- The Rural Innovation Stronger Economy (RISE) Grant Program - Deadline April 1, 2024
Federal funding opportunity from the Department of Agriculture
The Rural Innovation Stronger Economy (RISE) Grant Program offers grant assistance to create and augment high-wage jobs, accelerate the formation of new businesses, support industry clusters and maximize the use of local productive assets in eligible low-income rural areas. Public and nonprofit entities are eligible to apply. RISE grants can be used to:
- Build or support a business incubator facility.
- Provide worker training to assist in the creation of new jobs
- Train the existing workforce with skills for higher-paying jobs.
- Develop a base of skilled workers and improve their opportunities to obtain high-wage jobs in new or existing local industries.
Eligible applicants: Non-profit entities, State entities, Tribal entities, Institutions of higher education, Public bodies
Deadline: April 1, 2024
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- Solutions for Lasting, Viable Energy Infrastructure Technologies (SOLVE IT) Prize - Deadline April 12, 2024 (Phase I)
Federal funding opportunity from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Technology Transitions (OTT), Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED), and Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE).
The Solutions for Lasting, Viable Energy Infrastructure Technologies (SOLVE IT) Prize aims to empower communities to identify and implement innovative clean energy solutions in a way that works for their unique needs and challenges. Communities across the country are faced with long-standing energy challenges, including pollution from heavy industry and other sources, high energy costs, aging grid infrastructure, and more. Clean energy technologies can help address many of these challenges while providing other economic, health, and workforce benefits. Many communities, however, lack the resources and capacity to consider the best possible approach to a clean energy transition. The SOLVE IT Prize was designed to support communities as they identify and implement innovative clean energy solutions in a way that works best to address their unique needs and challenges. In doing so, the SOLVE IT Prize looks to promote the commercialization of promising energy technologies that will lead to an equitable and just energy transition. The prize will award competitors with a demonstrated history of productive work with communities. Competitors will work collaboratively with stakeholders interested in community-scale (neighborhood-, town-, or city-scale) planning around clean energy to engage their communities, build a network of support for clean energy or decarbonization projects, and develop plans for carrying out these projects.
Over three phases, competitors will work with communities to develop a credible path forward on clean energy projects that help address local challenges.
- Embark Phase: Competitors will identify a community, a challenge facing that community that can be addressed by a clean technology solution, and a clear plan for engaging with the community. Competitors will demonstrate that they have what it takes to carry out their project. (25 winners $80,000 each- application window Jan-April 2024)
- Engage Phase: Teams will engage with their community stakeholders to develop the community’s vision for their future clean energy or decarbonization project. (10 winners, $100,000 each – application window May-Nov. 2024)
- Establish Phase: Teams will create plans for carrying out at least one specific, technically novel clean energy or decarbonization project. Winners will demonstrate proof that they have obtained the confirmed commitments needed to carry out their projects. (3 winners, $500,000 each – application window Dec 2024-July 2025
Eligible applicants: The competition is open to individuals, nonprofits, local government entities, economic development organizations, educational institutions, and other organizations with a history of successful participatory community-based initiatives. Of particular focus are disadvantaged and energy-burdened communities at the neighborhood, town, and city scale.
Awards: 25 (Phase 1)
Deadline: April 12, 2024
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- Assistance for the Adoption of Latest and Zero Building Energy Codes - Deadline April 30, 2024
Federal funding opportunity from the Department of Energy
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) provides up to $1 billion for States and units of local government with the authority to adopt building energy codes to adopt and implement the latest building energy codes, zero energy building codes, or equivalent codes or standards. An energy code is one of several types of building codes that help contribute to the overall health, safety, efficiency, and long-term resilience of buildings. Energy codes can be adopted directly as a standalone code, such as the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), which is commonly adopted by States and local governments. Moreover, energy codes are also fundamental components of certain more broadly adopted building codes, including the International Building Code (IBC) and International Residential Code (IRC), which are referenced in the United States as “parental” codes. Energy codes are often described as a subset of these broader building codes, representing distinct chapters of the IBC and IRC alongside other commonly recognized provisions, such as those pertaining to structural, plumbing, or electrical requirements, and other basic aspects of building design and construction. Adoption and implementation of such codes supports the decarbonization of new and existing residential and commercial buildings.
This opportunity assists eligible entities in further decarbonizing their buildings through the adoption of the latest national model building energy codes, zero energy codes, other codes that deliver equivalent or greater energy savings, including innovative approaches to decarbonize existing buildings through certain measurable and enforceable requirements. The IRA is unprecedented in its opportunity to support sustainable change at the State and local level with respect to advancing the energy efficiency of new, renovated, and existing buildings. DOE is particularly interested in supporting States and local governments in implementing local capacity building, multi-year investments in workforce and education, and long-term improvements in building energy codes through multi-cycle adoption and building performance standards (BPS).
Eligible applicants: State governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), County governments.
Period of performance: 9 years
Awards: 200
Deadline: April 30, 2024
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- FY24 Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program - Deadline May 2024
Funding opportunity from Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)
With this solicitation, the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) seeks applications for funding programs that support cross-system collaboration to improve public safety responses and outcomes for individuals with mental health disorders (MHDs) or co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders (MHSUDs). BJA provides grant funding to help organizations prepare, create, or expand comprehensive plans and then implement these collaborative projects to target people who qualify. For the purposes of the F24 solicitation, the program will focus on pretrial, prosecution, courts, probation/parole, and addressing the needs directly related to the criminal activity of adults with mental health conditions, living in homelessness or marginalized communities with minimal access to treatment, needing wrap-around services, in the criminal justice system and leaving incarceration.
Funding Categories:
- Category 1: Criminal Justice System Collaboration: Pretrial, Prosecution, Courts, Behavioral Health (13 awards)
- Category 2: Community Justice and Collaboration: Jails & Prisons, Probation & Parole, Behavioral Health (12 awards)
Eligible applicants: State governments, Special district governments, City or township governments, Public- and state-controlled institutions of higher education, County governments, Native American tribal governments (federally recognized), Other: Agencies with a different legal status (e.g., nonprofit or for-profit mental health agencies) are eligible to apply only if they meet two requirements: The applicant is designated by the state mental health authority to provide services as a unit of the state or local government. The applicant must attach documentation to support this designation.
Award: $550,000 for 36-month period of performance
Deadline: Grants.gov Deadline: May 9, 2024; JustGrants Deadline: May 14, 2024
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- GusNIP Nutrition Incentive Program - Deadline May 14, 2024
Funding opportunity from National Institute of Food and Agriculture
The GusNIP Nutrition Incentive Program presents the opportunity to bring together stakeholders from various parts of the food and healthcare systems to foster understanding of how they might improve the health and nutrition status of participating households. NIFA requests applications for the GusNIP Nutrition Incentive Program to support and evaluate projects intended to increase the purchase of fruits and vegetables by providing incentives at the point of purchase among income eligible consumers participating in the USDA Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in all 50 States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and the United States Virgin Islands, in addition to income-eligible consumers participating in the USDA Nutrition Assistance Program (NAP) in Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands.
Eligibility: Eligibility to apply for a GusNIP Nutrition Incentive Program grant is limited to governmental agencies and non-profit organizations. Institutions of higher education that are local, county, tribal, territory, or state government agencies must provide documentation in support of eligibility as a governmental agency within Field 12, Other Attachments (Part IV, B of this RFA) of their application. Documentation must clearly identify that the university or Cooperative Extension is designated as an entity within the governmental structure, such as the Department of Agriculture, Department of Education, Department of Public Health, etc.
Awards: $36.3 million
Number of awards: 15
Deadline: May 14, 2024
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- Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Grant Program - Deadline May 16, 2024
Federal funding opportunity from Department of Transportation
The SS4A program supports the development of a comprehensive safety action plan (referred to as an “Action Plan”) that identifies the most significant roadway safety concerns in a community and the implementation of projects and strategies to address roadway safety issues. Action Plans are the foundation of the SS4A grant program.
SS4A requires an eligible Action Plan be in place before applying to implement projects and strategies.
The SS4A program provides funding for two types of grants: Planning and Demonstration Grants and Implementation Grants.
- Planning and Demonstration Grants provide Federal funds to develop, complete, or supplement an Action Plan. The goal of an Action Plan is to develop a holistic, well-defined strategy to prevent roadway fatalities and serious injuries in a locality, Tribal area, or region.
Planning and Demonstration Grants also fund supplemental planning activities in support of an Action Plan, and demonstration activities in support of an Action Plan. - Implementation Grants provide Federal funds to implement projects and strategies identified in an Action Plan to address a roadway safety problem. Eligible projects and strategies can be infrastructural, behavioral, and/or operational activities. Implementation Grants may also include supplemental planning and demonstration activities to inform an existing Action Plan, and project-level planning, design, and development activities.
Applicants must have an eligible Action Plan to apply for an Implementation Grant. New in FY24, potential Implementation Grant applicants may submit their Action Plan(s) for pre-application review so that USDOT may affirm their eligibility to apply for an Implementation Grant.
Eligible Applicants: Political subdivisions of a State, which includes counties, cities, towns, transit agencies, and other special districts, Metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs), Federally recognized Tribal governments.
Deadline:
- Implementation Grants – May 16, 2024
- Planning/Demonstration Grants – August 29, 2024
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- WaterSMART Small-Scale Water Efficiency Projects - Deadline July 9, 2024
Federal Funding Opportunity from the Department of the Interior
The U.S. Department of the Interior’s (Department) WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America’s Resources for Tomorrow) Program provides a framework for Federal leadership and assistance to stretch and secure water supplies for future generations in support of the Department’s priorities. Through WaterSMART, the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) leverages Federal and non-Federal funding to work cooperatively with States, Tribes, and local entities as they plan for and implement actions to increase water supply sustainability through investments in existing infrastructure and attention to local water conflicts.
Proposed projects that are supported by an existing water management and conservation plan, System Optimization Review, or other planning efforts led by the applicant are prioritized. This prioritization will help ensure that projects funded under this NOFO are well thought out, have public support, and have been identified as the best way to address water management concerns. Reclamation has simplified the evaluation criteria and streamlined the application process for this category of WaterSMART Grants to ensure that the process works for smaller entities. Simplified evaluation criteria are intended to provide each applicant with an opportunity to succinctly explain how the proposed project would meet a defined need identified through a prior planning effort.
Eligibility: County governments, Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification), Special district governments, State governments, Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), City or township governments, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Award: $12 million
Deadline: July 9, 2024
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- Healthy Eating Research: Supportive and Equitable Policies and Programs Enabling All U.S. Children and Adolescents to Thrive - Deadline July 10, 2024
Funding opportunity from the Healthy Eating Research Program
Funding for research on supportive family policies and programs with a potential to impact equitable access to nutritious food in communities, nutrition security, diet quality, and improved nutrition and health outcomes. Populations of focus include low-income families, and Black, Latino/a, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander.
Eligibility: Applicants must be based in the U.S. or its territories. Preference will be given to applicants that are either public entities or 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations that are not private foundations or Type III supporting organizations.
Period of performance: 24 months
Award: $2.5 million
Deadline: July 10, 2024
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- Initiation of a Mental Health Family Navigator Model to Promote Early Access, Engagement and Coordination of Needed Mental Health Services for Children and Adolescents - Deadline July 2024
Initiation of a Mental Health Family Navigator Model to Promote Early Access, Engagement and Coordination of Needed Mental Health Services for Children and Adolescents (R01 Clinical Trial Required)
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to encourage research applications to develop and test the effectiveness and implementation of family navigator models designed to promote early access, engagement and coordination of mental health treatment and services for children and adolescents who are experiencing early symptoms of mental health problems. For the purposes of this FOA, NIMH defines a family navigator model as a health care professional or paraprofessional whose role is to deploy a set of strategies designed to rapidly engage youth and families in needed treatment and services, work closely with the family and other involved treatment and service providers to optimize care and monitor the trajectory of mental health symptoms and outcomes over time. Applicants are encouraged to develop and test the navigator models ability to promote early access, engagement and coordination of mental health treatment and services for children and adolescents as soon as symptoms are detected. Of interest are navigator models that coordinate needed care strategies, determine the personalized match to the level of needed service amount, frequency and intensity, and harness novel technologies to track and monitor the trajectory of clinical, functional and behavioral progress toward achieving intended services outcomes.
Deadline: Open through July 2024
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- Bridge Investment Program - Deadline Aug. 1, 2024
Federal Funding Opportunity from the Department of Transportation
The purpose of this notice is to solicit applications for Large Bridge Project grants (a project with total eligible costs greater than $100 million) for awards under the Bridge Investment Program (BIP). This notice establishes a “rolling application” process for Large Bridge Project applications by providing the schedule, requirements, and selection process for such projects for the remaining available amounts of BIP funding provided by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (also known as the “Bipartisan Infrastructure Law” or BIL) for FY 2023 through FY 2026, which total up to $9.62 billion (see section B.1 for details for funds available for each fiscal year). The FHWA will solicit applications for the other two BIP project categories in a subsequent NOFO: (1) Planning and (2) Bridge Project (a project with total eligible costs not greater than $100 million).
Eligibility: City or township governments, Special district governments, State governments, County governments, Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
Award: $9.6 million
Number of awards: 50
Deadline: August 1, 2024
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- Rural Economic Development Loan & Grant Program in Missouri - Deadline Sept. 30, 2024
Federal funding opportunity from the Department of Agriculture
The Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant programs provide funding for rural projects through local utility organizations. USDA provides zero-interest loans to local utilities which they, in turn, pass through to local businesses (ultimate recipients) for projects that will create and retain employment in rural areas. The ultimate recipients repay the lending utility directly. The utility is responsible for repayment to USDA. USDA provides grants to local utility organizations which use the funding to establish Revolving Loan Funds (RLF). Loans are made from the revolving loan fund to projects that will create or retain rural jobs. When the revolving loan fund is terminated, the grant is repaid to USDA.
The local utility applies to USDA for funding support on behalf of specified local projects. Projects may begin after the submission of an application, but there is no guarantee of approval. If approved, USDA will then issue funds to the local utility for the specified project. Eligible projects include: Business incubators, and community development assistance to nonprofits and public bodies (particularly for job creation or enhancement). Facilities and equipment to educate and train rural residents to help economic development. Facilities and equipment for medical care for rural residents. Start-up venture costs, including, but not limited to, financing fixed assets such as real estate, buildings, equipment, or working capital. Business expansion and technical assistance.
Eligibility: Current Rural Utilities Service (RUS), electric or telecommunication borrower. Any former RUS borrower that has repaid or prepaid an insured, direct or guaranteed loan under the Rural Electrification Act. A not-for-profit utility that is eligible to receive an insured or direct loan under such Act. Intermediaries may use funds to lend for projects in rural areas or towns with a population of fewer than 50,000 residents. Visit eligibility site to search for eligible rural areas.
Period of performance: 10 years at zero percent interest
Awards: $300,000 to establish the revolving loan, up to 10% of grant funds may be applied towards operating expenses over the life of the revolving fund. Maximum loan $2 million.
Deadline: Sept. 30, 2024
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- Community Facilities Loan and Grant Program - Deadline ongoing
Community Facilities Loan and Grant Program
The USDA is offering funding for rural communities to improve infrastructure and provide essential facilities like public schools, courthouses and hospitals. Funding for the improvements is offered through low-interest direct loans, grants or a combination of both. Public organizations, community-based nonprofits, and federally-recognized tribes are encouraged to apply.
Deadline ongoing
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- Water and Waste Disposal Program - Deadline ongoing
Water and Waste Disposal Program
The USDA Rural Development program is offering funding for rural areas with populations of 10,000 or less in the form of loans and grants. Funds can be used for sanitary sewage disposal, clean and reliable drinking water systems, sanitary solid waste disposal, and stormwater drainage to households and businesses. Most state and local government organizations, private nonprofits, and federally-recognized tribes are encouraged to apply.
Deadline ongoing
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- Missouri Mainstreet Connection Grants - Deadline ongoing
Missouri Mainstreet Connection Grants
Missouri Main Street Connection is offering three matching grant programs that will fund up to 75 percent of applicant costs. The available grants include the Affiliate, People Energizing Places and Strategic Teams Engaging Places grants. The purpose of these grant programs is to facilitate the revitalization of downtown areas in Missouri communities. More information is available online.
Deadline ongoing
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- Community Facilities Loan & Grant Program - Deadline ongoing
Community Facilities Loan & Grant Program
USDA Rural Development offers funding to support rural communities to make infrastructure improvements and provide essential facilities like schools, libraries, courthouses, public safety buildings, hospitals and daycare centers. A loan guarantee program is also available.
Deadline ongoing
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- MARC Solid Waste Management District Mini-Grants - Deadline ongoing
MARC Solid Waste Management District Mini-Grants
The Mid-America Regional Council Solid Waste Management District (MARC SWMD) is offering small grants of up to $2,999 for waste reduction, reuse, or recycling projects. Projects must be located within Cass, Clay, Jackson, Platte and Ray counties in Missouri.
Deadline ongoing
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- ReConnect Program Round 5 (PREPARE NOW) - Deadline ongoing
USDA Rural Development will begin accepting applications on March 22, 2024, for its fifth round of funding for the ReConnect Program to connect millions of people in rural America to affordable high-speed internet. USDA is making several program improvements under Round 5. This will further increase the availability of funding in rural areas where residents and businesses lack access to affordable, high-speed internet. For a full list of program improvements, and program and application requirements, visit www.usda.gov/reconnect.
Deadline ongoing
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