July 5, 2023
Federal Funding Opportunities
The Solar for All competition will fund applicants applying to expand existing or develop new Solar for All programs that ensure low-income households have access to residential rooftop and residential-serving community solar energy, often through providing financial support and other incentives.
The Climate Resilience Regional Challenge supports collaborative approaches to achieving resilience and adaptation strategies for coastal areas. The challenge is a two-track competition designed to meet the needs of coastal communities wherever they are in the resilience and adaptation process. The goal of Track One is to collectively move more coastal communities closer to taking action, especially those that are marginalized, underserved, or underrepresented. Track One funding can be used to initiate new, regional-scale collaborations or to advance existing partnerships focused on climate resilience. Track Two funding is intended to support the implementation of a complementary suite of ambitious and achievable actions (approximately three to eight) that are grounded in existing plans and/or strategies aimed at addressing the resilience and adaptation challenges within a specified region.
The Distressed Area Recompete Pilot Program (Recompete Pilot Program) aims to alleviate persistent economic distress and support long-term, comprehensive economic development and job creation in places with a high prime-age (25 to 54 years) employment gap. EDA will run this competition in two phases through two separate Notices of Funding Opportunity (NOFOs). In this Phase 1 NOFO, EDA will fund Strategy Development Grants and will approve Recompete Plans for certain regions. The Phase 2 NOFO, will allow eligible entities to compete for Implementation Grants which can fund a wide range of non-construction and construction activities that aim to increase regional capacity across the following four categories: workforce development; business and entrepreneur development; infrastructure; and additional planning, predevelopment, or technical assistance. Applicants must serve or be contained within an eligible geographic area. Applicants can determine eligibility using the Recompete Eligibility Mapping Tool.
This funding opportunity assist communities in coastal and Great Lakes states and territories to form partnerships that will work collaboratively to support regional economies and their associated workforces by developing training programs that build in-demand skills, offering wraparound services that allow workers to successfully enroll in and complete training, and helping workers enter or advance into good jobs that enhance climate resilience. Wraparound services allow people to overcome barriers to participate in the program, especially individuals in underserved groups. Examples of wraparound services include transportation, childcare, elder care, and housing services.
The Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) Enhancement & Innovation grant program seeks applications from current WAP grantees and subgrants to expand the impact of the Department of Energy’s existing residential weatherization programs by utilizing leveraged resources and enhanced community partnerships to perform deep energy retrofits of low-income residential buildings and empower local community representation within the energy workforce. The Department seeks proposals that drive innovative approaches to program coordination and service delivery while fostering the collaboration of dynamic and diverse teams. Applicants can apply for one of the following three topic areas: 1) Multifamily Housing; 2) Single Family and Manufactured Housing; and 3) Workforce Development.
This funding opportunity contains three grant programs: the National Infrastructure Project Assistance grants program (Mega), the Nationally Significant Multimodal Freight and Highways Projects grants program (INFRA), and the Rural Surface Transportation Grant program (Rural). The funding opportunities support surface transportation infrastructure projects—including highway and bridge, intercity passenger rail, railway-highway grade crossing or separation, wildlife crossing, public transportation, marine highway, and freight projects, or groups of such projects—with significant national or regional impact, or to improve and expand the surface transportation infrastructure in rural areas.
The Reconnecting Communities and Neighborhoods (RCN) Program supports planning, capital construction, and regional partnership activities that aim to restore community connectivity through the removal, retrofit, mitigation or replacement of highways, roadways, or other infrastructure facilities that create barriers to mobility, access or economic development. The RCN funding opportunity is a combination of two major discretionary grant opportunities: The Reconnecting Communities Pilot (RCP) and Neighborhood Access and Equity (NAE) Programs.
