Notices of Funding Opportunities and Awards
Featured Funding Opportunity
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.
Funding Opportunities
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.
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.
Grant Awards
Springfield, Ill. | May 13 2025 | Illinois among 20 states suing Trump administration over grants tied to immigration | Illinois is among 20 states suing the Trump administration over grants tied to immigration, Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced Tuesday. The states will file two separate lawsuits for trying to illegally coerce the states into sweeping immigration enforcement by threatening to withhold billions in federal funding for emergency services and infrastructure, a news release from Raoul’s office said. One lawsuit will be filed against the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Department of Homeland Security and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and the other will be filed against the Department of Transportation and DOT Secretary Sean Duffy…Last year, Illinois alone received more than $122 million in federal funding from FEMA and over $2 billion in DOT grants, Raoul’s office said.
Washington, D.C. | May 9 2025 | Illinois senators announce nearly $5 million in funding for airport improvements | Airports throughout Illinois will receive almost $5 million in funding for improvements, Illinois Senators Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth announced on Friday. The funding will come from the U.S. Department of Transportation. Four airports were listed as recipients: Flora Municipal Airport (Flora, IL): $451,142; Vermilion Regional Airport (Danville, IL): $304,000; Chicago Executive Airport (Wheeling, IL): $2,530,945; Rockford International Airport (Rockford, IL): $1,534,750. “By improving and modernizing airport infrastructure, we are laying the foundation for increased connectivity and reliability,” said Durbin.
Chicago, Ill. | May 6 2025 | UChicago Joins Second Lawsuit Against Federal Funding Cuts | The University of Chicago, along with three academic associations and 12 other institutions of higher education, filed a lawsuit on May 5 seeking to block the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) implementation of a universal 15 percent rate for coverage of indirect costs on all new research awards. The lawsuit, filed jointly with schools including the University of Illinois, Cornell University, and the University of Pennsylvania, seeks to prevent the NSF from enacting the rate cut and to require the agency to continue approving grants within the currently negotiated indirect cost rate guidelines.
Chicago, Ill. | May 6 2025 | National Endowment for the Arts grant cancellations hit key Chicago cultural events | Open House Chicago and Black Harvest Film Festival are among cultural arts events whose federal monies were withdrawn, as the Trump administration moves to hollow the nation’s leading arts funder. After announcing major changes to the National Endowment for the Arts’ grantmaking programs, Trump said Friday that he is clawing back grant dollars that have already been promised for this year. He’s also proposing eliminating the organization’s budget for the future, a move he tried during his first term that was ultimately rebuked by Congress.
Morris, Ill. | May 6 2025 | Morris to Receive $771,263 Community Revitalization Grant | The City of Morris announced that it has been selected to receive a $771,263 Rebuild Illinois Downtowns and Main Streets Grant. As part of the state-funded program, Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity have awarded a total of $20 million for 16 community revitalization projects, which will enable communities to revitalize commercial corridors and downtown areas to accelerate local economic initiatives.
Washington, D.C. | May 5 2025 | National Endowment for the Arts cuts hurt architecture firms, nonprofits, and schools | Architecture firms, nonprofits, and schools have lost grant support from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). The cuts were shared via email with the grantees last Friday, not long after the Trump administration announced plans to defund the NEA as part of its 2026 budget proposal. Just days before the Trump administration took over this past January, 1,400 grant awards totaling $36.8 million were announced by NEA. On May 2, NEA said via email grants were terminated for proposals that “fall outside [the President’s] new priorities.” The Architectural League of New York, The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF), Center for Architecture, and Open House New York were affected. So was the Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP), Chicago Architecture Center, Open House Chicago, Design Futures Forum, Open Architecture Collaborative, Community Design Collaborative, MASS Design Group, Institute for Public Architecture (IPA), Tiny WPA, and others.
Normal, Ill. | May 5 2025 | Governor Pritzker and Rivian Announce New Supplier Park in Normal | Governor JB Pritzker and Rivian today announced that the company is constructing a new 1.2 million-square-foot supplier park in Normal. As part of this, Rivian will invest nearly $120 million, which will enable the company to develop the supplier park and create nearly 100 new direct jobs. This significant investment will pave the way for EV suppliers to locate in the park and create hundreds of new jobs while bolstering the supply chain and manufacturing ecosystem in Illinois. Construction on the supplier park is underway and is expected to be completed in 2026.
Washington, D.C. | May 3 2025 | EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announces significant agency reorganization | On the same day that the Trump administration is proposing billions of dollars in cuts to renewable energy, environmental and climate programs, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin announced a significant reorganization of his agency. “EPA is creating the first-of-its-kind Office of State Air Partnerships within the Office of Air and Radiation. This office will be focused on working with, not against, state, local and tribal air permitting agencies to improve processing of State Implementation Plans and resolving air permitting concerns,” Zeldin said in a video posted to YouTube…The administration’s budget cuts $15 billion from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, a Biden administration initiative that provided funds for carbon capture and renewable energy projects. The budget also calls for slashing $6 billion for EV chargers.
Peoria, Ill. | May 2 2025 | Central Illinois public media stations react to executive order cutting funding to NPR, PBS | The Trump administration issued an executive order late Thursday ordering the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to cut funding for NPR and PBS, claiming the organizations were biased. Congress has already allocated $535 million for CPB for this fiscal year. The funding cuts could impact local stations like WTVP and WCBU in Peoria, and WGLT in Bloomington-Normal. However, the executive order would have to be supported by Congress, which controls federal funding.
Monmouth, Ill. | May 1 2025 | Monmouth College gets grant for STEM Scholarships | Monmouth College has been awarded $999,764 in federal grant money to fund scholarships for low-income students pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM). The funding aims to prepare students for careers in high-paying STEM fields. The award was announced in a news release Tuesday, April 29, by U.S. Congressman Eric Sorensen (D-Illinois).
Post will be updated until the end of the month | Current update: May 14, 2025.
Information is provided as a courtesy | See the original notices of funding opportunities (NOFOs) for application eligibility and requirements.