Closed · 2025NEA01ORALABS · CFDA 45.024 · Discretionary

NEA Research Labs, FY 2026

Federal grant opportunity posted by National Endowment for the Arts, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$100K-$300K
Award range
Closed
Status
March 24, 2025
Close date
4
Expected awards

The verdict

NEA Research Labs, FY 2026 is a closed discretionary listing from National Endowment for the Arts that offered $100,000 -- $300,000 across 4 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 235 other opportunities from National Endowment for the Arts.

$100K-$300K
award range
Closed
application status
4
expected awards
45.024
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

NEA Research Labs, FY 2026 is closed (last close March 24, 2025). The parent program page for CFDA 45.024 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. National Endowment for the Arts still indexes 235 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed March 24, 2025

Posted Jan 27 Closes Mar 24

Est. Total Funding

$1,200,000

Expected Awards

4

Instrument

Grant

Cost Sharing

Required

Description

The NEA Research Labs program funds projects that support transdisciplinary research teams to build public knowledge about the arts and their contributions to individuals, communities, and society at large. Each Lab will conduct multiple research studies and develop a suite of products or services.

Campus–civic applicant bridge · 9 doors

NEA Research Labs, FY 2026 bridges educational institutions with civic applicant types (9 doors: State governments; County governments; City or township governments; Special district governments; +5 more). Expect campus and public/nonprofit operators in the same printed set. Applicant cost-sharing is required on the Grants.gov extract. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Arts (AR). This eligibility-code string dominates the National Endowment for the Arts book (174 peers, 74% of 236).

Code 00
State governments
Code 01
County governments
Code 02
City or township governments
Code 04
Special district governments
Code 05
Independent school districts
Code 06
Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
Code 07
Federally recognized tribal governments
Code 12
Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
Code 20
Private institutions of higher education

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

Official Listing on Grants.gov

View full details, application forms, and submission instructions.

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Agency Contact

NEA Web Manager webmgr@arts.gov

What to do next

NEA Research Labs, FY 2026 is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Parent CFDA 45.024 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
  • Promotion of the Arts — Grants to Organizatio… indexes 0 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
  • National Endowment for the Arts lists 235 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog

Opportunity deadlines and eligibility change on Grants.gov; PlainGrants mirrors the extract and is not the submission system.

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Data sourced from the SAM.gov Assistance Listings and Grants.gov. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainGrants