Circular Economy Grants

The Circular Economy Grants are funded by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) as part of NextCycle Michigan. The primary goal is to support the development of circular supply chains across Michigan by utilizing otherwise wasted material streams through the advancement of reuse, repair, remanufacturing, recycling, organics recovery, composting, or scaling markets for recovered materials.

Eligible applicants must be physically located in Michigan and can be single entities or collaborative partnerships including businesses, non-profit organizations, tribal governments, school districts, colleges and universities, local health departments, regional planning agencies, municipal solid waste or resource recovery authorities, cities, villages, townships, charter townships, counties, or similar entities.

Project eligibility requires initiatives to address materials generated in the state of Michigan and focus on keeping materials out of landfills through reuse, repair, recycling, organics recovery, or the integration of recycled/recovered content into products.

Applications are submitted online through the NextCycle Michigan portal during open solicitation cycles. Interested applicants can monitor updates or sign up for the NextCycle Michigan newsletter to be notified of future grant application rounds.