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FY26 Ruth D. Gates Coral Reef Conservation Grants - Fishery Management

FY26-Supp #1-National Network Cooperative Agreement to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation

FY26-Supp #1-Northeast Corridor Cooperative Agreement to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation

Gaviota Tarplant Genetic Analysis at Vandenberg Space Force Base, CA

Geometric Analysis

Geospace Cluster

GEOSPATIAL INTELLIGENCE PROCESSING AND EXPLOITATION (GeoPEX)

Global Infectious Disease Research Training Program (D43 Clinical Trial Optional)

Grants for Adaptive Sports Programs for Disabled Veterans and Disabled Members of the Armed Forces

Grants for Transportation in Highly Rural Areas

Grants for Transportation in Highly Rural Areas

Grants to Military-Connected Local Educational Agencies for the World Language Advancement and Readiness Program

GROWING CONVERGENCE RESEARCH

Growing Research Access for Nationally Transformative Economic Development

Harmful Algal Bloom Innovation Challenge: Toxin Detection in Seafood

HARMONY: Human-Centric Analytics for Resilient & Modernized Power sYstems

HEAL Initiative-Early-Stage Discovery of New Pain Targets Within the Understudied Druggable Proteome (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

HEAL Initiative: Pain Research Enhancement Program (PREP) (R15 Clinical Trial Optional)

HEAL Initiative: Studies to Enable Analgesic Discovery (R61/R33 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

High Priority HIV and Substance Use Research (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)

High Priority HIV and Substance Use Research (RM1 Clinical Trial Optional)

High-End Instrumentation (HEI) Grant Program (S10 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

High-performance Optimized Recycled Nuclear Isotopes for Gen IV reactors (HORNIG)

High-Risk Research in Biological Anthropology and Archaeology

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