Illinois state grants
121 state grant opportunities are open or forecasted in Illinois right now, as listed by the Illinois Catalog of State Financial Assistance.
This board is rebuilt daily by crawling the Illinois Catalog of State Financial Assistance on omb.illinois.gov (public record, no license stated) and shows when we last crawled it: crawled 2026-10-28 12:02 UTC. State grants are free to browse and are not part of member ratings, alerts, or the Tuesday digest. Those cover federal grants. Every state grant we list links its official program page as published by the portal, or the portal itself when the program publishes none; verify details there before applying. Where the catalog states the assistance instrument, notices offered only as a loan are left off this board and notices offered as a grant or a loan are marked; where a notice does not state it, the notice is listed with no instrument shown. Rolling notices have no fixed deadline, so they never appear under closing soon. The catalog lists them as open with no specific due dates for applications.
Newest listings
Showing the 25 most recently opened of 121.
- Transportation Alternatives Program - Metropolitan Planning Organization +200,000 population selected
- Illinois Regional Site Readiness Program
- Tourism Private Sector Grant Program
- Tourism Attraction Grant Program
- RPSA Violence Prevention Services
- State Programs:Education of Homeless Children and Youth
- Strategic Economic Development Program
- Innovation Vouchers Program
- CMP - Coastal Management Program - NOAA 26 Programmatic
- Student Housing and Basic Needs Stability Project
- FY27/FY28 Polling Place Accessibility Grant (HAVA)
- FY27 Small Equipment Grant
- SSBCI Technical Assistance Grant Program
- FY27 Expansion of ESL services for Adult Education providers working with Asylees, Refugees and Migrants
- FY27 Adult Education - Digital Instruction
- Illinois Energy Transition Navigators Program (CEJA)
- Illinois Clean Jobs Workforce Network Program
- Illinois Climate Works Pre-apprenticeship Program (CEJA)
- NOFO# 3342 - 0726 SCIP: Local FRO Implementation Support
- Transit Downstate Transit Improvement Fund Program
- International Tourism Grant Program
- FY27 Law Enforcement Camera Grant
- FFY 26 Legislative Pre Disaster Mitigation (LPDM)/Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS)
- Illinois Grocery Initiative
- Illinois Grocery Initiative
Closing within 30 days
- SSBCI Technical Assistance Grant Program
- Transit Downstate Transit Improvement Fund Program
- Illinois Climate Works Pre-apprenticeship Program (CEJA)
- Illinois Clean Jobs Workforce Network Program
- Illinois Energy Transition Navigators Program (CEJA)
- NOFO# 3342 - 0726 SCIP: Local FRO Implementation Support
- FY27 Nurse Educator Fellowship Program
- Student Housing and Basic Needs Stability Project
- Illinois Economic Empowerment Centers (EEC) Program
- Innovation Vouchers Program
- Strategic Economic Development Program
- FY27 Expansion of ESL services for Adult Education providers working with Asylees, Refugees and Migrants
- Illinois Climate Pollution Reduction Grants: Small Utility Clean Energy Planning Grant Program - Fourth Round
- Tourism Attraction Grant Program
- Tourism Private Sector Grant Program
- RPSA Violence Prevention Services
- FY27 Adult Education - Digital Instruction
- Illinois Regional Site Readiness Program
- FY27 Law Enforcement Camera Grant
- State Programs:Education of Homeless Children and Youth
Rolling and ongoing programs
- Illinois Grocery Initiative
- Community Development Block Grant Community Revitalization Program
- Aviation Fuel Tax Program
- Small Business Development Centers
- ETIP Strategic Sectors Single Company Grant
- Future Energy Jobs Act Multi-Cultural Jobs Program
- Federal Grant Support Program
- Driving a Cleaner Illinois - Volkswagen
- Community Development Block Grant Economic Development Program
- Energy Efficiency Assessment Program
- Lead Service Line Inventory Grant Program
- Energy Efficiency Trust Fund Grant Program
- Community Development Block Grant Disaster Response Program
- Emergency Management Performance Grants
- Redeploy Illinois - Planning Grant
Forecasted
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All programs, A to Z
All 121 notices on this board, alphabetically by title. Some sections above are capped; this list is not.
- 2023 Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC)
- 2025 NOAA Interjurisdictictional Fisheries Act of 1986 - Research: Management of Interjurisdictional Fisheries Resources
- AIS Grants to Great Lakes States (CAFWS-179)
- AIS Grants to Great Lakes States (FY24)
- AIS Grants to Great Lakes States (FY25)
- AIS Grants to Great Lakes States (FY26)
- APS_Fall 2024 Semester Pathways Program
- APS_FY27 Pathways Program
- APS_Spring 2025 Semester Pathways Program
- Aviation Fuel Tax Program
- BIG-P - Boating Infrastructure Grant Program (SFY25)
- Business Attraction Prime Sites
- C-SWG - Competitive State Wildlife Grants (FY25)
- C-SWG - Competitive State Wildlife Grants (FY26)
- CMP - Coastal Management Program - BIL Programmatic Projects (FY26)
- CMP - Coastal Management Program - IRA Programmatic Projects (FY26)
- CMP - Coastal Management Program - NOAA 25 Programmatic
- CMP - Coastal Management Program - NOAA 26 Programmatic
- CMP - Coastal Management Program - Programmatic Projects (FY25)
- CMP - Coastal Management Program - USEPA 2025 GLRI
- CMP - Coastal Management Program - USEPA 2026 GLRI
- CMP - Coastal Management Program - USEPA 22-11
- Community Development Block Grant Community Revitalization Program
- Community Development Block Grant Disaster Response Program
- Community Development Block Grant Economic Development Program
- CVA - Clean Vessel Act (FY25)
- DJ - Sport Fish Restoration - Fisheries, Boat Access (FY24)
- DJ - Sport Fish Restoration - Fisheries, Boat Access (FY25)
- DJ - Sport Fish Restoration - Fisheries, Boat Access (FY26)
- DJ - Sport Fish Restoration - Fisheries, Boat Access (FY27)
- Driving a Cleaner Illinois - Volkswagen
- Emergency Management Performance Grants
- Endangered Species (FY24)
- Energy Efficiency Assessment Program
- Energy Efficiency Trust Fund Grant Program
- ETIP Strategic Sectors Single Company Grant
- Federal Grant Support Program
- FFY 2022 Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC)
- FFY 2022 Flood Mitigation Assistance
- FFY 25 Homeland Security Grant Program
- FFY 26 Legislative Pre Disaster Mitigation (LPDM)/Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS)
- Forest Health Management
- Future Energy Jobs Act Multi-Cultural Jobs Program
- FY24 Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
- FY24 National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program (NEHRP)
- FY25 (EMPG) Emergency Management Performance Grants
- FY27 Adult Education - Digital Instruction
- FY27 Expansion of ESL services for Adult Education providers working with Asylees, Refugees and Migrants
- FY27 Illinois Voter Registration System Grant (IVRS)
- FY27 Law Enforcement Camera Grant
- FY27 Nurse Educator Fellowship Program
- FY27 Residential Sharps Collection Program
- FY27 Small Equipment Grant
- FY27/FY28 Polling Place Accessibility Grant (HAVA)
- Illinois Clean Jobs Workforce Network Program
- Illinois Climate Pollution Reduction Grants: Small Utility Clean Energy Planning Grant Program - Fourth Round
- Illinois Climate Pollution Reduction Grants: Stretch Code Adoption Grant Application - Fourth Round
- Illinois Climate Works Pre-apprenticeship Program (CEJA)
- Illinois Economic Empowerment Centers (EEC) Program
- Illinois Energy Transition Navigators Program (CEJA)
- Illinois Grocery Initiative
- Illinois Grocery Initiative
- Illinois Grocery Initiative
- Illinois Public Radio and Television
- Illinois Recreational Access Program (Federal: Voluntary Public Access & Habitat Incentive Program)
- Illinois Regional Site Readiness Program
- Illinois State Forest Action Plan (Forest Health)
- Illinois State Forest Action Plan (Urban)
- Illinois support of Ohio River Basin Asian Carp control and management (CAFWS-182)
- Illinois support of Ohio River Basin Asian Carp control and management (FY25)
- Illinois support of Ohio River Basin Asian Carp control and management (FY26)
- Illinois support of Upper Mississippi River Asian Carp control and management (FY25)
- Illinois Wetland Inventory Grant
- Inflation Reduction Act Urban & Community Forestry Program 23-DG-11094200-327
- Innovation Vouchers Program
- International Tourism Grant Program
- Invasive Carp Management Control in IL Waterway GLRI (CAFWS-183)
- Invasive Carp Management Control in IL Waterway GLRI (FY25) (CAFWS-176 170, and 164)
- Invasive Carp Management Control in IL Waterway GLRI (FY26)
- Invasive Carp removal and monitoring in the Upper Mississippi River (CAFWS-181)
- Invasive Carp removal and monitoring in the Upper Mississippi River FY26
- Lead Service Line Inventory Grant Program
- Line Item - Capital Grants - IDNR (FY22)
- Line Item - Capital Grants - IDNR (FY25)
- Line Item - Capital Grants FY26- IDNR
- Line Item - Operational Grant (FY26)
- Line Item - Operational Grant (FY27)
- Natural and Working Lands+ Climate
- NOFO# 3342 - 0726 SCIP: Local FRO Implementation Support
- OWR-US EPA (EN Grant-FY24-84103301-0): Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program and Related Assistance
- PR - Wildlife Restoration (FY24)
- PR - Wildlife Restoration (FY25)
- PR - Wildlife Restoration (FY26)
- PR - Wildlife Restoration (FY27)
- Recreational Corridor greenways and trails planning
- Redeploy Illinois - Planning Grant
- RPSA Violence Prevention Services
- SBIR/STTR Match Program
- SFY27 Preparedness, Response, and Unmet Needs Grant Program
- SFY27 Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program
- Small Business Development Centers
- SSBCI Technical Assistance Grant Program
- State ANS Comprehensive Management Plan (CAFWS-180)
- State ANS Comprehensive Management Plan (FY25)
- State ANS Comprehensive Management Plan (FY26))
- State Programs:Education of Homeless Children and Youth
- Strategic Economic Development Program
- Student Housing and Basic Needs Stability Project
- SWG - State Wildlife Grants (FY24)
- SWG - State Wildlife Grants (FY25)
- SWG - State Wildlife Grants (FY26)
- Tourism Attraction Grant Program
- Tourism Private Sector Grant Program
- Transit Downstate Transit Improvement Fund Program
- Transportation Alternatives Program - Metropolitan Planning Organization +200,000 population selected
- UCF - Urban and Community Forestry Program (FY24)
- Unsewered Communities Planning Grant Program - Round 3
- Volunteer Fire Assistance - Cooperative Forestry Assistance
- WNS - Endangered Species- White Nose Syndrome (FY24)
- WNS - Endangered Species- White Nose Syndrome (FY25)
- WNS - Endangered Species- White Nose Syndrome (FY26)