Funding

• Private entities, such as developers, can be eligible as applicants for clean water through public conduit borrowers

• Applicants with drinking water projects can be public community water systems privately and publicly owned, and nonprofit non-community water systems (as defined by the National Primary Drinking Water Regulations)

• All applicants must also satisfy the Water Bank's creditworthiness standards (PDF named Amended and Restated Credit Policy” under the “Policies and Procedures” section)

To be eligible for the Next NJ Manufacturing program, a project must:

• Invest at least $10 million in a business facility
• Create at least 20 new full-time jobs
• Make sure the facility mostly does manufacturing work
• Pay full-time workers a median salary at least 120% of the county's median for manufacturing
• Keep the facility as a qualified business facility during the commitment period
• Enter a collaborative relationship with a New Jersey-based school, college, workforce organization, or similar group
• Meet environmental and sustainability standards
• Follow affirmative action requirements
• Pay workers at least the prevailing wage rate for construction or building services

• Businesses in accelerator programs and graduates of approved accelerators

• The NJ Brownfield Assistance Center @ NJIT provides the tools and resources necessary to reclaim and redevelop brownfield sites

• Must be a commercial building owner or a commercial tenant with landlord/building owner approval for the proposed project
• Must have a valid New Jersey tax clearance certificate no older than 180 days at the time of application approval
• Must be in good standing with the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (DOL) and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)
• Must demonstrate proof of funding/financing for the estimated project costs plus a 15% project contingency following grant award approval and before finalizing the grant agreement
• The building must be located in Newark, Edison, or Atlantic City
• Must meet building occupancy classifications: Mercantile Group M, Assembly Group A-2, or Business Group B per the New Jersey Building Code
• All work must comply with NJ prevailing wage and affirmative action requirements
• Total eligible project costs must be greater than or equal to $100,000 (no upper limit)
• Projects must not involve new construction or enlargements (adding square footage)
• Must switch 75% or more of building space heating loads from fossil fuel-based systems to non-combustion-based systems with low to zero direct operating emissions
• Must replace 75% or more of existing high global warming potential (GWP) refrigerants with lower GWP alternatives
• The 75% switching requirement applies only to the portions of the building within the tenant’s lease or the building systems affecting the tenant’s space

Businesses can apply for the Take Charge program if they are:

• For-profit commercial organizations with at least two vehicles used for commercial purposes
• Charging-as-a-service providers
• Property owners installing chargers for tenant fleets.

To qualify, applicants must:

• Install permanent charging infrastructure in New Jersey
• Provide documentation that identifies a fleet operator meeting the program's eligibility requirements

• Renters can be early-stage technology and life science companies in New Jersey with 10 or fewer employees
• Less than $1M in trailing 12 months of gross sales from the date of application submission
• Collaborative workplaces can be entities with a minimum of 5 unique paying tenants over the last 2 years.
• Renters and collaborative workplaces must apply together

• Speak to the regional coordinator listed on your industry's page by using the link in the title

• Must operate 75% of vehicle miles in NJ and register a vehicle in NJ
• Purchase and register a new zero-emission class 2b- class 8 vehicle for commercial, industrial, or institutional use within 12 months of voucher reservation
• Be in good standing with the NJ Department of Labor and NJ Department of Environmental Protection

• Employers must be registered in New Jersey
• Employers must train workers at their job site, using workplace tools or equipment
• New hires must be unemployed New Jersey residents or residents facing job loss
• Businesses should offer full-time, long-term jobs that pay above the State minimum wage