We hope all is well! The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) is excited to announce the release of our THIRD year of funding opportunities under the EmPower Massachusetts program! The goal of the EmPower Massachusetts program is to increase access to the benefits of clean energy and/or reduce energy burden to previously underserved populations in Massachusetts. MassCEC is thrilled to be able to support another round of innovative projects that will help us equitably achieve the Commonwealth's climate goals.
For this next year of EmPower, we will be offering two levels of funding similar to the first two years of the program, but with some changes to funding amounts and timeline. See below for more information: - Innovation and Capacity Building Grants
- Grant range: $5,000-$25,000 (some opportunities for up to $50,000)
- "Seed" funding for applicants to explore innovative ideas for potential program models or projects and to build organizational capacity to support future program models or projects. Applicants are encouraged to apply with the intent of building toward an EmPower Implementation grant project.
- Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis through April 3, 2024, with three priority deadlines: October 18, 2023, January 18, 2024, and April 3, 2024 (applications will be reviewed starting immediately after these dates).
- Implementation Grants
- Grant range: $50,000-$150,000
- Funding to implement new program models/projects for increasing access to the benefits of clean energy.
- A limited number of grants for up to $300,000 will be awarded to projects that use Energy Coach/Ambassador or Technical Assistance Provider models; see section 5.2 of the Implementation Request for Proposals (RFP) on the EmPower website.
- Applications will be evaluated in two review periods, with deadlines of October 18, 2023 and April 3, 2024.
We encourage you to share this opportunity with any organizations, individuals, etc. in your community who you think would be good candidates for the program. To find all information including request for proposals/application documents, please visit the Funding section of our website, which includes funding descriptions, schedules, eligibility, and how to apply!
| | To learn more or prepare to apply, join us for office hours & watch our program overview: - Office hours
- We will be hosting our first office hours session on Friday, August 18th from 10:30-11:30 am; you can find the Zoom registration link here. More office hours will be held in the weeks following - keep an eye on the EmPower website for more sessions.
- Overview video
- We will be posting a video overview of this round of the program to the EmPower page in the coming weeks. In the meantime, feel free to watch our video overview for last year's round of the program here!
| | Other Ways to Stay Engaged! - Sign up for the Slack channel here. This is a great space for networking and collaboration between organizations. We will also be posting programmatic updates on this channel.
- Reach out to us directly via email at empower@masscec.com, so we can set up a time to talk and answer any questions you may have.
- Read up on the EmPower blog posts, with new posts regularly!
- Check our website regularly for updates!
| | | | | | |
No comments:
Post a Comment