Illinois Grant News | May 2025

Washington, D.C. | May 23 2025 | Eddie Bernice Johnson Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (INCLUDES) Initiative | The INCLUDES Initiative is a comprehensive, national effort to enhance U.S. leadership in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) discovery and innovation, focused on NSF’s commitment to ensuring accessibility and inclusivity in STEM fields, as communicated in the NSF Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years (FY) 2022 – 2026. The vision of the INCLUDES Initiative is to catalyze the STEM enterprise to work collaboratively for inclusive change, resulting in a STEM workforce that reflects the Nation’s population. More specifically, the INCLUDES Initiative seeks to motivate and accelerate collaborative infrastructure building to sustain systemic change to broaden participation in STEM fields at scale.Significant advancement of the INCLUDES Initiative’s goalswill result in a new generation of STEM talent and leadership to secure the Nation’s future and long-term economic competitiveness. With this solicitation, NSF offers support for five types of projects that connect and contribute to the National Network: (1) Design and Development Launch Pilots, (2) Collaborative Change Consortia, (3) Alliances, (4) Network Connectors, and (5) Conferences. Estimated Awards: 15. Total Funding: $5,500,000. Award Ceiling: Not Specified. Closing Date: Oct 28, 2025.

Washington, D.C. | May 21 2025 | FY2025 High Priority Program – Innovative Technology Deployment (HP-ITD) (FM-MHP-25-005) | The objective of the HP ITD program is to advance the technological capability and promote the deployment of intelligent transportation system applications for CMV operations including CMV commercial driver and carrier specific information systems and networks and to support maintain CMV information systems networks to link Federal motor carrier safety information systems with State CMV systems improve safety and productivity of CMVs and commercial drivers and reduce costs associated with CMV operations and regulatory requirements. Estimated Awards: 35. Total Funding: $40,000,000. Award Ceiling: $2,000,000. Closing Date: Jun 20, 2025.

Washington, D.C. | May 21 2025 | FY 2025 High Priority Program-Commercial Motor Vehicle (HP-CMV) (FM-MHP-25-004) | The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announces the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 High Priority-Commercial Motor Vehicle (HP-CMV) program Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), Funding Opportunity Number FM-MHP-25-004, to solicit applications from eligible entities to support HP-CMV program activities. The Department intends to apply principles from the DOT Order 2100.7, Ensuring Reliance Upon Sound Economic Analysis in DOT’s Policies, Programs and Activities when evaluating applications and making award selections. The HP grant program is governed by 49 U.S.C. §§ 31102(l), as modified by Sections 23001(b) and 23003 through 23004 of Public Law Number 117-58 (2021), and 49 CFR § 350. For FY 2025, FMCSA anticipates awarding approximately $86.6 million combined under the HP-CMV and HP-Innovative Technology Deployment (HP-ITD) programs. Estimated Awards: 30. Total Funding: $46,600,000. Award Ceiling: Not Specified. Closing Date: Jun 20, 2025.

Washington, D.C. | May 21 2025 | Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology – Research Infrastructure for Science and Engineering (24-562) | The Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) program provides support to enhance the research capabilities of minority-serving institutions (MSIs) as defined in this solicitation’s Eligibility section, through effective integration of education and research. The CREST program, composed of the CREST Centers, the CREST Postdoctoral Research Program, and the projects supported by this CREST-RISE solicitation, promotes the development of new knowledge, enhancements of the research productivity of individual faculty and postdoctoral scholars, and an expanded presence of research doctoral students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines, especially those from underrepresented groups. CREST-RISE is the component of the CREST program that supports the expansion of institutional research capacity by increasing the strength of institutional graduate programs and the successful production of research doctoral students, especially those from groups underrepresented in STEM. The CREST-RISE component supports STEM research doctoral programs in all NSF supported areas and encourages proposals in areas of national interest, such as artificial intelligence, data science and analytics; advanced materials, manufacturing, robotics; cybersecurity; plant genetics/agricultural technologies; quantum information sciences; nanotechnology, semiconductors/microelectronics technologies; climate change and clean energy. CREST-RISE projects must have a direct connection to the long-term plans of the host department(s) and the institution’s strategic plan and mission. Project plans should emphasize activities designed to increase the production of research doctoral students, especially those underrepresented in STEM as well as expand institutional research capacity. Estimated Awards: 9. Total Funding: $6,000,000. Award Ceiling: $2,000,000. Closing Date: Aug 1, 2025.

Springfield, Ill. | May 21 2025 | Illinois Clean Jobs Workforce Network Program | The main objective of the Clean Jobs Workforce Network Program is to increase access to and opportunities for education, training, and support services to help program-eligible individuals succeed in the labor market generally and the clean energy sector specifically. Upon completion, participants will be prepared for entry-level clean energy jobs. This NOFO will award grants to fund at least one Clean Jobs Workforce Network Hub (Workforce Hub) site that is located in or near Carbondale, Peoria, Danville, and Kankakee. Estimated Awards: 4. Total Funding: $13,500,000. Award Ceiling: $4,000,000. Closing Date: Jul 14, 2025.

Springfield, Ill. | May 21 2025 | Illinois Energy Transition Navigators Program (CEJA) | The Energy Transition Navigators Program will provide outreach and recruitment for the CEJA workforce and contractor programs. The Department seeks to contract with the community-based provider(s) (“Navigator Teams”) to connect people to the CEJA workforce and contractor programs. Navigator Teams will provide outreach and recruitment services to eligible populations to ensure they are aware of and engaged in the statewide and local workforce and contractor development program. Through this NOFO, the Department will award one navigator grant each to serve the Champaign, Decatur and Kankakee workforce regions. Estimated Awards: 4. Total Funding: $750,000. Award Ceiling: $500,000. Closing Date: Jul 14, 2025.

Washington, D.C. | May 20 2025 | Verticals-enabling Intelligent Network Systems (VINES) (NSF 25-539) |  The VINES program seeks to support both fundamental research and verticals-driven technology development, demonstration, and translation activities that will lead to leaps in performance and capabilities of next generation (NextG) advanced intelligent network systems that span the user-edge-core-cloud continuum. The program seeks to go beyond the current research portfolios within individual participating NSF directorates and partner organizations by simultaneously emphasizing gains in performance and capabilities without compromising resilience and interoperability across all layers of the networking protocol and computation stacks. Innovations are sought across the various aspects of next generation communications, networking, and computing systems. The program seeks to enhance U.S. competitiveness in advanced telecommunications technologies to establish itself as a global leader in both NextG wireless telecommunications and emerging potential NextG vertical industries, as well as address the need for skilled workforce and expertise in these technology areas. Estimated Awards: 20 to 30. Total Funding: $33,000,000. Award Ceiling: $1,500,000. Closing Date: Aug 25, 2025. [Award information for Track 1 only.]

Washington, D.C. | May 16 2025 | OVW FY 2025 Local Law Enforcement Grants for Enforcement of Cybercrimes Program (O-OVW-2025-172415) | The Local Law Enforcement Grants for Enforcement of Cybercrimes Program (Cybercrimes Enforcement Program) supports efforts by States, Indian Tribes, and units of local government to prevent, enforce, and prosecute cybercrimes against individuals with a focus on adult and young adult cybercrime victims. Cybercrimes against individuals are defined as criminal offenses that involve the use of a computer to harass, threaten, stalk, extort, coerce, cause fear to, or intimidate an individual, or without consent distribute intimate images of an adult, except that use of a computer need not be an element of the offense. Estimated Awards: 14. Total Funding: $9,800,000. Award Ceiling: $700,000. Closing Date: Jun 26, 2025.

Washington, D.C. | May 16 2025 | Continuum of Care Builds (CoC Builds) (FR-6901-N-25A) | CoC Builds provides funding for construction, acquisition, or rehabilitation of new units of PSH specifically for individuals and families experiencing homelessness where one member of the household has a disability. Most of the requested funding must be for new construction, acquisition, or rehabilitation to create new units of permanent supportive housing. Estimated Awards: 8. Total Funding: $75,000,000. Award Ceiling: $14,000,000. Closing Date: Jun 26, 2025.

Washington, D.C. | May 15 2025 | OVW Fiscal Year 2025 Grants to Reduce Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking on Campus Program (O-OVW-2025-172421) | The Grants to Reduce Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking on Campus Program (Campus Program) provides funding for institutions of higher education to develop and strengthen effective security and investigation strategies to combat domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking on campus, develop and strengthen victim services in cases involving such crimes on campus, and develop and strengthen prevention education and awareness programs. Estimated Awards: 30. Total Funding: $12,500,000. Award Ceiling: $400,000. Closing Date: July 8, 2025.

Washington, D.C. | May 15 2025 | Grants to Charter Management Organizations for the Replication and Expansion of High-Quality Charter Schools (ED-GRANTS-051525-001) | Through CSP CMO Grants (ALN 84.282M), the Department awards grants to charter management organizations (CMOs) on a competitive basis to enable them to replicate or expand one or more high-quality charter schools. Grant funds may be used to significantly increase the enrollment of, or add one or more grades to, an existing high-quality charter school or to open one or more new charter schools or new campuses of a high-quality charter school based on the educational model of an existing high-quality charter school. Charter schools that receive financial assistance through CSP CMO Grants provide elementary or secondary education, or both, and may also serve students in early childhood education programs or postsecondary students, consistent with the terms of their charter. Estimated Awards: 20. Total Funding: $72,000,000. Award Ceiling: Unspecified. Closing Date: June 18, 2025.

Washington, D.C. | May 14 2025 | FY25 Community Policing Development: Law Enforcement Products and Resources (O-COPS-2025-172390) | Community Policing Development (CPD) funds are used to develop products and resources provide guidance on promising practices, develop and test innovative strategies; build knowledge about effective practices and outcomes; and support new, creative approaches to preventing crime and promoting safe communities and a positive image of policing. FY25 CPD Law Enforcement Products and Resources program funding supports the development of products and resources on law enforcement topics, specifically designed for national distribution that offer creative ideas to advance crime fighting, community engagement, problem solving, or organizational changes in support of community policing. The COPS Office welcomes applications under which two or more entities would carry out the federal award; however, only one entity may be the applicant. Any other entities carrying out the federal award must be identified as proposed subrecipients. Estimated Awards: 16. Total Funding: $8,000,000. Award Ceiling: $500,000. Closing Date: Jun 24, 2025.

Washington, D.C. | May 14 2025 | Measurement Science and Engineering (MSE) Research Grant Programs (2025-NIST-MSE-01) | To support activities that develop, expand, strengthen, or sustain NIST partnership programs and/or support the conduct of research or a recipient’s portion of collaborative research in a variety of areas including, but not limited to: Metrology; Standards; Nanotechnology; Artificial Intelligence; Advanced Communications; Advanced Manufacturing; Promotion of U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness; Measurements in Sciences; Neutron Research; and enhancing coordination of the U.S. Standards System with government and private sector organizations. Estimated Awards: 300. Total Funding: Unspecified. Award Ceiling: Various. Closing Date: Rolling.

Washington, D.C. | May 14 2025 | Fiscal Year 2025 Competitive Funding Opportunity: Low- or No-Emission Program (FTA-2025-008-TPM-LWNO) | The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announces the availability of approximately $1.1 billion in competitive grants under the Low or No Emission Grant Program (Low-No Program) for the purchase or lease of zero-emission and low-emission transit buses, including acquisition, construction, and leasing of required supporting facilities. Estimated Awards: 100. Total Funding: $1,105,512,334. Award Ceiling: Unspecified. Closing Date: July 14, 2025.

Washington, D.C. | May 14 2025 | FY25 Safer Outcomes: Enhancing De-Escalation and Crisis Response Training for Law Enforcement (O-COPS-2025-172387) | The U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office, https://cops.usdoj.gov) is pleased to announce that it is seeking applications for funding for the FY25 Safer Outcomes: Enhancing De-Escalation and Crisis Response Training for Law Enforcement – Support for Law Enforcement Agencies program. The COPS Office welcomes applications under which two or more entities would carry out the federal award; however, only one entity may be the applicant. Any other entities carrying out the federal award must be identified as proposed subrecipients…All future awards will comply with Executive Orders and Attorney General memoranda to advance the Administration’s priority of reestablishing law and order to include the increased hiring and retention of state and local sworn officers, state and local law enforcement collaboration with federal task forces, cracking down on the open use of illegal drugs, interrupting the distribution of fentanyl and other dangerous drugs, preventing crime, promoting nuisance abatement, countering human trafficking and child smuggling, and enhanced immigration enforcement and border security. Estimated Awards: 35. Total Funding: $14,000,000. Award Ceiling: $500,000. Closing Date: June 24, 2025.

Washington, D.C. | May 13 2025 | Archival Projects | The [National Archives and Records Administration] National Historical Publications and Records Grants (NHPRC) seeks archival projects that will significantly improve online public discovery and use of historical records collections. We welcome projects that engage the public, expand civic education, and promote understanding of the nation’s history, democracy, and culture from the founding era to the present day. The Commission encourages projects focused on collections of America’s early legal records, such as the records of colonial, territorial, county, and early statehood and tribal proceedings that document the evolution of the nation’s legal history. Estimated Awards: 14. Total Funding: $1,400,000. Award Ceiling: $150,000. Closing Date: November 5, 2025.

Chicago, Ill. | May 12 2025 | Affordable Housing Program (AHP) General Fund | The Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago (FHLBank Chicago) has opened the application period for its 2025 Affordable Housing Program (AHP) General Fund. With $52 million available and up to $2 million per project, the program continues to advance the development and preservation of affordable housing throughout Illinois and Wisconsin. AHP grants subsidize the acquisition, new construction, or rehabilitation of rental or owner-occupied housing. Delivered in partnership with FHLBank Chicago financial institution members, these forgivable grants help to address ongoing housing supply challenges by expanding access to quality affordable housing in many communities. Application link. Estimated Awards: Not specified. Total Funding: $52,000,000. Award Ceiling: $2,000,000. Closing Date: June 20, 2025.

Springfield, Ill. | May 9 2025 | 2024 Local Project Funding | Pursuant to PA 103-0589, this program will provide state funding for local transportation priorities. Solicitation of local transportation initiatives that most align with the intent of the legislation and pursue goals related to enhancing local assets, pursuing complete street initiatives, and improving safety. Projects will be prioritized based on readiness with a focus on project initiation within a two-year time frame. Also eligible are projects seeking phase I support and evaluated against similarly situated projects. Projects in economically disadvantaged areas will be prioritized for funding and evaluated using objective, data-based criteria. Estimated Awards: 200. Total Funding: $400,000,000. Award Ceiling: Not specified. Closing Date: June 1, 2025.

Washington, D.C. | May 9 2025 | Local Food Promotion Program Fiscal Year 2025 (USDA-AMS-TM-LFPP-G-25-0004) | LFPP funds projects that develop, coordinate, and expand local and regional food business enterprises that engage as intermediaries in indirect producer to consumer marketing to help increase access to and availability of locally and regionally produced agricultural products. The program focuses on:Supporting the processing, aggregation, distribution, and storage of local and regional food products that are marketed locally or regionally, including value-added agricultural products;Encouraging the development of value-added agricultural products;Assisting with business development plans and feasibility studies;Developing marketing strategies for producers of local food and value-added products;Facilitating regional food chain coordination and mid-tier value chain development;Promoting new business opportunities and marketing strategies to reduce on-farm food waste;Responding to changing technology needs in indirect producer-to-consumer marketing; andCovering expenses related to cost incurred in obtaining food safety certification and improvements to food safety practices and equipment. Estimated Awards: 320. Total Funding: $11,000,000. Award Ceiling: $500,000. Closing Date: June 27, 2025.

Washington, D.C. | May 9 2025 | Regional Food System Partnerships (USDA-AMS-TM-RFSP-G-25-0002) | The RFSP supports partnerships that connect public and private resources to plan and develop local or regional food systems. The RFSP focuses on building and strengthening local or regional food economy viability and resilience. Applicants will work with their partners to catalyze the development of local or regional food systems. Applicants will coordinate efforts within the partnership to set priorities, connect resources and services, and measure progress towards common goals. Partnerships are authorized to:Determine the size and scope of the local or regional food system in which the project’s goals, outreach objectives, and eligible activities are to be carried out, Coordinate with AMS to receive technical assistance, and Conduct outreach and education for potential participation in the partnership agreement and eligible activities. Partnerships must bring a variety of financial and technical capabilities, demonstrate experience or readiness to work effectively and collaboratively with public and private entities across sectors, and present innovative, sustainable, and measurable approaches to achieving the project”s goals. Estimated Awards: 10. Total Funding: $4,500,000. Award Ceiling: $1,000,000. Closing Date: June 27, 2025.

Washington, D.C. | May 9 2025 | Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): Expanding Opportunity Through Quality Charter Schools Program (CSP)–Grants to State Entities (ED-GRANTS-050925-001) | Through CSP State Entity grants, the Department awards grants on a competitive basis to State entities that, in turn, award subgrants to eligible applicants for the purpose of opening new charter schools and replicating and expanding high-quality charter schools. This program provides financial assistance to State entities to support charter schools that serve elementary and secondary school students in States with a State statute specifically authorizing the establishment of charter schools. Charter schools receiving funds under this program may also serve students in early childhood education programs or postsecondary students.
Estimated Awards: 6. Total Funding: $107,000,000. Award Ceiling: Not specified. Closing Date: June 9, 2025.

Washington, D.C. | May 9 2025 | Farmers Market Promotion Program Fiscal Year 2025 (USDA-AMS-TM-FMPP-G-25-0005) | FMPP funds projects that develop, coordinate, and expand direct producer-to-consumer markets to help increase access to and availability of locally and regionally produced agricultural products. The program focuses on: Supporting and promoting domestic direct producer-to-consumer (including direct producer-to-retail, direct producer-to-restaurant, and direct producer-to-institutional marketing) marketing such as farmers markets, roadside stands, agritourism activities, community-supported agriculture (CSA) programs, or online sales;Encouraging the development of value-added agricultural products;Developing marketing strategies for producers of local food and value-added products; Facilitating regional food chain coordination development;Promoting new business opportunities and marketing strategies to reduce on-farm food waste; Responding to changing technology needs in direct producer-to-consumer marketing; andCovering expenses related to costs incurred in obtaining food safety certification and improvements to food safety practices and equipment.
Estimated Awards: 245. Total Funding: $11,000,000. Award Ceiling: $500,000. Closing Date: June 27, 2025.

Washington, D.C. | May 9 2025 | Science of Science: Discovery, Communication and Impact (PD-19-126Y) | The Science of Science: Discovery, Communication and Impact (SoS:DCI) program is designed to advance theory and knowledge about increasing the public value of scientific activity. Science of Science draws from multiple disciplinary and field perspectives to advance theory and research about scientific discovery, communication and impact. SoS:DCI welcomes proposals applying rigorous empirical research methods to advance theory and knowledge on: a) The social and structural mechanisms of scientific discovery. b) Theories, frameworks, models and data that improve our understanding of scientific communication and outcomes. 3) The societal benefits of scientific activity and how science advances evidence-based policy making and the creation of public value. The SoS:DCI program, which expands upon the former Science of Science and Innovation Policy (SciSIP) program, funds research that builds theoretical and empirical understanding of the social science of science. Awards information: not cited in notice.

Washington, D.C. | May 8 2025 | FY25 COPS Hiring Program (O-COPS-2025-172413) | The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) is the component of the U.S. Department of Justice responsible for advancing the practice of community policing by the nation’s state, local, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies through information and grant resources. To date, the COPS Office has been appropriated more than $21 billion to advance community policing, including grants awarded to more than 13,000 state, local, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies to fund the hiring and redeployment of nearly 140,000 officers…The FY25 COPS Hiring Program (CHP) provides funding to law enforcement agencies to hire and/or rehire additional career law enforcement officers in an effort to increase their community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. As community policing is common sense policing, throughout the CHP Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) materials, the terms ‘community policing’ and ‘common sense policing’ are used interchangeably, unless otherwise specified. Anticipated outcomes of CHP awards include engagement in planned community partnerships, implementation of projects to analyze and assess problems, implementation of changes to personnel and agency management in support of community policing, and increased capacity of agency to engage in community policing activities.  Community policing is a philosophy that promotes organizational strategies that support the systematic use of partnerships and problem-solving techniques to proactively address the immediate conditions that give rise to public safety issues such as violent crime, nonviolent crime, and fear of crime. Estimated Awards: 250. Total Funding: $156,668,839. Award Ceiling: $6,250,000. Closing Date: June 25, 2025.

Washington, D.C. | May 8 2025 | Regional Infrastructure Accelerator Program – NOFO Reissuance (DOTBAB01062025) | The Build America Bureau (Bureau) is issuing this NOFO to solicit applications from eligible U.S. public entities for $20 million in Regional Infrastructure Accelerator (RIA) grants. RIA grants assist entities in developing improved infrastructure priorities and financing strategies for the accelerated development of a project that is eligible for funding under the Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) Credit Program under Chapter 6 of Title 23, United States Code. These grants are intended to support RIAs that: 1) serve a defined geographic area; 2) act as a resource to qualified entities in the geographic area; and 3) demonstrate the effectiveness of the RIA to expedite the delivery of projects eligible for the TIFIA credit program. Projects are not required to apply for or receive TIFIA credit assistance to be eligible; however, applicants who are considering the appropriateness of innovative financing methods to accelerate the delivery of eligible projects are strongly encouraged to apply. Eligibility: U.S. public entities including state, multi-state, county, municipalities, MPOs, regional transportation planning organizations, Tribal governments, and others. No prior RIA designation is required. Priority will be given to new applicants. Estimated Awards: 15. Total Funding: $20,000,000. Award Ceiling: $2,000,000. Closing Date: June 16, 2025.

Springfield, Ill. | May 7 2025 | Illinois Electric Vehicle Reliability and Accessibility Accelerator (RAA) Program | The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), allocates $7.5 billion for programs that will advance electric vehicle (EV) adoption nationwide. Among these investments is the $5 billion National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program that provides dedicated funding to states to strategically deploy EV charging infrastructure and establish an interconnected network that facilitates data collection, access, and reliability. Ten percent of the NEVI Formula Program is set-aside for grants that reflect the need to make the EV charging network more reliable including the Electric Vehicle Charger Reliability and Accessibility Accelerator (RAA) Program. The goal of the RAA program is to repair or replace EV chargers that were non-operational as of October 12, 2023. The non-operational EV chargers were identified as unavailable in the Department of Energy’s Alternative Fuel Database Center’s (AFDC) Alternative Fueling Station Locator. The RAA Program will advance Illinois’ goal of one million EVs on the road by 2030 and will provide the necessary infrastructure to support rising EV sales. Estimated Awards: 76. Total Funding: $7,100,000. Award Ceiling: $200,000. Closing Date: August 7, 2025.

Washington, D.C. | May 6 2025 | OVW Fiscal Year 2025 Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Program (O-OVW-2025-172287) | The Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Program (Rural Program) enhances the safety of rural victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking by supporting projects uniquely designed to address and prevent these crimes in rural areas. This program supports cooperative efforts among law enforcement officers, prosecutors, victim service providers, and other related parties to investigate and prosecute sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking; treatment, advocacy, counseling, legal assistance, or other victim services for victims in rural communities; or programs addressing sexual assault. Eligible entities applicants are states and territories, Indian Tribes, local governments, and nonprofit (public or private) entities, including Tribal nonprofit organizations. Estimated Awards: 55. Total Funding: $36,000,000. Award Ceiling: $950,000. Closing Date: July 8, 2025.

Washington, D.C. | May 6 2025 | OVW Fiscal Year 2025 Grants to Prevent and Respond to Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, Stalking, and Sex Trafficking Against Children and Youth Program (O-OVW-2025-172291) | The Grants to Prevent and Respond to Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, Stalking, and Sex Trafficking Against Children and Youth Program (Children and Youth Program) supports comprehensive, community-based efforts to develop or expand prevention, intervention, treatment, and response strategies to address the needs of children and youth (ages 0-24) impacted by domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and sex trafficking.
Estimated Awards: 19. Total Funding: $9,500,000. Award Ceiling: $500,000. Closing Date: June 30, 2025.

Washington, D.C. | May 6 2025 | OVW Fiscal Year 2025 Transitional Housing Assistance Grants for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Program (O-OVW-2025-172389) | The OVW Transitional Housing Assistance Grants for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Program (OVW Transitional Housing Assistance Grant Program) funds transitional housing and support services for victims who are homeless or in need of transitional housing or other housing assistance as a result of a situation of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. Eligible applicants are Tribal, state, and local governments and organizations with a documented history of effective work concerning domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. Estimated Awards: 80. Total Funding: $40,000,000. Award Ceiling: $500,000. Closing Date: June 09, 2025.

Washington, D.C. | May 6 2025 | OVW Fiscal Year 2025 Sexual Assault Forensic Exam Hiring and Training Program (O-OVW-2025-172371) | The Sexual Assault Forensic Exam (SAFE) Hiring and Training program supports efforts to establish or expand access to pediatric and/or adolescent/adult sexual assault forensic exams by funding the salaries of full- and part-time sexual assault nurse/forensic examiners (SANEs/SAFEs) providing forensic exams or serving as a regional preceptor or as a SANE/SAFE instructor. Eligible applicants include State, Tribal, or local governments, sexual assault examination programs, State or Territorial sexual assault coalitions, health care facilities, and community-based programs. Estimated Awards: 36. Total Funding: $18,100,000. Award Ceiling: $750,000. Closing Date: June 24, 2025.

Washington, D.C. | May 6 2025 | OVW Fiscal Year 2025 Grants to Improve the Criminal Justice Response Program (O-OVW-2025-172417) | The Grants to Improve the Criminal Justice Response Program (ICJR Program) assists state, local, and Tribal governments, and courts to improve the criminal justice response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking as serious violations of criminal law, and to seek safety and autonomy for victims. Estimated Awards: 35. Total Funding: $23,000,000. Award Ceiling: $1,000,000. Closing Date: June 16, 2025.

Washington, D.C. | May 1 2025 | Regional Alliances and Multistakeholder Partnerships to Stimulate (RAMPS) Cybersecurity Education and Workforce Development (025-NIST-RAMPS-01) | The NIST National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) program is seeking applications from eligible applicants for activities to establish community-based partnerships to develop cybersecurity career pathways that address local workforce needs. Effective multistakeholder workforce partnerships will organize multiple employers with skill shortages in specific occupations to focus on developing the skilled workforce to meet industry needs within the local or regional economy. Estimated Awards: 16. Total Funding: $3,200,000. Award Ceiling: $200,000. Closing Date: July 1, 2025.

Springfield, Ill. | May 1 2025 | Solar Pipeline Training Program | The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (the “Department” or “DCEO”) is issuing this Notice of Funding Opportunity (“NOFO”) to support the Future Energy Jobs Act Solar Pipeline Program (“Program”) authorized under 220 ILCS 5/16-108.12(a)(1). Through this NOFO, DCEO is making $3 million available for eligible organizations to provide skill development, supportive services, and solar training services for qualified, traditionally underserved participants seeking employment in the clean energy industry, specifically in solar occupations. Estimated Awards: 6. Total Funding: $3,000,000. Award Ceiling: $1,000,000. Closing Date: July 1, 2025.

Springfield, Ill. | May 1 2025 | Future Energy Jobs Act Multi-Cultural Jobs Program | The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (the “Department” or “DCEO”) is issuing this Notice of Funding Opportunity (“NOFO”) to support the Future Energy Jobs Act Multi-Cultural Jobs Program (“Program”) authorized under 220 ILCS 5/16-108.12(a)(3). Through this NOFO, DCEO is making $4 million available for eligible applicants to provide skill development, supportive, and training services for qualified, traditionally underserved participants seeking employment in the clean energy industry. Estimated Awards: 6. Total Funding: $4,000,000. Award Ceiling: $1,000,000. Closing Date: July 1, 2025.