Funding to create building, training, and assessment centers for energy efficiency workers.
The Building Training and Assessment Centers (BTAC) Program will provide grants to institutions of higher education to establish building, training, and assessment centers. These BTACs will educate and train students and building performance professionals to deploy modern energy efficiency building technologies in small businesses and K-12 schools.
BTACs will fund institutions of higher education, like community colleges and universities.
2023 funding has been awarded. Stay tuned or contact scep@hq.doe.gov to learn about possible future funding cycles.
Funding for economic and community development in the Appalachian region.
The Appalachian Regional Commission uses these funds to invest in the Region’s economic and community development through grants.
ARC awards program grants to state and local agencies and governmental entities, local governing boards, and nonprofit organizations. Tribes and institutions of higher education are also eligible. ARC does not award grants to individuals or for-profit entities. Most ARC grants require a match. Match rates are based on the economic status designations of counties served by the proposed project.
Applicants can access application checklists, forms, and other necessary documents here.
To support coastal resilience, coastal communities, and conservation, restoration, and protection of coastal and marine habitats and resources.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will spend $2.6 million through direct federal spending, contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, and technical assistance. Eligible uses include conservation, restoration, and protection of coastal and marine habitats, including fisheries, to enable coastal communities to prepare for changing climate conditions.
State, local, and tribal governments, Tribes, and tribal and Native organizations, nonprofits, and institutions of higher education.
Click “Learn More” for details on how to apply.
This EPA competition selected 11 grantmakers, who will make subgrants to community-based environmental justice projects beginning Fall 2024.
Research Triangle Institute (RTI) will make subgrants for a variety of environmental justice projects.
Nonprofits, Federally- and state-recognized Tribal governments and intertribal consortia, local governments, and Native American organizations who are proposing environmental justice projects.
In EPA Region 4 (including NC and SC), eligible entities can apply for subgrants starting Fall 2024. Click “Learn More” or visit region4.thrivingenvironments.org for updates.
Funding to pay the Federal share of career skills training programs
The Career Skills Training Program is designed to provide grants to pay the Federal share of career skills training programs under which students concurrently receive classroom instruction and on-the-job training for the purpose of obtaining an industry-related certification to install energy efficient building technologies.
$10 million for nonprofit-led partnerships with industry and labor organizations.
Non-profit partnerships are eligible for funding via the State Community Energy Program.
Per the provision language, this program requires nonprofits to partner with the following entities:
Funding Opportunity Announcement applications were due February 27, 2024.
For questions, email careerskillstraining@hq.doe.gov.
Funding for states to develop a program to train home energy efficiency contractors.
Funding for states to develop and implement a state program that provides training and education to home energy efficiency contractors.
States are eligible.
The deadline for formula grant applications has passed. This page will be updated when NC and SC announce their training programs.
Competitive grants are still open. States needed to submit a letter of intent to apply by November 15, 2024 at 5:00pm ET. The full application submission deadline is January 15, 2025, 5:00 PM ET. DOE selection notifications for competitive grants are expected in April 2025.
Funding to plant and maintain trees and create green spaces in urban communities and neighborhoods in greatest need
Grants that create projects to plant and maintain trees, expand tree canopy, increase access to nature and mitigate extreme heat, while developing and employing a new skilled workforce.
State, local, and Tribal governments as well as nonprofits and incorporated HOAs
100% of benefits will go to communities in greatest need
Apply through the NC Forest Service or SC Forestry Commission. Click “learn more” for details and other sources of urban forestry funding.
HeroX is a platform for listing innovation challenges. Teams compete for prizes by proposing solutions to the challenges.
Prize competition for energy innovation. Teams compete for prizes by proposing solutions to one of the hundreds of challenges listed online.
Teams of individuals, community-based organizations, local governments and Tribal governments can apply. Eligibility may vary by challenge.
Explore available challenges, gather needed resources and alliances, and apply to solve the challenge.
Funding to create building, training, and assessment centers for energy efficiency workers.
The Building Training and Assessment Centers (BTAC) Program will provide grants to institutions of higher education to establish building, training, and assessment centers. These BTACs will educate and train students and building performance professionals to deploy modern energy efficiency building technologies in small businesses and K-12 schools.
BTACs will fund institutions of higher education, like community colleges and universities.
2023 funding has been awarded. Stay tuned or contact scep@hq.doe.gov to learn about possible future funding cycles.
Funding for economic and community development in the Appalachian region.
The Appalachian Regional Commission uses these funds to invest in the Region’s economic and community development through grants.
ARC awards program grants to state and local agencies and governmental entities, local governing boards, and nonprofit organizations. Tribes and institutions of higher education are also eligible. ARC does not award grants to individuals or for-profit entities. Most ARC grants require a match. Match rates are based on the economic status designations of counties served by the proposed project.
Applicants can access application checklists, forms, and other necessary documents here.
To support coastal resilience, coastal communities, and conservation, restoration, and protection of coastal and marine habitats and resources.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will spend $2.6 million through direct federal spending, contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, and technical assistance. Eligible uses include conservation, restoration, and protection of coastal and marine habitats, including fisheries, to enable coastal communities to prepare for changing climate conditions.
State, local, and tribal governments, Tribes, and tribal and Native organizations, nonprofits, and institutions of higher education.
Click “Learn More” for details on how to apply.
This EPA competition selected 11 grantmakers, who will make subgrants to community-based environmental justice projects beginning Fall 2024.
Research Triangle Institute (RTI) will make subgrants for a variety of environmental justice projects.
Nonprofits, Federally- and state-recognized Tribal governments and intertribal consortia, local governments, and Native American organizations who are proposing environmental justice projects.
In EPA Region 4 (including NC and SC), eligible entities can apply for subgrants starting Fall 2024. Click “Learn More” or visit region4.thrivingenvironments.org for updates.
Funding to pay the Federal share of career skills training programs
The Career Skills Training Program is designed to provide grants to pay the Federal share of career skills training programs under which students concurrently receive classroom instruction and on-the-job training for the purpose of obtaining an industry-related certification to install energy efficient building technologies.
$10 million for nonprofit-led partnerships with industry and labor organizations.
Non-profit partnerships are eligible for funding via the State Community Energy Program.
Per the provision language, this program requires nonprofits to partner with the following entities:
Funding Opportunity Announcement applications were due February 27, 2024.
For questions, email careerskillstraining@hq.doe.gov.
Funding for states to develop a program to train home energy efficiency contractors.
Funding for states to develop and implement a state program that provides training and education to home energy efficiency contractors.
States are eligible.
The deadline for formula grant applications has passed. This page will be updated when NC and SC announce their training programs.
Competitive grants are still open. States needed to submit a letter of intent to apply by November 15, 2024 at 5:00pm ET. The full application submission deadline is January 15, 2025, 5:00 PM ET. DOE selection notifications for competitive grants are expected in April 2025.
Funding to plant and maintain trees and create green spaces in urban communities and neighborhoods in greatest need
Grants that create projects to plant and maintain trees, expand tree canopy, increase access to nature and mitigate extreme heat, while developing and employing a new skilled workforce.
State, local, and Tribal governments as well as nonprofits and incorporated HOAs
100% of benefits will go to communities in greatest need
Apply through the NC Forest Service or SC Forestry Commission. Click “learn more” for details and other sources of urban forestry funding.
HeroX is a platform for listing innovation challenges. Teams compete for prizes by proposing solutions to the challenges.
Prize competition for energy innovation. Teams compete for prizes by proposing solutions to one of the hundreds of challenges listed online.
Teams of individuals, community-based organizations, local governments and Tribal governments can apply. Eligibility may vary by challenge.
Explore available challenges, gather needed resources and alliances, and apply to solve the challenge.
Energy Funds for All is a comprehensive resource guide that provides clear access to federal climate funds for homeowners, renters, municipalities, and more in North Carolina and South Carolina.
Stay updated as new funds become available, get tips on accessing the funds.
