Federal Environment Grants

This funding opportunity provides financial support to institutions with limited NIH funding to enhance their biomedical research capabilities and engage students in scientific inquiry.

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner to support a study of grassland bird communities under a changing climate. Over the last half-century, populations of grassland birds declined by more than any other bird group in North America. This is because native grasslands have largely been converted to agricultural row crops, and the remaining prairies have become degraded through altered fire regimes, woody encroachment, the spread of invasive plants, and human development. Land managers and conservation organizations are racing to preserve and restore these ecosystems to stem further loss of grassland birds. Given limited resources, bird habitat models are needed to help managers prioritize where conservation efforts will be most effective. In addition to habitat loss and degradation of native grasslands, increasing greenhouse gas emissions will likely change temperatures and rainfall patterns across the Great Plains. This changing climate is expected to alter vegetation communities and the bird species that depend on them. To date, predictions of bird response to a changing climate have focused on changes in temperature and precipitation, but vegetation productivity also depends on factors such as vegetation type and soils. By studying how vegetation influences grassland birds across the western Great Plains, we are creating maps of projected bird distribution, given vegetation and land-use change under multiple future climate scenarios. Predictive bird distribution maps will help land managers and other decision-makers understand how their site-level projects fit within regional and climatic contexts. A web-based application and raining modules accompanying these maps will increase capacity among Federal, State, Tribal, and private partners in their conservation planning under a changing climate. The objective of this opportunity is to identify partner priorities for grassland bird management under a changing climate and help design training modules for deliverables from the project, including those specific to Tribal professionals. Additional objectives could include conducting an independent study related to grassland birds and climate, such as by applying bird projection maps created from this research effort to Tribal lands. Researchers will have travel opportunities that may include field visits, in-person meetings with Tribal partners, and attending coproduction listening sessions and workshops.

This grant provides funding for individuals and organizations to develop innovative energy storage solutions that cater to unique applications in underserved communities and extreme climates, promoting grid modernization and reliability.

PD La Paz invites proposals for programs that strengthen people-to-people ties between the United States and Bolivia through cultural, educational, professional and scientific exchanges that highlight shared values and promote bilateral cooperation. All programs must include an U.S. cultural element, or connection with U.S. expert/s, organization/s, or institution/s in a specific field that will promote increased understanding of U.S. policy and perspectives.The PD Small Grants Program projects may include, but is not limited to:- Lectures, seminars, and speaker programs;- Artistic and cultural workshops, joint performances, and exhibitions;- Cultural heritage conservation and preservation projects;- Professional, cultural or academic exchanges and projects (including virtual exchanges with U.S. experts or communities);- Professional development workshops and training.

This funding opportunity supports research institutes in the U.S. to investigate the impacts of aquatic invasive species on water resources, particularly in the Upper Mississippi River Basin, promoting innovative solutions for management and ecosystem resilience.

This program provides funding to nonprofit organizations, public bodies, and tribes to improve solid waste management in rural areas, focusing on reducing pollution and enhancing sustainability practices.

This funding opportunity provides financial support for conservation projects aimed at protecting and recovering endangered and threatened species across the United States, targeting eligible applicants such as state and local governments, educational institutions, tribal organizations, and nonprofits.

The objectives of this project fall under INRMP Goal 2: Manage JBER natural resources under the guidelines and principles of adaptive ecosystem management, which aim to maintain functional ecosystems and natural diversity including sustainable populations, native species, and ecological communities and Objective 2.1: Inventory and monitor JBERs natural resources, including soil, water, wetlands, flora, and fauna, to provide baseline information on ecosystem integrity and health, status of renewable resources, and status of threatened or sensitive species or communities. See full Funding Opportunity Description in Section I.

Authorized by Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 117, 33 USC Section 1267, the Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) is a unique regional, state, federal, and local partnership that has been directing and conducting the restoration and protection of the Chesapeake Bay. CBP is responsible for supporting the Chesapeake Bay Executive Council (Executive Council) through a number of actions, including the coordination of federal, state, and local efforts to restore and protect living resources and water quality of the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed. The Notice of Funding Opportunity is seeking insightful, expert, and cost-effective applications from eligible applicants to provide the CBPs non-federal partners with updated land use/land cover data, enhanced river corridor data, and landscape metrics and communication products associated with these data to facilitate their application to CBP's outcomes and the CBPs Phase 7 suite of modeling tools. For more information, please see the funding opportunity.

USAID seeks to design a new potential activity focused on supporting Mexican actors' efforts in strengthening the voluntary carbon market system in Mexico. Over the past decade, Mexico has demonstrated leadership in addressing climate change through initiatives such as the General Climate Change Law (GCCL) enacted in 2012 and the introduction of a carbon tax in 2014, a pioneering carbon pricing mechanism in Latin America. In 2020, Mexico’s Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT) expanded on these efforts with the launch of the first emission trading scheme in Latin America. The purpose of USAID’s potential new activity would be to identify and support policy levers and other measures that could support a just and equitable expansion of the voluntary carbon market in Mexico, aligning with climate objectives under the GCCL and the Paris Agreement.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to partner institutions affiliated with the Great Rivers Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit to research and manage the invasive Black Carp species in the upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers.

This funding opportunity provides up to $1 million to local governments, tribes, and nonprofit organizations for assessing and cleaning up contaminated brownfield sites to revitalize communities and promote economic growth.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to various governmental and nonprofit organizations for projects that assess and mitigate hazards from abandoned mines on public lands, promoting environmental restoration and public health.

This program provides funding for projects that improve water quality and restore ecosystems in the San Francisco Bay area, targeting local governments, tribes, and nonprofit organizations.

This funding opportunity supports innovative research proposals from small businesses, academic institutions, and research organizations to develop high-risk, high-reward microsystem technologies for defense applications.

This funding opportunity provides financial support for conservation projects in Mississippi, focusing on outreach, education, and technical assistance to help socially disadvantaged and beginning farmers adopt sustainable agricultural practices.

This funding opportunity is for alumni of U.S. government-sponsored exchange programs in the Eastern Caribbean to develop projects that address climate change resilience or promote economic prosperity in their communities.

This funding opportunity provides financial support for projects that enhance recreational access and visitor experiences on public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management, targeting state and local governments, Tribal organizations, educational institutions, and nonprofits.

The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (OES) announces an open competition for programming to support the adoption of mercury-Free processing technologies in Africas Sahel, focusing on Cote dIvoire. aimed at advancing the implementation of the Minamata Convention on Mercury by reducing mercury usage in artisanal and small-scale gold mining in Cote dIvoire. This programming will include developing mine site plans that will facilitate the application of interventions tailored to facilitating miners access to the formal financial sector and mercury-free gold processing technologies.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to state and local governments, as well as federally recognized Tribes, to purchase or lease environmentally friendly transit buses and improve related infrastructure.