January 4, 2023
Federal Funding Opportunities

U.S. Department of Commerce; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Climate Program Office (CPO), Climate and Societal Interactions (CSI) Division — Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) letters of intent due February 1, 2023, and applications due March 29, 2023
The goal of this Notice of Federal Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to support collaborative research and community engagement projects that improve climate adaptation planning and action.

FORECASTED U.S. Department of Energy; National Energy Technology Laboratory Carbon Utilization Procurement Grants Under Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
As part of the BIL, supporting the Administration’s goal to achieve a carbon-free power sector by 2035 and putting the United States on a path to a net-zero economy by 2050, this demonstration program will issue grants to eligible entities to procure commercial and industrial products derived from the conversion of anthropogenic carbon oxides and demonstrate a significant net reduction in life cycle greenhouse gas emissions compared to incumbent technologies, processes, and products. FOA is anticipated to be issued in the first quarter of Fiscal Year 2023.

U.S. Department of Energy; Golden Field Office Bipartisan Infrastructure Law: Resilient and Efficient Codes Implementation concept papers due January 31, 2023
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Building Technologies Office (BTO) is issuing this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) titled Bipartisan Infrastructure Law: Resilient and Efficient Codes Implementation. The activities to be funded under this FOA support the BIL, as well as a broader government-wide approach to advance building codes and support their successful implementation. The primary focus centers around updating to more efficient building energy codes that save money for American homes and businesses, reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and encourage more resilient buildings. This FOA seeks applications with project teams ready to advance building energy codes and other building efficiency policies within a particular region, state, or local jurisdiction.

U.S. Department of Interior; Bureau of Reclamation WaterSMART: Water Recycling and Desalination Planning applications due February 28, 2023
Funding made available is intended to provide assistance to prepare feasibility studies and undertake other planning activities for potential new Title XVI Water Reclamation and Reuse projects, Desalination Construction projects, and Large-Scale Water Recycling projects. Eligible project activities include development of new water recycling and desalination feasibility studies, preparation of preliminary project cost estimates, design activities, and environmental and cultural resource compliance activities. Eligible applicants include local water agencies that are sponsors of water recycling or desalination projects.

U.S. Department of Transportation; Federal Aviation Administration FY2022 Airport Improvement Program Supplemental Discretionary Grants applications due January 31, 2023
This competitive supplemental discretionary grant program falls under the project grant authority for the Airport Improvement Program (AIP), with the objective of assisting eligible airports in the development and improvement of a nationwide system that adequately meets the needs of civil aeronautics. Projects should be ready to begin by June 30, 2024. Eligible projects include, but are not limited to: a. Improvements related to enhancing airport safety, capacity, security, environmental sustainability, planning, or any combination of the above, including terminal development; b. Planning for the feasibility of and options for unleaded aviation fuel infrastructure; c. Airport projects associated with pavement rehabilitation, reconstruction, and extension of the pavement’s useful life; d. Noise planning and noise mitigation; e. Projects to plan for, relocate, and/ or construct run-up locations to reduce community exposure to emissions from leaded aviation fuel usage; and f. Other emission reduction projects.

U.S. Department of Transportation; Federal Railroad Administration FY22-23 Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail Grant Program for projects located on the Northeast Corridor applications due March 27, 2023
The Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail Northeast Corridor (FSP NEC) funds capital projects on the Northeast Corridor that reduce the state of good repair backlog, improve performance, or expand or establish new intercity passenger rail service.

U.S. Department of Transportation; Maritime Administration FY2023 Port Infrastructure Development Program Grants applications due April 28, 2023
The purpose of the Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP) is to improve the safety, efficiency, or reliability of the movement of goods through ports and intermodal connections to ports. Eligible projects for FY 2023 PIDP grants shall be located either within the boundary of a port, or outside the boundary of a port and directly related to port operations or to an intermodal connection to a port. Grants may be made for capital projects that will be used to improve the safety, efficiency, or reliability of (I) the loading and unloading of goods at the port, such as for marine terminal equipment; (II) the movement of goods into, out of, around, or within a port, such as for highway or rail infrastructure, intermodal facilities, freight intelligent transportation systems, and digital infrastructure systems; (III) operational improvements, including projects to improve port resilience; or (IV) environmental and emissions mitigation measures. The complete PIDP Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) with more details on the program and application requirements will be released on or by January 17, 2023.

December 22, 2022
Federal Funding Opportunities

U.S. Department of Commerce Minority Business Development Agency Capital Readiness Program applications due February 28, 2023

The Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) Capital Readiness Program is designed to help close the entrepreneurship gap between socially and economically disadvantaged individuals (SEDI) and non-SEDI. This notice requests applications from qualified organizations that have the expertise to provide technical assistance for entrepreneurs starting or scaling their businesses who are seeking various forms of capital. Specifically, MBDA expects this Program to serve SEDI-owned businesses that are applying, have previously applied, or plan to apply to a State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) capital program or other government program that supports small businesses.

U.S. Department of Energy Buildings Energy Efficiency Frontiers and Innovation Technologies concept papers due February 7, 2023

This funding opportunity seeks to support to research and development of high-impact, cost-effective technologies and practices that will reduce carbon emissions, improve flexibility and resilience, as well as lower energy costs across five topic areas:

• Topic 1: Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) and Water Heating: Technologies with improved materials, components, equipment design and engineering, lower cost manufacturing processes, and easier installation.
• Topic 2: Thermal Energy Storage (TES): Development and validation of next generation plug-and-play TES products with improved cost and performance and ease of installation to accelerate adoption of TES in HVAC applications.
• Topic 3: Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS): Development, validation, and demonstration of product innovations that reduce the cost of BESS integration, improve the coordination between distributed BESS and the electrical grid, as well as help meet building decarbonization targets.
• Topic 4: Plug Loads/Lighting: Integration of plug load controls with connected lighting systems in commercial buildings with minimal cost and complexity to support building electrification.
• Topic 5: Opaque Building Envelope: Development, validation, and demonstration of high-impact, affordable. opaque building envelope retrofit and diagnostic technologies.

U.S. Department of Energy; Office of Science Funding for Accelerated, Inclusive Research pre-applications due February 7, 2023

The Office of Science (SC) seeks applications from institutions historically underrepresented in the SC portfolio, including non-R1 minority serving institutions (MSIs) and emerging research institutions, to perform basic research in fields supported by SC. This funding opportunity aims to build research capacity, infrastructure, and expertise at these institutions through mutually beneficial relationships between applicants and U.S. Department of Energy national laboratories, SC scientific user facilities, or R1 MSIs. SC supports fundamental research in applied mathematics, biology, chemistry, computer science, engineering, isotope research, materials science, and physics to transform our understanding of nature and catalyze scientific discoveries that can lead to technical breakthroughs. SC does not support applied research, product development, or prototyping.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; National Institutes of Health Biomedical Research Facilities applications due February 24, 2023

This funding opportunity invites applications from eligible academic and research institutions to apply for funding to modernize existing or construct new biomedical research facilities. Applications from both research-intensive institutions and Institutions of Emerging Excellence in biomedical research, both highly resourced and low-resourced institutions, from all geographic regions in the nation are strongly encouraged to apply. The National Institutes of Health recognizes the importance of all institutions of higher learning in contributing to the nation’s research capacity. The goal of this funding opportunity is to modernize biomedical research infrastructure to strengthen biomedical research programs. Each project is expected to provide long-term improvements to the institutional research infrastructure. Targeted projects are the construction or modernization of core facilities and the development of other shared research infrastructure serving an institution-wide research community with broad impact on biomedical research.

National Science Foundation Strengthening American Infrastructure proposals due March 15, 2023

The Strengthening American Infrastructure (SAI) program seeks to stimulate human-centered fundamental and potentially transformative research aimed at strengthening America’s infrastructure. Effective infrastructure provides a strong foundation for socioeconomic vitality and broad improvement in quality of life. Strong, reliable and effective infrastructure spurs private-sector innovation, grows the economy, creates jobs, makes public-sector service provision more efficient, strengthens communities, promotes equal opportunity, protects the natural environment, enhances national security and fuels American leadership. Achieving these objectives requires the integration of expertise from across all science and engineering disciplines. SAI focuses on how fundamental knowledge about human reasoning and decision-making, governance, and social and cultural processes enables the building and maintenance of effective infrastructure that improves lives and society and builds on advances in technology and engineering. Successful projects will represent a convergence of expertise in one or more social, behavioral, or economic sciences, deeply integrated with other disciplines to support substantial and potentially pathbreaking fundamental research applied to strengthening a specific focal infrastructure.

National Science Foundation Design for Environmental Sustainability in Computing proposals due March 17, 2023

The Design for Environmental Sustainability in Computing (DESC) solicitation seeks to bring together teams to work toward solutions that address sustainability in new and measurably different ways that are inclusive of the breadth of computing and information science and engineering research, with the ultimate goal of holistic order of magnitude improvements in the environmental sustainability of computing. DESC projects should go beyond solely energy efficiency to address a more complete set of environmentally sustainable outcomes in terms of, but not limited to, metrics of greenhouse gas emissions, volatile organic compounds, consumption and disposal of rare materials, heat, wastewater, recyclability, and longevity, along with potential interactions between these metrics.

December 15, 2022
Federal Funding Opportunities

U.S. Department of Energy; Golden Field Office 2022 Funding Opportunity Announcement for Energy Improvements at Public K-12 School Facilities – Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) – Renew America’s School concept papers due January 26, 2023
The activities to be funded under this funding opportunity support BIL section 40541 and the broader government-wide approach to support projects that enable replicable and scalable impacts, create innovative, sustaining partnerships, leverage funding and economies of scale, focus on disadvantaged communities, improve student, teacher, and occupant health, enrich learning and growth, assist schools that serve as community assets (e.g., neighborhood cooling centers or disaster recovery shelters), and are crafted thoughtfully within the context of public school facilities (e.g., procurement restraints, construction windows, etc.).

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention School-Based Interventions to Promote Equity and Improve Health, Academic Achievement, and Well-Being of Students letters of intent due January 12, 2023
The purpose of this 5-year cooperative agreement is to protect and improve the health and well-being of school-age children in underserved and disproportionately affected communities. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Healthy Schools will award approximately 16 recipients with up to 50 recipients depending on available funding. Recipients will use the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) model to: establish key partnerships to support school health programs; promote dissemination and implementation of CDC school health guidelines, tools, and resources through professional development and technical assistance; and use action planning to implement physical activity, school nutrition, and school health services policies, practices, and programs within state and local education agencies, schools, and out-of-school time settings.

U.S. Department of Labor; Employment and Training Administration YouthBuild applications due February 7, 2023
Under the YouthBuild Funding Opportunity Announcement, the Department of Labor (DOL) will award grants through a competitive process to organizations providing pre-apprenticeship services that support education, occupational skills training, and employment services to opportunity youth, ages 16 to 24, while performing meaningful work and service to their communities. The YouthBuild program model prepares participants for quality jobs in a variety of careers, including infrastructure, and contains wrap-around services such as mentoring, trauma-informed care, personal counseling, and employment – all key strategies for addressing community violence. YouthBuild applicants must include construction skills training and may include occupational skills training in other in-demand industries. This expansion into additional in-demand industries is the Construction Plus component, a priority in this grant competition.

U.S. Department of Transportation FY2023 National Infrastructure Investments – Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) Grant Program applications due February 28, 2023
The purpose of this notice is to solicit applications for Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) grants. RAISE grants are for investments in surface transportation that will have a significant local or regional impact. Per the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), in addition to capital awards, the Department of Transportation (DOT) will award at least $75 million for eligible planning, preparation or design of projects eligible for RAISE Grants that do not result in construction.

National Archives and Records Administration Publishing Historical Records in Collaborative Digital Editions applications due May 3, 2023
The National Historical Publications and Records Commission seeks proposals to publish online editions of historical records. All types of historical records are eligible, including documents, photographs, born-digital records, and analog audio. Projects may focus on broad historical movements in U.S. history, including any aspect of African American, Asian American, Hispanic American, and Native American history, such as law (including the social and cultural history of the law), politics, social reform, business, military, the arts, and other aspects of the national experience.

National Endowment for the Arts Grants for Arts Projects 1, FY2024 part I of applications due February 9, 2023 and part II of applications due February 21, 2023.
Grants for Arts Projects is our largest grants program for organizations, providing comprehensive and expansive funding opportunities for communities. Through project-based funding, the program supports opportunities for public engagement with the arts and arts education, for the integration of the arts with strategies promoting the health and well-being of people and communities, and for the improvement of overall capacity and capabilities within the arts sector. We welcome applications from a variety of eligible organizations, including first-time applicants; from organizations serving communities of all sizes, including rural and urban areas; and from organizations with small, medium, or large operating budgets.

National Endowment for the Arts Challenge America, FY2024 part I of applications due April 27, 2023 and part II of applications due May 16, 2023.
Challenge America offers support primarily to small organizations for projects in all artistic disciplines that extend the reach of the arts to groups/communities with rich and dynamic artistic and cultural contributions to share that are underserved. Challenge America seeks to address these potential barriers for organizations seeking funding. The program features an abbreviated application, a standardized $10,000 grant amount, and a robust structure of technical assistance to facilitate entry to National Endowment for the Arts funding opportunities. This category may be a good entry point for organizations that are new to applying for federal funding.

December 14, 2022
Federal Funding Opportunities

U.S. Department of Energy; Office of Science Integrative Computational Tools for Systems Biology Research pre-applications due January 10, 2023

The Biological and Environmental Research (BER) program supports basic research to understand the fundamental nature of biological processes relevant to Department of Energy (DOE) energy and environmental mission goals. Within BER, the Genomic Science Program supports systems biology research on microbial, plant, plant-microbe interactions, and environmental microbial communities to address DOE’s mission in sustainable bioenergy development. Understanding and harnessing the metabolic and regulatory networks of plants and microbes will enable their design and re-engineering for improved energy resilience and sustainability, including advanced biofuels and bio products. Specifically, through this funding opportunity DOE solicits applications that propose innovative computational solutions that can integrate large, disparate data types from multiple and varied sources, and/or the integration of data to achieve coordinated knowledge or integration of knowledge to decipher relationships of biological systems of relevance to DOE. Novel computational tools and analytical approaches of large-scale, multimodal, and multiscale data that will lead to scalable solutions for omics analysis, data mining, and knowledge extraction from complex data sets (experimental and calculated) are sought, and bioinformatics tools or computational applications that are interoperable and effective for computationally intensive data processing and analyses for systems-level investigations are desirable. Also encouraged is the enhancement of existing software or approaches that are demonstrated to be in broad use by the genomics community, to aid the interpretation of multimodal data for environmental sciences.

U.S. Department of Energy; Office of Science Research in Basic Plasma Science and Engineering pre-applications due January 12, 2023

The DOE program in Fusion Energy Sciences (FES) is interested in receiving single-investigator or small-group research applications to carry out frontier-level research in basic plasma science and engineering. The FES Discovery Plasma Science: Plasma Science and Technology–General Plasma Science program supports research at the frontiers of basic and low temperature plasma science, including dynamical processes in laboratory, space, and astrophysical plasmas, such as magnetic reconnection, dynamo, shocks, turbulence cascade, structures, waves, flows and their interactions; behavior of dusty plasmas, non-neutral, single-component matter or antimatter plasmas, and ultra-cold neutral plasmas; plasma chemistry and processes in low temperature plasma, interfacial plasma, synthesis of nanomaterials, and interaction of plasma with surfaces, materials or biomaterials. In addition, this portfolio supports microelectronics and Quantum Information Science research opportunities.

U.S. Department of Energy; Office of Science Climate Resilience Centers pre-applications due January 19, 2023

Understanding fine-scale, local and community impacts of climate change across this nation is a critical gap in climate research and analysis today. Further, climate change is known to disproportionately impact people in disadvantaged communities due to increased exposure and vulnerability. BER seeks to establish Climate Resilience Centers (CRC) at historically black colleges and universities, non-R1 minority-serving institutions, and emerging research institutions to address critical research questions in support of the needs of stakeholders and communities in the pursuit of equitable climate solutions. The CRCs will facilitate two-way engagement between BER sponsored research and regional communities, enhancing accessibility and translation of DOE research to inform and build climate resilience. Efforts focused at local levels are expected to identify data sets, technical and process information, tailored models, and community contexts that will aid in the new investigations as well as bring critically needed community and local perspectives more centrally within DOE’s climate research planning. CRCs will build upon and enhance the talent and capabilities at local institutions, providing a valuable resource to advance climate research, identify local resilience challenges, and develop equitable solutions. These centers have the potential to catalyze additional research activities in climate and energy, the development of future technology innovations, and new jobs in communities across the country.

NEW: U.S. Department of Energy; National Energy Technology Laboratory Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Regional Direct Air Capture Hubs letters of intent due January 24, 2023

Authorized the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, this funding opportunity seeks applications to develop and commercially demonstrate Regional Direct Air Capture (DAC) Hubs in the U.S. Funding will be provided for projects that contribute to the development and demonstration of four domestic Regional DAC Hubs to accelerate the commercialization of carbon dioxide (CO2) removal via integrated capture from the atmosphere, processing, transport, and secure geologic storage and/or conversion.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; National Institutes of Health Research Evaluation and Commercialization Hubs applications due February 9, 2023

This funding opportunity announces the renewal of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Evaluation and Commercialization Hub (REACH) program, established to facilitate and accelerate the translation of academic biomedical discoveries into products that improve patient care and public health. Through this program, NIH will provide the qualifying institutions with the funds to seed the creation of academic entrepreneurship Hubs. Hubs will be responsible for providing innovators with both the initial investment and resources to support the proof-of-concept work and the mentorship in product development and commercialization needed to develop high priority technologies within the NIH’s mission. Funded Hubs are intended to work as a consortium to enable: the infrastructure for identifying the most promising technologies, funding for product definition studies (e.g. feasibility studies, prototype development, proof-of-concept studies) provided to individual researchers, access to resources and expertise in areas required for early stage technology development (including scientific, regulatory, reimbursement, business, legal, and project management), and skills development and hands-on experience in entrepreneurship. Establishing public-private partnerships and providing additional non-federal funds will be critical for success.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Health Resources and Services Administration Nurse Anesthetist Traineeship Program applications due February 10, 2023

The purpose of the Nurse Anesthetist Traineeship program is to increase the supply and distribution of Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) who are well prepared and well positioned to practice independently and collaboratively within interprofessional teams and to deliver evidence-based, high quality, and safe anesthesia and pain management services. The program aims to expand access to anesthesia services, especially to rural, urban, and tribal underserved communities nationwide. Eligible grant award recipients are accredited institutions that educate registered nurses to become nurse anesthetists; recipient institutions, in turn, disburse funds to students in the form of traineeship support.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; National Institutes of Health Rapid Translation of Epidemiological Findings into Interventions to Prevent Substance Use and Addiction applications due March 15, 2023

The goal of this initiative is to address the structural incentives that limit translation from epidemiology into prevention science using a two-pronged approach. The phased mechanism will support innovative epidemiologic research using either primary data collection or analysis of existing data related to substance use and addiction in the first phase to provide the foundation for a targeted prevention intervention in the second phase. The second phase will apply the findings from the first phase to either adapt or target an existing intervention to increase effect size or reach a new population or develop a novel intervention to address a new prevention target.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; National Institutes of Health Short Courses on Innovative Methodologies and Approaches in the Behavioral and Social Sciences applications due April 17, 2023

The overarching goal of this program is to support educational activities that complement and/or enhance the training of a diverse workforce to meet the nation’s biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research needs. To accomplish the stated over-arching goal, this funding opportunity will support creative educational activities with a primary focus on Courses for Skills Development in cross-cutting methodologies and analytics that are needed to advance behavioral and social sciences research but are not well-address by existing educational programs.

National Endowment for the Arts Grants for Arts Projects grants.gov applications due February 9, 2023, and full applications due February 21, 2023

Grants for Arts Projects provide comprehensive and expansive funding opportunities for communities. Through project-based funding, this program supports opportunities for public engagement with the arts and arts education, for the integration of the arts with strategies promoting the health and well-being of people and communities, and for the improvement of overall capacity and capabilities within the arts sector.

NEW: National Science Foundation Enabling Partnerships to Increase Innovation Capacity preliminary proposals due February 15, 2023

The purpose of this solicitation is to broaden participation in innovation ecosystems that advance emerging technologies (e.g., advanced manufacturing, advanced wireless, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, quantum information science, semiconductors and microelectronics) by supporting capacity-building efforts at institutions of higher education interested in growing external partnerships.

National Science Foundation Campus Cyberinfrastructure proposals due March 1, 2023

The Campus Cyberinfrastructure program invests in coordinated campus-level cyberinfrastructure improvements, innovation, integration, and engineering for science applications and distributed research projects. Learning and workforce development in cyberinfrastructure is also explicitly addressed in the program. Projects that help overcome disparities in cyber-connectivity associated with geographic location, and thereby advancing the geography of innovation and enabling populations based in these locales to become more nationally competitive in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics research and education are particularly encouraged.

National Science Foundation Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future proposals due March 13, 2023

The Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future (DMREF) Program seeks to foster the design, discovery, and development of materials to accelerate their path to deployment by harnessing the power of data and computational tools in concert with experiment and theory. DMREF emphasizes a deep integration of experiments, computation, and theory; the use of accessible digital data across the materials development continuum; and strengthening connections among theorists, computational scientists (including data scientists), and experimentalists as well as those from academia, industry, and government. DMREF is committed to the education and training of a next-generation materials research and development workforce that is diverse, equitable, and inclusive; well-equipped for successful careers as educators and innovators; and able to take full advantage of the materials development continuum and innovation infrastructures that the National Science Foundation is creating with partners in other federal agencies.

National Science Foundation releases new Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Program Solicitation

The main goal of the Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) program is to enable low-income students with academic ability, talent or potential to pursue successful careers in promising STEM fields. Ultimately, the S-STEM program seeks to increase the number of academically promising low-income students who graduate with a S-STEM eligible degree and contribute to the American innovation economy with their STEM knowledge. Recognizing that financial aid alone cannot increase retention and graduation in STEM, the program provides awards to institutions of higher education not only to fund scholarships, but also to adapt, implement, and study evidence-based curricular and co-curricular activities that have been shown to be effective supporting recruitment, retention, transfer (if appropriate), student success, academic/career pathways, and graduation in STEM.

National Science Foundation releases new Research Coordination Networks Program Solicitation

The goal of the Research Coordination Networks (RCN) program is to advance a field or create new directions in research or education by supporting groups of investigators to communicate and coordinate their research, training and educational activities across disciplinary, organizational, geographic, and international boundaries. The RCN program provides opportunities to foster new collaborations, including international partnerships where appropriate, and address interdisciplinary topics. Innovative ideas for implementing novel networking strategies, collaborative technologies, training, broadening participation, and development of community standards for data and meta- data are especially encouraged. RCN awards are not meant to support existing networks; nor are they meant to support the activities of established collaborations. RCN awards also do not support primary research. Rather, the RCN program supports the means by which investigators can share information and ideas; coordinate ongoing or planned research activities; foster synthesis and new collaborations; develop community standards; and in other ways advance science and education through communication and sharing of ideas.