New Grant Opportunities

Department of

Agriculture

FY 2024 Wetlands Mitigation Banking Program 

WHAT DOES IT FUND? The purpose of this program is to support the development and establishment of mitigation banks and banking opportunities solely for agricultural producers with wetlands subject to the wetland conservation compliance provisions of the 1985 Food Security Act. Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? State and local units of government; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; forprofit entities; nonprofits with or without a 501(c)(3) status; private institutions of higher education; and public and state controlled institutions of higher education

TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT? $7 million

WHEN'S IT DUE? August 2, 2024

Department of

Energy

FY 2024 Solar Technologies’ Rapid Integration and Validation for Energy Systems (STRIVES)

WHAT DOES IT FUND? This program will fund research development and demonstration projects to improve power systems simulation software tools and demonstrate new business models for distribution systems operations to integrate and optimize the value of inverter-based resources (IBRs) and distributed energy resources (DERs), including solar, wind, energy storage, and other technologies such as buildings and electric vehicles (EVs). Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? Institutions of higher learning, nonprofits, for-profits, and local governments

TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT? $31 million

WHEN'S IT DUE? July 25, 2024 (Concept Paper), October 17, 2024 (Full Application)

Department of Health and Human Services

FY 2025 Service Area Competition 

WHAT DOES IT FUND? This program ensures continuity of care in the communities and populations currently served by the Health Center Program. Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? Special district governments, city or township governments, state governments, county governments, Native American tribal governments and organizations, urban Indian organizations, nonprofit organizations, and independent school districts

TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT? $339.9 million

WHEN'S IT DUE? July 29, 2024 (Grants.gov) August 26, 2024 (EHBs)

Department of the Interior

FY 2024 Historical Preservation Fund (HPF) Underrepresented Communities (URC) Grant Program

WHAT DOES IT FUND? This program provides funding to diversify the nominations to the National Register of Historic Places. Projects include surveys and inventories of historic properties associated with communities underrepresented in the National Register, as well as the development of nominations to the National Register for specific sites. Click here for more information..

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? State Historic Preservation Offices, tribal historic preservation offices, federally recognized tribes, Alaska Native Villages/Corporations, Native Hawaiian organizations, nonprofit organizations, and certified local governments

TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT? $1.2 million

WHEN'S IT DUE? August 29, 2024

Department of the Interior

FY 2024 Water Conservation Field Services Program: Financial Assistance

WHAT DOES IT FUND? This program provides funding for the planning, prioritizing, demonstrating technology/projects, and design of projects that conserve and use water more efficiently; mitigate conflict risk in areas at a high risk of future water conflict; and accomplish other benefits that contribute to sustainability in the Western U.S. Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? States, Indian tribes, irrigation districts, water districts, and other organizations with water or power delivery authority located within the Lower Colorado Basin or the State of Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands

TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT? $700,000

WHEN'S IT DUE? June 3, 2024

Department of Justice

FY 2024 Emergency and Transitional Pet Shelter and Housing Assistance Grant Program

WHAT DOES IT FUND? This program provides funding for shelter and transitional housing and other assistance to victims of domestic violence and their companion animals.  Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? State governments, city or township governments, Native American tribal governments (federally recognized), organizations that have a documented history of effective work concerning domestic violence, and any organization that works directly with pets, service animals, emotional support animals, or horses and collaborates with any organization listed above

TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT?  $3 million

WHEN'S IT DUE? July 15, 2024 (Grants.gov), July 22, 2024 (JustGrants)

Department of Justice

FY 2024 Missing and Unidentified Human Remains Program

WHAT DOES IT FUND? This program will improve the reporting, transportation, processing, and identification of missing persons (MP) and unidentified human remains (UHR) cases in their jurisdictions, including migrants. Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? Local and state governments, Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) forensic laboratories, medical examiner offices, crime laboratories, toxicology laboratories, university forensic anthropology laboratories, and nonprofit organizations that have working collaborative agreements with state and county forensic offices. State universities that include a forensic tract with labs also qualify as eligible applicants

TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT?  $5.3 million

WHEN'S IT DUE? July 17, 2024 (Grants.gov), July 24, 2024 (JustGrants)

Department of Justice

FY 2024 The Kevin and Avonte Program: Reducing Injury and Death of Missing Individuals with Dementia and Developmental Disabilities

WHAT DOES IT FUND? This program will support local jurisdictions' efforts to reduce the number of deaths and injuries of individuals with forms of dementia, such as Alzheimer’s disease, or developmental disabilities, such as autism, who, due to their condition, wander from safe environments. Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? State, local, or tribal law enforcement and other public safety agencies, health care agencies, institutions of higher education, nonprofits, and federally recognized Native American tribal governments

TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT?  $2.7 million

WHEN'S IT DUE? July 18, 2024 (Grants.gov), July 25, 2024 (JustGrants)

Department of Transportation

FY 2024 Pilot Program for Transit-Oriented Development Planning (TOD Pilot Program)

WHAT DOES IT FUND?  The purpose of this program is to improve public transportation for U.S. communities by providing funding to local communities to integrate land use and transportation planning with a new fixed-guideway or core capacity transit capital investment.  Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? State or States, U.S. Territory, or local governmental authority, and Federal Transit Administration grant recipients

TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT? $10.49 million

WHEN'S IT DUE?  July 22, 2024

Department of Transportation

FY 2024/FY 2025 Charging and Fueling Infrastructure (CFI) Discretionary Grant Program Round 2

WHAT DOES IT FUND?  The purpose of this program is to strategically deploy publicly accessible electric vehicle (EV) charging and alternative fueling infrastructure where people live and work in urban and rural areas alike and along designated Alternative Fuel Corridors. Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? States and their political subdivisions, metropolitan planning organizations, local governments, special purpose districts/public authorities with a transportation function; Indian Tribes, U.S. Territories, authorities, agencies, or instrumentalities of, or an entity owned by, one or more entities previously mentioned as well as groups of aforementioned entities listed. State or local authorities owning publicly accessible transportation facilities are eligible for community grants.

TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT? $1.3 billion

WHEN'S IT DUE? August 28, 2024