Adaptive Capacities for Transformation (ACT) Initiative: Mobile
Adaptive Capacities for Transformation (ACT) Initiative: Mobile supports local collaborative teams implementing community-driven disaster solutions to strengthen health and resilience in Mobile County, Alabama.
Funder: National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine
Due Dates: December 18, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: $250,000–$625,000 per award for up to 24 months; $1.25 million total available
Summary: Supports science-based, community-driven disaster adaptation solutions that strengthen community assets, health, and resilience in Mobile County, Alabama.
Key Information: Only teams that received an ACT Mobile Planning Grant are eligible for implementation funding.
Description
The Gulf Research Program (GRP) of the National Academies runs ACT Mobile, a multi-phase initiative supporting collaboration on disaster-related priorities affecting health and resilience in Mobile County, Alabama. Launched in 2025, the initiative brought together local nonprofits, foundations, academia, and government to develop an evidence-based, community-driven framework of what communities need to deal with disasters.
Phase 2 implementation grants support planning grantees in putting place-based solutions into practice. The opportunity focuses on building networks for resource exchange and developing human capital through education and training. Projects should leverage relationships established during planning, strengthen community assets or residents’ capacity to use them, and assess early changes in health and resilience. Lessons learned will be shared with local stakeholders, GRP partners, and other Gulf communities.
