Available Grant Opportunities for Cooperative Extension!

Each week, the Extension Foundation newsletter dedicates a section to highlight the latest federal grant opportunities available for the Cooperative Extension system. In this blog post, we're excited to share with you a compilation of the most recent funding prospects featured in our newsletter. Cooperative Extension professionals who want to stay informed about these valuable opportunities can easily do so by subscribing to our weekly Connect  Digest. You can subscribe to the Newsletter here.

• HUD, Lead and Healthy Homes Technical Studies (LHHTS) Grant Program

  • Due: October 30, 2023
    HUD is funding studies to improve knowledge of housing-related health and safety hazards and to improve or develop new hazard assessment and control methods, with a focus on lead and other key residential health and safety hazards.
    MORE INFORMATION HERE
    
    

• USDA Forest Service - GLRI Forest Restoration 2023

  • Due: October 23, 2023
    

    The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service will support projects in the Great Lakes basin that implement strategic, priority actions.
    MORE INFORMATION HERE
    

• NRCS, Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) Classic Program

  • Due: October 30, 2023
    NRCS is announcing the availability of up to $15 million in CIG funding to stimulate the development and adoption of innovative conservation approaches and technologies in conjunction with agricultural production.
    MORE INFORMATION HERE
    
    

• Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, Renewable Enegery Siting through Technical Engagement and Planning

  Due: November 3, 2023
  The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) opened submissions for a $10 million funding and technical assistance program that supports the creation of new, or the expansion of existing, state-based programs or initiatives that improve renewable energy siting processes at the state and local levels. DOE anticipates awarding approximately five to seven state-based collaboratives up to $2 million each. Collaboratives will also benefit from tailored technical assistance and peer-learning opportunities.

  https://www.energy.gov/eere/re...agement-and-planning

• Dept. Health and Human Services, National Rural Health Policy, Community, and Collaboration Program

  • Due: November 30, 2023
    The purpose of this program is to identify, engage, educate, and collaborate with rural stakeholders on national rural health policy issues and promising practices to improve health care in rural areas nationwide.
    MORE INFORMATION HERE
    
    

• EPA, Innovative Water Infrastructure Workforce Development Grant Program

  • Due: November 17, 2023
    Through this grant program, EPA is soliciting applications to assist in the development and utilization of innovative activities relating to workforce development and career opportunities in the water utility sector.
    MORE INFORMATION HERE
    
    

• Insect, Weed, Disease Management Research and Collaboration

  Due: November 19, 2023
  The North Central Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Center will fund Critical Issue research and Working Group collaborative projects for 2024. Applications must focus on an aspect of integrated pest management, which may include insects, weeds or diseases. The maximum funding amount for each award is $30,000. The Center has approximately $300,000 to distribute and expects to fund about 10 projects.
  MORE INFORMATION HERE

• NOAA, Transformational Habitat Restoration and Coastal Resilience Grants Under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act

  • Due: November 17, 2023
    The principal objective of this solicitation is to support transformational habitat restoration projects that restore marine, estuarine, coastal, or Great Lakes ecosystems, using approaches that enhance community and ecosystem resilience to climate hazards.
    MORE INFORMATION HERE
    
    

• NOAA, Climate Resilience Regional Challenge

  • Letters of Intent due: November 30, 2023
  • Full Proposals due: February 13, 2024
    This will fund a new $575 million competitive grant program that will invest in holistic, collaborative approaches to coastal resilience at regional scales. Funds will support climate resilience and adaptation actions that are appropriate to the plan, place, and people, and supported by NOAA technical assistance.
    MORE INFORMATION HERE
    
    
    

• NOAA - Climate Ready Workforce

  • Letters of Intent due: November 30, 2023
  • Full Proposals due: February 13, 2024
    

    Through a new competition and technical assistance, NOAA will invest ~ $60 million to meet the emerging and existing needs of employers while helping workers find high quality jobs by investing in workforce training focused on climate resilience concepts, principles, and techniques and implementation, and ensuring direct hire or promotion into jobs related to climate resilience with an emphasis on training and hiring in place, especially to benefit underserved communities.
    MORE INFORMATION HERE
    
    

• NOAA, Coastal Habitat Restoration and Resilience Grants for Tribes and Underserved Communities

  • Due: December 19, 2023
    The principal objective of this funding opportunity is to support opportunities for tribes, and/or tribal entities, and underserved communities to meaningfully engage in coastal habitat restoration activities.
    MORE INFORMATION HERE
    
    

• NOAA, 2024 Effects of Sea Level Rise

  • Due: January 24, 2024
    NOAA/NOS/National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS)/Competitive Research Program (CRP) [formerly Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research/Coastal Ocean Program] is soliciting proposals for the Effects of Sea Level Rise (ESLR) program to improve adaptation and planning in response to regional and local effects of sea level rise (SLR) and coastal inundation.
    MORE INFORMATION HERE
    
    

• NOAA, Climate Program Office FY24 NIDIS Tribal Drought Resilience with Inflation Reduction Act Support

  • Due: February 15, 2024
    Awards made under this opportunity will enable tribal nations to address current and future drought and climate risk on tribal lands across the West by improving decision support and building drought resilience in a changing climate as authorized by the Inflation Reduction Act, P.L. 117-169, Section 40001.
    MORE INFORMATION HERE
    
    
    
• National Park Service, FY2023 Historic Preservation Fund - Historically Black Colleges and Universities Grants

  Due: January 17, 2024
  The HBCU grant program exists to repair historic structures on campuses of Historically Black Colleges and Universities that are listed or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places either individually or as contributing to a National Register or National Historic Landmark historic district. Projects must meet major program selection criteria and all work must meet the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards and Guidelines for Archeology and Historic Preservation.  Projects may also fund survey, nomination, and preservation planning for historic HBCU campuses.

  Grants.gov link

• Upcoming Notice of Funding Opportunity: EPA, Inflation Reduction Act Community Change Grants Program

  • Due: Accepted on a rolling basis for 12 months, expected to be announced in October
    MORE INFORMATION HERE