Deadline: Rolling Basis
Award Amount: $100,000 to $5,000,000
Match: None
Eligible Entities: Federally recognized tribes
Description: EDA supports bottom-up strategies that build on regional assets to spur economic growth and resiliency. EDA encourages its grantees throughout the country to develop initiatives that present new ideas and creative approaches to advance economic prosperity in distressed communities.

Deadline: January 24, 2025
Award Amount: Up to $500,000
Match: None
Eligible Entities: Native American Indian Tribes, Tribal Organizations, Tribal Colleges & Universities (TCUs)
Description: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Veterinary Services (VS) is announcing the availability of up to $500,000 in funds in the National Animal Disease Preparedness and Response Program (NADPRP) to support Tribal projects for livestock and poultry in the topic areas listed below.
1. Develop, enhance, and exercise Tribal animal disease outbreak emergency response plans.
2. Support livestock and poultry biosecurity measures and programs.
3. Enhance capability and capacity for depopulation, carcass disposal, and decontamination in a
disease outbreak.
4. Support animal movement decisions in a disease outbreak.
5. Enhance animal disease traceability during a disease outbreak.
6. Develop and deliver training & exercises to improve animal disease outbreak response
capabilities.
7. Support outreach & education on animal disease prevention, preparedness, and response.
8. Enhance aquatic animal disease preparedness and response.
9. Enhance equine disease outbreak prevention & response.

Deadline: January 24, 2025
Award Amount: Pre-development grants of up to $300,000
Match: None
Eligible Entities: Non-profit organizations, state and local government entities, Indian tribes, and Institutions of Higher Education (IHE)
Description: The first round of Climate United NEXT grants will support clean energy projects in Native communities. Climate United will solicit applications for funding in each cycle by sector. We are starting this Fall with projects focused on benefiting Native communities. In 2025, we will have additional rounds focused on other underserved market segments. We intend to provide up to $30M in grant funding over the next five years to equip small- and mid-sized organizations to unlock public and private capital for climate projects.

Deadline: Regular Grants January 27, 2025 Seed Grants January 31, 2025
Award Amount: $2,500 to $10,000
Match: None
Eligible Entities: Journalists
Description: This opportunity provides small grants for preliminary reporting that can lead to full investigations. The grants cover costs such as open-records requests and initial reporting trips. The maximum grant is $10,000. Grants cover out-of-pocket expenses such as travel, document collection and equipment rental. The Fund also considers requests for small stipends, as part of the budget. Reporters who do not yet have a full investigative proposal, but need support to do initial reporting to develop a story, an apply for seed funding to help cover the expenses of preliminary reporting. These grants range from $1,000 to $2,500. Emphasis on stories that break new ground and expose wrongdoing, such as corruption, malfeasance, or misuse of power – in the public and private sectors. To be considered, foreign-based story proposals must come from U.S.-based reporters or have a strong U.S. angle, involving American citizens, government or business. All stories must be published in English and have a media outlet in the United States.

Deadline: January 31, 2025
Award Amount: Noncompetitive- for severely capacity constrained organizations, $75,000, 1 year; Tier I Assessment, 1 year project, $150,000; Tier II Planning – 1-2 year project $250,000; Tier III Development – 3 year project $350,000
Match: None
Eligible Entities: Non-profit community based organizations
Description: The Transformative Environmental Awards for Members of Underserved Populations (TEAM UP) Grants Program of the Bullard Center for Environmental and Climate Justice at Texas Southern University in Partnership with Achieving Community Tasks Successfully (ACTS) as the Region 6 Grantmaker for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Grant Program ( U.S. EPA TCGP) , is accepting grant applications in response to this Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA). A total of $40 Million will be granted over three years (2025-2027) in the region 6 geography of focus: Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana. A minimum of 80% of awarded projects will serve underserved and disadvantaged communities. A planned total of 244 grant awards will be made: 97 in year one, 97 in year two, and 50 in year three. Applications for the first application cycle will be open from December 18, 2024 – January 31, 2025 at 11:59 pm. Submitted applications will be reviewed following the close of the open application cycle , with decisions and funding issued as soon as possible following the cycle and within 6 months from the time of proposal submission.

Deadline: January 31, 2025
Award Amount: $50,000 prize for Phase 1; $100,000 for phase 2; Up to $300,000 for Phase 3
Match: None
Eligible Entities: Coalitions
Description: DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) is launching the Good Jobs in Clean Energy Prize under the umbrella of the American-Made Challenges Program.6 To inform the scope of the Prize, EERE hosted four workshops focusing on how DOE could help ensure that the momentous investments in clean energy result in high-quality, accessible careers for all populations. The workshops engaged 281 stakeholders from across 31 states, spanning organized labor, community-based organizations, clean energy businesses, trade groups, local government, public agencies, and education and workforce providers. Input from these workshops confirmed the need and support for this Prize.
Through the Good Jobs in Clean Energy Prize, DOE seeks to:
1. Identify and support new and newly focused placed-based coalitions that will help ensure clean energy jobs created in communities are high quality and accessible to target populations.
2. Increase long-term engagement of relevant place-based coalitions serving target populations with clean energy employment opportunities.
3. Further develop place-based strategies consistent with DOE’s job quality and DEIA priorities in clean energy (including implementation of the Justice40 Initiative7) and EERE’s focus on implementing clean energy technologies equitably.
Coalitions must be five-member partnerships, at minimum, consisting of at least one entity from each of the following:
(1) Labor Organization: A single or multiple union local(s), an association of labor unions (e.g., a local or state Building and Construction Trades Council, a local or regional Central Labor Council, or a State Federation of Labor), or a combination of different labor organizations.
(2) Clean energy employer: Any public or private entity that employs workers in a clean energy sector.
(3) Community-based organization: A membership-based, non-governmental organization that represents the target population or a non-governmental organization with a track record of working with and serving the target population.
(4) Public agency: A governmental entity involved in implementing clean energy programs (e.g., a city or county sustainability office or a state energy office), a governmental entity involved in economic and workforce development (e.g., a local or state workforce investment/development board), a governmental entity involved in delivering public assistance programs (e.g., a county or state social service agency that provides financial assistance for food, housing, childcare, etc.).
(5) Education and workforce training provider: A public or private institution or organization that delivers workforce education and training services focused on middle-skill occupations (e.g., community colleges, adult high schools, registered apprenticeship programs, or apprenticeship readiness programs).

Deadline: January 31, 2025
Award Amount: £20,000 £100,000
Match: None
Eligible Entities: Filmmakers
Description: The Film & TV Funding Award is awarded annually to an emerging filmmaker from anywhere in the world with the most promising pitch for a director-led documentary which fulfils the core criteria detailed below. With a main award worth £100,000 and a development award for the runner-up of £20,000, The Whickers Film & TV Funding Award is one of the most significant documentary awards in the world.

Deadline: February 2, 2025
Award Amount: Up to $275,000
Match: None
Eligible Entities: (1) Owners/Operators of a utility scale ESS or a facility sited ESS that is 100 kW or greater in size, such as those used to support commercial, industrial, and public service facilities, (2) a host site entity with access to a utility scale or facility sited ESS that is 100 kW or greater in size,(3) an entity with an agreement to access a utility scale or facility sited ESS that is 100 kW or greater in size.
Description: Blue-Sky Training Program for Grid Scale Energy Storage Systems aims to enhance community safety for utilities with Energy Storage Systems. As storage technologies continue to be deployed, it is critical that communities are storage ready and that necessary stakeholders are brought to the table to ensure a new or existing Energy Storage Systems will operate safely and reliably. In localities across the country, uncertainty over proper response procedures to security threats and unanticipated failures of Energy Storage Systems can delay or even prevent deployment.

Deadline: February 4, 2025
Award Amount: $6,000 to $10,000
Match: None
Eligible Entities: Tribal Governments
Description: The Native American Basic Grants (NAB) program assists Native American Tribes in establishing, sustaining, and improving library services and operations with their communities. As information needs change, Tribal libraries must be able to serve as knowledge and resource centers to benefit their users and the wellness of their communities. The NAB program supports Tribes across the country to address their individual information needs and priorities.

Deadline: February 6, 2025
Award Amount: $100,000 to $2,500,000
Match: 10% with option to request cost share reduction to 0%
Eligible Entities: (1) an Indian Tribe; (2) Intertribal Organization; or (3) Tribal Energy Development Organization
Description: Under this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), the DOE Office of Indian Energy is soliciting applications from Indian Tribes, which include Alaska Native Regional Corporations and Village Corporations, Intertribal Organizations, and Tribal Energy Development Organizations to: (1) Conduct clean energy planning (Topic Area 1); (2) Comprehensively assess the feasibility and viability of deploying clean energy technology (Topic Area 2); or, (3) Conduct clean energy design and development activities (Topic Area 3).

Deadline: February 6, 2025
Award Amount: $250,000 – $1,000,000
Match: Leveraging other sources of funding considered in selection criteria
Eligible Entities: Small Businesses in New Mexico
Description: This is a competitive state-funded grant that awards non-dilutive funds to proposals in advanced energy innovation and commercialization from New Mexico small businesses engaged in research and development. The grant seeks to assist early-stage companies with strong growth potential that are developing a unique product.

Deadline: February 7, 2025
Award Amount: $140,000 over four years
Match: None
Eligible Entities: Farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners who own or rent agricultural land are eligible.
EQIP assistance can be used on all types of agricultural operations, including: Livestock operations
*Increased and advance payments available for historically underserved producers (beginning, limited resource, socially disadvantaged, and military veterans.)
Description: The Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) provides technical and financial assistance to producers to address natural resource concerns and deliver environmental
benefits such as improved water and air quality, conserved ground and surface water,
increased soil health and reduced soil erosion and sedimentation, improved or created
wildlife habitat, and mitigation against drought and increasing weather volatility.

Deadline: February 10, 2025
Award Amount: $400 to $7,000
Match: None
Eligible Entities: Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
Description: The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Office of Justice Services (OJS), Indian Highway Safety Program (IHSP) solicits proposals for implementing traffic safety programs and projects which are designated to reduce the number of traffic crashes, deaths, injuries and property damage within these populations. Indian Highway Safety Grants are reimbursable grants available to federally recognized Native American Tribes. This grant opportunity will cover Lifesavers Conference registration fees and travel expenses to attend the conference and Indian Highway Safety Tribal Grants session.

Deadline: February 13, 2025
Award Amount: $5,000 to $3,500,000
Match: 1:1 non-federal cost share required
Eligible Entities: Higher Education Institutions, Businesses, and individuals
Description: The Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative (OREI) seeks to solve critical organic agriculture issues, priorities, or problems through the integration of research, education, and extension activities. The purpose of this program is to fund projects that will enhance the ability of producers and processors who have already adopted organic standards to grow and market high quality organic agricultural products. Priority concerns include biological, physical, and social sciences, including economics. The OREI is particularly interested in projects that emphasize research, education and outreach that assist farmers and ranchers with whole farm planning by delivering practical research-based information. Projects should plan to deliver applied production information to producers. Fieldwork must be done on certified organic land or on land in transition to organic certification, as appropriate to project goals and objectives.

Deadline: February 13, 2025 in Grants.gov, February 26, 2025 in NEA Applicant Portal
Award Amount: $10,000 to $150,000 depending on eligibility
Match: Yes, 50% or 1:1 non-federal share required
Eligible Entities: Tribal organization/governments, school districts, higher education institutions, non-profits, and states or local government
Description:
The NEA is committed to supporting arts projects for the benefit of all Americans. Grants for Arts Projects (GAP) provides funding for public engagement with the arts and arts education, for the integration of the arts with strategies promoting the health and well-being of people and communities, and for the improvement of overall capacity and capabilities within the arts sector. We welcome applications from first-time and returning applicants; from organizations serving rural, urban, suburban, and tribal communities of all sizes; and from organizations with small, medium, or large operating budgets.
We fund arts projects in the following disciplines: Artist Communities, Arts Education, Dance, Design, Folk & Traditional Arts, Literary Arts, Local Arts Agencies, Media Arts, Museums, Music, Musical Theater, Opera, Presenting & Multidisciplinary Works, Theater, and Visual Arts.

Deadline: February 14, 2025
Award Amount: Unknown
Match: None
Eligible Entities: Interested individuals and non-federal entities (producer groups, non-profits, trade associations and colleges/universities) are eligible to apply. See list of specialty crops
Description: The purpose of the federal Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP) is to solely enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops in either domestic or foreign markets. The SCBGP assists with improving the competitiveness of specialty crops by promoting, supporting research, and providing access to specialty crops. The SCBGP also helps address local, regional, and national challenges experienced by specialty crop producers. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) defines specialty crops as “fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, horticulture, and nursery crops (including floriculture).” Questions about the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program or the workshops should be directed to specialtycrops@nmda.nmsu.edu.

Deadline: Concept Papers February 14, 2025 Full Application May, 2 2025
Award Amount: $1,000,000 to $3,000,000
Match: At least 20% for R&D; None for education and outreach projects; Tribes 10% required cost share
Eligible Entities: State, City, Township, County or Tribal Governments, Higher Education Entities, Nonprofits, Small Businesses
Description: This NOFO is being issued by DOE’s EERE SETO to invest in R&D, technical assistance, and stakeholder engagement activities that improve the compatibility of large-scale solar (LSS) facilities with
wildlife and facilitate the dual use of land for agricultural and solar energy production (agrivoltaics).
Projects selected in this NOFO will a) test strategies that mitigate adverse impacts and/or maximize benefits to wildlife and ecosystems at LSS facilities, b) provide technical assistance and engagement
opportunities that enable stakeholders to improve the compatibility of LSS facilities with wildlife, or c) provide technical assistance and stakeholder engagement opportunities related to agrivoltaics.

Deadline: February 19, 2025
Award Amount: $1,000,000 – $1,250,000
Match: None
Eligible Entities: State, City, Township, County or Tribal Governments, Higher Education Entities, Nonprofits, School Districts
Description: The purpose of this funding opportunity is to develop and implement multi-faceted strategies that support the delivery and sustainability of evidence-based chronic disease self-management education (CDSME) programs for older adults (age 60 and older) and individuals with disabilities with one or more behavioral health conditions and older adults and individuals with disabilities with one or more stressors that are negatively impacting their behavioral health through a statewide initiative. The two primary goals are: Goal 1: Through a statewide initiative, develop capacity (e.g., instructors, partnerships, and referral networks) to increase the number of older adults and adults with disabilities in the target population who participate in evidence-based chronic disease self-management education (CDSME) and support programs.Goal 2: Develop and disseminate 508-compliant resources specific to your grant learnings to enhance knowledge in serving the target population and aid in the sustainability of programs.Successful applicants will also be expected to (a) Increase the number of individuals who participate in evidence-based CDSME programs, while reaching the grant’s target population; (b) Increase partnerships and collaboration between the Aging and Disability Services Network, behavioral health providers, and other key organizations; and (c) Increase the knowledge of the field by developing and disseminating resources and learnings from your grant for other organizations to replicate similar projects in their communities.The Administration on Aging (AoA), part of the Administration for Community Living (ACL), plans to award 5 cooperative agreements with a three-year project period, subject to availability of funds.

Deadline:  February 19, 2025
Award Amount:  Up to $1,000,000 for up to 36 months
Eligible Entities:  State, County, City or township, county governments, Tribal organization/governments.
Description:  This funding opportunity seeks to build the capacity of states, state and local courts, units of local government, and federally recognized Tribal governments to implement new and innovative approaches to enhance existing juvenile drug treatment courts (JDTC) and improve outcomes for youth with substance use disorder or co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders, including those with histories of trauma.

Deadline: February 21, 2025 for soil conservation plan with NRCS; March 19, 2025 for application
Award Amount: Maximum $24,999 for individuals and $100,000 for government agencies
Match: None
Eligible Entities: An Individual Applicant is an individual, a business, or a nonprofit that is directly engaged in farming, ranching, or another form of land management in NM.
Description: Grants to improve soil health are the centerpiece of NMDA’s Healthy Soil Program. Every year, NMDA awards grants to implement on-the-ground projects that involve one or more of the five soil health principles, stated as follows in the legislative Act that created the program: 1) integrating animals into land management, including grazing animals, birds, beneficial insects or keystone species, such as earthworms. 2) keeping soil covered. 3) minimizing soil disturbance on cropland and minimizing external inputs. 4) maximizing biodiversity. 5) maintaining a living root. NMDA will host a webinar to walk through the online application for Individual Applicants. Register to attend.

Deadline: February 26, 2025
Award Amount: $5,000
Match: None
Eligible Entities: NM College Students
Description: Inform New Mexican high school seniors who will graduate in May, equivalent GED recipients, and home school recipients about this great opportunity to aspire for higher education! The 2025 Scholarship Program offers a total of $29,000 in scholarship awards that includes:
7 (seven) awards at $1,000 each with a minimum 2.5 grade point average (GPA) or its equivalent;
4 (four) awards at $3,000 with a minimum 3.5 GPA or its equivalent; and
2 (two) awards at $5,000 with a minimum 4.0 GPA or its equivalent.
New this year! We’ve partnered with The Encantado Foundation to offer a $5,000 scholarship opportunity towards any recipient who pursues a STEM-related career path.

Deadline: February 27, 2025
Award Amount: $25,000 – $200,000
Match: 20% non-federal cost share required
Eligible Entities: (a) State agricultural experiment stations; (b) colleges and universities; (c) university research foundations; (d) other research institutions and organizations; (e) Federal agencies; (f) national laboratories; (g) private organizations or corporations; and, (h) individuals or any group consisting of two or more of the entities described in subparagraphs (A) through (H).
Description: The purpose of this program is to support research, education/teaching, and extension projects that increase participation by women and underrepresented minorities from rural areas in STEM. NIFA intends this program to address educational needs within broadly defined areas of food and agricultural sciences. Applications recommended for funding must highlight and emphasize the development of a competent and qualified workforce in the food and agricultural sciences. WAMS-funded projects improve the economic health and viability of rural communities by developing research and extension initiatives that focus on new and emerging employment opportunities in STEM occupations. Projects that contribute to the economic viability of rural communities are also encouraged.

Deadline: Concept paper February 27, 2025, Full application August 28, 2025
Award Amount: $2,000,000 to $50,000,000
Match: 5% to 50% depending on applicant and project type
Eligible Entities: State, City, Township, County or Tribal Governments, Nonprofits, & Small Businesses
Description: Rural and remote areas often have higher energy costs and burden, less resilient energy systems, and fewer alternatives for accessing clean energy compared with their urban counterparts. Furthermore, small communities do not always have the available time, money, or other resources to pursue clean energy options. This program serves communities of 10,000 people or fewer. Applicants must propose projects that support at least one of these eligible activities: A. Improving overall cost-effectiveness of energy generation, transmission, or distribution systems; B. Siting or upgrading transmission and distribution lines; C. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from energy generation in rural or remote areas; D. Providing or modernizing electric generation facilities; E. Developing microgrids; and F. Increasing energy efficiency.

Deadline: February 26, 2025
Award Amount: $10,000 to $50,000
Match: None
Eligible Entities: State, City, Township, County or Tribal Governments, Higher Education Entities, Nonprofits, Small Businesses
Description: The Recreation and Visitor Services Program provides a wide variety of recreational opportunities that benefit the public and local communities. The program is also responsible for implementing Administration and Department priorities, including projects to improve racial equity, diversity and inclusion; help strengthen the U.S. economy; and reduce impacts to the environment and climate. The program is also prioritizing implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act; the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act; the Great American Outdoors Act; the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act; Executive Order (E.O.) 13985, Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government; and E.O. 14008, Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad.In fiscal year 2025, the BLM will support the Department’s priorities by focusing on projects that build healthy communities and economies, advance environmental justice, address the climate crisis, and provide safe and equitable access to outdoor recreation opportunities for all Americans. These projects will:Connect with youth, tribes, and underserved communities to foster public lands stewardship.Enhance access to quality outdoor recreation activities while promoting climate resiliency.Identify and remove barriers to outdoor recreation and expand recreation opportunities for all.Provide an enhanced, more sustainable recreational experience by delivering up-to-date and engaging visitor information online and in person.

Deadline: February 26, 2025
Award Amount: $10,000 to $800,000
Match: None
Eligible Entities: State, City, Township, County or Tribal Governments, Higher Education Entities, Nonprofits, Small Businesses
Description: The BLM New Mexico Threatened and Endangered Species Program has an opportunity to work with partner organizations to assist with:Contributing to the above-described Program strategic goals.On-the-ground actions that conserve and recover federally-listed, Bureau sensitive, and rare wildlife and plants.Targeted inventory and monitoring to determine species status and conservation opportunities.Gaining knowledge about federally-listed, Bureau sensitive, and rare species and their habitats including, but not limited to, propagation, genetics, ecology and threats.Providing for proactive protection or management of federally-listed, Bureau sensitive, and rare species and their habitats, consistent with ESA section 7a1.Augmenting federally-listed, Bureau sensitive, and rare species through translocations, seed collections, and/or propagation.Increasing program efficiencies and effectiveness in Endangered Species Act (ESA) section 7a2 consultations and ESA section 7a1 conservation programs.Increasing public knowledge of federally-listed, Bureau sensitive, and rare wildlife and plants on BLM managed lands, including with a targeted focus on communities of color, low-income families, and rural and indigenous communities.Communications including program outreach, education, and Program website updates.

Deadline: February 26, 2025
Award Amount: $10,000 to $500,000
Match: None
Eligible Entities: State, City, Township, County or Tribal Governments, Higher Education Entities, Nonprofits, Small Businesses
Description: The BLM New Mexico Plant Conservation and Restoration Program is especially focused on projects that:protect biodiversity;increase resilience to climate change and help leverage natural climate solutions;contribute to conserving at least 30 percent of our lands and waters by the year 2030;engage communities of color, low income families, and rural and indigenous communities to enhance economic opportunities related to native seed production and restoration;and use the best science and data available to make decisions. Native plants and native plant communities are the true green infrastructure we rely upon to sustain healthy, bio-diverse ecosystems. Without native seed we do not have the ability to restore functional ecosystems after natural disasters and mitigate the effects of climate change.The BLM New Mexico has opportunities to work with partner organizations to do activities such as:Reduce the threats to sage grouse, rare plants, and other sensitive species in high priority habitats by supporting efforts to restore habitat for keystone wildlife and pollinator .Working with growers to develop genetically appropriate native plant material for use in habitat restoration and rehabilitation.Support studies to improve the effectiveness of conservation restoration efforts in areas such as plant ecological, plant genetics, and ecophysiological studies, seed bank persistence, plant propagation and development of agronomic production practices, and trait and/or seed source evaluations as well as seeding treatment and tool development.Support pollinator studies and projects on the importance of native plant communities and pollinators to restoration durability and ecological function. Implement conservation actions for high priority rare plant speciesIncrease understanding of rare plant biology and threats.Monitor, protect, and restore habitat that supports more than 1,800 rare plant species, more than 300 of which are found exclusively on BLM lands.Develop strategies to encourage the use of native plant materials that are genetically appropriate for restoration and reclamation across all BLM associated programs such as Wildlife, Oil & Gas, Minerals, Fuels, Emergency Stabilization and Rehabilitation, Range, and Renewable Energy;Increase Citizen Science through expanding public education programs on native plants and native plant communities through development of technical guidance, videos, native plant guides and floras, workshops, webinars, and apps.

Deadline: February 26, 2025
Award Amount: $250,000 to $1,000,000
Match: None
Eligible Entities: State, City, Township, County or Tribal Governments, Higher Education Entities, Nonprofits, Small Businesses
Description: This program supports projects funded through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), Public Law 117-169, Subtitle B- National Resources, Sections 50221, NPS and Public Lands Conservation and Resilience, and 50222, NPS and Public Lands Conservation and Ecosystem Restoration. This program supports projects funded through the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), Sections 50221 Resilience, 50222 Ecosystems Restoration and 50303 DOI.Mitigation measures are implemented through core programs such as: the Abandoned Mine Lands (AML) program, which addresses physical safety hazards and contamination posing risk to human health and/or the environment through remediation and restoration of abandoned hardrock mines, and releases of hazardous substances, and educational outreach about the potential dangers posed to the public and recreation activities.The AML program identifies and inventories abandoned hardrock mines, prioritizes those mines that pose a risk to public safety, human health, and the environment, and seeks funding to address those high risk mine features and sites. Specifically, the AML program addresses physical safety hazards through a variety of closure methods including fencing, signing, back filling, installation of bat-friendly grates, etc., and addresses risks to human health and the environment through a variety of removal and remedial response actions. The AML and Natural Resource Damage and Restoration (NRD) programs also work to restore abandoned hardrock mines sites and restore the Nation’s watersheds impacted by abandoned mines through a risk-reduction based watershed approach that uses partnerships to effectively leverage funding and facilitate projects; and reduces environmental degradation caused by abandoned mines to ensure compliance with all applicable soil, water, and air quality standards, and applicable Federal, State, Tribal, and local laws and regulations. For the NRD program, and any actions taken pursuant to BLM’s authority under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, potentially responsible parties must be investigated.The BLM estimates there are over 130,000 abandoned mine features located on BLM-administered land, many of which will need mitigation to protect human health and the environment, increase public safety and reduce environmental liabilities by eliminating or minimizing risk. In compliance with all applicable soil, water and air quality standards, and Federal State, Tribal and local laws and regulations, the BLM seeks to develop partnerships with States, local governments, Tribal Nations, and voluntary environmental and citizen groups. In addition, BLM seeks to return lands to productive uses including, but not limited to, recreation, fish and wildlife habitat, and preservation of historical/cultural resources. These partnerships will provide financial assistance, through cooperative agreements to protect surface water, groundwater, soil, sediment and air from abandoned mine sites, address releases of hazardous substances, safeguard dangerous mine sites, and restore sites.

Deadline: February 26, 2025
Award Amount: $10,000 to $500,000
Match: None
Eligible Entities: Eligibility is restricted to U.S. local governments that provide fire protection and other emergency services and are in need of slip-on tankers to improve the wildland firefighting readiness for their area of protection and service a location with a population of 50,000 or less.
Description: Climate change is driving the devastating intersection of extreme heat, drought, and wildland fire danger across the United States, creating wildfires that move with a speed and intensity previously unseen. This has created conditions in which wildfires overwhelm response capabilities, resulting in billions of dollars in economic losses, damage to natural resources, devastation to communities, and the tragic loss of human life.The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), enacted in November 2021, is bringing much-needed support to communities across the country to increase the resilience of lands facing the threat of wildland fires and to better support federal wildland firefighters. The BIL provides funding and authorizes the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) to develop and implement a pilot program to provide local governments with financial assistance to acquire slip-on tanker units to establish fleets of vehicles that can be quickly converted to be operated as fire engines. The objective of this opportunity is to provide funding for these units that meet the required minimum specifications

Deadline: February 28, 2025
Award Amount: $400,000 to $800,000 per year up to 5 years
Match: None
Eligible Entities: Tribal governments and organizations, Higher Education Entities, Nonprofits, Small Businesses
Description: The purpose of the Addiction Medicine Fellowship (AMF) program is to expand the number of fellows at accredited AMF and Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship (APF) programs trained as addiction medicine specialists who practice in medically underserved, community-based settings that integrate primary care with mental health disorder and substance use disorder (SUD) prevention and treatment services. The fellowship must include training in prevention and treatment services in medically underserved, community-based settings, including in rural areas, that do not have access or have limited access to SUD treatment. The program includes training for both addiction medicine and/or addiction psychiatry fellows. Its goal is to increase the number of physicians who are board-certified specialists in addiction medicine or addiction psychiatry who will serve in medically underserved community-based settings, including in rural areas, once trained. The program supports training to:
• Increase the number of fellows trained to practice addiction medicine and addiction psychiatry in rural and other medically underserved community-based settings.
• Establish partnerships with clinical rotation sites in rural or other underserved areas, that focus on the integration of primary care with mental health and SUD prevention and treatment services.
• Increase fellows’ knowledge and ability to assist their patients with referrals to navigate the legal and social systems related to patients’ clinical or care needs.
• Increase awareness of the specialty and reduce provider stigma to increase the number of physicians interested in pursuing careers in addiction medicine and addiction psychiatry through the provision of clinical rotations that expose medical residents to practice in these specialties and through education and consultation.

Deadline: February 28, 2025
Award Amount: Maximum $250,000 for CWPP update and $10,000,000 for CWPP project
Match: 10% for CWPP updates and 25% for CWPP projects
Eligible Entities: State forestry agencies, local or Tribal Governments, Higher Education Entities, and Nonprofits.
Description: The purpose of the Community Wildfire Defense Grant is to assist at-risk local communities and Indian Tribes with planning for and mitigating against the risk created by wildfire. There are two primary project types for which the grant provides funding: The development and revising of Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPP), and the implementation of projects described in a CWPP that is less than ten years old. The Act prioritizes at-risk communities that are in an area identified as having high or very high wildfire hazard potential, are low-income, and/or have been impacted by a severe disaster.

Deadline: March 6, 2025
Award Amount: $50,000 to $1 million
Match: Minimum 15% non-federal match cost share required
Eligible Entities: State, local governments, federally recognized tribes, nonprofits, businesses
Description: This competitive program helps rural communities use advanced telecommunications technology to connect to each other – and the world – overcoming the effects of remoteness and low population density. We encourage you to consider projects that promote equity and economic opportunity in rural America, specifically those that advance these key priorities:
– Assisting rural communities recover economically through more and better market opportunities and through improved infrastructure.
– Ensuring all rural residents have equitable access to Rural Development programs and benefits from Rural Development funded projects; and
– Reducing climate pollution and increasing resilience to the impacts of climate change through economic support to rural communities.
Funds can be used to purchase or support:
– Limited technical assistance and instruction on how to use distance learning and telemedicine equipment
– Audio, video, and interactive video equipment
– Broadband facilities used for distance learning or telemedicine (up to a certain percentage)
– Computer hardware, network components, and software
– Instructional programming

Deadline: March 06, 2025
Award Amount: $200,000 to $325,000
Match: 1:1 non-federal cost share required
Eligible Entities: State, City, Township, County or Tribal Governments, Higher Education Entities, Nonprofits, Small Businesses, and Individuals
Description: The purpose of the Crop Protection and Pest Management program is to address high priority issues related to pests and their management using IPM approaches at the state, regional and national levels. The CPPM program supports projects that will ensure food security and respond effectively to other major societal pest management challenges with comprehensive IPM approaches that are economically viable, ecologically prudent, and safe for human health. The CPPM program addresses IPM challenges for emerging issues and existing priority pest concerns that can be addressed more effectively with new and emerging technologies. The outcomes of the CPPM program are effective, affordable, and environmentally sound IPM practices and strategies needed to maintain agricultural productivity and healthy communities. ​

Deadline: March 06, 2025
Award Amount: Maximum $5,000 to $1,000,000
Match: None
Eligible Entities: Higher Education Entities which are land grant institutions or minority serving
Description: The overall goal of the Organic Transitions Program (ORG) is to support the development and implementation of research, extension and higher education programs to improve the competitiveness of organic livestock and crop producers, as well as those who are adopting organic practices. NIFA administers the ORG program by determining priorities in U.S. agriculture through Agency stakeholder input processes in consultation with the NAREEEAB. ORG will continue to prioritize environmental services provided by organic farming systems in the area of soil conservation, pollinator health, and climate change mitigation, including greenhouse gases (GHG), as well as the development of educational tools for Cooperative Extension personnel and other agricultural professionals who advise producers on organic practices, and development of cultural practices and other allowable alternatives to substances recommended for removal from the National Organic Program’s National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances. It is expected that all projects will integrate research, education and extension activities, as appropriate to project goals, although some projects may be weighted more heavily than others in one or more of these areas. However, all proposals should have activities and impact in research and at least one of the other areas: education and extension.

Deadline: March 10, 2025
Award Amount: $50,000 to $250,000
Match: None
Eligible Entities: State, City, Township, County or Tribal Governments, Nonprofits
Description: BLM New Mexico has an opportunity to work with partner organizations to assist with fuels management and community fire assistance program activities to reduce the risk and impact of catastrophic wildfires to local communities through coordination, reducing the amount of hazardous fuels, and furthering the education of landowners about wildfire prevention and mitigation. These activities will assist BLM in addressing the effects of climate change by working to create resilient landscapes and communities, will create jobs, and it will help further conservation and restoration efforts by providing an opportunity to support planning and implementation of hazardous fuels reduction projects in wildland urban interface (WUI) areas and education and outreach programs that help create fire adapted communities and resilient landscapes. This program supports the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) Public Law 117-58, Sec. 40803 Wildfire Risk Reduction. This program supports projects funded through the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), Sections 50221 Resilience, 50222 Ecosystems Restoration and 50303 DOI. New Mexico Program Strategic Goals: Accomplish fuels management activities on federal and non-federal land. Develop and implement fire education, training, and/or community action plans/programs. Conduct Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPPs), community wildfire assessments, and planning activities. Expand community capability to enhance local employment opportunities. Develop and implement short and long-term monitoring and maintenance plans for hazardous fuels reduction, community fire education and training, and community action programs.

Deadline: March 10, 2025
Award Amount: $100,000 to $250,000
Match: None
Eligible Entities: State, City, Township, County or Tribal Governments, Higher Education Entities, school districts, nonprofits, Businesses
Description: The primary goal of the UAIP projects is to support the development of urban agriculture and innovative production. The UAIP grants being made available for application under this NFO support planning and implementation activities. Planning activities will initiate, develop, or support the efforts of farmers, gardeners, citizens, government officials, schools, members of tribal communities, and other stakeholders in areas where access to fresh foods are limited or unavailable. Implementation activities will accelerate existing and emerging models of urban and/or innovative agricultural practices that serve multiple farmers or gardeners. Innovation may include new and emerging, as well as indigenous or non-traditional agricultural practices.