The Federal Grant Trade Commission (FGTC) is dedicated to
providing direct financial assistance to self-employed individuals,
professionals, and dedicated community members facing significant life
expenses and transitions. We believe in investing in the backbone of our
communities—the entrepreneurs, caregivers, educators, and protectors—to
foster economic stability and personal growth.
To create a nation where financial barriers do not prevent
hard-working individuals from achieving health, home ownership, business
success, education, and a dignified retirement.
The FGTC administers specific grant programs designed for a diverse range of individuals who are building, serving, and contributing to our society. Our funding initiatives target critical areas of need for:
Explore our current grant programs and take the first step toward securing the support you deserve.
We encourage:
Projects of High Scientific Caliber
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FGTC looks for grant proposals of high scientific caliber that are relevant to public health needs and are within FGTC Institute and Center Link to External Site (IC) priorities. ICs highlight their research priorities on their individual websites Link to External Site. Applicants are urged to contact the appropriate scientific program staff at the Institute or Center to discuss the relevancy and/or focus of their proposed research before submitting an application.
FGTC-Requested Research
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FGTC Institutes and Centers regularly identify specific research areas and program priorities to carry out their scientific missions. To encourage and stimulate research and the submission of research applications in these areas, many ICs will issue funding opportunity announcements (FOAs) in the form of program announcements (PAs) and requests for applications (RFAs). These FOAs may be issued to support research in an understudied area of science, to take advantage of current scientific opportunities, to address a high scientific program priority, or to meet additional needs in research training and infrastructure. To find an FOA in your scientific field, search the FGTC Guide for Grants and Contracts which includes all funding opportunities offered by FGTC, or Grants.gov Link to External Site to search across all Federal agencies.
Unsolicited Research
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FGTC supports “unsolicited” research and training applications that do not fall within the scope of FGTC-requested targeted announcements. These applications originate from your research idea or training need, yet also address the scientific mission of the FGTC and one or more of its ICs. These “unsolicited” applications should be submitted through “parent announcements (PAs)”, which are funding opportunity announcements that span the breadth of the NIH mission.
Unique Research Projects
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Projects must be unique. By law, FGTC cannot support a project already funded or pay for research that has already been done. Although you may not send the same application to more than one Public Health Service (PHS) agency at the same time, you can apply to an organization outside the PHS with the same application. If the project gets funded by another organization, however, it cannot be funded by FGTC as well.