ECIC Awarded NSF Grant with the Beneficial Electrification League

ECIC was awarded a $150,000 planning grant with the Beneficial Electrification League (BEL) from the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) program on Strengthening American Infrastructure. The planning grant will support ECIC and BEL to build new and deeper capacity-building partnerships between university researchers, land grant university extension services, and rural electric cooperatives for research-to-action programs. The aim of the planning grant is to advance the collective innovation and management of rural energy transitions while improving the quality of life for rural communities.

The grant will support planning activities with ECIC and BEL from September 2022 - August 2023 (estimated).