Funding

The Healthy Environment for All (HEAL) Act was passed in 2021 to reduce environmental and health disparities, equitably distribute environmental benefits, and improve the health of all people in Washington state. The Department of Health (DOH) is one of seven named state agencies, along with the Department of Commerce, Department of Agriculture, Department of Transportation, Department of Natural Resources, Department of Ecology, and Puget Sound Partnership, committed to reducing environmental health disparities across Washington State through the implementation of HEAL. 

These are non-competitive grants awarded to eligible Tribes to provide guidance and input to: 

• The Environmental Justice Council about how to implement the HEAL Act.
• DOH regarding updates to the Environmental Health Disparities Map.
• State agencies about how to implement the HEAL Act (including environmental justice assessments, budgeting and funding, and community and Tribal engagement).

Tribal Housing Pre-Development Fund. The Tribal Housing Pre-Development Fund is a grant opportunity that funds activities related to affordable housing development, including planning, infrastructure, construction, site preparation, and other pre-development activities. The goal of the Fund is to increase preparedness to build housing and access other state-funded, affordable housing programs.  The California Strategic Growth Council (SGC) has released the Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA). The Application Period is now open from May 11, 2026 – Aug. 11, 2026. The programs are exclusively available to California Native American Tribes and Tribal entities; both federally recognized and non-federally recognized Tribes are encouraged to apply. 

Tribal Capacity Building Program. The Tribal Capacity Building Program provides funding and technical assistance to California Native American Tribes, enhancing staff capacity to advance Tribes’ climate- and housing-related work. The goal of the program is to help Tribes develop long-term capacity to secure funding and implement Tribal-led climate- and housing-related projects. 

Regional Wildfire & Landscape Resilience Grants. CAL FIRE’s Climate and Energy Program administers Regional Wildfire and Landscape Resilience Grants to support regional partnerships working to improve the health of California’s natural landscapes and the safety of its communities. Funded through the California Climate BondExternal Link (Proposition 4), the program invests in collaborative, landscape-scale projects that reduce wildfire risk, improve forest and landscape resilience, and build local and regional capacity. 

Categories: Fire, climate, energy

Unleashing Tribal Energy Development. Under this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), the DOE Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs is soliciting applications to advance affordable, reliable, and secure energy development of Tribal energy resources for the benefit of Tribes and their members. Projects funded under this NOFO are expected to advance Tribal sovereignty through Tribal energy development, efficiency, and use. Projects under Topic Area 1 are expected to serve the electric loads and support the energy needs of Tribes at the scale of a Tribal community or communities. These projects entail the construction of energy assets and projects. Projects under Topic Area 2 are expected to complete all pre-development activities necessary for the deployment of community scale energy projects. Projects under Topic Area 3 are expected to complete necessary pre-development activities for large scale commercial development of Tribal energy resources which lead to enhancement and strengthening of Tribal energy and economic infrastructure. DOE expects to make approximately $50 million of federal funding available for new awards under this NOFO. DOE may issue awards in one, multiple, or none of the Topic Areas. See the NOFO document for a full description.

Seed-to-Leaf (formerly SEED-LEAF) research funding opportunity. Oregon Sea Grant is excited to launch a third Seed-to-Leaf (formerly SEED-LEAF) research funding opportunity, open to researchers affiliated with any Oregon institution of higher education. To support strong outreach and engagement approaches, ORSG outreach and engagement professionals will hold Office Hours for researchers to discuss these project elements. The Seed-to-Leaf grant competition solicits Seed proposals for interdisciplinary research projects that address cutting-edge, socioeconomic, biophysical, and/or other integrated science disciplines to address important and societally relevant marine and coastal research questions. Seed project funding provides 12 months of support for the team, ideally leading to a longer term (3.5 years), larger-scale effort: the Leaf project. Each Seed research project must include research approaches from at least two distinct disciplines, an engagement component designed to integrate potential information-users and stakeholders into the research process, and an outreach plan to ensure the research process and / or results are useful and usable to these constituencies. The three to five Seed projects will be selected through an open, competitive, peer-review process, and successful Seed teams are eligible to apply for Leaf support. The Request for Proposals (RFP) for Seed proposal (PDF) is now available. Successful Seed projects begin on January 1, 2027, ending on December 31, 2027; the successful Leaf project would begin July 1, 2028. To learn more about the Seed-to-Leaf competition, visit:https://seagrant.oregonstate.edu/research/grant-opportunities/special-request-proposals. To read about recent Seed projects and the current Leaf project, visit: https://seagrant.oregonstate.edu/research/current-research. Please reach out to Stephanie Ichien or Sarah Kolesar with any questions.