Notices of Funding Opportunities and Awards
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Washington, D.C. | August 17 2023 | Strengthening Community Colleges Training Grants (FOA-ETA-23-15) | The fourth round of Strengthening Community Colleges Training Grants (SCC4) will increase the capacity and responsiveness of community colleges to meet the skill development needs of employers and equitably support students in obtaining good jobs in in-demand industries. Applicants will use strategies rooted in evidence and designed to build further evidence on the effectiveness of sector-based career pathways programs in leading to positive employment outcomes. These strategies will also address identified equity gaps to increase full access to educational and economic opportunity–particularly for individuals from historically underserved communities.
The lead applicant of an SCC Partnership must be a community college that is a public institution as defined in Section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act, and at which the associate degree is primarily the highest degree awarded. The lead may apply as a single institution or as a consortium of two or more colleges in a common labor market area. Consortium members may include community colleges and public and private, non-profit four-year institutions, as defined in Section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act. Institutions that were funded in the first three rounds of SCC as either leads or consortium members may apply as leads or consortium members under this fourth round if they focus on a different industry sector than in prior rounds.
Employers and the public workforce development system are required partners for all projects, which must also include a sector convener partner unless the lead or another partner serves in that role. Partnerships with unions or labor-management organizations are encouraged in support of good jobs. Partnerships with community-based organizations, adult education providers, and tribal entities, as relevant, are encouraged in support of equitable employment outcomes in good jobs.
Estimated awards: 17. Total Funding: $65,000,000. Award Ceiling: $5,750,000. Closing Date: November 14, 2023.
Funding Opportunities
Washington, D.C. | September 30 2023 | Ethical and Responsible Research (23-630) | The Ethical and Responsible Research (ER2) program aims to support fundamental research about what constitutes or promotes responsible and ethical conduct of research (RECR). The ER2 program seeks to encourage science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) researchers, practitioners and educators at all career stages to conduct research with integrity and to educate others about RECR. Research questions of interest to the program could address ethical issues involving diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility, bias, culture, transparency and mentoring or other interpersonal behaviors in research environments, as well as the following: a) What constitutes responsible and ethical conduct of research (RECR) and why? b) What are the similarities and differences between RECR norms in different fields, sectors (for example, academia, industry and non-profit), or locations (states, regions or countries), and what can they learn from one another in terms of promoting ethical research practices? c) Which organizational practices, contexts, and incentives promote ethical and responsible STEM research and why? and d) Which practices contribute to establishing and maintaining ethical cultures, and how can these practices be transferred and integrated into other research and learning settings? Proposals from or involving substantial collaboration with organizations in EPSCoR-eligible jurisdictions,minority-serving institutions, women’s colleges or organizations primarily serving persons with disabilities are strongly encouraged. Estimated awards: 10 to 15. Total Funding: $5,450,000. Award Ceiling: Four types of projects with the largest award ceiling for Institutional Transformation Research Projects at $700,000. Closing Date: January 25, 2024.
Washington, D.C. | September 27 2023 | Enabling Partnerships to Increase Innovation Capacity (23-625) | The purpose of this solicitation is to broaden participation in innovation ecosystems that advance key technologies (e.g., advanced manufacturing, advanced wireless, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, quantum information science, semiconductors, novel materials, and microelectronics) by supporting capacity-buildingefforts at institutions of higher education (IHEs) interested in growing external partnerships. Creation of this program is motivated by the commitment of the National Science Foundation (NSF), including the newly established NSF Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (TIP), to accelerate scientific and technological innovation nationwide and empower all Americans to participate in the U.S. research and innovation enterprise. Establishing more inclusive innovation ecosystems will require broad networks of partners working together in support of use-inspired research; the translation of such research to practice or commercial application; and the development of a skilled workforce. The NSF Regional Innovation Engines (NSF Engines) program, housed within the TIP Directorate, seeks to growinclusive innovation ecosystemsaround the country. Growing such ecosystems will only be successful if all interested IHEs within a region are able to participate and contribute their unique set of skills and expertise. However, NSF appreciates many Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs), Predominantly Undergraduate Institutions (PUIs), and two-year institutions lack the infrastructure and resources needed to grow external partnerships and effectively contribute to innovation ecosystems, and thus are currently unable to effectively engage with the NSF Engines program. Estimated awards: 50. Total Funding: $20,000,000. Award Ceiling: $400,000. Closing Date: May 16, 2024.
Washington, D.C. | September 20 2023 | Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) 40513: Career Skills Training
Department of Energy (DE-FOA-0003132) | The Career Skills Training Program will provide grants to eligible entities to pay the Federal share of Career Skills Training Programs under which students concurrently receive classroom instruction and on-the-job training for the purpose of obtaining an industry-related certification to install energy efficient building technologies. This program was established by Section 40513 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, more commonly known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL). The goals of the program are to promote the collaboration between labor organizations and industry to attract, train, and employ workers; enhances existing programs for replication; and creates a diverse, skilled, and credentialed workforce that is positioned to install energy technologies to buildings. Estimated awards: 8. Total Funding: $8,350,000. Award Ceiling: $1,081,250. Closing Date: November 27, 2023.
Washington, D.C. | September 20 2023 | Climate Pollution Reduction Grants Program: Implementation Grants (General Competition) (EPA-R-OAR-CPRGI-23-07) | This notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) announces the availability of up to $4.3 billion for the for competitive grants to eligible applicants to implement GHG reduction programs, policies, projects, and measures (collectively referred to as “GHG reduction measures,” or “measures”) identified in a PCAP developed under a CPRG planning grant. Lead organizations for CPRG planning grants must submit their PCAPs to EPA by the deadline of March 1, 2024, in order for lead organizations and other eligible applicants under this announcement to submit grant applications to fund measures contained in those plans. EPA anticipates awarding approximately 30 to 115 grants ranging between $2 million and $500 million under this general competition. Further detail on award tiers can be found in Table 1 of Section II.B. Estimated awards: 115. Total Funding: $4,300,000,000. Award Ceiling: $500,000,000. Closing Date: April 1, 2024.
Washington, D.C. | September 17 2023 | Research in the Formation of Engineers (PD-24-1340) | The NSF Engineering Directorate (ENG) has launched a multi-year initiative, theProfessional Formation of Engineers, to create and support an innovative and inclusive engineering profession for the 21stcentury. Professional Formation of Engineers (PFE) refers to the formal and informal processes and value systems by which people become engineers. It also includes the ethical responsibility of practicing engineers to sustain and grow the profession in order to improve quality of life for all peoples. The engineering profession must be responsive to national priorities, grand challenges, and dynamic workforce needs; it must be equally open and accessible to all…The goal of the Research in the Formation of Engineers (RFE) program is to advance our understanding of professional formation. It seeks both to deepen our fundamental understanding of the underlying processes and mechanisms that support professional formation and to demonstrate how professional formation is or can be accomplished. Ultimately RFE aims to transform the engineer-formation system, and thus the impact of proposed projects on this system must be described. Principal Investigators (PIs) should provide a roadmap detailing how they envision the proposed research will eventually broadly impact practice within the engineer-formation system, even if these activities are not within the scope of the submitted proposal. Estimated awards: Unspecified. Total Funding: $5,600,000. Award Ceiling: Not specified ($350,000 average). Closing Date: Open.
Washington, D.C. | September 15 2023 | Older Adults Home Modification Grant Program (FR-6700-N-69) | The overall purpose of the Older Adult Home Modification Program (OAHMP) is to assist experienced nonprofit organizations, state and local governments, and public housing authorities in undertaking comprehensive programs that make safety and functional home modification repairs and renovations to meet the needs of low-income seniors. The goal of the home modification program is to enable low-income elderly persons to remain in their homes through low-cost, low barrier, high impact home modifications to reduce older adults’ risk of falling, improve general safety, increase accessibility, and to improve their functional abilities in their home. This will enable older adults to remain in their homes, that is, to “age in place,” rather than move to nursing homes or other assisted care facilities. Estimated awards: 25. Total Funding: $30,520,367. Award Ceiling: $1,250,000. Closing Date: October 16, 2023.
Springfield, Ill. | September 15 2023 | OSFM Announces $4 Million in Funding for Small Equipment Grant Program | The Office of the State Fire Marshal (OSFM) today announced the application period is open for the Small Equipment Grant Program. The OSFM will award $4 million to eligible fire departments and ambulance services for the purchase of small firefighting and ambulance equipment. All interested departments should send an application to OSFM electronically or postmarked no later than December 15, 2023. The Small Equipment Grant Program was established to provide grants of up to $26,000 to eligible departments. A total of $1.5 million was awarded to 64 fire departments/districts and EMS providers across the state in March. [Direct link to NOFO.]
Washington, D.C. | September 14 2023 | Healthy Homes Production Grant Program (FR-6700-N-44) | The Healthy Homes Production Program (HHP) is part of HUD’s overall Healthy Homes Initiative launched in 1999. The program takes a comprehensive approach to addressing multiple childhood diseases and injuries in the home by focusing on housing-related hazards in a coordinated fashion, rather than addressing a single hazard at a time. The program builds upon HUD’s successful Lead Hazard Control programs to expand the Department’s efforts to address a variety of high-priority environmental health and safety hazards. Applicants receiving a Healthy Homes Production Award will be expected to accomplish the following objectives:Maximize both the number of vulnerable residents protected from housing-related environmental health and safety hazards and the number of housing units where these hazards are controlled;Identify and remediate housing-related health and safety hazards in privately owned, low-income rental and/or owner-occupied housing, especially in units and/or buildings where families with children, older adults 62 years and older, or families with persons with disabilities reside;Promote cost-effective and efficient healthy home methods and approaches that can be replicated and sustained;Support public education and outreach that furthers the goal of protecting children and other vulnerable populations from housing-related health and safety hazards;Build local capacity to operate sustainable programs that will prevent and control housing-related environmental health and safety hazards in low- and very low-income residences, and develop a professional workforce that is trained in healthy homes assessment and principles;Promote integration of this grant program with housing rehabilitation, property maintenance, weatherization, healthy homes initiatives, local lead-based paint hazard control programs, health and safety programs, and energy efficiency improvement activities and programs;Build and enhance partner resources to develop the most cost-effective methods for identifying and controlling key housing-related environmental health and safety hazards;Promote collaboration, data sharing, and targeting between health and housing departments;Ensure to the greatest extent feasible that job training, employment, contracting, and other economic opportunities generated by this grant will be directed to low- and very-low-income persons, particularly those who are recipients of government assistance for housing, and to businesses that provide economic opportunities to low- and very low-income persons in the area in which the project is located. For more information, see 24 CFR 135 (Section 3); Further environmental justice, the fair treatment, and meaningful involvement of all people within the target communities regardless of race, color, national origin, disability, religion, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identify), familial status or income regarding the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies…Estimated awards: 20. Total Funding: $40,000,000. Award Ceiling: $2,000,000. Closing Date: November 7, 2023.
Washington, D.C. | September 14 2023 | FY 2024 Notice of Funding Opportunity: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) Airport Terminal Program (ATP) Grants (FAA-ARP-BIL-G-23-002) | The Department of Transportation (DOT), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces the opportunity to apply for approximately $1 billion in FY 2024 discretionary funds for the Airport Terminal Program (ATP), made available under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 (IIJA), Pub. L. 117-58, herein referred to as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL). The purpose of the ATP is to make annual grants available to eligible airports for airport terminal and airport-owned Airport Traffic Control Towers development projects that address the aging infrastructure of our nation’s airports. In addition, ATP grants will align with DOT’s Strategic Framework FY2022-2026 at https://www.transportation.gov/administrations/office-policy/fy2022-2026-strategic-framework. The FY 2024 ATP will be implemented consistent with law and in alignment with the priorities in Executive Order 14052, Implementation of the Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act (86 FR 64355), which are to invest efficiently and equitably; promote the competitiveness of the U.S. economy; improve job opportunities by focusing on high labor standards; strengthen infrastructure resilience to all hazards including climate change; and to effectively coordinate with State, local, Tribal, and territorial government partners. This NOFO announces up to $1,000,000,000, subject to availability of funds, for the Fiscal Year 2024 ATP. The ATP is a $5 billion grant program, distributed as approximately $1 billion annually for five years (Fiscal Years 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026), subject to annual allocations limitations based on airport roles found in the published National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS), as updated with current year data. In general, the $5 billion in ATP grant funding is subject to the following annual award allocation limitations: not more than 55 percent shall be for large hub airports, not more than 15 percent shall be for medium hub airports, not more than 20 percent shall be for small hub airports, and not less than 10 percent shall be for nonhub and nonprimary airports. Estimated awards: Unspecified. Total Funding: $1,000,000,000. Award Ceiling: Unspecified. Closing Date: October 16, 2023.
Washington, D.C. | September 6 2023 | Institute of Education Sciences (IES): National Center for Education Research (NCER): Research Networks Focused on Critical Problems of Education Policy and Practice (ED-GRANTS-091123-003) | In awarding the research grants, theInstitute of Education Sciences (IES) intends to provide national leadership in expanding knowledge and understanding of (1) education outcomes for all learners from early childhood education through postsecondary and adult education, and (2) employment and wage outcomes when relevant (such as for those engaged in career andtechnical, postsecondary, or adult education). IESresearch grant programs are designed to provide interested individuals and the general public with reliable and valid information about education practices that support learning and improve academic achievement and access to education opportunities for all learners. These interested individuals include parents, educators, learners, researchers, and policymakers. In carrying out its grant programs, IES provides support for programs of research in areas of demonstrated national need. In awarding research training grant programs, IES aims to prepare individuals to conduct rigorous and relevant education and special education research that advances knowledge within the field and addresses issues important to education policymakers and practitioners. Estimated awards: The number of awards made under each competition will depend on the quality of the applications received for that competition and the availability of funds. Total Funding: Not Specified. Award Ceiling: $800,000. Closing Date: January 11, 2024. [Direct Linnk to NOFO.]
Washington, D.C. | September 6 2023 | BIL 41003c-Critical Material Innovation, Efficiency, and Alternatives (DE-FOA-0003105) | The Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) will build on prior the Department of Energy (DOE), other government agency, and private sector investment, and implements section 7002(g) of the Energy Act of 2020 and BIL section 41003(c) through the program’s research and development activities by the creation of innovative methods and technologies for the efficient and sustainable provision of critical materials to the domestic economy and the expected activities under the program to mitigate the environmental and health impacts of the extraction, processing, manufacturing, use, recovery, and recycling of critical materials…The overarching goal of this opportunity is to develop domestic supply chains for critical minerals and materials (CMM) by creating paths and strategies to commercialize processes that utilize domestic resources. These activities can include extraction, separation, processing, refining, alloying, or recycling technologies but should focus on decreasing environmental emissions, reducing resource usage or intensity, and/or optimizing cost. The FOA will include five areas of interest (AOI), which are separated into phases as follows: 1: CMM Supply Chain; 2: Value Added Products; 3: Next Generation Technologies; 4: Alternative Materials: Development of CMM alternatives or substitutes to increase robustness of domestic supply chains; and 5: Alternative Products. Estimated awards: 30. Total Funding: $150,000,000. Award Ceiling: $30,000,000. Closing Date: November 10, 2023.
Grant Awards
Blountville, Ill. (Tri-cities) | September 29 2023 | Tri-Cities Airport awarded $900,000 grant, aims to find airline partner for service to Chicago | The Tri-Cities Airport Authority was recently announced as one of 20 airports in the nation to be awarded a Small Community Air Service Development Program grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation, according to a recent news release from the Tri-Cities Airport. The release also said the $900,000 grant will “be used to incentivize an air carrier to provide nonstop service to Chicago O’Hare International Airport.” The grant will allow the TCAA to provide a minimum revenue guarantee, start-up costs and marketing support to an airline partner for the new service to the Chicago hub.
Washington, D.C. | September 25 2023 | Durbin Joins HHS, SAMHSA Officials to Announce Federal Funding and Recognition for Haymarket Center | U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today visited Haymarket Center with U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Region 5 Director Michael Cabonargi and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) Region 5 Administrator Jeffrey Coady to announce Haymarket’s federal approval for designation as an “FQHC Look-Alike” for its treatment of individuals experiencing homelessness. With this recognition, Haymarket will provide a comprehensive set of primary care services to this population—bolstering its leading work in the community to address behavioral health challenges, and will receive enhanced federal resources to support this mission. Durbin, Cabonargi, and Coady also announced Haymarket received two new federal grants from SAMHSA. One award, worth $800,000 per year for five years, will enable Haymarket to serve more than 230 adults with mental health and substance use disorders with intensive clinical and employment services. Another award, worth $500,000 per year for five years, will enable Haymarket to serve more than 675 adults with co-occurring substance use and HIV/hepatitis infections. Durbin previously secured $1,375,000 for Haymarket through Congressionally-directed spending from the Fiscal Year 2022 and Fiscal Year 2023 Omnibus appropriations bills.
Washington, D.C. | September 22 2023 | Durbin, Duckworth Announce More Than $2.3 Million to Support Hispanic-Serving Institutions | U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today announced $2,388,667 for Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) through the U.S. Department of Education’s (ED) Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program to assist HSIs to expand educational opportunities and support for Hispanic students. The following HSIs were awarded funding: William Rainey Harper College ($599,626.00); Harry S Truman College ($589,698.00); Northeastern Illinois University ($599,998.00); and University of St. Francis ($599,345.00).
Washington, D.C. | September 22 2023 | Durbin, Duckworth Announce $5 Million to Support Dislocated Workers | U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today announced $5,000,000 for the Illinois Department of Commerce through the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Quality Jobs, Equity, Strategy, and Training Dislocated Worker Grant Program to support unemployed and underemployed people access, return to, or advance in high-quality jobs in infrastructure, environment and climate, the care economy,and other critical and growing industries.
Springfield, Ill. | September 20 2023 | IDHA grant provides millions in neighborhood revitalization | The Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA) Board approved $19 million to support affordable housing and community revitalization efforts across Illinois. The grants are being awarded under the Strong Communities Program (SCP), the initiative will provide funding to 68 units of local governments and land bank authorities for the acquisition, maintenance, rehabilitation, and demolition of abandoned residential properties in their communities.
Chicago, Ill. | September 19 2023 | Chicago Public Library gets $250K grant for digital navigators |The Chicago Public Library just got a major grant to help close the digital divide in the city. Mayor Brandon Johnson was at the Austin branch to announce a $250,000 grant from Comcast to fund digital navigators at 26 city library branches. Digital navigators help people learn to get online, use technology, and improve their digital skills.
Springfield, Ill. | September 16 2023 | Decatur Park District Receives RTP Grant From The Illinois Department Of Natural Resources | The Decatur Park District has been awarded $200,000 through a grant through the Illinois Department of Natural Resource’s Recreational Trails Program. The Recreational Trails Program provides funds to develop and maintain recreational trails and is an assistance program of the Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). This grant will be used to resurface 1.6 miles of former golf cart paths at Scovill Park West located at 3909 W Main Street in Decatur.
Washington, D.C. | September 14 2023 | The Morton Arboretum awarded historic $15 million in federal IRA funds to improve urban forests in underserved Illinois communities | The Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Ill., announced it will receive $15 million in federal funding from the U.S. Forest Service through the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to expand and improve the tree canopy in disadvantaged communities throughout Illinois. The funding is part of a historic $1 billion investment to boost the nation’s urban tree cover in communities nationwide. The federal grant funding the Arboretum will receive is the largest award in Illinois, the largest award to a public garden in the country and a historic sum for the nonprofit tree-focused organization. The U.S. Forest Service, through funding from the IRA, selected 385 grant proposals from entities that are working to increase equitable access to urban trees and green spaces, and the benefits they provide. All of the funding will flow to disadvantaged communities in all 50 states, two U.S. territories, three U.S. affiliated Pacific islands and in several tribal communities.
Springfield, Ill. | September 11 2023 | Local planning initiatives awarded $11.4 million | The Illinois Department of Transportation announced today that more than $11.4 million is being invested via 30 grants for local initiatives and activities to support the planning efforts of long-range transportation projects across the state…Administered by IDOT using $7.3 million in federal funds, with matching funds of $788,000 from the state and $3.3 million from local governments, the grants are designed to advance the objectives of the Illinois Long-Range Transportation Plan. Among the criteria considered were projects that implement asset-management strategies and performance-based planning and programming, as well as activities that grow and support economically distressed areas.
Chicago, Ill. | September 9 2023 | CTA receives largest-ever federal infrastructure grant of nearly $2B for Red Line extension project | The Red Line extension project is moving forward with a new and major financial boost. The feds are chipping in almost $2 billion to extend those CTA tracks on the South Side. Right now the trains end at 95th Street, but the goal is to make them go all the way down to 130th Street. CTA President Dorval Carter, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, Senator Dick Durbin and others gathering on the Far South Side Friday morning for a news conference.
Washington , D.C. | September 7 2023 | Durbin, Duckworth Announce $2.6 Million To Address Air Pollution In The Great Lakes Region | U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today announced $2,674,331 forthe Lake Michigan Air Directors Consortium (LADCO) from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to help support member states’ air pollution control programs to understand and address air pollution problems in the Great Lakes Region…LADCO is a non-profit organization formed in 1989 by the air pollution control directors of the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin to conduct scientific research, provide technical support, and promote the exchange of information between the states. The purpose of this funding is to provide LADCO with the resources required to assist states that border Lake Michigan with technical assistance, training, and a forum to discuss air quality issues.
Springfield, Ill. | September 6 2023 | IDPH Awards $249,000 Grant to Peoria Hospital to Improve Pediatric Emergency, Disaster Readiness | The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has awarded a $249,000 grant to a Peoria hospital to improve statewide pediatric emergency and disaster readiness capabilities. The award to OSF HealthCare Children’s Hospital of Illinois will support several initiatives, including assessment of hospital disaster plans and identifying and addressing disparities in emergency and disaster care for children.
Washington, D.C. | September 4 2023 | Duckworth Announces $3.5 Million in Congressionally Directed Spending to Support Water Improvements in Harvey | U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), co-founder of the Senate’s first Environmental Justice Caucus, today announced that $3.5 million she secured through a Fiscal Year 2022 Congressionally Directed Spending Request will be sent by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to the City of Harvey for its Central Area Water and Sewer Improvement Project. This Duckworth-secured federal funding will increase Harvey’s financial capacity to implement long-overdue water infrastructure upgrades to help address chronic flooding and reduce resource costs for breaks and leaks repairs, while also helping provide higher quality drinking water to residents.
Post will be updated until the end of the month | Final update: September 30, 2023.