Framingham Microenterprise Assistance Grant

The Joe DeCecco Memorial Foundation Small Business Improvement Grant is designed to support small businesses in the Village of Kenmore by helping offset the cost of physical improvements that strengthen business operations, enhance commercial corridors, and contribute to the overall vitality of the community. Grants are intended to encourage reinvestment in local businesses and promote long-term economic sustainability. The program will award up to $10,000 to one eligible small business during the 2026 grant cycle, helping offset the cost of physical improvements that enhance operations, improve storefronts, and contribute to long-term economic sustainability.

The purpose of this notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) is to solicit applications for pilot projects to elucidate a role for understudied proteins in rare disease. Awards will support generation of preliminary data and/or tools around eligible understudied protein(s). A list of eligible proteins is provided and are members of druggable protein families that have a known association with a rare disease. This NOFO is intended to jumpstart research on understudied proteins that are associated with rare diseases and provide applicants with sufficient funding to perform basic biochemical and/or biological work to further the characterization of understudied proteins within the context of rare disease.

The Cuyahoga County Business Boost Initiative provides Cuyahoga County, Ohio small businesses with grants ranging from $1,000 to $10,000, with $250,000 in total funding available per cycle. Administered by the Cuyahoga County Office of Small Business (OSB), the program is specifically designed to provide targeted financial assistance to the county's smallest businesses while connecting entrepreneurs with resources that can help them modernize and grow. Unlike a traditional grant program focused only on distributing funding, the Business Boost Initiative combines financial assistance with business engagement, resource navigation, and technical assistance. Cuyahoga County is home to over 30,000 small businesses employing close to 300,000 residents, and the Office of Small Business fosters connections and collaborations between small businesses and various stakeholders across the county, including local chambers of commerce, trade associations, and industry leaders. To qualify, applicants must operate a small business located in Cuyahoga County. Additional eligibility criteria and specific application requirements are made available through the OSB application portal during each application cycle.

The city of Mesa has a Business Export Assistance Program that reimburses qualified Mesa-based businesses for up to 50% of expenses related to starting or increasing international exports. To qualify, you need to be headquartered in Mesa and have no more than $25 million in annual sales.

The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) announces this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to solicit applications for research on how mind and body interventions through psychological and/or physical inputs (e.g., mindfulness meditation, yoga, acupuncture, massage, and other brain and/or body based interventions) impact mechanisms of emotional well-being (EWB) and their associations with whole person health (WPH), consistent with the NIH priority to address the health needs of the American people and improve their well-being. The NOFO will support rigorous and well-powered mechanistic research studies that are supported by strong preliminary data. The studies should examine the effects of mind and body interventions on innovative mechanisms of EWB (as the primary outcome), as well as the associated relationship with the Whole Person Health Index (WPHI, as a secondary outcome).