Climate & Clean Energy Grants in Rhode Island 2026 — Federal Funding Opportunities
Federal funding for climate resilience, renewable energy, and emissions reduction from DOE, EPA, NOAA, and NSF. GrantMetric surfaces every active federal notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) relevant to Rhode Island applicants, with award ceiling, eligibility requirements, and close dates visible at a glance.
- 62 active federal grants open to Rhode Island organizations
- Eligible applicants: nonprofits, universities, state agencies, small businesses
- Award floor and ceiling for each funding opportunity
- Application deadlines and close dates from grants.gov — updated daily
- AI-generated briefings summarizing each program's objectives
Federal grants are available nationally — Rhode Island organizations apply directly to federal agencies. These 62 active opportunities are open to eligible applicants in Rhode Island right now.
Clean energy and climate funding from the federal government expanded significantly under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), with DOE, EPA, USDA, and HUD collectively distributing tens of billions through competitive grants, loan programs, and formula allocations. DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) funds clean energy research and deployment at universities, national laboratories, utilities, and companies in Rhode Island. ARPA-E funds transformational energy technology research with individual awards typically ranging from $500,000 to $10 million. EPA's Climate Pollution Reduction Grants fund state and local government climate action plans and implementation projects across all U.S. states including Rhode Island.
Rhode Island cities, counties, tribal governments, and utilities are eligible for DOE's Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program, Grid Resilience State and Tribal Grants, and Solar for All program targeting low-income communities. Rhode Island environmental justice nonprofits and community organizations can access EPA's Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving (EJCPS) grants, prioritizing communities facing cumulative pollution burdens. USDA's Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) provides grants and loan guarantees to Rhode Island agricultural producers and rural small businesses for renewable energy systems and energy efficiency improvements, covering up to 50% of eligible project costs.
Active Opportunities for Rhode Island (62)
A. STATEMENT OF OBJECTIVES This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to award multiple cooperative agreements to ac...
REAP Renewable Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency Improvement Program. Refer to Application Package AND Application In...
The Engineering for Civil Infrastructure (ECI) program supports fundamental research in geotechnical, structural, materi...
The Marine Geology and Geophysics Core Program supports research on all aspects of the geology and geophysics of the pre...
The Water, Landscape, and Critical Zone Processes program supports research on the Earth's near-surface environment and ...
TheCombustion and Fire Systemsprogram is part of the Transport Phenomena cluster, which also includes 1) theFluid Dynami...
The Geospace Cluster (GC) in the Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences (AGS) supports fundamental and solutions-...
Reissue of RFA-20-351.The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to encourage applications to pursue in...
The purpose of this modification is to clarify the meaning of the Program Policy Factors in Section V.C. To obtain a cop...
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE U.S. EMBASSY TO LIBYA, PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) Funding Oppo...
The Life and Environments Through Time (LET) program supports research that advances knowledge about the patterns and pr...
The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to encourage applications to pursue invasive neural recordin...
Large-scale simulations and the ability to accumulate massive amounts of data have revolutionized science and engineerin...
The Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences (AGS), awards Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (PRF) to highly qualif...
Infrastructure systems comprise complex connections between physical components, organizational structures and operation...
The opportunity for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Center of Excellence for Alternative Jet Fuel and Environm...
This solicitation applies to six (of the nine) CHE Disciplinary Research Programs: Chemical Catalysis (CAT); Chemical Me...
The Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) program provides support to enhance the research ca...
TheProcess Systems, Reaction Engineering, and Molecular Thermodynamicsprogram is part of the Chemical Process Systems cl...
The Catalysis program is part of the Chemical Process Systems cluster, which also includes: 1) the Electrochemical Syste...
TheThermal Transport Processesprogram is part of the Transport Phenomena cluster, which alsoincludes1) theCombustion and...
TheBiophotonicsprogram is part of the Engineering Biology and Health cluster, which also includes: 1) theBiosensingprogr...
TheEnvironmental Sustainability program is part of theEnvironmental Engineering and Sustainabilitycluster together with ...
TheElectrochemical Systemsprogram is part of the Chemical Process Systems cluster, which also includes: 1) theCatalysisp...
The Energy, Power, Control, andNetworks (EPCN) Program supports innovative research in modeling, optimization, learning,...
REAP Renewable Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency Improvement Program.Refer to Application Package AND Application Ins...
**PLEASE REVIEW FULL SPECIAL NOTICE** Funding Opportunity Title: Low-Cost Chip-Scale Atomic Clock (LC CSAC) Funding Inst...
TheElectronics, Photonics and Magnetic Devices (EPMD) Programsupports innovative research on novel devices based on the ...
This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) outlines funding priorities, strategic areas of focus, and instructions for su...
TheFluid Dynamicsprogram is part of the Transport Phenomena cluster, which also includes 1) theCombustion and Fire Syste...
The close date above is the date ROSES25 closes. The Step-2 due date will be announced at least 60 days before the Step-...
The close date above is the date for the Step-2 proposal due date. The Step-1 proposal due date is MARCH 13, 2026 . Step...
Plasma science is a transdisciplinary field of research where fundamental studies in many disciplines, including plasma ...
Supports mathematical research in areas where computation plays a central and essential role, emphasizing analysis, deve...
The Applied Mathematics program supports mathematics research motivated by and contributing to the solution of problems ...
The program in Geometric Analysis supports research on differential geometry and its relation to partial differential eq...
The Topology program supports research on algebraic topology, including chromatic, equivariant, motivic, and (un)stable ...
Proposals in the area of plasma physics submitted to the Division of Physics that are not governed by another solicitati...
The Universe is the ultimate laboratory, and we can now probe it as never before through several powerful and diverse wi...
The Atmosphere Cluster (AC)in the Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences (AGS)supportsfundamental studies of atmo...
This program element does not have a proposal due date. Proposals may be submitted at any time, pending certain eligibil...
This program element does not have a proposal due date. Proposals may be submitted at any time, pending certain eligibil...
International Ocean Discovery Program Operations The International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) serves to advance basi...
The Coupling, Energetics, and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions (CEDAR) program supports research to increase our understa...
NOTICE: Amended May 8, 2026. This amendment releases final text for this program element, which was previously TBD . Not...
PLEASE NOTE: this program has MANDATORY Notices of Intent, which are due via NSPIRES by June 25, 2026. See the full post...
The goal of the NAWCA program in Canada is to promote partnerships between public agencies and groups interested in:⢠...
Revolutionizing Engineering Departments (hereinafter referred to as RED) is designed to build upon previous efforts in e...
NOFO Number: DE-FOA-0003623 â High-performance Optimized Recycled Nuclear Isotopes for Gen IV reactors (HORNIG) Agency...
The close date above is NOT the date for the Step-2 proposal due date as the Step-2 due date for this program will be an...
NOFO number DE-FOA-0003624 INSPIRING GENERATIONS OF NEW INNOVATORS TO IMPACT TECHNOLOGIES IN ENERGY 2026 (IGNIITE 2026) ...
Through this Notice of Federal Funding Opportunity, the NOAA Climate Program Oï¬ce (https://cpo.noaa.gov/funding-opport...
This program element does not have a proposal due date. Proposals may be submitted at any time, pending certain eligibil...
Modification 000001: Issued to change the Informational Webinar posting date; modified NOFO Part 1, Section II.A.2 - Par...
NOTICE: Amended April 14, 2026. This amendment releases final text for this graduate student research program, which was...
U.S. Embassy Buenos Aires announces an open competition to strengthen English for specific purposes within the critical ...
A. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) invites proposals for a project to conduct a comprehensive uncertainty analy...
The U.S. Embassy Windhoek announces an open competition for past participants (âalumniâ) of U.S. government-funded a...
Please note that this program requests optional Notices of Intent, which are due via NSPIRES by May 20, 2026 . See the f...
The DOE Office of Science (SC), Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation (CMEI), Office of Environmental Manage...
PLEASE NOTE: this program has MANDATORY Notices of Intent, which are due via NSPIRES by May 18, 2026 . See the full post...