Funding Opportunities

Priority funding considerations include projects to meet Hawaiian Homestead communities' basic needs (e.g., home repair, handrails, guardrails, ramps, internet access, transportation, aids—walkers, canes, transfer benches, eyeglasses, hearing aids, protective footwear, dental services); programs in Hawaiian Homestead communities’ youth, kupuna, or community centers, including purchase of program or activity supports (e.g., appliances, computers, internet access, safety patrol activities, after school programming); and/or education, advocacy or support services to enable Hawaiian Homestead communities to advocate for ʻohana and community needs (e.g., in areas of education, health, housing, pa‘ahao, subsistence living, natural resources).

Support programs and practices that strengthen ‘economic development in and for Hawaiian communities, including projects that support successful, community-strengthening Native Hawaiian-owned businesses; projects that support the establishment of new markets for Native Hawaiian products (kalo, loko i‘a grown fish, etc.) that can provide Native Hawaiian producers a livable wage; and/or projects that support the establishment and operationalization of indigenous economic system consistent with Native Hawaiian knowledge, culture, values and practices.

Support programs and practices that strengthen Native Hawaiian resource management knowledge and skills to meet the housing needs of their ʻohana, increasing safety, stability, social support networks, and cultural connection in Native Hawaiian communities. Projects include those that support Native Hawaiians to rent or own housing that meets their ʻohana financial and wellbeing needs.

Support programs and practices that strengthen the health of the ʻāina, including increasing community stewardship of Hawai‘i’s natural and cultural resources that foster connection to ‘āina,‘ohana, and communities; and/or increasing restoration of Native Hawaiian cultural sites, landscapes, kulāiwi and traditional food systems.

Support programs and practices that preserve and perpetuate Hawaiian language, culture, traditions, identity and sense of lāhui.

Support programs and practices that strengthen the wellbeing of vulnerable populations, including Native Hawaiian kupuna; rural communities; LGBTQIA2S+ communities; and/or Native Hawaiians impacted by houselessness, incarceration, human trafficking, or intimate partner violence.

Support the development and use of educational resources for all Native Hawaiian lifelong learners in schools, communities and ohana, including supporting Native Hawaiian students to enter educational systems ready to learn; supporting Native Hawaiian students graduating high school to be college, career, and community ready; and/or supporting Native Hawaiians to engage in traditional learning systems (e.g., hale, hālau, mua, hale pe‘a) that re-establish/maintain strong cultural foundations and identity.

The Adaptation Sciences (AdSci) program, an interdisciplinary research and engagement program, is housed in the NOAA Climate Program Office’s (CPO’s) Climate and Societal Interactions (CSI) Division. The AdSci program advances the knowledge, methods, and frameworks needed to move society beyond incremental adaptation toward more widespread, connected, and transformative adaptive pathways and resilience strategies with clear economic, social, cultural and environmental co-benefits. This work is conducted through a combination of dedicated partnerships that support capacity building and engagement activities, and competitive research awards designed to address key knowledge and information needs. Given the global complexities involved in climate impacts and society’s adaptive strategies, the AdSci program supports work both within and outside of the United States.

AdSci has two core objectives:

*Developing an understanding of key drivers and conditions that shape and enable adaptation across multiple temporal and spatial scales, in particular geographies and settings where this knowledge can be practically applied to efforts to reduce risk and enhance resilience in equitable ways; and

*Identifying key aspects of and promoting opportunities for the use of scientific information to best support preparedness and planned adaptation of high value to social and economic goals.

The Topic Areas included in this FOA are:

Topic Area 1: Electrification of Industrial Heat

Topic Area 2: Efficient Energy Use in Industrial Systems

Topic Area 3: Decarbonizing Organic Wastewater and Wet Waste Treatment

IEDO expects additional funding opportunities to focus on transformational technologies to address subsector-specific challenges in energy- and emissions-intensive industries.

This FOA is part of DOE’s Technologies for Industrial Emissions Reduction Development (TIEReD) Program. This program leverages resources across DOE’s applied research offices to invest in fundamental science, research, development, initial pilot-scale demonstrations projects, and technical assistance and workforce development.

The Notice of Funding Opportunity solicits applications from Tribes, states, territories, local governments/educational agencies, and nonprofit organizations to enable more low-income, disadvantaged, and Tribal kindergarten through twelfth grade (K-12) schools and/or school districts across rural, suburban, and/or urban areas to monitor and reduce GHG emissions and indoor air pollutants through the development and adoption of comprehensive indoor air quality (IAQ) management plans consistent with EPA’s IAQ Tools for Schools Action Kit and Framework, Energy Savings Plus Health Guidance, Preventive Maintenance Guidance, and other EPA recommended IAQ best practices.