Funding
Current Funding Opportunities
The Hawaiian Islands Environmental Finance Center (HIEFC) team offers a curated list of funding opportunities that support the development and implementation of water-related projects. This list is maintained by the HIEFC team and updated weekly. For additional assistance, please complete the short intake questionnaire on the Contact Us page.
NOTICE: Be advised that many of these federal funding opportunities and application closing dates are currently paused and under review until further notice.
WaterSMART Small-Scale Water Efficiency Projects For Fiscal Year 2024 and Fiscal Year 2025
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation
Application Deadline: January 14, 2025
Water Conservation Field Services Program for Fiscal Year 2025
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation
Application Deadline: February 3, 2025
Rural Decentralized Water System Grant Program
Department of Agriculture
Application Deadline: March 3, 2025
WaterSMART Applied Science Grants
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation
Application Deadline: March 11, 2025
(FORCASTED) Rural Community Development Program (RCD) Water and Wastewater Treatment Systems Training and Technical Assistance Project
Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families - OCS
Estimated Application Deadline: May 1, 2025
WaterSMART Cooperative Watershed Management Program Phase I for Fiscal Year 2025
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation
Application Deadline: May 20, 2025
Small Surface Water and Groundwater Storage Projects (Small Storage Program)
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation
Application Deadline: July 15, 2025
FY 2023 EDA Public Works and Economic Adjustment Assistance Programs
Department of Commerce
Application Deadline: OPEN
Emergency Community Water Assistance Grants in Hawaii and Western Pacific
U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development
Application Deadline: OPEN
Water & Waste Disposal Loan Guarantees in Hawaii and Western Pacific
U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development
Application Deadline: OPEN
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Fiscal Year 2023 Flood Mitigation Assistance Swift Current (FMA Swift Current)
Reducing Lead in Drinking Water Grant Program
WaterSMART Grants: Water and Energy Efficiency Grants for Fiscal Year 2024
WaterSMART Drought Response Program: Drought Resiliency Projects for Fiscal Year 2025
WaterSMART: Title XVI WIIN Act Water Reclamation and Reuse Projects for Fiscal Years 2023 and 2024
WaterSMART Cooperative Watershed Management Program
Technology and Innovation for Assessing Operability and Full Closure of High Consequence Valves
Water Conservation, Recharge, and Reuse Grants
WaterSMART Environmental Water Resources Projects
Rural Decentralized Water System Grant Program
Water Conservation Field Services Program
WaterSMART Planning and Project Design Grants
2023 Inflation Reduction Act Climate-Ready Workforce for Coastal States and Territories Competition
Groundwater and Streamflow Information Program, National Ground-Water Monitoring Network
Technical Assistance and Training Grant Program
WaterSMART Drought Response Program: Drought Resiliency Projects for Fiscal Year 2024
Desalination and Water Purification Research Program: Research Projects
Innovative Water Infrastructure Workforce Development Grant Program
Promoting Readiness and Enhancing Proficiency to Advance Reporting and Data