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CSCI
CSCI Grant
Amount
$75,000 – $115,000
Deadline
Rolling
Odds
16–20 per cycle
Effort
4 to 8 wks
Can you get this?
✓Project team must be US-based
✓Three required partner types must apply together
✓Community population under 300,000 residents
✕Projects focused on climate mitigation, not adaptation, are not eligible
✓Community must face significant climate change impacts
Your real odds
CSCI planned to award 16–20 grants from a $1.5–2 million budget in the 2026 cycle, and they flagged high application volume themselves.
A panel scores applications on vulnerability, equity, nature-based solutions, and capacity-building potential, so every one of those dimensions needs to show up clearly in your application, not just one or two.
What it takes
Assemble all three required partners4 to 8 wks
Review webinar, FAQs, and framework1 to 2 wks
Submit application with budget and scope2 to 4 wks
Worth knowing
Equity and historically disinvested populations sit at the top of the scoring rubric, and applications that show capacity-building extending past the 12-month grant period score higher, so if your work genuinely serves those communities, make sure the application says so plainly and concretely.
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