EPA is committed to making it easier for communities to access our grant resources. Here is the calendar of expected 2016 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 2016 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.
Environmental Education Local Grants Program Solicitation Notice for
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number for the competition: 66.951
Description: The purpose of the Environmental Education Local Grants Program is to support locally-focused environmental education projects that increase public awareness and knowledge about environmental issues and provide the skills that participants in its funded projects need to make informed environmental decisions and take responsible actions toward the environment.
Contact: Karen Scott, scott.karen@epa.gov or eegrants@epa.gov
Read more about this program: Environmental Education (EE) Grants
Tribal Technical Assistance for Brownfields
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number for the competition: 66.814
Description: EPA’s Brownfields program provides grants and technical assistance to communities, states, tribes, and other stakeholders, giving them the resources they need to prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse brownfields. Cleaning up and reinvesting in these properties protects the environment, reduces blight, and takes development pressures off greenspaces and working lands. EPA’s Land Revitalization program works with communities, states, non-profits and other stakeholders to develop and test sustainable approaches for the reuse of formerly contaminated properties.
Contact: Rachel Lentz, 202-566-2745, lentz.rachel@epa.gov
Read more about this program: Types of Brownfields Grant Funding
Region 1 - 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, 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:
- Target resources to benefit communities at risk.
- Assess, understand, and reduce environmental and human health risks.
- Increase collaboration through partnerships and community-based projects.
- Build institutional and community capacity to understand and solve environmental and human health problems.
- Advance emergency preparedness and ecosystem resilience.
- Achieve measurable environmental and human health benefits.
Contact: Sandy Brownell, 617-917-1797, brownell.sandra@epa.gov
Read more about this program: Healthy Communities Grant Program
Source Reduction Assistance (SRA) Grant Program
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number for the competition: 66.717
Description: SRA grants support projects that enhance or promote pollution prevention/source reduction and resource conservation as they relate to three national emphasis areas: 1) Climate Change Mitigation/Prevention of Greenhouse Gas Emissions, 2) Food Manufacturing and 3) State or Community Approaches to Hazardous Materials Source Reduction. Surveys, studies, research, investigation, experimentation, education, training and/or innovative practices need to be used to carry out SRA projects.
Contact: Michele Amhaz, 202-564-8857, amhaz.michele@epa.gov
Read more about this program: Grant Programs for Pollution Prevention
Brownfields Area-Wide Planning
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number for the competition: 66.814
Description: EPA’s Brownfields and Land Revitalization program provides grants to eligible entities (such as local governments, certain quasi-governmental organizations, nonprofit organizations, tribes, states, etc) to conduct research and technical assistance activities that will enable them to develop an area-wide plan for brownfields assessment, cleanup, subsequent reuse and relevant project area revitalization strategies. Applicants must focus on a specific project area (such as a neighborhood, downtown, local commercial or industrial corridor, community waterfront, etc) affected by one or more brownfields.
Contact: Aimee Storm, 202-566-0633, storm.aimee@epa.gov
Read more about this program: Types of Brownfields Grant Funding
Brownfields Assessment and Cleanup Grants
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number for the competition: 66.818
Description: EPA’s Brownfields program provides grants and technical assistance to communities, states, tribes, and other stakeholders, giving them the resources they need to prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse brownfields. Cleaning up and reinvesting in these properties protects the environment, reduces blight, and takes development pressures off greenspaces and working lands. EPA’s Land Revitalization program works with communities, states, non-profits and other stakeholders to develop and test sustainable approaches for the reuse of formerly contaminated properties.
Contact: Jerry Minor-Gordon, 617-918-1312, minor-gordon.jerry@epa.gov
Read more about this program: Types of Brownfields Grant Funding
Environmental Justice Small Grant Program
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number for the competition: 66.604
Description: The Environmental Justice Small Grant (EJSG) Program provides 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.
Contact: Sheila Lewis, 202-564-0152, lewis.sheila@epa.gov
Read more about this program: Environmental Justice Small Grants 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
- 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: Surabhi Shah, 202-564-3833, shah.surabhi@epa.gov
Read more about this program: Urban Waters
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 allow nonprofit and other eligible organizations to recruit, train, and place predominantly low-income and minority, unemployed and under-employed people living in areas affected by solid and hazardous waste. Residents learn the skills needed to secure full-time, sustainable employment in the environmental field, including assessment and cleanup. These green jobs reduce environmental contamination and build more sustainable futures for communities.
Contact: Joe Bruss, 202-566-2772, bruss.joseph@epa.gov or Rachel Congdon, 617-918-1337, congdon.rachel@epa.gov
Read more about this program: Types of Brownfields Grant Funding
