Software & Computing

The Planet Life – Project Support

Whether you are an individual with an idea, a climate impact startup, non-profit, established organisation, or volunteer group working on tackling the climate crisis, we’re here to help you find passionate, talented people to get involved with your climate cause through:

Donations – Small actions, big changes. Get your project funded with individual donations.

Skilled volunteers – Find passionate, talented people who want to use their skills and expertise to support projects and create a better planet for all.

Grow your team – Find candidates looking for full-time employment and ready to join your team. Please tell us a little about your organisation, yourself, and which of these types of engagement you’re interested in, and we’ll be in touch shortly to further understand what your needs are and get your project published on our platform.

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Resilience in Climate Equity (RICE) Award

The Resilience in Climate Equity award will be given to outstanding Women of Color in the Climate & Environmental movement. The award is meant to recognize the often hard, diligent, unpaid, and underpaid work of Women of Color in the movement. Preference will be given to Women of Color who have been historically excluded from mainstream environmentalism.

Award winners will receive: a stipend of $5,000, professional coaching, the opportunity to join us for our healing retreat in Belize February 2023, and the opportunity to join us for our first annual Rise to Thrive convening in 2023 and present on the work you do in the Climate, Conservation & Environmental community

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Clean Energy Technology RFI – LACI Community Benefits Pilots

The goal of this RFI is to reach clean energy companies focused on building decarbonization and electrification retrofits, including new and innovative hardware and software that could be employed in 2023 via LACI Community Benefit Pilots. LACI seeks to identify key resources for building decarbonization that will help Los Angeles and the county reach their climate goals. Intended outcomes for LACI Community Benefit Pilots focused on clean energy include:

  • Decarbonization for existing single and/or multi-family buildings

  • Reducing energy burden in DACs

  • Improving grid resilience

  • Local economic and workforce development

  • Reduced greenhouse gas emissions

  • Improved air quality and health (indoor and outdoor)

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EnergyTech University Prize 2022-2023

Sponsored by the Office of Technology Transitions (OTT) at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the EnergyTech University Prize (EnergyTech UP) is a collegiate competition challenging multidisciplinary student teams to develop and present a business plan that leverages DOE national laboratory-developed and other high-potential energy technologies. EnergyTech UP awards cash prizes to teams that successfully identify an energy technology, assess its market potential, and propose a strategy for commercialization.

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National Science Foundation SBIR/STTR Program 2022

NSF’s SBIR/STTR program focuses on transforming scientific and engineering discoveries into products and services with commercial and societal impact. The deep technologies it funds show promise but their success hasn’t yet been validated. And, each year, it awards $200+ million in research and development (R&D) funding to about 400 startups across the United States. Although NSF accepts proposal’s year round, it recommends submitting before the end of the current submission window on October 26.

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Energy Program for Innovation Clusters (EPIC) Round 2

The Energy Program for Innovation Clusters (EPIC) Prize recognizes the nation’s most innovative incubators. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Technology Transitions (OTT), the EPIC Prize awards cash prizes to regional incubator teams that submit the most creative and impactful plans, then implement those plans to develop strong clusters, connections, and support for energy startups and entrepreneurs. OTT has also partnered with three other program offices to date to provide Bonus Prizes. In addition to the $4 million in Core Incubator Prize funding, $50,000 Bonus Prizes will be available for incubators supporting water power and/or the blue economy, buildings technologies, and solar technologies.

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Cleantech Group Innovation Challenge Hub

Looking to scale your innovation? Need ideas, resources and advice to take your start-up or scale-up to the next level? From agriculture to transport, recycling, chemicals, clean energy and the latest in AI, you can search the Innovation Challenge Hub for and find opportunities to work with corporates, investors, accelerators and programs dedicated to helping create a cleaner, cooler future.

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Frontline Resource Institute

The Frontline Resource Institute is releasing two grant opportunities through the Collective Action Fund at the Tides Foundation. Intended for environmental and climate justice organizations serving frontline communities, both opportunities will assist in building organizational capacity and promoting shared learning and peer exchange among grant recipients. Recognizing that organizations have different needs depending on their longevity, financial capacity, and development journeys, FRI plans to disburse funds via two tracks: (1) Organizational Strategy Development and (2) Organizational Capacity Building and Organizational Durability.

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ArcTern Ventures

Wherever you operate, if your startup solves a carbon problem or a sustainability issue, we want to hear about it. We work hands-on with founders, lending them our expertise—and our global network—to help accelerate their success.

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American Family Insurance Institute for Corporate and Societal Impact

We invest in startups that increase access to clean energy, promote strong infrastructure, and build climate adaptation strategies for communities that face the most adverse climate impacts.

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4WARD.VC

4WARD.VC is a venture fund and investor group that invests in world-positive, carbon-neutral businesses that actively improve how we live by pushing the boundaries of environmental and social betterment. We are revolutionizing the one-dimensional finance-for-equity venture industry because money alone does not drive success. Our strength comes from the strategic support, growth focus and investor relations help we bring our teams.

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