EPA is committed to making it easier for communities to access our grant resources. Here is the calendar of expected 2015 competitive grant opportunities that may be of particular interest to communities. We will update this information periodically as needed.
Grant programs with open solicitations or that expect to have open solicitations in 2015 are noted in the table below. To learn more about each program, (e.g., details on focus areas, eligible applicants and funding amounts), visit the specific program link.
REGION 5 - Food Waste Prevention or Reduction in Schools
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number for the competition: 66.808
Description: Projects should involve identifying the most significant sources of food wastes in public schools and key barriers to preventing or reducing the food waste, recommending strategies or innovative approaches for addressing the barriers and evaluating or demonstrating at least one of the recommended strategies or approaches in at least one public school.
Contact: Susan Vescovi (vescovi.susan@epa.gov); 312-886-6713
Read more about this program: The Food Recovery Hierarchy
Tribal Training and Outreach Support for the American Indian Air Quality Training Program
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number for the competition: 66.037
Description: 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.
Contact: Pat Childers (childers.pat@epa.gov); 202-564-1082
Read more about this program: Tribal Air
Source Reduction Assistance (SRA) Grant Program
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number for the competition: 66.717
Description: SRA awards support pollution prevention through source reduction and resource conservation work. Applicants must demonstrate new or innovative techniques for education or training to promote pollution prevention and source reduction efforts.
Contact: Michele Amhaz (amhaz.michele@epa.gov); 202-564-8857
Read more about this program: Source Reduction Assistance Grant Program
Support for the Five Star Restoration Training Grant
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number for the competition: 66.462
Description: The applicant under this Request for Proposal (RFP) will solicit, award and administer challenge subgrants of between $20,000 and $50,000 to schools, local governments, youth corps, conservation organizations and others through the Five Star Restoration Training Grant Program. These subgrants will provide financial assistance to support community-based wetlands and riparian restoration projects that educate and train local citizens, build diverse partnerships, foster local natural resource stewardship and provide other socio-economic benefits. The Five Star Restoration Training Grant Program is an innovative, competitive program to promote environmental education and training through community-based wetlands, riparian corridor and coastal habitat restoration projects. This program will greatly benefit communities nationwide.
Contact: Myra Price (price.myra@epa.gov); 202-566-1225
Read more about this program: 5 Star Restoration Program
Healthy Communities Grant Program
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number for the competition: 66.110
Description: The Healthy Communities Grant Program is EPA New England's main competitive grant program to work directly with communities to reduce environmental risks to protect and improve human health and the quality of life.
Contact: Sandy Brownell (brownell.sandra@epa.gov); 617-917-1797
Read more about this program: Healthy Communities Grant Program
Indoor Air Quality Public Service Advertising Campaign
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number for the competition: 66.043
Description: The goal of EPA’s Indoor Environments Program is to reduce the environmental health risks posed by contaminants in indoor environments. This is achieved first through the use of sound science to gain a better understanding of environmental health risks as well as effective prevention and control methods. This knowledge is then used to promote appropriate environmental risk reduction activities through voluntary actions by the general public and key stakeholders to improve indoor air quality.
Contact: Annette Johnson (johnson.annette@epa.gov); 202-343-9489
Read more about this program: Indoor AIr Quality
Clean Diesel Funding Assistance Programs FY2015
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number for the competition: 66.039
Description: EPA’s Office of Transportation and Air Quality 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 operating at or servicing goods movement facilities located in areas designated as having poor air quality. Further, priority for funding may be given to projects which result in outcomes that benefit affected communities, those that engage local 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.
Contact: Faye Swift (swift.faye@epa.gov); 202-343-9147
Read more about this program: DERA National Funding Asssistance Program
Urban Waters Small Grants
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number for the competition: 66.440
Description: The Urban Waters Program seeks to help communities, especially underserved communities, connect to their waterways and engage in restoration to improve water quality and, at the same time, revitalize their neighborhoods. The goal of the Urban Waters Small Grants (UWSG) program is to fund:
- research
- investigations
- experiments
- training
- surveys
- studies and
- demonstrations
that will advance the restoration of urban waters by improving water quality through community-driven activities that also support local priorities. 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.
Contact: Ji-Sun Yi (yi.ji-sun@epa.gov); 202-566-0730
Read more about this program: Urban Waters
Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving Cooperative Agreement Program
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number for the competition: 66.306
Description: The Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving (EJCPS) Cooperative Agreement Program provides funding for eligible applicants for projects that address local environmental and/or public health issues within an affected community. The EJCPS Program is designed to help communities understand and address exposure to multiple environmental harms and risks.
Contact: Sheila Lewis (oejgrants@epa.gov); 202-564-0152
Read more about this program: EJ Collaborative Problem-Solving Cooperative Agreements Program
Brownfields Training, Research and Technical Assistance Grants
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number for the competition: 66.814
Description: Grant funds awarded to eligible entities to provide research, training and technical assistance to communities facing brownfields cleanup and revitalization challenges. Expected focus areas of this announcement include: 1) technical assistance to environmental workforce development and job training grantees, 2) technical assistance on the integration of environmental justice and equitable development for brownfields-impacted communities, 3) research on the benefits of brownfields redevelopment, and 4) technical assistance on brownfields financing and economic development strategies to brownfields-impacted communities.
Contact: Joe Bruss (bruss.joseph@epa.gov; 202-566-2772
Read more about this program: Training, Research and Technical Assistance Grants
Environmental Education Model and Sub-Grant Program
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number for the competition: 66.951
Description: This grant program provides financial support for projects that design, demonstrate, and/or disseminate environmental education practices, methods, or techniques that will serve as models that can be replicated in a variety of settings.
Contact: Karen Scott (scott.karen@epa.gov); 202-564-0453
Read more about this program: Environmental Education Grants
Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training Grants Program
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number for the competition: 66.815
Description: Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training grants, competed on annual basis, allow nonprofit organizations and eligible governmental entities the ability to recruit, train and place unemployed and under-employed, including low-income and minority, residents of solid and hazardous waste-affected communities. Individuals recruited by grantees into these training programs have the opportunity to gain skills and certifications needed to secure full-time, sustainable employment in the environmental field. Applicants develop their own training curricula that could include training in:
- brownfields assessment and cleanup
- Superfund cleanup
- leaking underground storage tank removal
- wastewater treatment
- emergency response
- oil spill cleanup
- chemical safety
- renewable energy installation
- integrated pest management,
- other environmental skills.
Contact: Joe Bruss (bruss.joseph@epa.gov); 202-566-2772
Read more about this program: Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training
