1.    Research-Practice Grants Request for Applications, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Gulf of Mexico

2.    YouthBuild 2017, Department of Labor

3.    Community Development Block Grant Program for Indian Tribes and Alaska Native Villages, Department of Housing and Urban Development

4.    Wetland Program Development Grants, Environmental Protection Agency

1. Research-Practice Grants Request for Applications, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Gulf of Mexico

Full details at http://www.nas.edu/gulf/grants/research-practice-2017/index.htm

Letter of intent due by May 3, 2017.

Anticipated Total Amount for this Funding Opportunity: Approximately $5 million is available

"The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine produce expert consensus reports that identify research needs, opportunities, or challenges for advancing science and ensuring the application of science to address real-world problems. This funding opportunity seeks to advance concepts and opportunities outlined in two recent reports that are particularly relevant to the Gulf Research Program's mission to enhance protection of human health and the environment. This RFA addresses two topics:

• ·         Integration of Monitoring and Evaluation into Environmental Restoration Projects to Improve Outcomes in the Gulf of Mexico
• ·         Improving Risk-Based Evaluations to Support a Public Health Response to the Next Oil Spill

The Gulf Research Program welcomes proposals from all types of U.S. organizations, excluding federal agencies, on behalf of qualified individuals."

2. YouthBuild 2017, Department of Labor

Details at https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=292310

Applications close May 09, 2017.

Funding amount: $700,000 to $1,100,000

The Employment and Training Administration announces the availability of approximately $80 million in grant funds for YouthBuild. YouthBuild is a community-based alternative education program for youth between the ages of 16 and 24 who are high school dropouts, adjudicated youth, youth aging out of foster care, youth with disabilities, homeless youth, and other disconnected youth populations. The YouthBuild program simultaneously addresses several core issues important to low-income communities: affordable housing, education, employment, leadership development, and energy efficiency. The YouthBuild model balances project-based academic learning and occupational skills training to prepare disadvantaged youth for career placement. The academic component assists youth who are often significantly behind in basic skill development in obtaining a high school diploma or state high school equivalency credential. The occupational skills training component prepares at-risk youth to gain placement into career pathways and/or further education or training, and also supports the goal of increasing affordable housing within communities by teaching youth construction skills learned by building or significantly renovating homes for sale or rent to low-income families or transitional housing for homeless families or individuals. Eligible applicants for these grants are public or private non-profit agencies.

3. Community Development Block Grant Program for Indian Tribes and Alaska Native Villages, Department of Housing and Urban Development

Details at https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=292331

Applications close May 18, 2017.

The Indian Community Development Block Grant program provides eligible grantees with direct grants for use in developing viable Indian and Alaska Native Communities, including decent housing, a suitable living environment, and economic opportunities, primarily for low and moderate income persons. Eligible applicants for assistance include any Indian tribe, band, group, or nation (including Alaska Indians, Aleut, and Eskimos) or Alaska Native village which has established a relationship to the Federal government as defined in the program regulations. In certain instances, tribal organizations may be eligible to apply. The Indian Community Development Block Grant program can provide funding for recipients in the following categories: Housing, Community Facilities, and Economic Development.

4. Wetland Program Development Grants, Environmental Protection Agency

Full details at https://www.epa.gov/grants/open-announcements-competitive-grant-opportunities

Applications close: varies by region

Funding amount: varies by region

Wetland Program Development Grants (WPDGs) provide eligible applicants an opportunity to conduct projects that promote the coordination and acceleration of research, investigations, experiments, training, demonstrations, surveys and studies relating to the causes, effects, extent, prevention, reduction and elimination of water pollution. WPDGs assist state, tribal, local government agencies and interstate/intertribal entities in building programs to protect, manage and restore wetlands. States, tribes, local governments, interstate associations, and intertribal consortia are eligible to apply for the Regional WPDG Request for Proposals.