---
license: cc-by-4.0
language:
  - en
pretty_name: "GrantProbe 2026 Federal Grant Reality Audit"
tags:
  - grants
  - federal-funding
  - nonprofit
  - eligibility
size_categories:
  - n<1K
---

# GrantProbe 2026 Federal Grant Reality Audit

Aggregated audit of 50 federal grant programs across 10 agencies covering award size, eligibility, matching requirements, and deadline cadence.

- **License:** CC-BY 4.0
- **DOI:** [10.5281/zenodo.20632760](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20632760)
- **Source study:** https://grantprobe.com/research/federal-grant-reality-2026/
- **Author:** Vincent Wesley Couey ([ORCID 0009-0005-6869-308X](https://orcid.org/0009-0005-6869-308X)) · published via GrantProbe (grantprobe.com), part of the Lattice research network.

## What's in it
Files: `data.json`. Main table `primarySources` (11 rows): `name`, `url`.

## Data provenance (read before citing)
- **Sourced (verifiable):** the 50-program award table (`awardMin`/`awardMax`/agency/deadline/CFDA/eligibility) is computed from `grant-database.json`, whose values are recorded from grants.gov and primary agency program pages; SBIR/STTR application-to-award ratios cite SBA Office of Advocacy and SBIR.gov public success-rate disclosures.
- **Derived:** eligibility tags are assigned by keyword scan of the eligibility field; award "medians" use the program ceiling/floor (awardMax/awardMin), not a per-award distribution.
- **Not estimated where data is absent:** for programs without a public success rate (e.g. non-SBIR domestic grants) the study explicitly makes no estimate (see study-page limitations). Program-level award ceilings are statutory/announced figures, not realized-award averages.

*(This provenance statement matches the study page and `data.json`.)*

## Citation
> Couey, V. W. (2026). *GrantProbe 2026 Federal Grant Reality Audit* [Data set]. GrantProbe. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20632760

CC-BY 4.0 — free to use with attribution. Dated snapshot; verify current values before relying on them.