| Title |
Organization |
Grant Deadline | Description | Category | Funding Amount | Geography | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EPA Region 7 Wetland Program Development Grants | EPA |
Wetland Program Development Grants provide eligible applicants an opportunity to conduct and promote the coordination and acceleration of research, investigations, experiments, training, demonstrations, surveys, and studies relating to the causes, effects, extent, prevention, reduction, and elimination of water pollution. All proposals submitted under this RFP must be for projects that build or refine state/tribal/local government wetland programs. |
Wetland Conservation, Water Pollution | Varies | Midwest | Link | |
| EPA's Tribal ecoAmbassadors Program Grant | EPA |
Deadline passed as of June 16, 2016. Deadline for 2017 unknown. The Tribal ecoAmbassadors Program Request for Proposals (RFP #EPA-OITA-AIEO-2016-001) is designed to assist Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCU) to conduct research on environmental and climate change issues within their campus and tribal communities. With this RFP, the EPA is seeking to award several grants of up to $50,000 to enable awardees to prepare course curriculum, conduct their research project, select student participants, and identify equipment and materials necessary to successfully complete their science research study within a one academic year time frame. Specific problems that may be addressed include, but are not limited to: climate change mitigation, climate change adaptation, air quality, water quality, and waste management. EPA will be accepting applications for this RFP through Friday, June 17, 2016, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET). For a copy of the Tribal ecoAmbassadors Program RFP, please visit https://www.epa.gov/tribal/tribal-ecoambassadors-program. |
Education, Environmental Restoration, Scientific Research, Climate Adaptation, Mitigation | up to $50,000 | National | Link | |
| Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act | EPA |
Deadline passed as of April 10, 2017. Deadline for 2018 unknown. The program will make up to $1 billion in credit assistance loans available to state, local, and tribal governments; private entities; partnerships; and State Revolving Fund programs for large infrastructure projects such as drinking water and wastewater treatment, improved energy efficiency, and drought mitigation. |
climate change, planning, policy, conservation, water resources | Varies. | National | Link | |
| National Indoor Environments Program: Reducing Public Exposure to Indoor Pollutants | EPA |
This notice announces the availability of funds and solicits applications from eligible entities for demonstration, training, outreach and/or education cooperative agreements that will have a national scale impact to reduce exposure to indoor air contaminants and yield measurable environmental outcomes. |
Air Pollution, public health | Up to $200,000 annually for up to 3 years | Northwest, Southwest, Northeast, Southeast, National, Alaska, Midwest, US territories | Link | |
| EPA Region 3 Wetlands Program Development Grants | EPA |
Deadline unknown for 2017. Wetland Program Development Grants (WPDGs) provide eligible applicants an opportunity to conduct and promote the coordination and acceleration of research, investigations, experiments, training, demonstrations, surveys, and studies relating to the causes, effects, extent, prevention, reduction, and elimination of water pollution. All proposals submitted under this RFP must be for projects that build or refine state/tribal/local government wetland programs. Implementation of wetland protection programs is not an eligible project under this announcement |
Conservation, Wetlands | $200,000-900,000 | Northeast, Southeast | Link | |
| Urban Waters Small Grants | EPA |
EPA’s Urban Waters Program helps local residents and their organizations, particularly those in underserved communities, restore their urban waters in ways that also benefit community and economic revitalization. One of the ways the Urban Waters Program is accomplishing this mission is through the Urban Waters Small Grants Program. This program recognizes that healthy and accessible urban waters can help grow local businesses and enhance educational, recreational, social, and employment opportunities in nearby communities. |
Water, urban communities, community revitalization | Up to $60,000 per award | Unknown | Link | |
| FY 2018- FY 2019 Pollution Prevention Grant Program | EPA |
Deadline Passed 04/26/2018. Deadline Unknown for 2019. EPA is announcing a grant competition to fund two-year Pollution Prevention assistance agreements for projects expected to be performed in each EPA region that provide technical assistance and/or training to businesses/facilities to help them adopt source reduction approaches (also known as “pollution prevention” or “P2”). P2 means reducing or eliminating pollutants from entering any waste stream or otherwise released into the environment prior to recycling, treatment, or disposal. |
Pollution Prevention, Conservation, Efficiency, Greenhouse Gas Reduction | $40,000-$500,000 | Northwest, Southwest, Northeast, Southeast, National, Alaska, Midwest | Link | |
| 16th Annual P3 Awards: A National Student Design Competition Focusing on People, Prosperity and the Planet - Safe and Sustainable Water Resources | EPA |
Deadline Passed 12/13/2018. Deadline Unknown for 2019. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) – as part of its People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) Award Program – is seeking applications proposing to research, develop, design, and demonstrate solutions to real world challenges. The P3 competition highlights the use of scientific principles in creating innovative technology-based projects that achieve the mutual goals of improved quality of life, economic prosperity, and protection of the planet – people, prosperity, and the planet. The EPA offers the P3 competition to respond to the needs of people in the United States (U.S.)—e.g., those in small, rural, tribal, and disadvantaged communities. Please see the People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) Student Design Competition website for more details about this program. Proposed projects must embody the P3 approach, which is that they have the intention and capability to simultaneously improve the quality of people’s lives, provide economic benefits, and protect the environment. |
research, development, design, innovative technology, quality of life, economics, planet, students | Approximately $800,000 total for all Phase I & II grant awards | National | Link | |
| Systems-Based Research for Evaluating Ecological Impacts of Manufactured Chemicals | EPA |
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its Science to Achieve Results (STAR), and Chemical Safety for Sustainability (CSS) research programs is funding grants with the goal of applying systems-based approaches for identifying, addressing, and reducing uncertainties from limited exposure data and stressor-response relationships.EPA is seeking applications focusing on integrated, transdisciplinary research that would advance scientific understanding of potential for impacts to ecosystem wellbeing associated with the use of manufactured chemicals.Specifically, the RFA solicits proposals for systems-based research to develop and apply innovative metrics and modeling approaches to improve evaluation of ecological resilience and impact analyses, and to support environmental sustainability. Successful proposals will translate emerging and advanced methods, data, and computational tools to address complexity of these systems and distill drivers of adverse outcomes to ecological organisms and populations. |
Research, Chemical Pollution | Up to $800,000 | Northwest, Southwest, Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Alaska, National | Link | |
| Healthy Places for Healthy People | EPA |
Deadline passed as of November 6, 2016. Deadline for 2017 unknown. Healthy Places for Healthy People will provide selected communities with expert planning assistance that centers around a two-day community workshop. A team of experts will help community members develop an implementable action plan that will focus on health as an economic driver and catalyst for downtown and neighborhood revitalization. |
community, neighborhood, infrastructure, economy, urban | unknown | National, Appalachia | Link | |
| National Center for Sustainable Water Infrastructure Modeling Research (USEPA) | EPA |
The US Environmental Protection Agency, as part of its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program, is seeking initial applications proposing the creation of a National Center for Sustainable Water Infrastructure Modeling Research that facilitates technology transfer of open source water infrastructure models and shares green infrastructure tools and research advancements with local communities and stakeholders. |
Research, Water, Infrastructure | Up to $4 million | Northwest, Southwest, Northeast, Southesat, National, Alaska | Link | |
| Cool & Connected | EPA |
Deadline passed as of November 6, 2016. Deadline for 2017 unknown. Through Cool & Connected, a team of experts will help community members develop strategies and an action plan for using broadband service to promote smart, sustainable community development. Broadband access can provide new opportunities for people and businesses. A growing number of communities have combined broadband service with other local assets such as cultural and recreational amenities to attract and retain investment and people, including young people. This can help diversify local economies. Such efforts typically require planning among community leaders, businesses, and internet service providers. The Cool & Connected program will provide assistance to this end, helping communities take advantage of broadband service to create walkable, connected, economically successful main streets and small-town neighborhoods. |
internet, urban, infrastructure, technology, economic development | Unknown | National | Link | |
| Fiscal Year 2014 Source Reduction Assistance Grant Program (USEPA) | EPA |
The EPA is funding SRA grants and/or cooperative agreements to fund projects supporting pollution prevention/source reduction and resource conservation. The five goals of the grant program are: 1. Reduce the generation of GHG (Greenhouse Gas) emissions to mitigate climate change; 2. Reduce the manufacture and use of hazardous substances to improve human and ecological health; 3. Reduce the use of water and conserve other natural resources to protect ecosystems; 4. Create business efficiencies that derive economic benefits and improve environmental performance while addressing goals 1, 2, or 3; and 5. Institutionalize and integrate pollution prevention practices by way of technical services, policies, and initiatives while addressing goals 1, 2 or 3. |
GHG Emissions Reduction, Hazardous Waste Reduction, Water Conservation, Business Efficiency, Sustainble Business, Pollution Prevention | $10,000-$147,000 | Northwest, Southwest, Northeast, Southesat, National, Alaska | Link | |
| Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving Cooperative Agreement Program | EPA |
Deadline Passed as of 2/16/2018. Deadline for 2019 Unknown.The purpose of the EJCPS Program is for EPA to provide financial assistance to enable community-based organizations to collaborate and partner with other stakeholders (e.g., industry, government, academia, etc.) to develop and implement solutions that will significantly address environmental and/or public health issues at the local level. |
Environmental Justice, Environmental Health, public health | up to $120,000 | National, Northwest, Northeast, Southwest, Southeast, Midwest, Alaska | Link | |
| Human and Ecological Health Impacts Associated with Water Reuse and Conservation Practices (USEPA) | EPA |
The US Environmental Protection Agency, as part of its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program, is seeking applications to conduct research on and demonstration of human and ecological impacts of treated wastewater applications (reclaimed water and wastewater reuse), and water conservation practices including the use of non-traditional water sources as well as more comprehensive long-term management and availability of water resources. |
Resesarch, Wastewater, water quality, Water Conservation | Up to $750,000 | Northwest, Southwest, Northeast, Southeast, National, Alaska | Link | |
| Diesel Emission Reduction Act Grants | EPA |
This program aims to work aggressively to reduce the pollution emitted from diesel engines across the country through the implementation of varied control strategies and aggressive involvement of national, state, and local partners. |
Energy, Health | Individual grants typically range from $100,000 - $300,000 with an average award of $125,000. Larger individual grants typically range from $500,000 - $2 million with an average award of $650,000. | Northwest, Southwest, Midwest, Northeast, Southeast, National, Alaska | Link | |
| EPA Brownfield Grant Program | EPA |
Application deadlines depend on EPA regional office, and grant type. See website for more information. The goal of the program is to “Empower states, communities and other stakeholders to work together in a timely manner to prevent, assess, safely cleanup and sustainably reuse “brownfields”. Brownfields include property that has development limitations based on contamination by a controlled substance. This program funds environmental assessment, clean up and training jobs activities. |
Health | Varies | Northwest, Southwest, Midwest, Northeast, Southeast, National | Link | |
| Local Foods, Local Places | EPA |
Deadline passed as of November 06, 2016. Deadline for 2017 unknown. The Local Foods, Local Places program will provide selected communities planning assistance that centers around a two-day community workshop. At the workshop, a team of experts will help community members develop an implementable action plan that promotes local food and neighborhood revitalization. Eligible applicants include local governments, Indian tribes, and nonprofit institutions and organizations proposing to work in a neighborhood, town, or city of any size anywhere in the United States. We expect that many of the communities we select will be economically challenged and in the early phases of their efforts to promote local foods and community revitalization. |
Economic development, accessibility, farmers, infrastructure development | Unknown | National | Link | |
| Building the Capacity of Tribes to Address the Health Impacts of Climate Change | EPA |
Deadline passed as of July 15, 2016. Deadline for 2016 unkown. This notice announces the availability of funds and solicits proposals to enable tribal climate change and health impacts curriculum development and training, web communications, and outreach. |
Curriculum Development, Climate Impacts, Training, Outreach, Climate Education, Capacity Building | $600,000 total funding available | National | Link | |
| Science for Sustainable and Healthy Tribes | EPA |
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program, is seeking applications proposing research on science for sustainable and healthy tribes. This solicitation is focused on research to develop sustainable solutions to environmental problems that affect tribes. The objectives of the awards to be made under this solicitation are to improve understanding of: 1) the health impacts of climate change on tribal populations; and 2) the health impacts of indoor air pollution exposures that derive from or are directly affecting traditional tribal life-ways and cultural practices. In both cases, projects should focus on impacts to vulnerable sub-populations of the Tribal communities. Proposals should also consider sustainable, culturally appropriate and acceptable pollution prevention, and adaptation/mitigation strategies. |
Tribal Health, Adaptation, Mitigation | The total funding available is $6 million; individual projects may be funded for up to $920,000 | Northwest, Southwest, Midwest, Northeast, Southeast, National, Alaska | Link | |
| DERA Tribal RFP | EPA |
Grant deadline unknown for 2016. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is now accepting proposals for the Tribal Clean Diesel Funding Assistance Program FY 2015 funded through the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) program. |
Emissions Reduction, Community Development | Total funds of $1 million | National | Link | |
| EPA Brownfields Technical Assistance, Training, and Research | EPA |
Applications Accecpted Year-Round. The Technical Assistance to Brownfields (TAB) Communities Program helps communities, states, tribes and others understand risks associated with contaminated or potentially contaminated properties, called brownfields, and learn how to assess, safely clean up and sustainably reuse them. EPA funds three organizations—Kansas State University (KSU), the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) and the Center for Creative Land Recycling (CCLR)—to serve as independent sources of technical assistance. Each of these TABs has an extensive network of partners, contractors and other contacts that provides services across the country. They help communities tackle a variety of challenges related to identifying, assessing, cleaning up and redeveloping brownfields. The technical assistance comes at no cost to communities. This makes the TAB program a great resource for small, underserved, rural and other communities that might otherwise struggle to address their brownfields. |
Planning, Brownfields, Environmental Pollutants, Human Health, Infrastructure, Cleanup, Assessment, Urban Restoration | up to $200,000 per applicant | National | Link | |
| Clean Diesel Funding Assistance Program FY 2019 | EPA | 03/06/2019 |
EPA’s Office of Transportation and Air Quality is soliciting applications nationwide for projects that achieve significant reductions in diesel emissions, particularly from fleets operating at or servicing goods movement facilities located in areas designated as having poor air quality. Further, priority for funding will be given to projects which result in outcomes that benefit affected communities, those that engage affected communities with respect to the design and performance of the project, and those which can demonstrate the ability to promote and continue efforts to reduce emissions after the project has ended. |
Energy, Diesel | Varies | Northwest, Southwest, Midwest, Northeast, Southeast, National, Alaska | Link |
| EPA Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act Grant | EPA |
RFP closed for 2016. The EPA is seeking applications for a noncompetitive $50 million grant program to establish and enhance state and tribal response programs. Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) 128(a) response program grants are funded with State and Tribal Assistance Grant (STAG) appropriations. Generally, these response programs address the assessment, cleanup, and redevelopment of brownfields sites with actual or perceived contamination. |
Response program, assessment, redevelopment, cleanup | EPA will consider funding requests up to a maximum of $1.0 million per state or tribe for FY2015. | National | Link | |
| EPA 2018 National Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program | EPA |
2018 Deadline passed on January 26, 2018. Deadline for 2019 Unkown. The National Environmental Information Exchange Network (EN) is an inter-governmental partnership to foster better environmental management and decision-making through increased access to timely and high quality environmental information. For the FY 2018 competitive grant process, the EPA Exchange Network Grant Program is soliciting project proposals that use the Environmental Information Exchange Network (EN) to: • Facilitate sharing environmental data, especially through shared and reusable services. • Streamline data collection and exchanges to improve its timeliness for decision making. • Increase the quality and access to environmental data through discovery, publishing, outbound, and analytical services so it is more useful to environmental managers. • Develop foundational EN shared services (e.g., network security or corporate portals) to reduce burden and avoid costs for co-regulators and the regulated community. • Expand and improve participation in the EN by strengthening the requisite information management and technology capabilities for interested parties to fully participate in the EN. |
Regulatory, Research, Environmental Data | Up to $400,000 | Northwest, Southwest, Midwest, Northeast, Southeast, National, Alaska | Link | |
| EPA Workforce Development and Job Training Grants | EPA |
RFP closed for 2016. The EPA is accepting applications to deliver environmental workforce development and job training programs that recruit, train, and place local, unemployed and under-employed residents with the skills needed to secure full-time employment in the environmental field, with a focus on solid and hazardous waste remediation, environmental health and safety, and wastewater-related training. |
Job program, training and development | up to $200,000 | National | Link | |
| EPA's Office of Water supports the National Tribal Water Council (NTWC) | EPA |
Deadline passed as of August 11, 2016. Deadline for 2017 unknown. EPA's Office of Water supports the National Tribal Water Council (NTWC), composed of tribal governmental representatives, to increase communications, promote sharing of technical information and best management practices for Indian country, raise awareness of tribes on priority water issues, and facilitate tribal input on actions to protect water quality and provide safe drinking water in tribal communities. EPA supports the efforts of the National Tribal Water Council through a multi-year cooperative agreement to a recipient who manages and supports the operations of the Council, and assists in developing and completing products in coordination with the NTWC. Eligible recipients interested in managing the NTWC under this cooperative agreement may apply by submitting applications to EPA for this competitive process. |
intertribal, water health, water rights, water management | Total award $1,100,000. | National | Link | |
| Clean Diesel Tribal Grants | EPA | 04/03/2019 |
EPA’s Office of Transportation and Air Quality is soliciting applications nationwide for Tribal projects that achieve significant reductions in diesel emissions and diesel emissions exposure, particularly from fleets located in areas designated as having poor air quality. EPA anticipates $2 million will be awarded to eligible Tribal applicants. |
air quality, fuel, diesel, reductions, | $2 million dispersed among applicants | National | Link |
| Alaska Tribal Multi-Media Grant Program | EPA |
Grant status unknown. Demonstration Grants range from $5,000 to $30,000 for local environmental projects that improve health and the environment throughout rural Alaska communities |
Health | Primary recipients receive approx. $80K each for a four year period, and sub-award individual demonstration project funding that ranges from $5,000 to $30,000. | Northwest, Alaska | Link | |
| Pollution Prevention Information Network Grant Program (PPIN) | EPA |
RFP Closed for FY 2016. The PPIN grant program funds grants/cooperative agreements that support a national network of P2 information centers that coordinate training and information resources across the nation to minimize any duplication of effort among state programs. The centers offer training and promote new P2 technologies. |
Pollution, Mitigation | $60,000 - $110,000 | National | Link |
