Grant Writing Support Now Available for Sustainable and Resilience-Focused Projects

Contact: Sustainable and Resilient Communities Extension Professionals, LISresilience@gmail.com

Nov. 23, 2022 – With funding through the Long Island Sound Study (LISS), New York Sea Grant (NYSG) and Connecticut Sea Grant (CTSG) announce a funding opportunity open to municipalities and community organizations to facilitate the hiring of grant preparation and writing support to assist with the development of a grant application for sustainable and resilience focused projects that will impact a community(ies) within or partially within the Long Island Sound Coastal boundary (within Westchester, Nassau, Suffolk counties, Western Connecticut, and Eastern Connecticut). See Sustainable and Resilient Communities webpage for regions.

The intent of the Long Island Sound Resilience Grant Writing Assistance Program is to reduce staffing and capacity barriers that municipalities and community organizations may face when applying for competitive funding opportunities, help communities develop successful sustainable and resilience focused project grant applications, and for municipalities and community organizations to develop capacity for navigating the funding landscape.

Funding is to be awarded in a range of $5,000- $9,950 per application directly to the applicant’s selected grant writing support contractor on a cost reimbursable basis. Match will not be required.

Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until all available funding is allocated.

For the Grant Program Announcement and to learn more: 

See the NYSG website

See the CTSG website

For more information contact: LISresilience@gmail.com

Note: The initial news release described a September 2023 deadline to apply for grant writing assistance. The release was revised on Sept. 8, 2023 to indicate that the program will continue until all available funding is allocated.>