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1. Community foundation

   Responsive Grants (2027)

   Community Foundation of Greater Memphis

   Next step: apply by Oct 7, 2026. Should we apply?

2. Local

   Literary Arts Project Grants (2026 cycle)

   South Arts · Up to $5,000

   Next step: apply by Oct 7, 2026. Should we apply?

3. Local

   Southern Prize for Literature (2026)

   South Arts · $10K – $25K

   Next step: apply by Oct 7, 2026. Should we apply?

4. Tennessee state

   Tennessee Agricultural Enhancement Program (TAEP) 2026-2027

   TN Department of Agriculture · Up to $12K

   Next step: apply by Oct 7, 2026. Should we apply?

5. Federal

   DoW Pancreatic Cancer Research Program, Idea Development Award

   Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA

   Next step: apply by Oct 7, 2026. Should we apply?

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Opening soon or next round expected (915)

1. Federal

   Neural Ensembles & Used Substances (NExUS) Collaboratory: Building a Multimodal Inventory of Cell Ensembles Encoding the Effects of Addictive Substances

   National Institutes of Health · Due about Oct 7, 2026 (estimate)

   Next step: get ready now; save it to put its dates in your calendar.

2. Federal

   Cooperative Program for Modeling Clinical Transplantation

   National Institutes of Health · Due about Oct 9, 2026 (estimate)

   Next step: get ready now; save it to put its dates in your calendar.

3. Federal

   NIH Blueprint Initiative: Tools for Germline Gene Editing in the Nervous System

   National Institutes of Health · Due about Oct 12, 2026 (estimate)

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4. Federal

   HEAL Initiative: Program to Reveal and Evaluate Cells-to-gene Information that Specify Intricacies, Origins and the Nature of (PRECISION) Human Pain Network

   National Institutes of Health · Due about Oct 12, 2026 (estimate)

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5. Federal

   BRAIN Initiative: Brain-Behavior Quantification and Synchronization – Transformative Research on Behavior at the Organismal Level

   National Institutes of Health · Due about Oct 13, 2026 (estimate)

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Foundations to approach (2,363)

Most foundations never post an open call. These have funded similar work in Tennessee and take requests (or don't say they don't).

1. Community foundation · Nashville

   The Community Foundation of Middle

   1155 Tennessee grants · typical $5,000–$25K (tax year 2024)

   Next step: check how it takes requests before sending anything.

2. United Way · Nashville

   United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc.

   315 Tennessee grants · typical $11K–$61K (tax year 2025)

   Next step: check how it takes requests before sending anything.

3. Public charity · Nashville

   Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle TN

   285 Tennessee grants · typical $23K–$215K (tax year 2024)

   Next step: check how it takes requests before sending anything.

4. Private foundation · Nashville

   Scarlett Family Foundation

   250 Tennessee grants · typical $7,500–$20K (tax year 2024)

   Next step: follow how it takes applications; stated deadline Dec 15, 2026.

5. Public charity · Knoxville

   East Tennessee Foundation

   250 Tennessee grants · typical $10K–$38K (tax year 2024) · 14 open now

   Next step: check how it takes requests before sending anything.

See all 2,363 foundations · 5,642 more fund only groups they pick: see them and their boards; don't send them a proposal, find a connection.