Through this Equity Workforce Training Implementation Grants, the Massachusetts Clean Energy Technology Center (“MassCEC”) is offering Equity Workforce Training Grants
Donor Name: Massachusetts Clean Energy Technology Center (MassCEC)
State: Massachusetts
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/10/2025
Size of the Grant: $500,000 to $1 million
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
The Equity Workforce Program seeks to expand access to career opportunities in climatecritical fields. A robust, well-trained, and inclusive workforce is vital to achieving and sustaining the Commonwealth’s climate goals, including Net Zero in 2050. The equity workforce programs address the need to grow Massachusetts’ clean energy workforce by prioritizing diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts across the full spectrum of economic opportunity, aiming to produce an increasingly diverse bench of highly trained new workers to help lead climatecritical work.
The grants provide up to $1,200,000 across two to three years in direct funding and technical assistance to organizations that can build and scale career pathways leading to climate-critical priority occupations for individuals from Environmental Justice (EJ) neighborhoods or low-income communities, members of Federally recognized and State-acknowledged Tribes, Fossil Fuel Workers, and other underrepresented populations.
Applicants may apply for one or more of the following strands:
- Strand A: Career Pathway Training Leading to Employment in Climate-Critical Priority Occupations
- Strand B: Clean Energy Pipeline Training Preparedness for Adult Learners and Job Seekers; including pre-apprenticeship preparedness programming
- Strand C: Planning or Capacity Project Leading to Implementation or Pilot of a career pathway training or pipeline training preparedness program.
Funding Information
MassCEC anticipates awarding a total of $10,887,000.
- Career Pathway Training: $150,000- $1,200,000
- Clean Energy Pipeline Training: $50,000- $600,000
- Planning: $20,000-$50,000
- Capacity Project: $30,000- $150,000
Grant Period
3 years
Eligibility Criteria
Single organizations or partnerships are eligible to apply. Partnerships are strongly encouraged and may be looked upon more favorably to the extent that they can provide a range of expertise and experience to deliver a comprehensive proposal. One party should take on the role of Lead Applicant.
The following entities are eligible to serve as a Lead Applicant:
- Community-based entities (often referred to as community-based organizations) such as community action partnerships, environmental justice organizations, neighborhood revitalization organizations, advocacy groups, affordable housing providers, affordable housing developers, and non-profits.
- Post-secondary educational institutions, K-12 School Districts, Comprehensive and Vocational High Schools, Middle schools, and Vocational Schools offering a Career Technical Initiative evening program.
- Trade and Labor entities, trade associations, unions, or other coalitions of businesses and clean energy businesses, Non-Profit and For-Profit .
- Federally Recognized and State-Acknowledged Tribes.
- Workforce Development Organizations, Non-Profit and For-Profit.
- Massachusetts Workforce Investment Boards and Career Centers/Mass Hire Organizations.
Applicants are also eligible to apply for MassCEC’s other workforce development grants and programs, as long as those applications seek support for separate and distinct efforts from those described in this application.
For more information, visit MassCEC.
