General EPA Grants Information

We recommend that you first visit the website at www.grants.gov/ to search for federal government-wide grant opportunities for which you are eligible. Once you have located an environmentally-related grant opportunity, you may begin the application process. Be sure to make a note of the Funding Opportunity and/or Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awards financial assistance to eligible organizations for specific environmental projects or purposes. The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (see “Links to Other Related Information” on our web page) provides detailed information regarding EPA grant programs, including eligibility requirements, types of projects to be funded, available grant amounts, etc. If you meet the criteria for an EPA assistance program and wish to apply for a grant, you must fill out an application and forward it to the appropriate EPA office. Your application will be evaluated, and if it meets EPA standards, a grant may be awarded to your organization to fund the project.

EPA grant funds are available under two broad categories:

Continuing Program Grants are baseline grant programs awarded primarily to state, local and tribal governments. These grants are available under specific statutes (such as Clean Air Act Section 105, Clean Water Act Section 106, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Section 3011) or under a combination of these programs into a Performance Partnership Grant. The purpose of these grants is to help support ongoing state and tribal environmental programs, such as air, water, and waste.
Project Grants are available to a broader range of recipients for a wide spectrum of Agency priorities such as pollution prevention, watershed planning, environmental justice, and environmental education. These project grants change from year to year and some of them are managed by EPA HQ in Washington, DC.

The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance is a government-wide compendium of financial and nonfinancial assistance programs administered by the Federal government.

For a complete listing of the grant programs administered by EPA, please access the CFDA website at: http://12.46.245.173/pls/portal30/CATALOG.BROWSE_AGENCY_RPT.show

Below is information about some of EPA Region 4's project grants:

Brownfields Grant

Pollution Prevention Grants

EMPACT Grants (Environmental Monitoring for Public Access and Community Tracking)

Environmental Education Grants

Environmental Justice Grants

Nonpoint Source Grants

Wetlands Grants

Special Appropriations Grants

Environmental Finance Program

Tips on Writing a Grant Proposal and Estimating Your Budget:

http://www.epa.gov/ogd/recipient/tips.htm

EPA Grant-Writing Tutorial

An interactive software tool walks the user through the grant-writing process and helps them learn how to write more competitive grants.

How to contact the EPA Region 4 Grants Office:

Grants and IAG Section

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Atlanta Federal Center

61 Forsyth Street

Atlanta, GA 30303-8960

phone: 404-562-8400

fax: 404-562-8413

Section Chief

Elaine Curles

404-562-8364

curles.elaine@epa.gov

Terry Dempsey, Grants Disputes Officer

404-562-8419

dempsey.terry@epa.gov

Audit (OIG/GAO Liaison)

Operations Team A

Ralph Robinson – Team Leader

404-562-8418

robinson.ralph@epa.gov

GA continuing program & other state-based grants
Special initiatives
Policy development/review
Regulation interpretation

Sharonita Johnson, Grants Specialist

404-562-8311

johnson.sharonita@epa.gov

MS continuing program & other state-based grants
Brownfields Job Training grants
SF Technical Assistance Grants
Interagency Agreements – Waste Division

Barbara Strother, Grants Specialist

404-562-8230

strother.barbara@epa.gov

TN continuing program & other state-based grants
Tribal grants (all programs)

Keva Lloyd, Grants Specialist

404-562-8420

lloyd.keva@epa.gov

Brownfields grants (except Brownfields job training)
KY continuing program & other state-based grants

Connie Rutland, Grants Specialist

404-562-8301

rutland.connie@epa.gov

Environmental Justice Grants
GA Surveys, Studies, Investigations, Training, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose grants
GA Special Appropriations grants
Chemical Preparedness grants

Imogene Smith, Grants Clerk (SEE) – AL, FL, GA & MS

404-562-8412

smith.imogene@epa.gov

Operations Team B

Shirley Grayer, Team Leader

404-562-8416

grayer.shirley@epa.gov