Apply Now: EJ4Climate Grant Program

[Tomei-Torres, Francisco A. (ATSDR/OAD/OCDAPS)]

Apply Now: EJ4Climate Grant Program

 

The fourth cycle of the $1.5 million Environmental Justice for Climate (EJ4Climate) Grant Program is now open for applications for projects on “Community-led education programs to increase environmental justice and climate adaptation knowledge,” with up to $175,000 in grant funding available for recipients. Initiated by US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. Regan in 2021, the EJ4Climate Grant Program is dedicated to empowering underserved and vulnerable communities, and Indigenous communities, across North America, to help prepare them for climate-related impacts and to advance environmental justice.

 

The EJ4Climate Grant Program welcomes proposals that promote the development of climate adaptation knowledge related to the following themes: extreme weather impacts, transition to clean energy sources, conservation or restoration initiatives, traditional ecological knowledge to address climate change impacts and/or food sovereignty.

 

Proposed approaches may include, but are not limited to: hands-on activities, place-based learnings, community-science initiatives, knowledge exchange with Elders, training and capacity building, awareness campaigns, and engaging youth as agents of change. Successful projects will feature the active involvement and leadership of vulnerable and underserved communities and/or organizations serving these communities, in their design and implementation plans.

 

Proposals are due by  November 14, 2024 and projects will be expected to begin in Spring 2025.

 

Learn more here: http://www.cec.org/grant-programs/ej4climate/