The California Air Resources Board (CARB or Board) has released its fiscal year 2025-26 research solicitation. The projects included in the solicitation support CARB’s regulatory priorities related to health, environmental justice, economics, air pollution, and climate change. The selection of these projects was guided by the Triennial Strategic Research Plan for funding years 2021-2024 (https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/resources/documents/strategic-research-plans) and the public comment and concept collection survey administered in Spring of 2024.

CARB will host a solicitation workshop at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday March 26, 2025. At this workshop, staff will provide an overview of the solicitation requirements, project details,  and be available to answer questions. Detailed information on the solicitation requirements, projects, and workshops can be found on the solicitation landing page (https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/resources/documents/carb-fiscal-year-2024-2025-research-project-solicitation). A brief list of the projects included in the solicitation are below:

• Multi-pesticide monitoring and sampling method development - $400,000
• Effectiveness of advanced air purifiers and filtration for reducing H2S, NO2, VOCs and additional non-PM air pollutants - $600,000

Relevant Dates

• April 1, 2025 - Solicitation public meetin
• April 10, 2025 – Letters of interest may be submitted by email to research@arb.ca.gov (mailto:research@arb.ca.gov) before 5 pm
• May 2, 2025 - Pre-proposals must be submitted by email to research@arb.ca.gov (mailto:research@arb.ca.gov) before 5 pm
• May 23, 2025 - All pre-proposal submitters will be notified of the status of their submission