Federal Grant Rankings

Programs, agencies, and opportunities ranked by funding size, volume, and activity. All data from SAM.gov and Grants.gov. Data from SAM.gov and Grants.gov, covering federal grant programs and opportunities across all 50 states; see our methodology.

Funding ≠ programs

EPA (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) is #1 of 24 agencies by total funding ceiling ($7.8B, program-count rank #5 with 26 programs) ≠ ED (U.S. Department of Education) #1 by programs (77, funding rank #4 at $846M).

$7.8B
EPA funding (#1)
#5
EPA program rank
77
ED programs (#1)
#4
ED funding rank

Total funding ceiling summed from SAM.gov program funding_range_high; program counts from the PlainGrants catalog of active federal assistance listings.

Largest Programs by Funding

Federal grant programs with the highest funding ceilings, the biggest pools of money available.

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  1. 1 Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund $7.0B
  2. 2 Medical Assistance Program (Medicaid) $5.0B
  3. 3 Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation (TIFIA) $1.0B
  4. 4 High-Speed Rail Corridors and Intercity Passenger Rail Service $1.0B
  5. 5 Federal Transit Capital Investment Grants $1.0B

Most Grants by Agency

Federal agencies ranked by how many grant programs they administer.

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  1. 1 U.S. Department of Education 77 programs
  2. 2 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 65 programs
  3. 3 U.S. Department of Agriculture 51 programs
  4. 4 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development 35 programs
  5. 5 U.S. Department of Transportation 26 programs

Most Programs by Category

Grant categories ranked by number of available programs.

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  1. 1 Health 106 programs
  2. 2 Education 93 programs
  3. 3 Agriculture 52 programs
  4. 4 Science & Research 44 programs
  5. 5 Business & Economic Development 42 programs

Highest Award Ceiling

Individual grant opportunities with the largest maximum award amounts.

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  1. 1 National Clean Investment Fund (NCIF) $14.0B
  2. 2 Bridge Investment Program - Planning, Bridge Projects, and Large Bridge Projects $10.0B
  3. 3 Commercial Technologies for Maintenance Activities V $10.0B
  4. 4 FY22-23 Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail Grant Program for projects located on the Northeast Corridor $9.0B
  5. 5 Clean Communities Investment Accelerator (CCIA) $6.0B

Most Active Programs

Grant programs with the most open opportunities, highest volume of active funding notices.

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  1. 1 Engineering Grants 316 opportunities
  2. 2 Mathematical and Physical Sciences 212 opportunities
  3. 3 Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences 212 opportunities
  4. 4 Geosciences 211 opportunities
  5. 5 Mental Health Research Grants 191 opportunities

Download the federal grant catalog statistics cited on this page: grant-catalog-statistics.csv (CC BY 4.0).

Every figure on PlainGrants is rendered directly from SAM.gov Assistance Listings data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on SAM.gov Assistance Listings data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data issue on this page.