large, substantial
small
full (esp. BrE)
Full student maintenance grants are a thing of the past. (BrE)

annual
block, capital (esp. BrE)
The school has received a large capital grant to improve its buildings.

maintenance (BrE)
Poorer students would get maintenance grants of up to £1 500 a year.

emergency (esp. BrE)
emergency grants for special needs for items such as clothing

discretionary
mandatory (BrE)
educational, student
project, research
There is a lot of competition for research grants.

improvement, land, renovation (esp. BrE), training, etc.
home improvement grants for householders (BrE)

federal, government, local-authority (BrE), state, etc.

apply for
be eligible for, qualify for
You may be eligible for a student grant.

get, obtain, receive
You can get a grant if you've lived in the area for three years.

award (sb), give sb, make (sb), offer (sb), provide (sb with)
The government has awarded a grant for the restoration of the building.

be funded by, be funded with
The report was funded by a grant from the Department.

cut
The group's annual grant from the Arts Council has been cut.

grant for
a grant for a youth project

grant from
a grant from the funding authority

grant to
The program offers grants to small businesses.

expressly, specifically
the rights expressly granted by the terms of the lease

automatically
finally
Planning permission was finally granted in October.

rarely
hereby (law)
Permission is hereby granted to reproduce this material.

agree to, decide to
refuse to
The judge refused to grant him bail.

be willing to

Grant is used with these nouns as the subject:
authority, court, judge, magistrate

Grant is used with these nouns as the object:
access, accolade, admission, allowance, amnesty, application, approval, assent, asylum, audience, authority, authorization, autonomy, award, bail, charter, citizenship, clearance, compensation, concession, consent, credit, custody, deference, degree, divorce, entry, exception, exemption, extension, favour, franchise, freedom, immortality, immunity, independence, indulgence, injunction, interview, jurisdiction, land, lease, leave, licence, loan, membership, mercy, monopoly, nationality, pardon, parole, patent, permission, permit, petition, political asylum, power, prayer, privilege, rebate, recognition, registration, release, relief, remedy, reprieve, request, right, sovereignty, subsidy, tenancy, tenure, visa, warrant, wish, writ