Innovation Matters Funding Opportunities July 20, 2023
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Funding and Opportunities |
Inflation Reduction Act Funding Opportunities
Powering Affordable Clean Energy Program (PACE)
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA Rural Development program to help make clean, affordable, and reliable energy accessible to the people of rural America. Rural Utilities Service program to forgive a percentage of loans for specific renewable energy projects. Letters of Interest (Required): Open
Empowering Rural America Program (New ERA)
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA Rural Development program to help rural Americans transition to clean, affordable, and reliable energy by reducing air and water pollution. Funding improves health outcomes and lower energy costs for people in rural communities. Federal Register Notice. Letter of Interest (Required): Opens 7/31/2023
Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) Renewable Energy Systems & Energy Efficiency Improvement Loans & Grants
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA Rural Development program provides funding to agricultural producers and rural small businesses for renewable energy systems or to make energy efficiency improvements. Federal Register Notice. More Flexible Inflation Reduction Act Changes. Contact your State Energy Coordinator. Application Deadline: 6 quarterly Cycles
Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) Technical Assistance Grant Program
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA Rural Development program to award grants to eligible entities to provide services to assist potential Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) applicants in submitting complete applications. Funding Announcement. Application Deadline: 8/15/2023
Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program (HBIIP)
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA Rural Development HBIIP seeks to increase the availability of higher blends of ethanol and biodiesel derived from U.S. agricultural products by sharing the costs to build and retrofit biofuel-related infrastructure. Federal Register. Application Deadlines: 9/30/2023; 12/31/2023; 3/31/2024; 6/30/2024 and 9/30//2024
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Funding Opportunities supporting Infrastructure
Community Facilities Direct Loan & Grant Program
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA Rural Development program supporting the development of essential community facilities in rural areas. An essential community facility is defined as a facility that provides an essential service to the local community for the orderly development of the community in a primarily rural area, and does not include private, commercial, or business undertakings. Direct Loan Applicant Guidance Book: PDF | Spanish. Application Deadline: Open
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Resilient Supply Chain Infrastructure
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA Agriculture Marketing Service provides funding to build resilience in the middle of the food supply chain, to provide more and better markets to small farms and food businesses, to support the development of value-added products for consumers, fair prices, fair wages, and new and safe job opportunities. Application Deadline: 8/23/2023
Veterans Housing Rehabilitation and Modification Pilot Program
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
HUD, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, offer grant funding to organizations to modify or rehabilitate eligible veterans' primary residences. Application Deadline: 8/31/2023
Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Program
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA Rural Development provides loan guarantees to assist in the development, construction, and retrofitting of new and emerging technologies such as advanced biofuels, renewable chemicals and biobased products. Application Deadline: 10/3/2023
HOPE VI Main Street Grant Program
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
HUD provides grants for small communities to assist in the renovation of an historic or traditional central business district, or “Main Street” area, by replacing unused, obsolete, commercial space in buildings with affordable housing units. Application Deadline: 10/12/2023
Funding Opportunities for Community and Economic Development
Technical Assistance and Construction for Innovative Regional Wastewater Treatment Solutions Grant Pilot Program
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA Rural Development funding to provide wastewater technical assistance, conduct needs assessments, test wastewater options, assist with preliminary designs, develop regulatory guidance, and prepare applications for financial assistance. Federal Register. Application Deadline: 7/31/2023
Grants for Transportation of Veterans in Highly Rural Areas
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
VA grants for new organizations to assist veterans with transportation in highly rural areas. Application Deadline: 7/31/2023
OUR TOWN
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
NEA’s creative placemaking grants program supports activities that integrate arts, culture, and design into local efforts that strengthen communities over the long term. Application Deadline: 8/3/2023
NCMM Community Mobility Design Challenge Grants
National Center for Mobility Management (NCMM)
The goal of this program is to enable multi-sector community teams to develop promising mobility solutions that are inspired and informed by the results of community research. Application Deadline: 8/4/2023
NEH Media Projects
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
NEH program supports the development, production, and distribution of radio programs, podcasts, documentary films, and documentary film series that engage general audiences with humanities ideas in creative and appealing ways. Application Deadline: 8/9/2023
EDA Regional Technology and Innovation Hubs (Tech Hubs)
U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC)
DOC’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) seeks to strengthen U.S. economic and national security through place-based investments in regions with the assets, resources, capacity, and potential to become globally competitive in the technologies and industries of the future. Application Deadline: 8/15/2023
Economic Recovery Corps (ERC) Fellowship
U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC)
DOC’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) and the International Economic Development Council join together for this program to help build a nationwide network of diverse practitioners and leaders to advance new ways of doing economic development that promotes transformative change and leads to a more just, equitable, and sustainable economy. Application Deadline: 8/15/2023
1890 Institution Teaching, Research, and Extension Capacity Building Grants Program
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) grants to 1890 Land-Grant Institutions to support projects that strengthen the research, teaching and extension capacity needed to advance fundamental sciences, including research and development to support food and agricultural sciences. Application Deadline: 8/30/2023
Climate Smart Humanities Organizations
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
NEH Office of Challenge Programs offers matching funds for comprehensive organizational assessments that lead to strategic climate action and adaptation plans. Webinar. NOFO. Application Deadline: 9/14/2023
Solar for All
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund grant to expand the number of low-income and disadvantaged communities primed for distributed solar investments. Grantees will use funds to expand existing low-income solar programs or design and deploy new programs nationwide. Application Deadline: 9/26/2023
Distressed Area Recompete Pilot Program (Recompete Pilot Program)
U.S. Department of Commerce
DOC’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) program is designed to make focused investments in communities most in need of economic resources to provide options so that all communities have a path to economic prosperity. Application Deadline: 10/5/2023
National Clean Investment Fund
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
This EPA Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund competition will provide grants to support two-to-three national clean financing institutions, enabling them to partner with the private sector to provide accessible, affordable financing for tens of thousands of clean technology projects nationwide. Application Deadline: 10/12/2023
Clean Communities Investment Accelerator
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
This EPA Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund competition will provide grants to 2–7 hub nonprofits that will provide funding and technical assistance to specific industry networks of public, quasi-public, not-for-profit, and nonprofit community lenders, supporting the goal that every community in the country has access to the capital they need to deploy clean technology projects in their homes, small businesses, schools, and community institutions. Application Deadline: 10/12/2023
Appalachian Regional Initiative for Stronger Economies (ARISE)
Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC)
ARC provides support to drive large-scale, regional economic transformation through collaborative projects across Appalachia. NOSA. Concept Paper (Required): Rolling 10/2023 to 6/2024
Climate Ready Workforce for Coastal States, Tribes, and Territories Initiative
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
NOAA Sea Grant and Climate Program Office and the Office of Coastal Management opened this funding opportunity for organizations to lead partnerships and place workers in quality jobs that enhance climate resilience in coastal states or territories. Letters of Intent: 11/30/2023
