Welcome to the agency’s web page of open grant opportunities. Our goal is to provide easy, one-stop access to open grant opportunities (federal, state, and privately funded) offered by the SCDE that includes all pertinent application requirements.

If you have started and saved an application form for a grant/subgrant, be sure to log-in to access the form at least once before 30 days elapse from the last time you saved the form. Forms expire from inactivity after 30 days and there is nothing staff at the South Carolina Department of Education can do to recover expired forms.

Closed grant opportunities are available using the “SCDE Archived Grant Opportunities” link. These may help you prepare for the next available funding round.

For grant writing resources, program planning tools, and grant announcements from external funders, visit the Office of Grants Services web site.

NOTE: The SCDE does not provide personal financial assistance. To learn where you may find personal help, please visit USA.gov. To report fraud, please contact the South Carolina Office of the Inspector General.

Current Grant Opportunities

Grant Opportunity	Program Office	Eligible Applicants	Total Available Funding	Application Due Date

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2026-27 Federal Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE) Subgrant Program	Office of Student Support	An eligible applicant is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization whose proposed program curricula meets all A-H Title V, Section 510 definitions of Abstinence Education, as defined in the 2017 Social Security Act (Section 510 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. § 710). The curricula also must be deemed research-based by WeAscend.org.	$1,110,000	11/6/26
2026-28 National School Lunch Program Equipment Assistance Subgrant	Office of Health and Nutrition	School Food Authorities (SFA) may apply for a subgrant on behalf of its schools that currently participate in the NSLP. To request funding for more than one school, an SFA must submit a separate application for each school.	$384,909	11/20/26