due December 13, 2026.
Hiring Our Heroes Small Business GrantDecember 15, 2026
$10,000 (four winners) or $25,000 (grand prize) · Foundation grant · All US · As published · 6 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
December 15, 2026 at 11:59 pm EDT (2027 cycle)
Missouri Value-Added Agriculture Grant Program (MASBDA)December 15, 2026
Up to $200,000 · State grant · MO · As published · 6 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
December 15, 2026, 3 p.m. (for March 2027 funding)
RISE PA — Small Award Track (SAT) for Small ManufacturersDecember 15, 2026
Up to $500,000 (50% cost-share) · State grant · PA · As published · 6 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Round 5 is open September 15 to December 15, 2026.
NRL Long Range Broad Agency Announcement for Basic and Applied ResearchDecember 30, 2026
Varies by scope · Federal grant · All US · As published · 0 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
White papers accepted through this date under Amendment 0008; formal proposals are by invitation only.
Business Freedom GrantDecember 31, 2026
$1,000 · Corporate grant · All US · As published · 7 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Entries stay eligible for final judging; an interim review round closes November 15.
Iowa Seed Investor Tax CreditDecember 31, 2026
20% urban / 35% rural · State tax credit · IA · As published · 6 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Annual application window: September 1 through December 31 each year (current window closes December 31, 2026). Business certification is accepted on a rolling basis.
Outta Excuses Small Business Empowerment GrantDecember 31, 2026
$3,000 per round · Corporate grant · All US · As published · 7 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Open now — the current round closes December 31, 2026 at 11:59 PM EST; one small business owner wins the $3,000 grant.
Rhode Island Qualified Jobs Incentive Tax CreditDecember 31, 2026
$2,500–$7,500 per new job, up to 10 yrs · State tax credit · RI · As published · 6 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Statutory sunset for new applications, not a competitive round.
Secretsos Small Business GrantDecember 31, 2026
$2,500 (quarterly) · Foundation grant · All US · As published · 7 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
One award per quarter; applications do not roll over, so each quarter needs a fresh submission.
USDA FAS Emerging Markets Program (EMP)December 31, 2026
Varies — $8M across ~40 awards · Federal grant · All US · As published · 6 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Rolling tranches — the first FY2027 deadline (August 14, 2026) has passed, but applications are still accepted and considered in order received while funding lasts. Next deadlines: December 31, 2026; March 31, 2027; June 30, 2027.
USDA Organic Certification Cost Share Program (OCCSP)December 31, 2026
Up to $750 per certification scope · Federal grant · All US · As published · 7 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Deadline to apply for both the 2025 and 2026 program years, through a local USDA Service Center.
Walmart Local Community Grant ProgramDecember 31, 2026
$250–$5,000 · Corporate grant · All US · As published · 7 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Three application cycles in FY27 (Walmart's fiscal year): Feb 1 – Apr 15, May 1 – Jul 15, Aug 1 – Dec 31. The current cycle closes December 31, 2026. Apply through a Spark Good account on walmart.com/nonprofits.

Small business grant deadlines in January–March 2027

Nine dated deadlines fall between January and March 2027 — eight in January, one in February and none yet in March — led by the four NIH SBIR and STTR omnibus grants on January 5.

The January cluster is federal-heavy. NIH runs its SBIR and STTR omnibus grants on a fixed September 5 · January 5 · April 5 cycle, so January 5 is the next standard receipt date for Phase I (up to $323,090) and Phase II (up to $2.15 million). The NOAA Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program ($50,000–$400,000) closes January 22 and the CDC/NIOSH commercial fishing safety cooperative agreement January 26. Two non-federal dates sit alongside them: North Dakota’s APUC grant takes its quarterly applications on January 1, and the Her Agenda Breakthrough Grant ($5,000) closes January 19. The Tampa Entrepreneur Support Hub Microgrant ($1,500–$3,000) is the lone February date, on February 15 — and it is referral-only, so the real deadline is finishing technical assistance with a City partner first.

North Dakota Agricultural Products Utilization Commission (APUC) GrantJanuary 1, 2027
Varies by category (recent max ~$115K) · State grant · ND · As published · 6 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Quarterly deadlines — January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1; the commission meets about a month after each.
SBIR Phase I — NIH (PHS Omnibus)January 5, 2027
Up to $323,090 · Federal grant · All US · As published · 7 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Standard NIH cycle: September 5 · January 5 · April 5. The fall 2026 receipt date has passed, so January 5 is next.
SBIR Phase II — NIH (PHS Omnibus)January 5, 2027
Up to $2.15M (Phase II) · Federal grant · All US · As published · 7 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Standard NIH cycle: September 5 · January 5 · April 5. The fall 2026 receipt date has passed, so January 5 is next.
STTR Phase I — NIH (PHS Omnibus)January 5, 2027
Up to $323,090 (STTR Phase I) · Federal grant · All US · As published · 7 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Standard NIH cycle: September 5 · January 5 · April 5. The fall 2026 receipt date has passed, so January 5 is next.
STTR Phase II — NIH (PHS Omnibus)January 5, 2027
Up to $2.15M (STTR Phase II) · Federal grant · All US · As published · 7 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Standard NIH cycle: September 5 · January 5 · April 5. The fall 2026 receipt date has passed, so January 5 is next.
Her Agenda Breakthrough GrantJanuary 19, 2027
$5,000 · Corporate grant · All US · As published · 7 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Volume IV of the grant; the winner is announced March 2027.
NOAA National Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program (BREP) — FY 2026/27January 22, 2027
$50,000–$400,000 · Federal grant · All US · As published · 6 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Submitted through Grants.gov; SAM.gov/UEI registration can take several weeks.
CDC/NIOSH Commercial Fishing Occupational Safety Research Cooperative AgreementJanuary 26, 2027
$150K–$975K · Federal grant · All US · As published · 6 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Standing announcement with a fixed receipt-date series; the late-August 2026 date has passed and this is the next one.
Tampa Entrepreneur Support Hub MicrograntFebruary 15, 2027
$1,500–$3,000 · City / county grant · FL · As published · 6 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Referral-based: a City-funded partner submits the referral after you complete technical assistance.

Dated deadlines beyond March 2027

Twelve dated deadlines in the catalog fall after March 2027, from the LPS Qubit Collaboratory in April 2027 to the Section 45Z clean fuel credit that runs through 2029.

These are worth calendaring precisely because they are far away: long-horizon programmes get ignored until they are urgent, and several of them reward companies that start planning years ahead of the date. The federal Section 45Z clean fuel production credit is claimed against tax rather than applied for, so its “deadline” is a production window rather than an application cutoff. NIST’s CHIPS R&D broad agency announcement runs to 2029 with a $10 million floor and no ceiling. Three state export programmes — Global NY STEP, Oklahoma STEP and Washington STEP — share the September 29, 2027 end of the current federal STEP funding period, and the DOE Office of Science continuation solicitation now runs to September 30, 2027.

Dated deadlines that land after March 2027 — long-horizon programs worth calendaring now
Program	Deadline	Advertised maximum	Level & type	Date check
LPS Qubit Collaboratory (LQC) NSA Laboratory for Physical Sciences (LPS) / Army Research Office (ARO) Rolling BAA — proposals accepted continuously up to this date.	April 30, 2027 203 days from Oct 9	Up to $800K/yr	Federal · Grant All US	As published 0 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Colorado Green Business Network (CGBN) Efficiency Grant Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment — Colorado Green Business Network 2026–27 funding cycle; projects cannot be completed before you apply.	May 1, 2027 204 days from Oct 9	Up to $1,500-$4,500 depending on Colorado EnviroScreen score	State · Grant CO	As published 3 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Colorado Green Business Network (CGBN) Pre-Approved Equipment Grant Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment — Colorado Green Business Network First-come, first-served within the 2026–27 cycle.	May 1, 2027 204 days from Oct 9	Up to $500 per business per grant cycle	State · Grant CO	As published 3 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Entrepreneurship World Cup (EWC) Entrepreneurship World Cup (Global Entrepreneurship Network in partnership with Misk Foun… Equity-free prize competition; global finals in November 2027.	May 31, 2027 234 days from Oct 9	$20K-$200K (equity-free)	Corporate · Award All US	As published 6 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Global NY STEP — New York State Trade Expansion Program Empire State Development (ESD) — Global NY Office STEP 13 funding period, first-come until the money is committed — a race against the fund balance, not the date.	September 29, 2027 355 days from Oct 9	$2,000–$5,000 per activity	State · Grant NY	Corrected 6 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Oklahoma STEP Fund — State Trade Expansion Program Oklahoma Department of Commerce STEP 13 activity period; individual trade events carry their own earlier deadlines.	September 29, 2027 355 days from Oct 9	Up to $24,000/year	State · Grant OK	As published 6 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Washington STEP Export Voucher Program Washington State Department of Commerce Up to three vouchers per company per federal fiscal year.	September 29, 2027 355 days from Oct 9	Up to $10,000/year	State · Grant WA	As published 6 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
DOE Office of Science — FY2026 Continuation of Solicitation for the Financial Assistance… U.S. Department of Energy — Office of Science The FY 2027 continuation (DE-FOA-0003665) replaced the FY2026 solicitation and runs to this date.	September 30, 2027 356 days from Oct 9	$50K–$5,000,000/year	Federal · Grant All US	As published 6 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Colorado Rural Jump-Start Grant and Tax Credit Program Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) Grants through this date; the program's tax credits run to December 31, 2030.	June 30, 2028 630 days from Oct 9	Up to $15,000 ($25K Just Transition)	State · Grant CO	As published 6 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Next New Jersey Manufacturing Program Tax Credit New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) Open until the $500M credit pool is committed or this date, whichever comes first.	March 1, 2029 874 days from Oct 9	Up to 25% of capital investment	State · Tax credit NJ	As published 6 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
NIST CHIPS R&D Office — Broad Agency Announcement (CRDO BAA) National Institute of Standards and Technology — CHIPS Research and Development Office Mandatory white paper first; an invited pre-negotiation package follows.	September 30, 2029 1087 days from Oct 9	$10M minimum, no ceiling	Federal · Grant All US	As published 6 of 7 intel fields on file — locked
Clean Fuel Production Credit (Section 45Z) Internal Revenue Service Claimed on the annual tax return for fuel produced and sold through 2029 — a credit window, not an application cutoff.	December 31, 2029 1179 days from Oct 9	Up to $1.00/gal of clean fuel	Federal · Tax credit All US	As published 7 of 7 intel fields on file — locked

The numbers behind this calendar

Only 43 of 736 tracked US programs carry a dated deadline on or after October 9, 2026, while 351 are open with none at all — deadlines govern a small minority of American small business funding.

These figures are computed from the same catalog that produces the tables above, as of October 9, 2026. They are worth reading before you organise your funding search around a calendar, because the headline finding cuts against the premise: most US small business funding does not have a deadline. The programmes that do tend to be either federal announcements and topic releases or small private grants running short competitive cycles — and right now the small grants dominate the near term: the median advertised maximum among the 90-day closers is $10,000, while the large federal SBIR and STTR awards sit at the top of the range rather than in the middle of it.

How 736 tracked programs distribute across deadline shapes — computed October 9, 2026
Measure	Value	How it was computed
Programs with a dated deadline on or after October 9, 2026	43	Open catalog rows (the site’s one open-now rule: active status, deadline on or after the as-of date) that carry a specific deadline date.
Of those, closing on or before December 31, 2026	22	Same set, filtered to 2026 dates.
Closing within 90 days (by January 7, 2027)	27	Deadline date minus October 9, 2026.
Median advertised maximum among those 90-day closers	$10,000	Median of the 20 of 27 that publish a numeric ceiling; 7 publish none.
Of those 90-day closers, advertising $50,000 or less	11	Count of numeric ceilings at or below $50,000.
Programs that are open with no fixed deadline	351	Open rows in the same catalog that carry no deadline date at all — 48% of the 736 tracked programs.
October (from October 9) / November / December 2026 closers	9 / 7 / 6	Dated rows grouped by calendar month.
January / February / March 2027 closers	8 / 1 / 0	Dated rows grouped by calendar month.
Federal / state / corporate / foundation / city split of the 43	17 / 11 / 10 / 4 / 1	Level field on each dated row.
Program records opened at their official source in the August 18, 2026 pass	23	Manual re-verification, August 18, 2026. 3 stored dates were wrong and were corrected.

Methodology. Every figure in this table is computed from the GrantCompass US catalog (n=736 programs, October 2026 snapshot) as of October 9, 2026, so that “days from now” is reproducible rather than drifting. A programme counts as having a dated deadline when it is open under the site’s single open-now rule (active status, and a deadline date on or after the as-of date) and its record carries a specific calendar date; it counts as having no fixed deadline when it is open and its record carries no date at all. Eight dated programmes describe themselves as rolling up to an end date (NIST’s CHIPS BAA, for example); they sit in the dated set here because the end date is real. Medians use only the programmes that publish a numeric ceiling; those advertising “varies” or a per-unit rate are excluded and counted separately rather than being assigned a guessed value. Twenty-three of the program records behind this page were re-opened at their official source on August 18, 2026, and three stored dates were found wrong and corrected; the October 9, 2026 re-check recomputed every row from the catalog without re-opening sources, so rows marked “As published” carry the program’s own last published date.

What “11:59 pm” means: time zones and other deadline traps

Most private small business grants close at 11:59 pm Eastern, which is 8:59 pm in California and as early as 5:59 pm in Hawaii. Federal deadlines are often not midnight at all: NIH SBIR and STTR applications are due at 5:00 pm in the applicant organization’s local time, and the Department of Defense set noon Eastern as the close for its FY27 Release 1 SBIR topics. Convert every deadline to your own clock before you plan the last evening.

11:59 pm Eastern on your clock
Where you are	Mar to Nov	Nov to Mar
Eastern	11:59 pm	11:59 pm
Central	10:59 pm	10:59 pm
Mountain	9:59 pm	9:59 pm
Arizona*	8:59 pm	9:59 pm
Pacific	8:59 pm	8:59 pm
Alaska	7:59 pm	7:59 pm
Hawaii*	5:59 pm	6:59 pm

*Hawaii and most of Arizona do not switch to daylight time, so their gap to Eastern changes in March and November.

Whose clock each program uses
Program	As the funder states it
Amber Grant	Last day of the month, 11:59:59 pm Eastern
Hey Helen Grant	Last day of the month, 11:59 pm “EST”
HerRise MicroGrant	Last day of the month, 11:59 pm, no time zone given
Coach K Legacy	A posted day each month, not the last day, 11:59 pm “EST”
Secretsos	Last day of the quarter, 11:59:59 pm Central
NIH SBIR and STTR	5:00 pm, applicant organization’s local time
DoD SBIR releases	12:00 pm (noon) Eastern, as set for FY27 Release 1

At the end of March, June, September and December, four programs in that list close on the same night on two different clocks. For someone in New York, Amber and Hey Helen close at 11:59 pm, while the Secretsos quarter-end cutoff in Central time falls at 12:59 am the next morning. For someone in Los Angeles, the NIH 5:00 pm local deadline arrives three hours later in the day than it does for an applicant in Boston, while a DoD noon-Eastern close arrives at 9:00 am.

“EST” in summer still means Eastern. Funders such as Hey Helen and Coach K write “EST” all year. Read it as Eastern time as the clocks show it that day, and do not add or subtract an hour.
No time zone stated? Plan for Eastern. HerRise says only “11:59pm on the last day of the month.” Eastern is the earliest US mainland clock, so planning for it can only make you early.
“The last day of the month” moves. It is the 28th in February (the 29th in a leap year) and the 30th in April, June, September and November. Set reminders on the last day, not on the 31st.
Federal portals check your package after you press submit. Grants.gov says an application package “will either be successfully validated or it will be rejected with valid errors.” A rejection you learn about after the deadline cannot be fixed, so submit federal applications at least two business days early.
Registrations expire. SAM.gov says you must renew your registration every 365 days. Check that it is active weeks before a federal deadline, not on the day.

A typical year of small business grant deadlines, month by month

Every month has the same floor: the monthly microgrants close on the last day. On top of that, quarter ends in March, June, September and December add the quarterly grants, NIH’s three SBIR and STTR cycles fall in September, January and April, and the Tory Burch Foundation Fellows window has sat in the fall. Exact dates change from year to year, but this shape mostly does not.

Use this as a planning frame and the dated calendar above for the real dates. The months below describe recurring patterns that each funder publishes, not a promise that a given round will run.

Every month: the monthly microgrants (Amber, HerRise, Hey Helen, Freed) close on the last day. The months below add what recurs on top of that.

JanuaryNIH SBIR/STTR cycle (the 5th)NASE quarterly review
FebruaryMonth-end falls on the 28th, or the 29th in a leap year
MarchSecretsos quarter ends
AprilNIH SBIR/STTR cycle (the 5th)NASE quarterly reviewMonth-end is the 30th
MayTory Burch Fellows chosen from the fall window
JuneSecretsos quarter endsMonth-end is the 30th
JulyNASE quarterly review
AugustMonthly microgrants only
SeptemberNIH SBIR/STTR cycle (the 5th)Secretsos quarter endsFederal fiscal year endsTory Burch Fellows window opensMonth-end is the 30th
OctoberNASE quarterly reviewTory Burch Fellows window runs
NovemberTory Burch Fellows window closesMonth-end is the 30th
DecemberSecretsos quarter endsAmber year-end awards chosen

Some anchors behind that grid. NIH lists three standard SBIR and STTR due dates, the 5th of September, January and April, each at 5:00 pm local time. The Tory Burch Foundation Fellows program runs one application window a year; for the 2027 cohort it was set for late September into mid-November, with fellows selected in May 2027. NSF’s SBIR program works in two steps: a Project Pitch first, then a full proposal by invitation on set dates. The Department of Defense issues several SBIR topic releases a year, each with its own open and close. Amber’s year-end awards are chosen in December from the year’s monthly winners.

The back-plan, by kind of deadline

Monthly microgrant

1 week before: write your answers.
2 days before: submit, leaving room for a payment or upload problem.

Quarterly grant

2 weeks before: pull your numbers and write.
3 days before: submit. Secretsos needs a fresh application every quarter.

Annual window

6 weeks before: start the first draft.
3 weeks before: get one outside reader.
5 days before: submit.

Federal SBIR or NOFO

12 weeks before: confirm SAM.gov is active.
8 weeks before: settle the topic; at NSF, send the Project Pitch.
4 weeks before: full draft with budget.
1 week before: final check against the notice.
2 business days before: submit and watch for validation.

How to get deadline alerts without checking every site

New small business grants this week lists the grants GrantCompass added or saw reopen, each checked at the funder, with a free Monday email.
The women’s business grant calendar tracks the programs reserved for women founders, where the monthly cadence is strongest.
Grants.gov lets account holders “receive a nightly email update of opportunities that have been posted or modified,” or follow a single opportunity from its page.
NSF’s SBIR program runs an email list to be notified of upcoming deadlines, linked from seedfund.nsf.gov.

See which grants you qualify for →

Questions people actually ask about grant deadlines

The five questions below are the ones that bring people to a deadline page — answered against the October 9, 2026 catalog rather than in general terms.

Is there a small business grant with a deadline that has not passed yet?

Yes — as of November 1, 2026, 35 programs in the catalog carry a dated deadline in November alone, and 66 close within 90 days. Nationally available options closing soonest include the Sephora Beauty Grant ($100,000) on November 6, the Entreprenista Evolve Grant ($5,000) on November 11, the Coach K Legacy Grant ($1,000) on November 28 and the Hey Helen Grant ($10,000) on November 30; the Galaxy Grant ($2,500) and Women Founders Grant ($5,000) rounds closed October 31, with no new dates posted.

The more useful answer is that the question undersells your options. Hundreds more programmes in the catalog are open right now with no deadline whatsoever, which means there is no date to miss and no reason to wait. If nothing on the dated list fits your state or industry, the rolling half of the catalog almost certainly contains something that does.

What is the soonest small business grant deadline?

As of November 1, 2026, the soonest dated deadline is November 3 — two days out — for the Rhode Island Innovation Voucher Program (up to $75,000, Rhode Island businesses only). NSF SBIR and STTR full proposals follow on November 4, by invitation after a Project Pitch, and the nationally open Sephora Beauty Grant ($100,000) closes November 6. Nineteen dated deadlines fall inside 14 days.

But “soonest” is rarely the right filter. A deadline a few days away is only worth chasing if you can assemble a credible application in that time, and most competitive programmes cannot be done in that window. The monthly grants solve this properly: the Amber Grant, HerRise MicroGrant and Freed Fellowship all close on the last day of every month, so there is always a deadline within 31 days that you can actually meet, and missing it costs you four weeks rather than a year.

Are there small business grants closing today or this week?

As of Sunday, November 1, 2026, nothing in the catalog’s active set closes on the day itself or the next. Inside seven days, twelve programs close between November 3 and November 8, starting with the Rhode Island Innovation Voucher on November 3, NSF SBIR and STTR full proposals on November 4 and the Sephora Beauty Grant on November 6. With 86 dated deadlines spread from November 2026 to December 2029, most individual days are still empty even when a week is not. Anyone promising you a grant that “ends today”, every day, is describing a marketing device rather than a calendar.

What is genuinely true week to week is the monthly rhythm. In the last week of any month, the Amber Grant, HerRise MicroGrant, Freed Fellowship and Hey Helen Grant are all closing, and the Secretsos Small Business Grant closes at the end of every quarter. That gives a reliable four-programme cluster in the final days of each month, which is a far better basis for a weekly habit than watching for a one-off date.

What grants are open in New York in October and November 2026?

Nineteen New York–specific programmes in the catalog are open as of October 9, 2026, and two of them appear in the dated calendar. The Con Edison Commercial & Industrial Energy Efficiency Program carries an October 15, 2026 date — an installation-completion deadline for 2026 incentive rates, for businesses in Con Edison’s service area making qualifying equipment upgrades. The Global NY STEP export grant is the other, and it comes with a correction worth knowing about: we once stored it with an August 31, 2026 deadline, which was the end of the retired STEP 12 funding period. Empire State Development now runs STEP 13, funded July 24, 2026 through September 29, 2027, awarding $2,000 to $5,000 per export activity up to $10,000 per company, first-come until the money is committed. So it is open, not closing — but it is a race against the fund balance rather than against a date.

The other 16 New York programmes run with no fixed deadline: ten small business loan programmes, three tax credits, one program and two grants — the Global NY Fund Grant Program (up to $25,000 for companies) and NYSERDA FlexTech energy studies (50–75% cost-share, up to $1M). Beyond those, New York businesses are eligible for every nationally open programme in the calendar above — in October and November that includes the Galaxy, Hey Helen, Women Founders and Entreprenista Evolve grants — and for the rolling half of the catalog.

Do federal grants all close on September 30?

Not all, but far more than chance would produce. When this calendar was first built on August 18, 2026, five of its twelve federal dated deadlines fell on September 30, 2026 — the last day of the federal fiscal year. Broad agency announcements and continuation solicitations are routinely written to expire on that boundary regardless of the underlying programme’s life, so the date marks the end of an announcement rather than the end of an opportunity.

The 2026 boundary showed both outcomes. The DOE Office of Science solicitation was replaced by an FY 2027 continuation that runs to September 30, 2027, while the NOAA Fisheries BAA closed with no FY2027 successor posted yet and the NRL Long Range BAA was extended by amendment to December 30, 2026. Of the 43 dated deadlines on the calendar now, 17 are federal, and two of them again sit on a September 30 — in 2027 and 2029. Standing announcements read applications as they arrive rather than scoring them in a batch at the deadline, so submitting early in a cycle is strictly better than submitting at the end of one.

Frequently asked questions

What small business grants close in November 2026?

As of November 1, 2026, 35 dated deadlines fall in November 2026 in the GrantCompass US catalog. The first is the Rhode Island Innovation Voucher on November 3; NSF SBIR and STTR full proposals follow on November 4 and EPA SBIR Phase I on November 8. Nationally open grants include the Sephora Beauty Grant ($100,000) on November 6, the Entreprenista Evolve Grant ($5,000) on November 11, SXSW Pitch on November 13, the Tory Burch Foundation Fellows program on November 17, the Coach K Legacy Grant ($1,000) on November 28 and, on November 30, the Hey Helen Grant ($10,000), the Shophand Small Business Boost Grant and the IFW Startup Accelerator Grant ($5,000). Department of Defense, Air Force, Navy and DARPA SBIR Phase I topics close November 25. The Amber Grant, HerRise MicroGrant and Freed Fellowship close their monthly rounds on November 30. The Galaxy Grant and Women Founders Grant rounds closed October 31, 2026, with no new dates posted.

What is the soonest small business grant deadline right now?

As of November 1, 2026, the soonest dated deadline is the Rhode Island Innovation Voucher (up to $75,000, for Rhode Island businesses) on November 3, 2026. NSF SBIR and STTR full proposals follow on November 4 (by invitation after a Project Pitch), and the nationally open Sephora Beauty Grant ($100,000) closes November 6. Nineteen dated deadlines fall within 14 days of November 1. Separately, the Amber Grant ($15,000), HerRise MicroGrant ($1,000) and Freed Fellowship ($500) all close on the last day of every month, so there is always a monthly deadline no more than 31 days away.

Do any small business grants have monthly deadlines?

Yes. Several programs reset their cutoff every month rather than once a year. The Amber Grant from WomensNet awards three $15,000 grants each month and closes at 11:59:59 pm Eastern on the last day of the month. The HerRise MicroGrant awards $1,000 monthly with the same last-day-of-month cutoff. The Freed Fellowship selects one fellow each month at $500 plus a $2,500 year-end award. The Hey Helen Grant ($10,000) closes a round on the last day of each month, and the Coach K Legacy Grant ($1,000) runs a monthly cycle. Chicago's Small Business Improvement Fund opens monthly windows district by district, and Iowa's Business Incentives for Growth program takes pre-applications by the 15th of each month for the following month's board. Quarterly programs, such as the Secretsos Small Business Grant and the NASE Growth Grant, work the same way on a three-month rhythm.

How many small business grants have no deadline at all?

In the GrantCompass US catalog, 351 of 736 tracked programs are open with no fixed deadline — roughly 48 percent. These are rolling programs: state revolving loan funds, utility efficiency incentives, standing federal broad agency announcements, and negotiated economic development incentives that stay open until their money runs out or their fiscal year turns over. The practical consequence is that only 43 programs in the catalog carry a dated deadline on or after October 9, 2026, so a calendar is the wrong mental model for most US small business funding. Deadlines matter enormously for the minority of programs that have them, and not at all for the majority that do not. The no-deadline programs have their own guide.

Why are small business grant deadlines listed online so often wrong?

Because grant listings are copied far more often than they are checked. A date enters an aggregator once, gets syndicated across dozens of sites, and then stays frozen while the program moves on. The most common failure is not an invented date but a stale one: the end of a previous funding period presented as the current deadline. In the August 2026 verification pass behind this page, GrantCompass opened 23 program records at their official source and found three stored dates wrong — the Global NY STEP export grant was carrying the end of the retired STEP 12 period rather than the current STEP 13 window, the Montana Indian Equity Fund's window had been recorded as ending a month later than it did, and a CDC/NIOSH receipt date was three days off. That is roughly one stored date in eight.

What small business grant deadlines fall in November 2026 through January 2027?

As of November 1, 2026, 35 dated deadlines fall in November 2026, 22 in December and 9 in January 2027. November runs from the Rhode Island Innovation Voucher on November 3 through NSF SBIR and STTR full proposals (November 4), the Sephora Beauty Grant ($100,000, November 6), the Entreprenista Evolve Grant ($5,000, November 11) and the Department of Defense SBIR topics (November 25) to seven closes on November 30, including the Hey Helen Grant ($10,000) and the Montana Tribal Tourism Small Business Grant. December opens with three dates on December 1 and ends with eight on December 31, among them the Secretsos Small Business Grant ($2,500), the Business Freedom Grant ($1,000), the Walmart Local Community Grant and the Rhode Island Qualified Jobs Incentive Tax Credit. January 2027 brings North Dakota's APUC grant on January 1, the four NIH SBIR and STTR omnibus grants on January 5, the Diamond Challenge on January 14, the Her Agenda Breakthrough Grant ($5,000) on January 19, NOAA's Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program on January 22 and the CDC/NIOSH commercial fishing safety cooperative agreement on January 26.