The Land Trust Alliance and Open Space Institute’s Land and Climate Grant Program will support the development of climate-informed land conservation, stewardship or communications plans that address one or more of the following issues: habitat resilience, carbon mitigation or community adaptation to climate impacts such as stronger storms, flooding, drought, fire or extreme heat. Land Trust Alliance and Open Space Institute will award $300,000 to support projects and/or provide technical support to qualified applicants. To learn more, click here.

EDA’s Build to Scale (B2S) Program is designed to invest in regional economies through scalable business startups. EDA invites organizations who are aiding companies in developing the next generation of technologies to apply for funding. These organizations may be operating initiatives to unlock investment capital across a region or sector, operating programs to accelerate company growth, empowering the next generation of entrepreneurs, and/or enabling technology commercialization. To learn more about this opportunity, click here.

EPA is requesting applications for the Environmental Finance Center Grant Program from eligible applicants until June 17, 2022, to establish regional and national Environmental Finance Centers (EFCs). Questions and answers about the EFC grant program can be viewed on the EFC Grant Program Frequent Questions website here.

The Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation (WIIN) Act establishes the Small, Underserved and Disadvantaged Communities grant to award funding to states, territories and tribes to assist public water systems in meeting Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) requirements. Grants will be awarded as non‐competitive grants. EPA will award approximately $25.8 million for the Small, Underserved and Disadvantaged Communities Grant Program from the FY21 appropriations. To view the application and learn more, click here.

NFWF announced the 2022 Request for Proposals for the America the Beautiful Challenge, a public-private grant program designed to support locally-led, voluntary ecosystem restoration projects. The NFWF program will invest in the restoration of watersheds, forests and grasslands while also working toward other goals consistent with the America the Beautiful Initiative. Approximately $85 million in grant funding is available. For more information, click here.

DOI’s WaterSMART Water and Energy Efficiency Grants will fund projects that result in quantifiable water savings, implement renewable energy components and support broader sustainability benefits. These projects conserve and use water more efficiently; increase the production of renewable energy; mitigate conflict risk in areas at a high risk of future water conflict; and accomplish other benefits that contribute to sustainability in the Western United States. To learn more about the opportunity, click here.

With this joint solicitation, the NSF and the U.S Department of Commerce (DOC) National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) call for proposals for research to advance fundamental understanding of disaster resilience in support of improved, science-based planning, policy, decisions, design, codes, and standards. For more information, click here.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) Coastal Program is a voluntary, community-based program that provides technical and financial assistance through cooperative agreements to coastal communities, conservation partners and landowners to restore and protect fish and wildlife habitat on public and private lands. The Coastal Program staff coordinates with partners, stakeholders and other Service programs to identify geographic focus areas and develop habitat conservation goals and priorities within these focus areas. Coastal Program habitat improvement projects strive to increase coastal resiliency by improving the ability of coastal ecosystems to adapt to environmental changes and supporting natural and nature-based infrastructure projects to protect and enhance coastal habitats. To learn more about this grant opportunity, click here