Climate Smart Communities offer grants

Climate Smart Communities Initiative (CSCI) is accepting applications for grants to help communities accelerate their climate resilience plans and projects.

The deadline to apply is 8 p.m. Monday, March 3.

To be eligible for consideration, the community must be facing significant climate-related challenges, based on environmental as well as socioeconomic considerations. The application and the work must also be done as a collaboration between a community-based organization; a local, regional or Tribal government partner; and a climate adaptation professional. A unique aspect of the CSCI is its ability to connect communities and practitioners through its Registry of Climate Adaptation and Resilience Professionals. 

The grants can help communities at any step in the planning process, and include funding as well as training and technical support. The funding, anticipated at $100,000 per award, can be used over a twelve-month period to advance activities ranging from risk assessments and community engagement to project prioritization and initial implementation.  

The initiative expects to announce multiple awards in the summer of 2025.

For more details on the grant program, including the benefits, requirements and application, as well as the Registry, visit CSCI website.