Safe & Secure Long Beach Grant

The Apprenticeship Funding Program was created for the purpose of providing financial assistance to Connecticut manufacturing companies to support the addition and utilization of Registered Apprenticeships to train and fill critical positions required for stability, continuity, and growth of manufacturing companies. Registered Manufacturing Employers may seek a wage subsidy for their registered apprentices and pre-apprentices. A single Employer Sponsor can apply for reimbursement for up to four (4) apprentices per year and (3) pre-apprentices per year (7 total per year). Reimbursement may be requested as often as every 6-months. An employer who has at least four registered apprentices and three registered pre-apprentices may request a maximum of $26,250 every six months ( 7 x $3,750) or a maximum of $52,500/year (7 x $7,500). The maximum reimbursement that will be made for any one-named apprentice or pre-apprentice is $15,000 over the course of their entire apprenticeship program regardless of the number of years that they remain in an "apprenticeship" status. There is presently no lifetime maximum that any one registered employer may receive from this program, only an annual maximum of $52,500.

NASE provides grants of up to $4,000 for small businesses to finance specific business needs such as marketing, advertising, hiring employees, and purchasing equipment. These grants are particularly beneficial for sole proprietors and micro-businesses looking to enhance their operations.

Match on Main is a reimbursement grant program provided by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC). It supports new or expanding place-based businesses by offering up to $25,000 in funding through an application submitted, administered, and managed by the local unit of government, downtown development authority, or other downtown management or community development organization where the business is located.

The Arizona Route 66 Historic Revitalization Grant provides commercial businesses in rural Arizona with reimbursement grants of $10,000 to $100,000 to support the rehabilitation and adaptive reuse of historic properties along Arizona’s stretch of Route 66. Administered by the Arizona State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) and funded through the Paul Bruhn Historic Revitalization Grant from the National Park Service (part of the federal Historic Preservation Fund), the program was created in honor of the Route 66 Centennial and is designed to pair historic preservation with the economic revitalization of rural communities along the historic route. Eligible applicants include 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, cities, towns, counties, or other government agencies, Tribes, and commercial businesses, with projects limited to rural communities (defined as cities or towns with populations of 50,000 or fewer, consistent with USDA Rural Business Program eligibility). Eligible project types include rehabilitation and adaptive reuse of historic buildings that are listed or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places, including motels, gas stations, restaurants, trading posts, heritage sites, and other historic properties that contributed to the Route 66 travel experience in Arizona. Properties that are eligible but not yet listed in the National Register must include a nomination as part of the project scope. Projects in cities or towns with populations over 50,000, projects not related to the Route 66 travel experience, privately-owned non-income-producing residential properties, and projects that do not bring economic revitalization to the community are not eligible. Projects must include both historic preservation (following the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Rehabilitation of Historic Buildings) and economic revitalization, with the latter defined broadly to include job creation, increased business activity, increased tourism, improved infrastructure, and other activities that create thriving, sustainable communities. Grants are issued on a reimbursement basis after approval of a signed agreement, and a 20 percent match of the total project cost is required (match can be either cash or in-kind, including volunteer time, services, materials, and equipment). Grant recipients must sign a Preservation and Conservation Easement Deed filed with the County Recorder’s Office, which ensures that the property is maintained and its historic character preserved. The duration of the easement depends on the grant amount: awards up to $50,000 require a 5-year minimum preservation agreement, while awards of $50,001 to $100,000 require a 10-year minimum easement. Applications are accepted through the State Parks WebGrants system, where interested applicants first register for an account at azparkgrants.com. A pre-application meeting with SHPO grant staff is required before the full application opens. The pre-application process serves as a checkpoint to confirm project eligibility and provide guidance that strengthens the eventual full application. Once the pre-application review is complete, applicants may submit the full application, which is scored to determine the final award of funding. Awarded projects cannot begin until a fully signed agreement is in place and the applicant has received an Approval to Proceed from both NPS and SHPO. Quarterly status reports are required throughout the grant period, and for-profit businesses are advised to consult a tax professional to discuss possible tax implications of receiving grant funds.

This grant supports early-stage socio-technical partnerships focused on research data infrastructure ecosystems. The Cyberinfrastructure for Public Access and Open Science (CI PAOS) program within the Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (OAC) aims to catalyze new and transformative socio-technical partnerships supporting research data infrastructure ecosystems across domains through early-stage collaborative activities between cyberinfrastructure researchers, scientists, research computing experts, data management experts, research labs, university libraries, and other communities of practice. The CI PAOS program supports the NSF Public Access Initiative by encouraging innovation across the CI ecosystem to address accessibility, discoverability, reliability, reproducibility, sustainability, and utility of data products in alignment with NSF and national goals for public access and open science. NSF accepts proposals pursuant to this Program Description year-round. From time to time, NSF may also issue Dear Colleague Letters to encourage proposals on special thematic interests and opportunities related to this program.