Grants Office | Grant Development Resources

Grant writing is both a science and an art. Successful, competitive applications will require subject matter expertise, general grant writing, agency- and grant program specific grant writing experience, and in some circumstances research methods expertise. The following grant writing guidelines are intended to support you as you’re researching and working on a grant.

Upcoming Grant Opportunities

Grant Deadline Funding Agency Grant Program Title Possible Award ($s) Grant Period Agency / Program Webpage NOFA/RFA Link
August 2026            
2026.08.11 (by 2p) Window 2: July 1st - August 11th Governor's Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation (LCI) Extreme Heat and Community Resilience Program - Round 2 Project Types - Early Infrastructure: $750,000 to $1.2M; and Advanced Infrastructure: $3M to $4.5M Early: 30 months, Advanced: 48 months https://www.lci.ca.gov/climate/
icarp/
grants/extreme-heat-community-resilience/

https://www.grants.gov/
search-results-detail/361999

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

2026.08.27 California Workforce Development Board (CWDB) Workforce Accelerator Fund 14 (Accelerator 14) grant program Up to $1.5M (Match 1:1) 2 years, 2 months https://cwdb.ca.gov/cwdb-home/grant-information/accelerator-14/

https://cwdb.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/
43/2026/07/26_7_14_
Accelerator-14-RFA_2026.pdf

September 2026          

 

2026.09.04 Strategic Growth Council (SGC) Community Resilience Centers - Round 2 PLANNING Grant (FY 26-27) $100,000 - $500,000   https://www.grants.ca.gov/grants
/community-resilience-centers-round-2-planning-grant-fy-26-27/

https://sgc.ca.gov/grant-programs/crc/application/

2026.09.14 Panorama Global obo: Ascendium Education Group, College Futures Foundation, ECMC Foundation, Gates Foundation, the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund, Lumina Foundation, the Raikes Foundation, and Strada Education Foundation Innovative Postsecondary Models (IPM) Fund $750,000 - $1,000,000 18 months https://panoramaglobal.org/
request-for-proposals-innovative-postsecondary-models-fund/#key-dates

 
2026.09.23 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

https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2026-07/epa-olem-oblr-26-01-final_1.pdf

2026.09.25 Strategic Growth Council (SGC) Community Resilience Centers - Round 2 IMPLEMENTATION Grant (FY 26-27) $1,000,000 - $10,000,000   https://www.grants.ca.gov/grants/
community-resilience-centers-round-2-implementation-grant-fy-26-27/

https://sgc.ca.gov/grant-programs/crc/application/

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/

 

October 2026            
2026.10.01 National Science Foundation (NSF) Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Award Range:
*   Conferences: Up to $250,000
*   Track 1 (Small Projects): Up to $1,000,000
*   Track 2 & 3 (Projects/Consortia): $1.2M-$3M
*   Track 4 (ATE Centers): Up to $7.5M over 5 years
3 years

https://www.nsf.gov/funding/
opportunities/ate-advanced-technological-education

 

2026.10.13 Governor's Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation Extreme Heat and Community Resilience Program - Round 2 [Project Types: Early Infrastructure or Advanced Infrastructure] Project Types - Early Infrastructure: $750,000 to $1.2M; and Advanced Infrastructure: $3M to $4.5M Early: 30 months, Advanced: 48 months

https://www.lci.ca.gov/climate/
icarp/grants/extreme-heat-community-resilience/

 

2026.10.20 California Education Learning Lab and GO-Biz Quantum FAST (Funding for Accelerated Scale and Transformation) Challenge [4 Tracks] $100,000 or $250,000 or $500,000 2 years

https://calearninglab.org/grant/
quantum-fast/

 

 

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