Staffing for Adequate Fire & Emergency Response Grants |
FEMA |
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Deadline past 2018. Deadline unknown for 2019. The Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Grants (SAFER) was created to provide funding directly to fire departments and volunteer firefighter interest organizations to help them increase or maintain the number of trained, "front line" firefighters available in their communities. The goal of SAFER is to enhance the local fire departments' abilities to comply with staffing, response and operational standards established by the NFPA (NFPA 1710 and/or NFPA 1720).
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firefighters, staffing, capacity building, training |
Varies |
National |
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Flood Mitigation Assistance Program |
FEMA |
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Deadline passed. Most recent deadline: January 28, 2022. FY 2021 Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities and Flood Mitigation Assistance Notices of Funding Opportunities. FEMA released the BRIC and FMA Notices of Funding Opportunities (NOFOs) on Aug. 9, 2021. The NOFOs are posted on grants.gov and provides detailed program information and other grant application and administration requirements. The application period to apply for fiscal year 2021 (FY 2021) will open on Sept. 30, 2021, and close at 3 p.m. Eastern Time on Jan. 28, 2022. Learn more and apply here.
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Flood mitigation, disaster mitigation, infrastructure, development, community |
Varies |
National |
Link |
Individual and Community Preparedness Awards |
FEMA |
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Deadline passed as of June 6, 2017. Deadline for 2018 unknown.The awards highlight innovative local practices and achievements by honoring individuals, organizations, and jurisdictions that have made outstanding contributions toward strengthening their community to prepare for, respond to and recover from a disaster. If you have taken action to prepare your community for disasters, here is your chance to receive national recognition for your effort
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social justice, environmental justice, community engagement, support, disaster preparedness, planning, management |
Varies. |
National |
Link |
Hazard Mitigation Assistance Programs |
FEMA |
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Recent Deadline: 1/29/2021. FEMA's hazard mitigation assistance provides funding for eligible mitigation measures that reduce disaster losses. Mitigation planning breaks the cycle of disaster damage, reconstruction and repeated damage. Hazard mitigation includes long-term solutions that reduce the impact of disasters in the future. FEMA Hazard Mitigation Assistance has five grant programs.
- Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP). Assists in implementing long-term hazard mitigation planning and projects following a Presidential major disaster declaration.
- Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) Program. Provides funds for planning and projects to reduce or eliminate risk of flood damage to buildings that are insured annually under the National Flood Insurance Program.
- Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) Program. Provides funds annually for hazard mitigation planning and projects.
- HMGP Post Fire Grant. Assistance available to help communities implement hazard mitigation measures after wildfire disasters.
- Building Resilient Infastructure and Communities (BRIC). Support for states, local communities, tribes and territories as they undertake hazard mitigation projects, reducing the risks they face from disasters and natural hazards.
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Adaptation, Research, Mitigation, Water, Disaster, Emergency Management, Land, Fire, Flood |
Varies |
Northwest, Southwest, Midwest, Northeast, Southeast, National, Alaska |
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The FY 2018 Assistance to Firefighter Grants (AFG) |
FEMA |
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Deadline Passed 10/26/2018. Deadline Unknown for 2019. The purpose of the AFG Program is to enhance the safety of the public and firefighters with respect to fire and fire-related hazards. The program provides direct financial assistance to eligible fire departments, nonaffiliated emergency medical service (EMS) organizations, and State Fire Training Academies (SFTA). The funds provide critically needed resources that equip and train emergency personnel to recognized standards, enhance operational efficiencies, foster interoperability, and support community resilience.
In awarding grants, the Administrator of FEMA is required to consider the following:
- The findings and recommendations of the Technical Evaluation Panel (TEP).
- The degree to which an award will reduce deaths, injuries, and property damage by reducing the risks associated with fire related and other hazards.
- The extent of an applicant’s need for an AFG grant and the need to protect the United States as a whole.
- The number of calls requesting or requiring a firefighting or emergency medical response received by an applicant.
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fire-related hazards, emergency preparedness, public safety, firefighters |
up to $126,000 |
National |
Link |
FDPIR Program Nutrition Education Grants |
FDPIR, USDA |
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Deadline Passed April 30, 2019. Deadline Unknown for 2020. Since 2008, FNS awards funding for nutrition education projects through Food Distribution Program Nutrition Education (FDPNE) grants each fiscal year. Indian Tribal Organizations (ITOs) and State agencies (SAs) that are current FDPIR allowance holders (have a direct agreement with FNS to administer FDPIR) are eligible to apply for funds to conduct projects that provide nutrition information and services to FDPIR participants. The Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 SNAP Education Plan Guidance is the basis for FDPNE nutrition, gardening, and physical activities
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food, nutrition, distribution. gardening |
Ceiling $220,000
Floor $2,000 |
National |
Link |
Integrating Human Health and Well-Being with Ecosystem Services |
EPA, Sustainable and Healthy Communities (SHC) Research Program |
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Unknown for 2017. Specifically, this research examines how communities can integrate ecosystem services with human health and well-being to inform their decision making and management practices. This RFA aims to develop information that allows communities to integrate environmental, societal and economic information and to better manage multiple stressors and their cumulative impacts on humans and ecosystems. The ultimate goal is to help communities achieve their own objectives while taking advantage of more relevant and accessible information about ecosystem services.
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Community Development, Community Resilience, Climate Resilience, Public Health, Management, Ecosystem Services. |
Up to a total of $600,000 for regular awards and $400,000 for early-career awards, including direct and indirect costs, with a maximum duration of three years. |
National. |
Link |
Village Safe Water Program/Alaska Native Village and Rural Communities Program |
EPA, State-funded |
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The Village Safe Water Program provides technical and financial support to communities to design and construct water and wastewater systems. It is meant to assist Alaska Native Villages and Alaska rural communities with the construction of new or improved drinking water and wastewater systems. This funding can also be used to provide training and technical assistance in the operations and maintenance of these systems.
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Water, Natural Resources, Education |
Varies |
Northwest, Alaska |
Link |
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program: Environmental Technology Developers |
EPA, SBIR |
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Deadline passed as of October 20, 2016. Deadline for 2017 unknown. The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) mission is to protect human health and the environment. EPA’s SBIR Program supports small businesses (500 or fewer employees) to develop and commercialize novel environmental technologies that support this mission.
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small business, economy, technology, development, information, |
Approximately 18 Phase I firm-fixed price contract awards for $100,000 for "proof of concept" |
United States |
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EPA Building Blocks for Sustainable Communities Program |
EPA, NGO |
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Smart Growth America and Global Green USA are soliciting applications for technical assistance, which is available under grants EPA awarded to these two organizations through the Office of Sustainable Communities' Building Blocks for Sustainable Communities grant program. (Listen to the November 6 webinar about both offerings.) Global Green USA's technical assistance is based on the LEED for Neighborhood Development standard, which provides a nationally recognized method for creating neighborhoods that are walkable, bikeable, resource-efficient, and equitable. At the conclusion of the assistance, the team will provide recommendations for both physical and policy changes that can enhance neighborhood sustainability.
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Sustainable Development, infrastructure, planning, policy, climate change |
Grant provides assistance as opposed to cash |
National, Northwest, Northeast, Southwest, Southeast, Midwest, Alaska |
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Clean Water Indian Set-Aside Grant Program |
EPA, IHS |
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Applications accepted continuously. The CWISA program provides funding for wastewater infrastructure to American Indian Tribes and Alaska Native Villages. Funds may be used for planning, design, and construction of wastewater collection and treatment systems. The CWISA program is administered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in cooperation with the Indian Health Service (IHS) Sanitation Facilities Construction program.
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Water |
Varies; average $300,000, grants have been awarded between $16,000 and $1,600,000 |
Northwest, Southwest, Midwest, Northeast, Southeast, National, Alaska |
Link |
Tribal Training and Outreach Support for the American Indian Air Quality Training Program |
EPA, AIAQTP, R&IEL |
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Grant deadline unknown for 2016. This notice announces the availability of funds and solicits applications from eligible entities to provide tribal training, technical and outreach support for the American Indian Air Quality Training Program. The American Indian Air Quality Training Program (AIAQTP) provides workshop training, internships and technical support to tribal governments seeking to investigate, develop and establish air quality management programs for lands under their jurisdiction and provides opportunity for American Indian students to pursue environmental careers in the field of air quality management. The Tribal Air Monitoring Support Center is a component of the AIAQTP, and is a partnership effort between the selected grant recipient and EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation, hosted by the Radiation and Indoor Environments National (R&IEL) laboratory in Las Vegas, to provide a full spectrum of technical support to tribes undertaking air quality monitoring and related activities.
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workshop training, technical support, internships, Air Quality |
Up to $1,600,000 |
National, Las Vegas |
Link |
Environmental Education Local Grants |
EPA Region 10 |
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Deadline Passed 01/06/2020. Deadline Unknown for 2020. The purpose of the Environmental Education Local Grants Program in Region 10 is to support locally-focused environmental education projects that increase public awareness and knowledge about environmental and conservation issues and provide the skills that participants in its funded projects need to make informed decisions and take responsible actions toward the environment.
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Environmental Education, stewardship, public awareness, conservation |
$50,000-$100,000 |
National. |
Link |
Tribal Clean Diesel Funding Assistance Program FY 2018 |
EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality |
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Deadline Passed 04/03/2019. Deadline Unknown for 2020. EPA’s Office of Transportation and Air Quality (OTAQ) is soliciting proposals nationwide for projects that achieve significant reductions in diesel emissions in terms of tons of pollution produced by diesel engines and diesel emissions exposure, particularly from fleets 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.
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emissions, alternative energy, sustainability, climate adaptation, air quality |
Awards will range from $0-$800,000. |
United States |
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EPA Indoor Air and Climate Change Funding Opportunity |
EPA |
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This RFA seeks to understand the health effects from climate change mediated by indoor environments. A specific interest is the evaluation of adaptation guidelines, such as energy-saving building modifications, from a health perspective. Additional optional goals are 1) the understanding of behavioral adaptations, e. g. time spent outdoors, or use of natural ventilation and 2) extension of building ventilation models to newer energy-efficient buildings and evaluation of existing models against independent data sets.
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Health, Infrastructure, Research |
$500,000-$1,000,000 |
Northwest, Southwest, Northeast, Southeast, National, Alaska, Midwest |
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Region 10 Indian Environmental General Assistance Program |
EPA |
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Recent Deadline: 1/29/2021 EPA provides GAP financial and technical assistance to tribal governments and intertribal consortia to assist tribes in planning, developing, and establishing the capacity to implement federal environmental programs administered by the EPA and to assist in implementation of tribal solid and hazardous waste programs in accordance with applicable provisions of law, including the Solid Waste Disposal Act (commonly known as the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, or RCRA). As described in the GAP Guiding Principles, this support promotes tribal government efforts to develop core environmental program capacities (administrative, financial management, information management, environmental baseline needs assessment, public education/communication, legal, and technical/analytical) and baseline capacities for media-specific programs (e.g., ambient air quality, water quality, managing waste, and other EPA-administered statutory programs).
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Adaptation, Regulatory, Environmental Justice, Natural Resources, Conservation, Health |
$75,000 - $125,000 per year. Tribes with large reservations may request a higher level of funding. |
Northwest, Alaska |
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Smart Growth Implementation Assistance (SGIA) Program |
EPA |
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Communities receive direct technical assistance from team of national experts in one of two areas: policy analysis (e.g., reviewing state and local codes, school siting guidelines,transportation policies, etc.) or public participatory processes (e.g., visioning, design workshops, alternative analysis, build-out analysis, etc.). The assistance is tailored to the community's unique situation and priorities. EPA provides the assistance through a contractor team –not a grant. Through a multiple-day site visit and a detailed final report, the multi-disciplinary teams provide information to help the community achieve its goal of encouraging growth that fosters economic progress and environmental protection.
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Infrastructure, Smart Growth |
Competitive program in which awardees receive technical assistance from experts; no funds dispersed |
Northwest, Southwest, Midwest, Northeast, Southeast, National, Alaska |
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Urban Waters Small Grants |
EPA |
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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.
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Water, urban communities, community revitalization |
Up to $60,000 per award |
Unknown |
Link |
EPA Region 4 Wetlands Program Development Grants |
EPA |
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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
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Conservation, Wetlands, Scientific Data |
$100,000-$250,000 |
EPA region 4; South; Southeast |
Link |
Clean Diesel Tribal Grants |
EPA |
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Deadline Passed 04/03/2019. Deadline Unknown for 2020. 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.
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air quality, fuel, diesel, reductions, |
$2 million dispersed among applicants |
National |
Link |
Local Foods, Local Places |
EPA |
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Past Deadline: November 13, 2020. 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.
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Economic development, accessibility, farmers, infrastructure development |
Unknown |
National |
Link |
Drivers and Environmental Impacts of Energy Transitions in Underserved Communities |
EPA |
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Deadline passed. Most recent deadline: April 28, 2022. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program, is seeking applications proposing community-engaged research that will address the drivers and environmental impacts of energy transitions in underserved communities. For purposes of this competition and the evaluation of applications, “underserved communities” refers to populations sharing a particular characteristic, as well as geographic communities, that have been systematically denied a full opportunity to participate in aspects of economic, social, and civic life, including people of color, low income, rural, tribal, indigenous, and other populations that may be disproportionately impacted by environmental harms and risks. Learn more and apply here.
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Energy transitions, community-engaged research, underserved communities, environmental justice |
Up to a total of $1,125,000 per regular award, and up to a total of $650,000 per early career award, including direct and indirect costs, with a maximum duration of four years. |
National |
Link |
EPA Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act Grant |
EPA |
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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.
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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 |
Tribal Support for Participation in the National Environmental Information Exchange Network |
EPA |
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Deadline Passed 02/22/2019. Deadline Unknown for 2020. This notice announces the availability of funds and solicits applications from eligible organizations to provide the outreach and technical assistance necessary to increase tribal participation in the National Environmental Exchange Network (EN), which is an element of E-Enterprise for the Environment (EE). The EN is an Internet-based system used by state, tribal and territorial partners to securely share environmental and health information with one another and EPA. The objective of the cooperative agreement is to strengthen the data and information technology (IT) management skills of tribes so they can fully participate in innovative technology efforts of the EN, and incorporate data schema, software, and services developed by EN partnerships into their environmental management programs.
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technical assistance, information exchange, environment, health, information technology, management |
up to $1,500,000 |
National |
Link |
EPA Healthy Communities Grant Program--Northeast |
EPA |
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The Healthy Communities Grant Program is EPA New England’s main competitive grant program to work directly with communities to reduce environmental risks, protect and improve human health and improve the quality of life. The Healthy Communities Grant Program will achieve this through identifying and funding projects that: 1) Target resources to benefit communities at risk [areas at risk from climate change impacts, areas impacted by stormwater run-off, environmental justice areas of potential concern, urban areas and sensitive populations (e.g. children, elderly, tribes, and others at increased risk)]; 2) Assess, understand, and reduce environmental and human health risks; 3) Increase collaboration through community-based projects; 4) Build institutional and community capacity to understand and solve environmental and human health problems; 5) Advance emergency preparedness and resilience; 6) Achieve measurable environmental and human health benefits. In order to qualify as eligible projects under the Healthy Communities Grant Program, proposted projects must take place within New England states and must meet several criteria including: (1) Be located in and/or directly benefit one or more of the Target Investment Areas; and (2) Identify how the proposed project will achieve measurable environmental and/or public health results in one or more of the Target Program Areas
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Human Health, Risk Mitigation |
$25,000 ceiling |
Northeast |
Link |
EPA Workforce Development and Job Training Grants |
EPA |
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Deadline passed on September 22, 2020. This notice announces the availability of funds and solicits applications from eligible entities, including nonprofit organizations, 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. While Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training Grants require training in brownfield assessment and/or cleanup activities, these grants also require that Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) training be provided to all individuals being trained. EPA encourages applicants to develop their curricula based on local labor market assessments and employers’ hiring needs, while also delivering comprehensive training that results in graduates securing multiple certifications.
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Job program, training and development |
up to $200,000 |
National |
Link |
EPA Region 7 Wetland Program Development Grants |
EPA |
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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.
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Wetland Conservation, Water Pollution |
Varies |
Midwest |
Link |
Pollution Prevention Information Network Grant Program (PPIN) |
EPA |
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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.
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Pollution, Mitigation |
$60,000 - $110,000 |
National |
Link |
National Indoor Environments Program: Reducing Public Exposure to Indoor Pollutants |
EPA |
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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.
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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 Source Reduction Assistance Grant Program |
EPA |
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Source Reduction Assistance (SRA) grants fund innovative 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. In keeping with the statutory authorities under this program, SRA grant projects must use one or more of the following technical assistance methods to carry out source reduction/P2 activities: a) research, b) investigation, c) experiments, d) education, e) training, f) studies and/or g) demonstration of innovative techniques.
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pollution prevention, waste prevention, research, education, training, hazardous materials |
$20,000-$260,000 issued over a two-year funding period |
National |
Link |