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Permitting Innovators

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About the program

Permitting Innovators is a program to modernize federal permitting for the 21st century. The Council on Environmental Quality invites innovators to share tech solutions that will accelerate and modernize federal environmental reviews and permitting. Submit your solution!

How the program works

The open submissions period runs from April 28, 2026 to June 2, 2026. The deadline for submissions is 6:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday, June 2. See the rules, terms, and conditions for full eligibility information.

A panel of experts will evaluate submissions using the program’s evaluation criteria. Up to 50 solutions with the highest scores will be invited to the Permitting Innovators Expo, hosted in the Washington, D.C. area, on July 31, 2026.

At the Expo, innovators will present their solutions to federal agencies implementing the Permitting Technology Action Plan. The highest-scoring teams will also meet one-on-one with federal agencies seeking specific technology solutions.

Qualified submissions will also be featured in the Solutions Catalog, an archive of environmental review and permitting technologies. The catalog will be shared with federal agencies to help them assess the viability and procurement potential of new solutions.

Learn more about the program at PermittingInnovators.com.

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