https://grantcompass.co/new-grantsGrants added to the GrantCompass catalog or reopened, checked at the funder. Every Monday.https://grantcompass.co/grants/dream-investment-program-southern-black-girls-womendream-investment-program-southern-black-girls-women-2026-10-18Sun, 18 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Southern Black Girls and Women's Consortium (with Kindred Futures; Kellogg Foundation support) · $1,000 to $5,000 (2024-25 amounts) on completion · Deadline October 22, 2026https://grantcompass.co/grants/flinn-bioscience-entrepreneurship-programflinn-bioscience-entrepreneurship-program-2026-10-18Sun, 18 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Flinn Foundation (administered with the Arizona Bioindustry Association) · $75,000 per company (up to six) · Deadline October 30, 2026https://grantcompass.co/grants/pitch-black-omahapitch-black-omaha-2026-10-18Sun, 18 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000MAC Chamber / MAC Foundation (Omaha, Nebraska) · Prizes of $1,000 to $10,000 (2026 package) · Deadline November 2, 2026https://grantcompass.co/grants/mit-solve-2027-global-challengesmit-solve-2027-global-challenges-2026-10-18Sun, 18 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000MIT Solve (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) · Average $40,000 per Solver team · Deadline November 6, 2026https://grantcompass.co/grants/ifw-startup-accelerator-grantifw-startup-accelerator-grant-2026-10-18Sun, 18 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000IFW by Honeycomb (iFundWomen) · $5,000 (one winner) · Deadline November 30, 2026https://grantcompass.co/grants/nfte-world-series-of-innovationnfte-world-series-of-innovation-2026-10-18Sun, 18 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) · Prizes of $300 to $1,500 · Deadline December 13, 2026https://grantcompass.co/grants/hiring-our-heroes-small-business-granthiring-our-heroes-small-business-grant-2026-10-18Sun, 18 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation (Hiring Our Heroes), with support from FedEx · $10,000 (four winners) or $25,000 (grand prize) · Deadline December 15, 2026https://grantcompass.co/grants/diamond-challenge-horn-entrepreneurshipdiamond-challenge-horn-entrepreneurship-2026-10-18Sun, 18 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Horn Entrepreneurship, University of Delaware · $100,000 prize pool ($4,500 to $12,000 grand prizes) · Deadline January 14, 2027https://grantcompass.co/grants/venturewell-e-team-programventurewell-e-team-program-2026-10-18Sun, 18 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000VentureWell · $5,000 Pioneer + up to $20,000 Propel · Deadline January 25, 2027https://grantcompass.co/grants/black-women-photographers-nikon-grantblack-women-photographers-nikon-grant-2026-10-18Sun, 18 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Black Women Photographers (nonprofit) with Nikon · $2,500 cash + Nikon Z6III kit · Fourth-quarter 2026 round open; deadline not postedhttps://grantcompass.co/grants/digital-sandbox-kcdigital-sandbox-kc-2026-10-18Sun, 18 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Tech Venture Studio (UMKC Innovation Center) · Up to $20,000 · Rolling; selections are made four times a yearhttps://grantcompass.co/grants/eo-global-student-entrepreneur-awardseo-global-student-entrepreneur-awards-2026-10-18Sun, 18 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO) · $100,000 total; $50,000 first prize · Varies by city (e.g. a Nashville listing: December 5)https://grantcompass.co/grants/emergent-ventures-mercatusemergent-ventures-mercatus-2026-10-18Sun, 18 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Mercatus Center at George Mason University · Project specific (no range published) · Rolling; no deadline publishedhttps://grantcompass.co/grants/michigan-veteran-entrepreneur-lab-gvsumichigan-veteran-entrepreneur-lab-gvsu-2026-10-18Sun, 18 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Grand Valley State University, DeVos Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation · Cash prizes (amount not stated) · Applications open; no deadline stated (cohort starts January 11, 2027)https://grantcompass.co/grants/rice-veterans-business-battlerice-veterans-business-battle-2026-10-18Sun, 18 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Rice Business (Jones Graduate School of Business), Rice Business Veterans Association and Entrepreneurs' Organization of Houston · $30,000 in prizes (2026 cycle) · Applications open November 11, 2026; 2027 deadline not yet publishedhttps://grantcompass.co/grants/santander-cultivate-small-businesssantander-cultivate-small-business-2026-10-18Sun, 18 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Santander (with ICIC and Babson College) · $2,500 on completion; up to $20,000 for top graduates · Spring 2027 application not yet open (cohort runs April to June)https://grantcompass.co/grants/seated-together-small-business-micrograntseated-together-small-business-microgrant-2026-10-18Sun, 18 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Seated Together, LLC · Up to $750 ($1,000 veteran-owned) · Rolling; reviewed in quarterly cycleshttps://grantcompass.co/grants/thiel-fellowshipthiel-fellowship-2026-10-18Sun, 18 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000The Thiel Foundation · $250,000 over two years · Rolling; no deadline (applications accepted year round)https://grantcompass.co/grants/sbir-phase-1-dodsbir-phase-1-dod-2026-10-18Sun, 18 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Department of Defense (DoD) · Up to $250K (Phase I) · Deadline October 21, 2026https://grantcompass.co/grants/activate-fellowship-hard-techactivate-fellowship-hard-tech-2026-10-18Sun, 18 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Activate (Activate Global, Inc.) · $100K R&D + stipend ($300K+ total) · Deadline October 30, 2026https://grantcompass.co/grants/sephora-beauty-grantsephora-beauty-grant-2026-10-18Sun, 18 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Sephora / Fifteen Percent Pledge · $100,000 · Deadline November 6, 2026https://grantcompass.co/grants/denver-bio-fund-construction-stabilizationdenver-bio-fund-construction-stabilization-2026-10-18Sun, 18 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Denver Economic Development & Opportunity (DEDO) · Up to $15,000 · Deadline November 10, 2026https://grantcompass.co/grants/tory-burch-foundation-fellowstory-burch-foundation-fellows-2026-10-18Sun, 18 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Tory Burch Foundation · No cash grant — fellowship (education, community, network) · Deadline November 17, 2026https://grantcompass.co/grants/doe-advanced-nuclear-licensing-cost-sharedoe-advanced-nuclear-licensing-cost-share-2026-10-18Sun, 18 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000U.S. Department of Energy — Office of Nuclear Energy (Idaho Field Office) · Varies (cost-share structure) · Deadline November 30, 2026https://grantcompass.co/grants/vt-working-lands-business-enhancement-grantvt-working-lands-business-enhancement-grant-2026-10-18Sun, 18 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets · $10,000–$50,000 · Deadline December 10, 2026https://grantcompass.co/grants/rise-pa-small-award-trackrise-pa-small-award-track-2026-10-18Sun, 18 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) / PennTAP (Penn State) · Up to $500,000 (50% cost-share) · Deadline December 15, 2026https://grantcompass.co/grants/one-nc-small-business-programone-nc-small-business-program-2026-10-18Sun, 18 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000North Carolina Department of Commerce — Office of Science, Technology & Innovation · Up to $12K (Incentive) / up to $75K (Matching) · Deadline June 30, 2027