Bloomberg Initiative for Cycling Infrastructure (BICI)
Now Accepting Grant Applications
Deadline: Feb 3, 2023
This is a competitive grant program seeking to foster
catalytic change in city cycling infrastructure around the world, with grants
of up to $1 million available for global cities.. Why not think big,
Connecticut?! More at https://bloombergcities.jhu.edu/bici
Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut Environmental
Grants
Deadline: Jan 13, 2023
Grants of up to $50,000 to for environmental programming.
Funding is for environmental education and conservation activities that benefit
the Foundation's 42-town area. Priority will be given to programs that:
Preserve and protect environmentally significant lands, waterways, and wildlife
habitats – for the benefit not only of the ecosystem, but for the health,
livelihood, and enjoyment of local residents; Engage youth, especially youth of
color, in environmental education to help develop the next generation of
stewards of the environment; and Focus on environmental justice: the fair
distribution of environmental benefits and burdens and meaningful participation
of all communities in environmental decision-making. More at https://cfect.org/nonprofits/apply-for-a-grant/about-environmental-grants
Farm Credit East Invites Apps for AgEnhancement Program
Deadline: Dec 1, 2022
Grants of up to $10,000 will be awarded to support programs,
projects, and activities that promote awareness of and strengthen agriculture,
commercial fishing, and forest products in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts,
New Hampshire, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, or Vermont. Grants of up to
$10,000 will be awarded in support of efforts to foster and grow all types of
agriculture, forest production, or commercial fishing, including traditional
and nontraditional production and marketing approaches. Program areas include
but are not limited to leadership development; economic viability and
enhancement; programs to promote northeast agriculture and recognize
developments of ag leaders; efforts to build a better understanding of
agriculture, forestry, and commercial fishing agriculture in the classroom
programs; and economic analysis to foster agriculture. More at https://www.farmcrediteast.com/about/community-support/Grants-and-Awards/AgEnhancement-Grants#agenhancementform
Environmental Research & Education Foundation Invites Proposals For Waste Management Practices
Pre-proposal deadline: Dec 1, 2022
The EREF invites applications for projects and research
related to sustainable solid waste management practices. The following topic
areas will be considered: climate change impacts on and from solid waste
management; quantifying circularity of materials; quantifying the environmental
burden of plastic wastes; environmental justice relating to solid waste; waste
minimization; recycling; waste conversion to energy, biofuels, chemicals or
other useful products (this includes, but is not limited to, the following
technologies: waste-to-energy, anaerobic digestion, composting, and other
thermal or biological conversion technologies); strategies to promote diversion
to higher and better uses (e.g., organics diversion, market analysis, optimized
material management, logistics, etc.); and landfilling. Previously awarded
grants have ranged from $15,000 to over $500,000, with the average grant amount
in recent years being $160,000 over an average of two years. More at https://erefdn.org/research-grants-projects/how-to-apply-for-grant/