American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian and Global Indigenous Populations (Indigenous Cluster)
Research with and by Indigenous nations and communities, including tribal sovereignty over data.
58 opportunities · 24 traditional · 34 nontraditional
Traditional (24)
- U.S. Department of Justice FY 2026 Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS)Training & capacityBureau of Justice Assistance, U.S. Department of Justice (with COPS Office, OJJDP and OVC)A single application covering eight DOJ purpose areas for tribes. Purpose Area 2 (BJA/COPS/OJJDP/OVC) funds justice-system strategic planning with a comprehensive needs assessment and data gathering; other areas fund tribal youth justice, healing to wellness courts, and children's justice act partnerships.$100k–$900k · Annual cycle · Aug, Sep, Oct
- OVC FY 2026 Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Formula ProgramFederal grantOffice for Victims of Crime, U.S. Department of JusticeNon-competitive formula funding from the Crime Victims Fund set-aside for victim services in American Indian and Alaska Native communities. Allowable activities explicitly include conducting a needs assessment and developing a strategic plan alongside direct services.up to $650k · By invitation · Jun, Jul, Aug
- Native American Library Services: Enhancement GrantsTraining & capacityInstitute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)Supports Federally recognized Native Communities in enhancing library and archival services, including oral history documentation, digitisation, language and cultural materials, and staff training.$50k–$150k · Annual cycle · Apr, Nov
- Partnership GrantsFoundation grantAlaska Mental Health Trust AuthorityThe Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority is a state corporate authority that administers a dedicated trust for Alaskans experiencing mental illness, developmental disabilities, substance use disorders, traumatic brain injury and Alzheimer's disease. Partnership Grants fund capacity building, planning, outreach, workforce and service development against four priority areas: prevention and early intervention, crisis response, treatment and recovery, and ongoing support and wellbeing. For a social work researcher this is a route to funded planning, needs assessment and programme development work Amount not published · Several times a year · Feb, May, Aug, Nov
- HRC Project Grants (2027 round)Federal grantHealth Research Council of New ZealandThe Health Research Council of New Zealand's main investigator-initiated project funding, open across the full breadth of health research including behavioural, social, public health, kaupapa Maori, Maori health and Pacific health work. Two-stage process: a short expression of interest, then a full application with external peer review and an applicant rebuttal stage. Projects run two to five years, which suits longitudinal or intervention-evaluation designs a social work researcher would run.Amount not published · Annual cycle · Aug, Nov
- Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP)Training & capacityU.S. National Science FoundationBuilds STEM education and research capacity at Tribal Colleges and Universities and Alaska Native- and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions, through seven tracks including Small Grants for Research, planning grants, and TCU Enterprise Advancement Centers.Amount not published · Several times a year · Jan, Apr, Jun, Sep, Oct
- Open Grant Applications (West Hawaiʻi Fund, Holomua Marine Pāpio Grants, Lānaʻi Community Benefit Fund)Foundation grantHawaiʻi Community FoundationA live listing of Hawaiʻi Community Foundation's currently open competitive funds, several of which support community engagement, organizational capacity and equitable service access rather than direct service alone.Amount not published · Several times a year · Mar, May, Jul, Aug, Nov
- Community Food Projects Competitive Grants Program (CFPCGP)Federal grantUSDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)Supports community-based food security projects, including needs assessment and planning work, that are designed to become self-reliant after a one-time federal contribution. Nonprofits and tribal organisations apply directly.$25k–$400k · Annual cycle · Jul
- Good Neighbor Grants and Technical Assistance GrantsFoundation grantThe Ford Family FoundationOpen-application grants for projects benefiting rural Oregon and Siskiyou County, California. Good Neighbor grants are under $20,000 and Technical Assistance grants up to $5,000; larger strategic initiatives are by invitation only.up to $20k · Rolling / open
- Tribal Behavioral Health: Suicide Prevention (TBH-SP)Federal grantSubstance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)Funds community-wide suicide prevention for American Indian and Alaska Native youth and young adults through age 24, incorporating Indigenous knowledge and healing methods. Requires quarterly reporting on outreach, screening and linkage.up to $350k per year · Periodic calls · Jul
- Indigenous Knowledge ProgramFoundation grantHenry Luce FoundationGrants to Indigenous knowledge keepers, leaders and organizations advancing community-based, culturally informed Indigenous knowledge systems in US Native communities. The foundation accepts unsolicited inquiries through its online grant portal.$100k–$400k · Rolling / open
- Safety Through Recovery, Engagement, and Evidence-Based Treatment and Support (STREETS)Federal grantSubstance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)Cooperative agreement for street-based outreach, treatment and recovery support for people who are homeless and have serious mental illness, substance use disorder or co-occurring disorders. Participation in evaluation and peer learning collaboratives is required.up to $3M per year · Periodic calls · Jul
- National Coastal Resilience FundFoundation grantNational Fish and Wildlife FoundationAnnual competition for nature-based coastal resilience projects, with a dedicated community capacity building category alongside assessment, design and restoration. Prioritizes community-led projects or projects with direct community outreach and engagement.$100k–$7M · Annual cycle · Mar, Jun
- Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH), CDC-RFA-DP-23-0014Federal grantCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and ObesityFive-year awards to 50 organisations in 32 states and DC to run community-based participatory chronic disease prevention work with racial and ethnic populations carrying the highest disease burden. Runs 2023-2028.$522k–$680k per year · Periodic calls
- Native American Library Services: Enhancement GrantsTraining & capacityInstitute of Museum and Library ServicesCompetitive grants to federally recognized Native Communities for library and archival projects, including oral history documentation, digitization, institutional planning, professional training, and language and cultural material development.$50k–$150k · Annual cycle · Apr
- ANROWS Research GrantsEvaluation contractAustralia's National Research Organisation for Women's Safety (ANROWS)Competitive research grants commissioned against Australia's National Research Agenda to End Violence against Women and Children 2023-2028, funded by the Commonwealth and state and territory governments and, for some streams, by philanthropic funds. Rounds are announced periodically against identified evidence gaps, with recent rounds focused on people who use domestic, family and sexual violence. Unusually open in who may lead: any Australian organisation capable of conducting research, not only universities.Amount not published · Periodic calls
- Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Doctoral ScholarshipDissertation awardPierre Elliott Trudeau FoundationA three-year doctoral scholarship for humanities and social sciences students, pairing substantial stipend support with a separate annual research and travel allowance and a structured leadership and mentorship program. Research must connect to one of the Foundation's founding themes, which centre on public engagement and pressing social questions, making it a strong fit for social work doctoral work on inequality, rights or community wellbeing. Roughly fifteen scholars are selected each cycle.Amount not published · Annual cycle · Nov
- Domestic Violence Prevention Initiative (DVPI)Federal grantIndian Health Service, Office of Clinical and Preventive ServicesA congressionally mandated IHS grant program funding domestic and sexual violence prevention and treatment across Indian Country: victim advocacy, intervention, case coordination, policy development, community response teams, sexual assault examiner programs and community and school education. IHS specifies evidence-based and practice-based models that are culturally appropriate and community-driven, so funded projects carry real evaluation and practice-research work.Amount not published · Periodic calls
- Tribal Early Childhood and Family Economic Well-being Research and Evaluation Grants (Tribal Research Center)Federal grantHHS Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE)Supports a national center leading culturally responsive research, measurement work, secondary data analysis, and training across tribal child care, Head Start/Early Head Start, home visiting, and Tribal TANF and family economic well-being programs.Not a cash award · Periodic calls
- Tribal Child Care Data and Research Capacity AwardsTraining & capacityHHS Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE)Phase I planning awards supporting partnerships between Tribal CCDF Lead Agencies and research or coordinating organizations to build tribal early childhood data systems, identify linkable data sources, and use the data to inform tribal child care policy.Not a cash award · Periodic calls
- Intervention Research to Improve Native American Health (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)Federal grantNIH (multi-Institute, including NIMHD)R01 for etiologic, intervention development/adaptation/testing and dissemination-implementation research to improve health in Native American communities, building on community knowledge, resources and resilience.Amount not published · Several times a year · Jan, Oct
- Epidemiology Program for American Indian/Alaska Native Tribes and Urban Indian Communities (EP1)Federal grantIndian Health ServiceIHS cooperative agreement funding epidemiology capacity — surveillance, data analysis and health-status reporting — for American Indian/Alaska Native Tribes and Urban Indian communities. Listed as currently accepting applications under HHS-2026-IHS-EP1-0001.Not a cash award · Annual cycle
- Grantmaking for Native, rural and priority communitiesFoundation grantNorthwest Area FoundationSupports organizations advancing racial, social and economic justice, with stated priority for Native Americans, people of colour, immigrants, refugees and people in rural areas across the foundation's region.Amount not published · By invitation
- Native American Research Centers for Health (NARCH)Federal grantIndian Health Service with the National Institutes of HealthA long-running IHS-NIH program supporting partnerships between AI/AN tribes or tribally based organizations and research institutions, combining health research with training for students and tribal members.Not a cash award · Periodic calls
Nontraditional (34)
- Grants to Native-led organisationsParticipatory grantmakingFirst Nations Development InstituteGrantmaking and technical assistance to Native-controlled non-profits and tribal programmes, including food sovereignty, financial capability and community-controlled data work.$10k–$100k · Several times a year
- Native Cultures Fund GrantsParticipatory grantmakingNative Cultures Fund (Humboldt Area Foundation / Wild Rivers Community Foundation)Small grants for California Indian cultural transmission projects, decided by a rotating committee of California Indian culture bearers rather than foundation staff. Individuals, Tribal Nations, nonprofits, and community partnerships may apply.$1k–$10k · Several times a year · Apr, Oct
- RurAL CAP Foundation Small GrantsParticipatory grantmakingRurAL CAP Foundation (Rural Alaska Community Action Program)Small grants for community-driven projects in remote rural Alaska, across culture, community, leadership, food security, and environment, with priorities the foundation describes as flexible to what each community needs.$500–$25k · Several times a year · Apr, Nov
- 2027 Indigenous Community Media Fund Call for ProposalsParticipatory grantmakingCultural SurvivalGrants to Indigenous community radio stations, communicator collectives, and media outlets for community storytelling, documentation, and media capacity building, with an environmental-justice and climate priority for the 2027 round.$2k–$12k · Annual cycle · Aug
- Keepers of the Earth FundParticipatory grantmakingCultural SurvivalAn Indigenous-led fund whose awards are approved by an internal committee made up mainly of members of different Indigenous Peoples, supporting community-designed projects in land rights, language revitalization, climate action, and traditional knowledge.up to $12k · Periodic calls
- Urgent Action GrantsParticipatory grantmakingHawaiʻi People's FundRapid grants for grassroots Hawaiʻi organizations responding to an unforeseen crisis or a critical organizing moment. Decisions are made by a grantmaking committee of fellow social-justice organizers, not professional program officers.up to $8k · Rolling / open
- HEAL Capacity GrantParticipatory grantmakingLatino Community Fund of WashingtonA Latinx-led organisation regrants Washington Healthy Environment for All Act funds to frontline groups, with a community review committee choosing projects from a three-question first-stage application.$1k–$30k · Periodic calls · Nov
- Movement Fund Open CallParticipatory grantmakingNative MovementAn Alaska Native-led regranting fund making one-time awards to Alaska Native individuals and organizations; the 2026 open call prioritised Alaska Native food sovereignty, including documenting traditional foodways and recipes.$1k–$20k · Annual cycle
- Native Voices Rising General Support GrantsParticipatory grantmakingNative Voices Rising (Common Counsel Foundation and Native Americans in Philanthropy)General support grants of $30,000 to Native-led grassroots organizations, reviewed and recommended by Native community reviewers over a multi-month participatory process.$30k · Annual cycle · May, Jun, Jul
- UIHI Community Grants — Sweetgrass and SagePilot / seed fundingUrban Indian Health Institute (Seattle Indian Health Board)A Native-led institute regrants to urban Indian organizations for chronic disease prevention work built on culturally adapted Indigenous methods, frameworks and evaluation approaches.$10k–$62k · Annual cycle · Jan, Jun
- Fund of the Sacred CircleParticipatory grantmakingHeadwaters Foundation for JusticeA Native-led participatory fund whose decisions are made by the FSC Native Community Grantmaking Circle, an assembly of Native leaders, activists and community members from many Nations. Funds work on sovereignty and treaty rights, language and cultural revitalization, land restoration and environmental justice, and self-determination and human rights, all of which are live areas for Indigenous-led community research.Amount not published · By invitation
- Nia Tero Programs (Policy, Organizational Strengthening, Biocultural Monitoring)In-kind resourceNia TeroNia Tero describes itself as the leading funder advancing Indigenous peoples' guardianship, reporting more than USD 125 million in direct funding to 274 distinct Indigenous peoples covering over 130 million hectares of lands and waters. It works through three programmes: Policy, which builds Indigenous representation and access in policy spaces; Organizational Strengthening, which resources the self-determined institutional needs of Indigenous peoples; and Biocultural Monitoring, which is explicitly Indigenous-led data sovereignty — community-controlled monitoring and evidence about territorieAmount not published · By invitation
- Podáali — Fundo Indígena da Amazônia Brasileira, calls for proposals (Editais)Participatory grantmakingPodáali — Fundo Indígena da Amazônia BrasileiraPodáali is an Indigenous-led fund that regranteds to Indigenous peoples, organisations and communities across Brazil's Legal Amazon through periodic public calls. Its published calls have included the "Guardiãs da Amazônia" call for Indigenous women defending life and climate justice, the Prêmio Ciências Indígenas for ancestral climate solutions, and "Amazônia Indígena Resiste". Funding priorities span eight thematic areas including Indigenous territorial and environmental management and sustainable economy and food sovereignty. The fund is a route for participatory and community-controlled reAmount not published · Periodic calls · Jan, Feb
- Tenure Facility Partner ProjectsIn-kind resourceInternational Land and Forest Tenure FacilityThe Tenure Facility provides grants and technical assistance directly to Indigenous peoples, Afro-descendant peoples and local communities and their partner organisations to secure legal recognition of collective land and forest rights. It works across Africa, Asia and Latin America, with African projects including the Republic of Congo, and it is deliberately structured to be flexible and direct so communities can move at the speed the threat demands rather than the speed a donor cycle allows. Funded work routinely includes participatory mapping, documentation of customary tenure, legal and aAmount not published · By invitation
- Community Empowerment GrantmakingParticipatory grantmakingNotah Begay III (NB3) FoundationNational grantmaking from a Native-led foundation that also runs its own evaluation and research arm, funding Native-led work on physical activity, nutrition, youth leadership, and cultural connection for Native children's health.Amount not published · By invitation
- Good Ancestor Program - Spiral Braid Language InitiativeParticipatory grantmakingSeventh Generation Fund for Indigenous PeoplesAn Indigenous-controlled fund's request for proposals supporting language revitalization, community-based healing rooted in traditional practice, traditional foodways, and cultural knowledge sharing across the greater Southwest.Amount not published · Periodic calls · Jul, Aug
- Tribal Epidemiology Center Data Access (TEC PHI request process)In-kind resourceIndian Health Service, Division of Epidemiology and Disease PreventionPublished guidance letting Tribal Epidemiology Centers obtain IHS protected health information as public health authorities, with data use agreements and request templates. It is the practical route to IHS data for tribally partnered research.Not a cash award · Rolling / open
- Lawson Foundation grantsFoundation grantThe Lawson FoundationA Canadian family foundation funding the healthy development and wellbeing of children and youth across five impact areas: early child development, child and youth diabetes, youth climate and nature leadership, sector infrastructure, and the place-based Miggsie Fund. Grantmaking explicitly names research and advocacy, prevention and early intervention, and evaluation and knowledge sharing among its priorities, and funds can cover research, capacity enhancement and training rather than only service delivery. Grants are flexible in size and length by design.Amount not published · Varies by programme
- IHS Research Program — tribal research review, capacity building and liaisonIn-kind resourceIndian Health Service, Office of Public Health SupportThe IHS office that reviews all IHS research for tribal involvement and 45 CFR Part 46 compliance, builds tribal research capacity through technical assistance, and acts as liaison to federal agencies, universities and foundations.Not a cash award · Rolling / open
- First Nations Development Institute Funding for OrganizationsParticipatory grantmakingFirst Nations Development InstituteThe standing portal where a Native-controlled national regranter posts its rotating RFPs for tribes, Native nonprofits, and Native individuals, covering topics from food sovereignty to land access and Native-led capacity building.Amount not published · Periodic calls
- Indigenous Tomorrows FundParticipatory grantmakingNative Americans in PhilanthropyA youth-led participatory fund where Native people aged 14-24 set priorities, review proposals, and make the final award decisions, funding food justice, community health, and food-culture-healing work in Indigenous communities.Amount not published · Annual cycle · Jul
- Editais / Calls for ProposalsParticipatory grantmakingFundo Casa Socioambiental (Casa Socio-Environmental Fund, Brazil)A Brazilian grassroots fund whose rotating thematic calls send small grants directly to community, Indigenous and quilombola organisations with no intermediaries, across the Amazon, Cerrado, Atlantic Forest, Caatinga and Pampa.Amount not published · Several times a year
- Pawanka FundParticipatory grantmakingPawanka FundAn Indigenous-led global fund that supports Indigenous peoples' own initiatives on traditional knowledge, wellbeing, rights and self-determined development. Its method, which it calls LAN Pawanka, is explicitly learning-by-doing and step-by-step, and it describes the Indigenous peoples it funds as local partners rather than grantees — the participatory-grantmaking posture where the constituency governs the money. It is one of the few funds whose remit directly names traditional knowledge, which is the ground on which Indigenous-led evaluation, intergenerational knowledge transmission and commuAmount not published · Varies by programme
- Native American Agriculture Fund Request for ApplicationsParticipatory grantmakingNative American Agriculture FundAn annual RFA from the Native-controlled trust created by the Keepseagle settlement, funding business assistance, agricultural education, technical support, and advocacy services for Native farmers and ranchers.Amount not published · Annual cycle
- Alaska Area IRB and ANTHC Health Research Review CommitteeIn-kind resourceAlaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (with IHS Alaska Area IRB)A three-stage tribal research review and a research support infrastructure for studies involving Alaska Native people, including biostatistics, data management, REDCap, an EpiCenter, and a Research Advisory Network.Not a cash award · Rolling / open
- Navajo Nation Human Research Review Board (NNHRRB) Protocol ReviewIn-kind resourceNavajo Nation Division of Health / Navajo Research OfficeMandatory tribal research review for any health or health-related research within Navajo Nation jurisdiction. The board meets monthly, and its approval is the gate that lets a Navajo-based study exist at all.Not a cash award · Several times a year · Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
- Pawanka Fund GrantsParticipatory grantmakingPawanka FundA global Indigenous-led and Indigenous-governed fund supporting traditional knowledge, language revitalisation, Indigenous governance and self-determined development across seven world regions.Amount not published · By invitation
- Dana Nusantara Direct FundingParticipatory grantmakingDana Nusantara (Nusantara Fund) — AMAN, KPA and WALHI, IndonesiaIndonesia's first direct funding mechanism moving money straight to Indigenous communities, farmers, fishers, women and youth, with a deliberately simple four-form application in Indonesian.Amount not published · Rolling / open
- Indian Land Tenure Foundation GrantsFoundation grantIndian Land Tenure FoundationGrants to Indian nations and nonprofits for land-related work in four areas: education (land history and tenure curriculum), cultural awareness, economic opportunity including land acquisition and owner management, and legal reform addressing Indian land law.Amount not published · Rolling / open
- Headwaters Foundation for Justice grants (Giving Project, Rapid Response and related funds)Participatory grantmakingHeadwaters Foundation for JusticeMinnesota funder whose grant decisions are made by trained community members: staff train people to fundraise, review proposals, lead site visits and make final grant decisions. Multiple funds including Giving Project grants and a Rapid Response Fund.Amount not published · Varies by programme
- Native Voices RisingParticipatory grantmakingNative Voices Rising (Native Americans in Philanthropy / Common Counsel Foundation)A participatory grantmaking fund whose awards are decided by all-Native grant recommendation committees, providing general operating support to Native-led organizing, advocacy and civic engagement groups.Not a cash award · Annual cycle
- Southcentral Foundation Research ReviewIn-kind resourceSouthcentral FoundationA tribal health organization's multi-step research review, running from project start through the sharing of findings, that outside researchers must complete to work with SCF customer-owners.Not a cash award · Rolling / open
- Community Partnership Seed GrantParticipatory grantmakingUniversity of Minnesota Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI)Grants of up to $5,000, plus coaching and skill-building, to start new research collaborations between Minnesota community organizations and University of Minnesota researchers on community-identified health issues and disparities.up to $5k · Several times a year · Apr, Sep
- Community & Academic Partnership Pilot (CAPP) ProgramParticipatory grantmakingUtah Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI), University of UtahPilot funding for collaborations between community organizations in Utah and neighbouring states and CTSI-affiliated academic partners on translational research, innovation and health equity projects, with joint community and academic PIs.Amount not published · Annual cycle · Aug, Oct
Other clusters
- Adolescent and Youth Development
- Aging Services and Gerontology
- Asian and Asian-Pacific Islander Focused-Research
- Black and African Diaspora Focused-Research
- Child Welfare
- Communities and Neighborhoods
- Crime and Criminal Justice
- Disability
- Gender
- Gender-Based Violence
- Health
- History
- Inequality, Poverty, and Social Welfare Policy
- International Social Work and Global Issues
- Immigrants and Refugees
- LatinX Focused-Research
- Mental Health
- Military Service Members, Veterans and Their Families
- Organizations and Management
- Race and Ethnicity
- Research Design and Measurement
- Research on Social Work Education
- School Social Work
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Social Work Practice
- Substance Misuse and Addictive Behaviors
- Sustainable Development, Environmental and Climate Justice
- Work and Work-Life Policies and Programs