2023 Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (DOE-EM) Community Capacity Building Grant Program (CCBGP)

**THIS IS A TWO-STEP FUNDING OPPORTUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT** CONCEPT PAPER DUE DATE AND TIME: JANUARY 25, 2024, AT 5:00 PM ET. This is the FINAL Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for the Department of Energy, Environmental Management (DOE-EM) Community Capacity Building Grant Program (CCBGP).

The DOE-EM CCBGP was established by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023. The goal of the CCBGP is to reinvest in disadvantaged communities that have been affected by decades of nuclear defense research and environmental cleanup efforts. Residents in these communities may have been adversely and/or disproportionately affected by environmental, climate, and human health policy outcomes. The CCBGP provides resources to communities not benefitting from the significant economic activities generated by the DOE-EM cleanup program.

Education

• Public and state institutions of higher education
• Private institutions of higher education

Government

• County governments
• Federally recognized Native American tribal governments
• City or township governments

Nonprofit

• Other Native American tribal organizations
• Nonprofits non-higher education with 501(c)(3)