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Research Grants Guides

Everything a life-science equipment sales rep needs to understand federal research funding. Written by reps, for reps.

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Use our cross-agency overviews to help you understand the full funding landscape, then take deep dives into each individual agency below.

R01, R21, S10, SBIR, and more. What each NIH activity code means for equipment sales and which ones signal active purchasing.

All 8 agencies side by side. Budgets, priorities, and a quick comparison of where the equipment money flows.

Free step-by-step guide to NIH's grant search tool. How to search, filter, and find funded labs - and when you might want something faster.

Deep dives into each federal funding agency - how they work, what they fund, and what it means for equipment sales.

27 institutes and centers. Which ones buy equipment, where the money flows, and how to identify your best targets.

How NSF funds research differently from NIH. MRI grants, CAREER awards, and what they mean for your pipeline.

Defense research labs, DARPA funding, and the military research landscape. A growing opportunity for equipment sales.

National labs, energy research, and the DOE equipment procurement cycle. 17 national laboratories with massive budgets.

Space science grants, planetary research, and NASA lab equipment needs across research centers nationwide.

Veterans health research. A smaller agency with consistent equipment budgets and less competition for reps.

Agricultural research funding, NIFA grants, and equipment opportunities in food science and crop research.

Public health research grants and CDC lab equipment purchasing patterns across state and federal programs.

Our database has 525,000+ federal research grants across all 8 agencies - searchable by state, keyword, and agency.