Funding and Grant Support Services

Schoel’s grant writing and loan application services in our Huntsville, Birmingham, and Tuscaloosa offices are tailored to each client and their project needs to help identify potential funding mechanisms and prepare competitive applications. Once the funding has been awarded, our team possesses the expertise to assist the management, compliance activities, and corps permitting and environmental assessments to meet state and federal funding requirements. Schoel’s multi-disciplined team of professionals is here to guide and support you through every aspect of your project to make your vision become reality.

As your partner in this process, we offer:

Funding Identification to meet your project needs
Grant Applications
Preliminary Engineering Reports
Funding Administration and Project Management
Regulatory Compliance Support
Conceptual Designing, Master Planning & Rendering Services

Who can benefit from a grant?

Municipalities

Non-Profits

Small Businesses

Private Developers

The possibilities are endless.

We work with many organizations to make grant funding possible for your project:

Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA)

Alabama Department of Transportation (ATRIP-II)

Industrial Access and Road Bridge Program (IAR&B)

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA – RURAL DEVELOPMENT)

Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM SRF PROGRAM)

There can be many steps to the grant application process.
Here is how we help to make it easy:

SEEKING FUNDING

Schoel maintains an extensive database of available grant and low-interest funding opportunities and attends local and regional conferences to stay abreast of anticipated public and private funding options. Let us help match your project vision with potential funding sources.

WRITING GRANT APPLICATIONS

Schoel will work with your project team to lead or support the overall grant application efforts as needed. Our team of experts in the fields of surveying, landscape architecture, general civil/site planning, environmental, water resources, utility infrastructure, metrology, and commercial swimming pool design are excellent partners to bring your project vision to life in a professionally prepared grant application package.

APPLYING FOR FUNDING

Many projects can be funded successfully through grants, low-interest loans, in-kind matching, and other funding mechanisms. We help our clients match their projects with current or potential grant, fund, or loan opportunities. Schoel will work with your project team to create preliminary cost estimates for your benefit in project planning. Our goal is to support you through every step of the process, helping to design, apply for, and manage projects that truly impact our communities.

AUTHORING PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING REPORT

Schoel can prepare and author an engineering report for your application. We would be honored to work with you at any stage of your grant-funded project. Our technically excellent cross-disciplinary team will aid you in achieving the tasks described in your project scope.

FUNDING ADMIN/PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Schoel’s services allow municipal, utility, non-profit, and public clients of all sizes and needs to find, apply for, and manage grant and loan programs for their projects. As a full-service consulting firm, our funding administration and project management services are integrated with engineering, landscape architecture, environmental, and surveying services.

REGULATORY COMPLIANCE

Schoel confidently helps navigate our clients through regulatory requirements post award. This holistic approach results in stronger applications, more efficient project development, and a final product that brings your vision to life.

Additional Funding Providers and Partners

Need funding for your project? There are many programs and organizations that can help identify loans and grants whether it is for Civil Engineering, Land Surveying, Landscape Architecture, and more. No dream is too big or too small and we can help every step of the way.