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Upcoming Grant Opportunities
Grant Deadline	Funding Agency	Grant Program Title	Possible Award ($s)	Grant Period	Agency / Program Webpage	NOFA/RFA Link
July 2026
NOFO should be released at the end of June 2026 - then open for 60 days	US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)	Fiscal Year 2027 Brownfields Job Training Grants	$300,000	3 years	https://www.epa.gov/brownfields/ fiscal-year-2027-brownfields-job- training-grants
tbd	Governor's Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation	Extreme Heat and Community Resilience Program - Round 2			https://www.lci.ca.gov/climate/icarp/ grants/extreme-heat-community-resilience/
2026.07.07	Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at U.S. Department of State (State) and U.S. Department of Education (ED)	Centers Aligned with Areas for National Need (CAANN) Program (84.015C)	tbd $70,000,000 in total funding		https://www.ed.gov/grants-and-programs/grants-higher-education/international-and-foreign-language-education/centers-aligned-areas-national-need-caann-program-84015c	https://grants.gov/search- results-detail/362705
2026.07.10	US Department of Commerce (DOC), Economic Development Administration (EDA)	AI Upskill Accelerator Pilot Program: Bridging the Workforce Gap through Targeted Industry-Driven Training	$1M to $8M	24 months to 36 months	https://www.eda.gov/AI-Upskill
2026.07.17	US Department of Energy (DOE) - Techwerx	Partnerships for Academic Industry Career Training (PACT) - Topic A Enhance: an existing training program, or Topic B Establish: a new training program	Topic A: $100,000-$300,000 or Topic B: $1,000,000-$3,000,000			https://www.techwerx.org /opportunities/HGEO-IE-PACT?utm_medium=email&utm_ source=govdelivery
2026.07.24	US Department of Energy (DOE)	Unleashing Tribal Energy Development (DE-FOA-0003548)	Topic Area 1: up to $7.5M; Topic Area 2: up to $1.5M; Topic Area 3: up to $2.5M	Topic Area 1: 24-48 months; Topic Area 2: 12-48 months; Topic Area 3: 12-48 months		https://ie-exchange.energy.gov/# FoaId107fbc95-0ed9-41d2-9c13-9df7e32af909
2026.07.29	California Energy Commission (CEC), Carbon Removal Innovation Support Program (CRISP)	Direct Air Capture Pre-Commercial Demonstration and Community Engagement (GFO-25-307)	$2,500,000 to $5,500,000 (minimum cost share 20%)	3 years, 4 months	https://www.energy.ca.gov/ solicitations/2026-05/gfo-25-307-direct-air-capture-pre-commercial-demonstration-and-community
August 2026
2026.08.26	US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)	FY 2026 Continuum of Care Competition and Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program Grants	$2,500 to $25,000,000		https://www.hud.gov/hud-partners/community-coc	https://www.grants.gov/ search-results-detail/ 361999
September 2026
2026.09.30	Strategic Growth Council (SGC)	Transformative Climate Communities Round 6 PLANNING Grant (FY 25-26)	3 Planning awards up to $300,000 each	2 years	https://www.grants.ca.gov/grants/ transformative-climate-communities-round-6-planning-grant-fy-25-26/
2026.09.30	Strategic Growth Council (SGC)	Transformative Climate Communities Round 6 IMPLEMENTATION Grant (FY 25-26)	3 Implementation awards up to $27.5M each	5 years	https://www.grants.ca.gov/grants/ transformative-climate-communities-round-6-planning-grant-fy-25-26/
2026.09.30	Strategic Growth Council (SGC)	Transformative Climate Communities Round 6 PROJECT DEVELOPMENT Grant (FY 25-26)	$1M to $5M	2 years	https://www.grants.ca.gov/grants/ transformative-climate-communities-round-6-planning-grant-fy-25-26/