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Archived Grants
Archived grants are a list of EPA Funding Opportunities and Other Opportunities that were announced and have expired.
| 2010 Grants |
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| 8th Annual P3 Awards: A National Student Design Competition for Sustainability Focusing on People, Prosperity and the Planet EPA, as part of the P3 Award Program, is seeking applications proposing to research, develop, and design solutions to real world challenges involving the overall sustainability of human society. The P3 competition highlights the use of scientific principles in creating innovative projects focused on sustainability. The P3 Awards program was developed to foster progress toward sustainability by achieving the mutual goals of economic prosperity, protection of the planet, and improved quality of life for its people-- people, prosperity, and the planet – the three pillars of sustainability. The EPA offers the P3 competition in order to respond to the technical needs of the world while moving towards the goal of sustainability. Please see the P3 website for more details about this program. Deadline: December 22, 2010. Read more... |
| The US-Mexico Border Environmental Education, Outreach and Support Program Funding Opportunity The US EPA Office of Air and Radiation (OAR) has announced a new funding opportunity: the US-Mexico Border Environmental Education, Outreach and Support Program. This program supports environmental education activities designed to reach K-12, undergraduate, and graduate students, and provide training to assist them in pursuing careers in air quality management. The program also works toward increasing awareness and understanding of environmental risks stemming from air pollution and related environmental justice concerns. The target geographic region includes 62.5 miles on either side of the US-Mexico border, spanning over 1,950 miles from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf Coast. Deadline: December 10, 2010. Read more... |
| Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) Fellowships For Undergraduate Environmental Study The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) Fellowships program, is offering Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) undergraduate fellowships for bachelor level students in environmental fields of study. The deadline for receipt of applications is December 9, 2010 ET 4:00 PM for receipt of paper applications, and December 9, 2010, at 11:59:59 PM ET for submittal of electronic applications to Grants.gov. Subject to availability of funding, the Agency plans to award approximately 40 new fellowships by July 29, 2011. Eligible students will receive support for their junior and senior years of undergraduate study and for an internship at an EPA facility during the summer between their junior and senior years. The fellowship provides up to $19,700 per academic year of support and up to $9,500 of support for a three-month summer internship. Deadline: December 9, 2010 Read more... |
| Fall 2011 EPA Science To Achieve Results (STAR) Fellowships For Undergraduate Environmental Study EPA, as part of its Science to Achieve Results program, is offering Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) undergraduate fellowships for bachelor level students in environmental fields of study. The fellowship provides up to $19,700 per academic year of support and up to $9,500 of support for a three-month summer internship. Deadline: December 9, 2010. Read more... |
| The Carl Henry Nacht Fellowship The design, management and enforcement of city streets determine, to a large degree, the health and well-being of its citizenry. New York City’s 6,000 miles of streets and 12,000 miles of sidewalks are 80% of the city’s public space. How we use that space has everything to do with how active, healthy and happy we are everyday. Transportation Alternatives seeks urban minded scholars with adventurous spirits to work with us for a semester on projects to help people rethink their relationship with the built environment, challenge the status quo and unlock the potential of New York City streets to produce healthier, happier citizens. We are looking for future leaders in public health, environmentalism and urban policy and equity. Transportation Alternatives’ mission is to reclaim New York City streets from the automobile and to advocate for bicycling, walking and public transit as the best transportation alternatives. We are building a movement through our advocacy, communications, events and membership. Deadline: Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis, but to be considered for this coming winter 2011 please submit by December 5, 2010. Read more...  |
| Fall 2011 EPA Science To Achieve Results (STAR) Fellowships For Graduate Environmental Study EPA, as part of its Science to Achieve Results program, is offering Graduate Fellowships for master’s and doctoral level students in environmental fields of study. Deadline: November 5, 2010. EPA plans to award approximately 105 new fellowships by June 30, 2011. Master's level students may receive support for a maximum of two years. Doctoral students may be supported for a maximum of three years, usable over a period of five years. The fellowship program provides up to $42,000 per year of support per fellowship. Deadline: November 5, 2010. Read more... |
| FY 2011 National Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program EPA, states, territories, and tribes are working together to develop the Exchange Network (EN), a secure, Internet- and standards-based way to support electronic data reporting, sharing, and integration of both regulatory and non-regulatory environmental data. More information about the Exchange Network is available at www.exchangenetwork.net . Deadline: November 5, 2010. Read more...(PDF) (73pp, 569K, About PDF) |
| NIA Secondary Analyses of Existing Data Sets and Stored Biospecimens to Address Clinical Aging Research Questions (R01) The National Institute on Aging invites applications to support short term projects involving secondary analysis of existing data sets or stored biospecimens, to address clinically-related issues on aging changes influencing health across the life span, and/or on diseases and disabilities in older persons. This funding opportunity announcement will support activities addressing specific hypotheses in clinical aging research and/or to inform the design and implementation of future epidemiologic or human intervention studies, or current geriatric practice in maintenance of health, management of disease, and prevention of disability. Existing data sets may also be used to develop and test new statistical analytical approaches Deadline: November 5, 2010. Read more... |
| Critical Illness and Injury in Aging (R01) Four Institutes of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have joined in soliciting applications designed to study mechanisms and management of critical illness and injury, including trauma and neurotrama, in aging. In recent years there have been important advances in the evaluation and management of critical illnesses and injuries. However, the relationship of critical care and aging remains understudied. The treatment of critical illnesses of elders is frequently simply an extension of the treatments applied to younger adult populations. Given the age-related structural and functional changes associated with age, it is probable that such changes influence that presentation and treatment of illnesses of the elderly. Proposed studies may be mechanistic, observational or interventional in nature. Deadline: November 5, 2010. Read more... |
| Subjective Well-being: Advances in Measurement and Applications to Aging (R01) Recent studies have advanced understanding of the state of “well-being” and how it might be measured and used as a critical index of economic, social and health policies. Well-being measures are not typically included in clinical trials or epidemiological studies; therefore, we have limited insight as to the comparative effectiveness of behavior and biomedical interventions that might be designed to improve peoples’ lives. This funding opportunity is intended to encourage research that is needed to understand the mechanism and pathway through which elements of subjective well-being (life evaluations; and experiences ranging from joy to misery) influence aging-relevant health outcomes. Deadline: November 3, 2010. Read more... |
| Indoor Environments: Reducing Public Exposure to Indoor Pollutants -- EPA Region 9 EPA Region 9 is soliciting proposals from eligible entities for projects in Region IX to support demonstration, training, outreach and/or education projects to reduce exposure to indoor pollutants for K-12 schools and homes. These projects are expected to achieve environmental results in one or more indoor air quality priority areas as outlined in Section I.B. of this Request for Proposals (RFP). Proposals may address more than one area. Projects funded under this RFP must be carried out within the jurisdiction of EPA Region 9, which consists of the states of California, Arizona, Hawaii, Nevada, and the Pacific Islands (U.S. territories of Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and other unincorporated U.S. Pacific possessions). EPA Region 9 is the lead region for the Navajo Nation; accordingly, this RFP addresses work anywhere in the Navajo Nation regardless of state boundaries. Proposals will be accepted from private and public universities and colleges, states, local governments, hospitals, laboratories, Indian Tribes, territories and possessions of the U.S., international organizations, and other public and private non-profit organizations. Deadline: October 18, 2010. Read more... |
| Bed Bug Education/Outreach and Environmental Justice Grants—Request for Applications The Office of Pesticide Programs, within EPA’s Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, is soliciting applications for states and tribes to strengthen their ability to address bed bug infestations in communities disproportionately exposed to environmental harms and risks. The projects supported through these grants are designed to build broad, results-oriented partnerships for education and outreach programs to reduce bed bug infestations in communities disproportionately exposed to environmental risks. Awards are intended to support a diverse set of outreach and education projects, which are designed to be replicable in other communities facing similar challenges. Eligible applicants include the 50 States, District of Columbia, U.S. Virgin Islands, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, any territory or possession of the United States, any agency or instrumentality of a state including state universities, and all federally recognized Indian tribal governments. Deadline: October 18, 2010. Read more...(PDF) |
| Sleep and Social Environment: Basic Biopsychosocial Processes (R01) The National Institutes of Health’s Basic Behavioral and Social Science Opportunity Network invites applications concerned with the reciprocal interactions between sleep and behavioral and functional health. There is considerable need for better understanding of the dynamic relationships between behavioral and social environmental factors, on the one hand, and the basic circadian regulation and functions of sleep, on the other hand. Human or animal studies that address either (1) the biological sequelae of changes in patterns of sleep duration and timing as related to determinants in the social environment or (2) the dynamics of the social interactions of individuals as influenced by sleep and circadian rhythms, are encouraged. Deadline: October 8, 2010. Read more... |
| Regional and International Differences in Health and Longevity at Older Ages (R01) The National Institute on Aging invites applications for support of research aimed at answering questions such as: (1) why is life expectancy in the US, as measured either from birth or from age 65, less than in other industrialized nations?; (2) why do health and longevity vary widely across geographical areas of the United States? Those disparities cannot be explained by race, income or access to basic health care. Applications that propose using existing datasets, new data collection, development of innovative survey measures and other approaches are encouraged. Deadline: October 14, 2010. Read more... |
| Environmental Justice Cooperative Agreements in Support of Communities Directly Affected by the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico EPA is accepting proposals for up to eight $25,000 cooperative agreements to support the protection of human health and the environment in communities affected by the BP oil spill. Local incorporated non-profit community-based organizations—including faith based organizations and those affiliated with religious institutions, environmental justice networks, and local Native American tribal governments—located and working in areas within affected states, are eligible to apply. EPA developed the grant program after meeting with local organizations in the Gulf Region and learning that there was a need for technical assistance to support educational outreach to communities affected by the BP oil spill. The grants will provide funding to help develop educational materials on what seafood is safe to eat, what to do if exposed to oil, and how to address and adapt to the spill’s long-term effects. Providing grant funding directly to local organizations will help to ensure that information is distributed through trusted networks of communication and from organizations that will continue to support efforts to rebuild in the wake of disaster. Organizations that are able to provide accurate and current information to a wide geographic area in the affected region are encouraged to apply by October 4, 2010. To read the request for proposals and for information on how to apply: Read more... |
| Proposal Guidelines for Brownfields Assessment Grants The Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act ("Brownfields Law", P.L. 107-118) requires the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to publish guidance to assist applicants in preparing proposals for grants to assess and clean up brownfield sites. EPA’s Brownfields Program provides funds to empower states, communities, tribes, and nonprofits to prevent, inventory, assess, clean up, and reuse brownfield sites. EPA provides brownfields funding for three types of grants-- Brownfields Assessment, Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund (RLF), and Brownfields Cleanup Grants. Under these guidelines, EPA is seeking proposals for Assessment Grants only. Deadline: Oct. 15, 2010. Read more... |
| Proposal Guidelines for Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund Grants The Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act ("Brownfields Law", P.L. 107-118) requires the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to publish guidance to assist applicants in preparing proposals for grants to assess and clean up brownfield sites. EPA's Brownfields Program provides funds to empower states, communities, tribes, and nonprofits to prevent, inventory, assess, clean up, and reuse brownfield sites. EPA provides brownfields funding for three types of grants. 1. Brownfields Assessment Grants – provides funds to inventory, characterize, assess, and conduct planning (including cleanup planning) and community involvement related to brownfield sites. 2. Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) Grants – provides funding for a grant recipient to capitalize a revolving fund and to make loans and provide subgrants to carry out cleanup activities at brownfield sites. 3. Brownfields Cleanup Grants – provides funds to carry out cleanup activities at a specific brownfield site owned by the applicant. Deadline: Oct. 15, 2010. Read more... |
| NIH Understanding and Promoting Health Literacy The National Institutes of Health request applications to conduct studies on the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions. Previous research has linked low health literacy to undesirable outcomes such as poor self-management of chronic diseases, unhealthy behavior, elevated frequency of hospitalizations, higher mortality and poor overall health. Various research approaches are acceptable including basic, methodological and measurement, intervention strategies, public (population) health, and secondary analyses of existing data sets. Deadlines: October 5, 2010. Read more... |
| NIH Diet Composition and Energy Balance Several Institutes of the NIH are interested in receiving research proposals that will lead to improvements in the quality of measurements of diets and dietary intake and physical activity as they relate to body weight and excessive weight. Innovative proposals are sought that deal with: instruments and their evaluation; improved technology; tools for assessment of culturally-diverse populations; statistical methods for eliminating or correcting errors or biases; and other topics. Deadlines: October 5, 2010. Read more... |
| NIH Improving Diet and Physical Activity Assessment Several Institutes of the NIH are interested in receiving research proposals that will lead to improvements in the quality of measurements of diets and dietary intake and physical activity as they relate to body weight and excessive weight. Innovative proposals are sought that deal with: instruments and their evaluation; improved technology; tools for assessment of culturally-diverse populations; statistical methods for eliminating or correcting errors or biases; and other topics. Deadlines: October 5, 2010. Read more... |
| NIH Research on the Economics of Diet, Activity, and Energy Balance The National Institutes of Health (NIH) solicits projects that will enhance the state-of-the-science on the causes of obesity and associated chronic diseases. Research proposals that involve collaborations are strongly encouraged such as those that include the disciplines of: health economics, health services, and econometric modeling; or collaborations between researchers trained in economics and specialists in public health, cancer or cardiovascular disease. Deadlines: October 5, 2010. Read more... |
| NIH — Critical Illness and Injury in Aging The National Institutes of Health (NIH) are requesting research grant applications that are focused on mechanisms and management of critical illness and injury (including trauma and neurotrauma) in aging. The type of investigation may be mechanistic, observational or interventional. Proposals that utilize existing datasets, such as from large observational studies or clinical trials, are acceptable. Animal studies are appropriate in cases where human studies are not feasible. Deadline: October 5, 2010. Read more... |
| NSF — Research to Aid Persons with Disabilities The National Science Foundation invites research proposals that will lead to new technology, devices or software that will benefit persons with disabilities. Research my be directed toward the characterization, restoration, and /or substitution of human functional abilities or cognition, or the interaction of persons with disabilities and their environment. Emphasis is placed on significant advancement of fundamental engineering and scientific knowledge rather than on incremental improvements. Application due dates: Full proposal windows, August 15 – September 23, 2010. Read more... |
| Black Carbon's Role In Global To Local Scale Climate And Air Quality Grants awarded may generate geospatial information. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program, is seeking applications proposing research into black carbon (BC), related co-pollutants, and other short lived climate forcers (SLCF) and their effects on climate change and air quality. EPA is interested in research that investigates the emission sources, the global to local scale emissions inventory, and applies modeling tools to assess BC, co-pollutants and other SLCF in a climate and air quality context. Applications may also evaluate the impact of long range transport of BC, co-pollutants and SLCF, or develop and assess metrics for comparing the impacts of BC, co-pollutants and SLCF simultaneously in a climate and air quality context on the time scale of a decade to a century. In addition to regular awards, this solicitation includes the opportunity for early career projects. Please see section III of this Request for Applications (RFA) for details on the early career eligibility criteria. Deadline: September 22, 2010. Read more... |
| Greenhouse Gas Reporting Systems: Outreach to Reporting Facilities and Analysis of Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Opportunities This notice announces the availability of funds and solicits proposals from eligible entities to communicate to affected facilities the requirements of state greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting systems as compared to those of U.S. EPA's Final Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases Rule (MRR) and to identify options for how the data collected through state reporting requirements and the MRR may be used to facilitate state- and facility-based greenhouse gas programs. Deadline: August 30, 2010. Read more about Greenhouse Gas Reporting Systems: Outreach to Reporting Facilities and Analysis of Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Opportunities (PDF) (24 pp, 112K, About PDF) Amendnment (PDF) (2 pp, 22K, About PDF) |
| Strengthening Public Health Infrastructure for Improved Health Outcomes The goal of the "Strengthening Public Health Infrastructure for Improved Health Outcomes" program is to systematically increase the performance management capacity of public health departments in order to ensure that public health goals are effectively and efficiently met. This program will increase the capacity and ability of health departments to meet national public health standards, such as those of the National Public Health Performance Standard Program, Public Health Accreditation Board, and National Quality Forum. Deadline: August 9, 2010. Read more... |
| Community Design Scholarships The Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH), through a cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH), announces the availability of funds to support up to three (3) scholarships for students currently pursuing their doctorate degrees. The scholarship recipients will conduct doctoral-level studies related to the efforts of CDC/NCEH linking the built environment and community design with public health. Scholarship recipients will have the opportunity to pursue their studies while receiving guidance and input from CDC experts in the relationship between public health and community design. Deadline: August 3, 2010. Read more... |
| Facilitating Tribal Climate Change Adaptation Planning and Communicating Climate Change Impacts EPA's Climate Change division works to address global climate change and its associated risks to human health and the environment. The purpose of this grant is to facilitate, communicate and put in motion climate change adaptation. Deadline: July 30, 2010. Read more about Facilitating Tribal Climate Change Adaptation Planning and Communicating Climate Change Impacts (PDF) (23 pp, 101K, About PDF) |
| Notice of Funding Availability for the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Community Challenge Planning Grants and the Department of Transportation's TIGER II Planning Grants Deadline: July 26, 2010. Read more... |
| National Environmental Education Training Program Section 5 of the National Environmental Education Act authorizes EPA to fund a National Environmental Education Training Program. The purpose of this program is to deliver environmental education training and long-term support to teachers and other education professionals across the U.S. to enable them to teach effectively about environmental issues. EPA awards one cooperative agreement to fund this 5 year national program. U.S. institutions of higher education, 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations, or a consortia of such institutions are eligible to apply. EPA encourages eligible institutions to form consortia to operate this program. To be eligible for consideration, the program must: 1. Be delivered to a wide range of education professionals that reach diverse demographic populations in all geographic regions of the U.S., including K-12 classroom teachers, faculty in education departments in colleges and universities, and non-formal educators in settings such as parks, nature centers, and museums. 2. Build on existing national environmental education resources and programs to leverage resources, encourage partnerships, and reduce duplication of effort. 3. Provide at least a 25% non-federal match. Deadline: July 26, 2010. Read more... |
| Climate Showcase Communities This notice announces the availability of funds and solicits proposals for investigation, survey, study, training, and demonstration projects (eligible projects) that advance international near-term, cost-effective methane recovery and use as a clean energy source, and support the goals of the Methane to Markets Partnership. This funding opportunity is only for international activities in support of the Methane to Markets Partnership. Deadline: July 26, 2010 Read more about Climate Showcase Communities (PDF) (29 pp, 253K, About PDF) |
| Activities That Advance Methane Recovery and Use As A Clean Energy Source This notice announces the availability of funds and solicits proposals for investigation, survey, study, training, and demonstration projects (eligible projects) that advance international near-term, cost-effective methane recovery and use as a clean energy source, and support the goals of the Methane to Markets Partnership. This funding opportunity is only for international activities in support of the Methane to Markets Partnership. Deadline: July 29, 2010 Read more about Activities That Advance Methane Recovery and Use As A Clean Energy Source (PDF) (26 pp, 114K, About PDF) See 2 Amendments |
| Resource Conservation Challenge Program EPA Region 6 is soliciting proposals that address the national Resource Conservation Challenge (RCC) priorities of increasing recycling of municipal solid waste, construction and demolition debris, and industrial materials in Region 6. This funding supports EPA's strategic goal of land preservation and restoration. Applicants are encouraged to partner and collaborate with other organizations involved in similar efforts. Deadline: July 8, 2010. Read more... |
| Research to Improve Risk Communication Strategies During and After the Decontamination/Clearance Phase of an Intentional Biological Release EPA is seeking applications proposing development of effective risk communication strategies during and after decontamination and clearance activities associated with an intentional biological indoor and outdoor wide area contamination. The type of award is a cooperative agreement and the agency expects to make two awards. EPA's Office of Research and Development’s National Homeland Security Research Center conducts research in support of decontamination of indoor and outdoor environments, secure water systems and the assessment of risk from exposure to highly virulent agents. Specifically, the EPA-NHSRC's Threat and Consequence Assessment Division conducts research to help the nation prepare for and recover from environmental contamination emergencies arising from terrorist threats and incidents. Specifically, by providing key information on exposure and risk and by deriving defensible chemical and biological cleanup levels, including provisional advisory levels for re-entry and re-use of previously contaminated indoor and outdoor areas. Deadline: July 8, 2010. Read more... |
| Archstone Announces Spiritual Care Initiative The Archstone Foundation announced the release of a competitive request for proposals (RFP) as part of its End-of-Life Initiative. The RFP seeks to improve the quality of spiritual care in hospital-based palliative care programs through providing support to up to ten demonstration sites. The goal of the Spiritual Care Demonstration Projects is to advance knowledge, develop leadership, identify and test practices to improve the quality of screening and assessing spiritual needs by the palliative care service, and provide quality spiritual care services to patients and families. The RFP builds on the Foundation's work started in 2009 that resulted in a National Consensus Conference that identified recommendations for improving spiritual care. Conference recommendations were published in a Special Report that appeared in the Journal of Palliative Medicine titled Improving the Quality of Spiritual Case as a Dimension of Palliative Care. Through this competitive RFP process the Foundation seeks to support up to ten demonstration projects in southern California to implement recommendations from the Special Report. Deadline: July 7, 2010. Read more... |
| Public Health Support for Brownfield/Land Reuse and Legacy Sites in the Area of Concern for the Great Lakes The purpose of this funding is to provide an opportunity for eligible applicants to assess exposure to Great Lakes contaminants and to advance public health actions to protect people. Annex 2 of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (1987) requires these state governments to develop and implement Lakewide Management Plans for the lake waters and Remedial Action Plans for areas of concern. This is an applied public health project focused on implementing public health actions such as health assessment, health education, baseline community health status assessment, inventories of current Great Lakes legacy and Brownfield sites to protect the health of vulnerable or susceptible subpopulations within the Great Lakes basin which have exposure or potentially exposure risk to environmental contaminants associated with the Great Lakes legacy or Brownfield sites. Deadline: July 6, 2010. Read more... |
| NIMH Developing Centers for Intervention and/or Services Research The National Institute of Mental Health invites research grant applications related to the missions of the Division of Services and Intervention Research and the NIMH Geriatrics Research Branch. The latter supports intervention research relevant to older adults. The purpose of the grants is to provide infrastructure support for groups of investigators that will allow expansion of their intervention and/or services research. The scope of this offering is broad and meant to support investigators who are involved in treatment, prevention and/or services research. Deadline: June 24, 2010. Read more... |
| National Aging Civic Engagement Technical Center AOA is seeking applications for a national Aging Civic Engagement Technical Assistance Center. The Center will conduct a systematic inquiry of existing knowledge and opinions of key stakeholders in aging, service, and other communities as identified, at the federal states and local levels that will results in a recommended Action Plan in civic engagement for AOA and the Aging Network. Deadline: June 25, 2010. Read more... |
| Geographic and Contextual Influences on Energy Balance-Related Health Behaviors (R01) This announcement invites applications for investigator-initiated projects concerned with the influence of the built environment, "contextual" environment (where people live, work and play), and health-related behavior on the individual’s energy balance and, therefore, on health. There is clear evidence of a strong association between diet, exercise, body weight (i.e. the "energy balance") and a variety of chronic ("metabolic") diseases. A number of environmental features can affect energy balance such as density, diversity, design and accessibility of buildings. Socioeconomic status of residents, amenities such as transportation, accessible parks and pathways for walking and cycling – all of those and others can influence energy balance-related behavior. Studies are needed to evaluate all of those factors. Deadline: June 5, 2010 Read more... |
| Brownfields Area-Wide Planning Pilot Program This notice announces the availability of EPA grant funds and direct assistance (through Agency contract support) for projects from eligible entities to facilitate community involvement in area-wide planning approaches to brownfields assessment, cleanup, and subsequent reuse. Area-wide planning grant funding and technical assistance will be directed to brownfields-impacted areas, such as a neighborhood, district, city block or corridor. The grant funding and direct assistance will result in an area-wide plan which will inform the assessment, cleanup and reuse of brownfields properties and promote area-wide revitalization. EPA anticipates selecting approximately 20 pilot projects through this competitive opportunity. Deadline: June 1, 2010 Read more...(PDF) (35 pp, 268K, About PDF) |
| 2010 MetLife Foundation Awards for Excellence in Affordable Housing The best in green and service-enriched senior housing In partnership with the MetLife Foundation, Enterprise Community Partners, Inc. offers the MetLife Foundation Awards for Excellence in Affordable Housing. For 15 years, the awards have recognized organizations that demonstrate leadership, innovation, effectiveness and quality operations and services delivery in affordable housing. Award: Four $50,000 unrestricted grants Eligibility: 501(c)(3) nonprofits, tribes or tribally designated housing entities Deadline: May 26, 2010. Read More... |
| Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention (CEPP) Technical Assistance Grants Program Grants awarded under this announcement may involve Geospatial Information. EPA Region 7 is soliciting proposals for which undertake the implementation of the chemical accident prevention, preparedness, and response requirements under Sections 112(r) of the Clean Air Act (CAA). While this year's grant program will primarily fund projects addressing prevention program outreach and emergency coordination with emergency responders, Region 7 continues to support other local efforts by providing guidance, technical assistance, and training. The amount of funding for this grant program is limited and will be used for chemical accident preparedness and prevention. Please keep in mind that this opportunity is for a one-time project demonstration and not on-going general activities. The total estimated funding for this competitive opportunity is up to $100,000.00, the Region anticipates awarding up to four (4) projects from this announcement. Deadline: May 21, 2010. Read more...(PDF) (23 pp, 146K, About PDF) |
| Community Action For a Renewed Environment (CARE) Program - Annual Training Workshop Support This notice announces the availability of funds and solicits proposals from eligible entities to support the Community Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE) Annual Training Workshop. The CARE Annual Training Workshop is held each year to support CARE's community-based, community-driven, multimedia demonstration program designed to help communities understand and reduce risk due to toxic pollution and environmental concerns from all sources. The objective of the training workshop is to educate the CARE program in working collaboratively within the community to increase understanding of new approaches, to facilitate use of proven concepts, and to encourage more innovation in environmental programs. Deadline: May 24, 2010. Read more...(PDF) (19 pp, 129K, About PDF) |
| 2010 Targeted Watersheds Grants Program: Urban Watershed Capacity Building Grant Through the Targeted Watershed Grants Program, EPA plans to award up to $600,000 to an eligible entity to manage an Urban Watershed Capability Building Grant. A key component of the Urban Watershed Capacity Building Grant is to engage communities in capacity building activities to foster an increased connection, understanding, and ownership of their waters. EPA is soliciting proposals from eligible applicants that address the following two project components: (1) establish and manage a competitive urban watershed subaward program; and (2) provide urban watershed technical services to subawardees. This Request for Proposals (RFP) is based on the growing need for local watershed protection efforts in urban areas. EPA is encouraging local watershed organizations and local communities to envision the role their watershed should have in their long range community development plans and aiding communities to formulate a means to achieve this. Proposals must be received by EPA by May 19, 2010. A national panel will evaluate and rank proposals based on the evaluation criteria stated in the RFP. Selection of the successful applicant will be announced this summer. Deadline: May 19, 2010. Read more...(PDF) (29 pp, 111K, About PDF) |
| HUD Sustainable Communities Planning Grant Program The purpose of the grants are to improve regional planning efforts that integrate housing and transportation decisions, and increase the capacity to improve land use and zoning. Deadline: May 14, 2010. Read more... (21 pp, 1.5MB, About PDF) |
| FY 2010 Request for Proposal for the Pollution Prevention Information Network (PPIN) Grants Program The Pollution Prevention Information Network (PPIN) supports grantees that form a national network of pollution prevention (P2) information tools and service providers. Proposals shall describe: 1) how the work will meet EPA grant requirements; 2) how the activities will address one or more of the P2 program strategic goals; 3) how collaboration and coordination will meet the needs of a specific audience; and 4) how activities, outputs and outcomes will be measured. Approximately $800,000 will be available in FY 2010, under the authority of the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990, to support grants to eligible entities including eligible States, Tribes, and Intertribal Consortia. Deadline: May 3, 2010. Read more...(PDF) (23 pp, 106K, About PDF) |
| Exploring New Air Pollution-Health Effects Links in Existing Datasets The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is soliciting proposals that will utilize existing, large datasets (e.g., from observational or clinical studies) to search for unknown or weakly-forged links between air pollution and human disorders. The evidence for links between air pollutants and respiratory and cardiovascular diseases is compelling. There is modest evidence suggesting a relationship between air pollution and diabetes, certain neurological disorders, and reproductive and developmental disturbances. Other possible effects of air pollution include co-morbidity, genetic variants, and social and neighborhood conditions. The research supported by this mechanism will provide scientists and policy decision makers with a better understanding of the health effects of exposure to air pollution, improving health risk assessments and cost-benefit analyses. Deadline: April 27, 2010. Read more... |
| Activities that Advance Methane Recovery and Use as a Clean Energy Source This notice announces the availability of funds and solicits proposals for investigation, survey, study, training, and demonstration projects (eligible projects) that advance international near-term, cost-effective methane recovery and use as a clean energy source, and support the goals of the Methane to Markets Partnership. This funding opportunity is only for international activities in support of the Methane to Markets Partnership. Deadline: April 15, 2010. Read more...(PDF) (26 pp, 143K, About PDF) |
| 2010 Healthy Communities Grant Program Synopsis The Healthy Communities Grant Program is seeking projects that:
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| Environmental Health Sciences Core Center Grants (P30) The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences announces the availability of Core Center Grants (P30) that are intended to provide core resources and shared facilities to groups of investigators located in a single institution or in several cooperating institutions. In addition, the Core center grant mechanism is designed to promote cooperation and collaboration among groups of established researchers who are independently conducting research of high quality that is related to the effects of environmental factors on human health. The Center is also expected to foster training and mentoring of young scientists, junior faculty, and clinician-scientists in the environmental health sciences in order to build careers in environmental health. Deadline: March 31, 2010. Read more... |
| AHRQ — Active Aging: Supporting Individuals and Enhancing Community-based Care through Health Information Technology The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHQR) is requesting applications from organizations that propose to develop specialized centers for the purpose of (a) utilizing communication and information based technologies to improve and expand health-related services available to older adults, and (b) developing effective strategies to translate research advances into practice efficiently. Research results are intended to enhance the independence and functional capabilities of older adults through development of tools, production of demonstration projects, and construction of educational programs. Deadline: March 25, 2010. Read more... |
AHRQ Patient Safety-Related Funding Opportunities
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| Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Recovery Act 2009 Limited Competition: Improved Clinical Content and Race-Ethnicity Data This AHRQ Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), supported by funds provided to AHRQ under the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 ("Recovery Act" or "ARRA"), Public Law 111-5, invites infrastructure development research grant (R01) applications from organizations seeking to either 1) enhance the clinical content of statewide, all-payer, hospital-based encounter-level data to support comparative effectiveness research, or 2) improve the reliability and validity of information in hospital-based encounter-level data related to race and ethnicity. Deadline: March 29, 2010. Read more... |
| MacAuthur Foundation: Call for Housing Research Proposals 2010 Competition Deadline: March 22, 2010. Read more... |
| Wider Opportunities for Women Elder Economic Security Initiative Wider Opportunities for Women (WOW) is pleased to announce the release of our Request for Proposals for the Elder Economic Security Initiative™ (Initiative). The Initiative's core components include: coalition building, research, advocacy, education, and outreach. Underpinning these national, state and community efforts is the Elder Economic Security Standard™ Index (Elder Index), a comprehensive geographically-based measure of income adequacy, developed by the Gerontology Institute at the University of Massachusetts-Boston (GI UMASS) and WOW.
WOW seeks lead state organizations (LSOs) with whom to launch and implement the Initiative. In collaboration with WOW, these LSOs will:
will be due Friday, March 5, 2010. For additional information, contact Stacy Sanders, Associate Director, at ssanders@wowonline.org.Deadline: March 5, 2010. Read more... |
| 2010 CARE Cooperative Agreements Request for Proposals (RFP) The CARE grant program works with the eligible entities to help their communities form collaborative partnerships, develop an understanding of the many local sources of toxic pollutants and environmental risks, set priorities, and identify and carry out projects to reduce risks through collaborative action at the local level. CARE's long-term goal is to help communities build self-sustaining, community-based partnerships that will continue to improve human health and local environments into the future. The objective of the CARE grant program is to work collaboratively within the community to investigate the effectiveness of the CARE 4-step process (as described in the CARE brochure) which fosters a cross-Agency, multi-media approach to provide greater environmental benefits rather than either non-collaborative or traditional regulatory single media approaches. Deadline: March 9, 2010. Read more... |
| Characterization and Modeling of Nitrogen Loading from Transportation Sources and Attenuation by Roadside Vegetation Buffers in an Urbanized Watershed EPA is seeking applications proposing innovative approaches to quantify both the generation of ecosystem services from the ecosystems most closely tied to humans in urban environments as well as developing the connectivity networks associate with the production, delivery through the landscape, and consumption of ecosystem services applied to consideration of the value of ecosystem services in environmental decision-making. Atmospheric deposition of nitrogen is now the greatest pollutant source to the watershed and bay and is the focus of a currently active super deposition TMDL assessment study site within the city of Tampa. Research should specifically address the ability of the applicant to quantify the loading of atmospheric nitrogen from transportation sources associated with the Tampa Bay watershed or similar urbanized watershed and be able to assess the potential for road side vegetation buffers to attenuate those loads. Universities are conducting research and using models such as UFORE or I-TREE in urban transition areas to model the ability of plants to provide ecological services and benefits such as nitrogen removal, particulate removal, etc. Proposed research should address research currently being conducted and the availability of existing data sets and information to provide more robust estimates of services in urban transition and transportation zones. Deadline: March 17, 2010. Read more... |
| HUD Sabbatical-in-Residence The Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R), the parent office of the Office of University Partnerships at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), is pleased to announce the launch of a Sabbatical-in-Residence program in spring 2010. The program invites scholars and academics from institutions of higher education and other nonprofits to work within the Office to support staff in the advancement of current policy development in specific areas of priority. Deadline: March 1, 2010. Read more... |
| Development and Characterization of Animal Models for Aging Research (R01) The National Institute on Aging invites applications for research grants that are aimed toward the creation and development of model systems for use in exploring the mechanisms and consequences of human aging. They may be experimental animal models, ex vivo cell lines or models based on informatics as long as they further understanding of aging at physiological, biochemical or functional levels. Deadline: February 5, 2010. Read more... |
| National Network for Environmental Management Studies Fellowship Program The purpose of the National Network for Environmental Management Studies Fellowship Program program is to:
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| Increasing Scientific Data on the Fate, Transport and Behavior of Engineered Nanomaterials in Selected Environmental and Biological Matrices The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program, the National Science Foundation (NSF), and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), are seeking applications proposing research to provide data that improves the scientific understanding of fate/transport and behavior of engineered nanomaterials. Fostering international research collaboration is one aim of this solicitation and is encouraged and will be evaluated as part of the peer review evaluation under Section V. As an example of international research solicitations in this area, please see the EC call (solicitation) published on the 30th of July Deadline: February 2, 2010. Read more... |
| Mechanisms, Measurement, and Management Of Pain In Aging: From Molecular To Clinical (R01) Encourages applications that propose to: (1) study biological, neurobiological, psychosocial, and clinical processes through which aging (and age-related diseases) effect pain, (2) examine biological, psychosocial, and clinical factors influence the prevalence and impact of pain in older people, (3) evaluate pain assessment and/or management approaches in older adults, (4) develop new strategies for assessment and management of pain in older people. Deadline: January 25, 2010. Read more... |
| Development And Validation Of Disease Biomarkers (R01) Biomarkers are indicators of disease processes. They can be used in place of often difficult and expensive clinical end points as measures of the effectiveness of therapies. Several Institutes and Centers of the NIH will support studies to validate biomarkers of well-defined human diseases of the liver, kidney, urological and digestive tracts and other systems as well as endocrine and metabolic disorders, diabetes and obesity. Deadline: January 25, 2010. Read more... |
| Puget Sound Protection and Restoration: Tribal Implementation Assistance The purpose of these grants are to assist Indian Tribes in the implementation of priority work for the protection and restoration of Puget Sound. Deadline: January 12, 2010. Read more... |
| Environmental Justice Small Grants Program -- Impact of Climate Change on EJ Communities The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is accepting grant applications for a total of $1 million in funding for projects aimed at addressing environmental and public health issues in communities. EPA expects to award approximately 40 grants of up to $25,000 each and will accept applications until January 8, 2010. Local governments and non-profit organizations are eligible to apply. The goals of the Environmental Justice Grant Funding Program are to help communities understand and address environmental challenges and create self-sustaining, community-based partnerships focused on improving human health and the environment. Past projects have focused on issues including exposure to toxins, farm worker pesticide protection, mercury in fish, indoor air quality, drinking water contamination, and pollution from shipping ports. In addition to the traditional criteria, EPA is encouraging applications that address the disproportionate impacts of climate change in communities by emphasizing climate equity, energy efficiency, renewable energy, local green economy, and green jobs capacity building. For more information see: Read more...(PDF) (43pp, 528K, About PDF) Deadline: January 8, 2010. |
| Puget Sound Watershed Management Assistance Program The purpose of the grants is to provide assistance to help integrate watershed protection and land use decisions. Eligible applicants include the following: Local governments and federally recognized Indian Tribes, and special purpose districts. Deadline: January 5, 2010. Read more... |
| Approaches to Assessing Potential Food Allergy from Genetically Engineered Plants The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program, is issuing this request for applications (RFA) for applied research on innovative or improved methods to predict whether or not a pesticide protein is a food allergen. Research to characterize the key factors that influence human immune responses to dietary proteins is needed in order to better assess potential food allergy from genetically engineered plants. Proposals are requested on the role of dose, route of sensitization, and/or the physicochemical properties of ingested proteins and their influence on the development of immune sensitization, oral tolerance, or the elicitation of allergic symptoms. Also of interest is how the food matrix and gastrointestinal environment in which proteins are ingested may affect these immune responses. The overall aim of the research program is to improve safety assessment for genetically engineered plants by enhancing the ability to estimate the potency of unknown proteins relative to known allergenic and non-allergenic proteins. Because there is no single, definitive test for determining the allergenic potential of novel pesticide proteins in the diet, risk assessment associated with the regulation of foods derived from modern biotechnology currently uses a "weight-of-evidence" approach. The research will contribute to improved methods for assessing the potential dietary allergenicity of pesticide proteins in genetically engineered plants. Deadline: January 7, 2010. Read more... |
| 7th Annual P3 Awards: A National Student Design Competition for Sustainability Focusing on People, Prosperity and the Planet The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of the P3 Award Program, is seeking applications proposing to research, develop, and design solutions to real world challenges involving the overall sustainability of human society. The P3 competition highlights the use of scientific principles in creating innovative projects focused on sustainability. The P3 Awards program was developed to foster progress toward sustainability by achieving the mutual goals of economic prosperity, protection of the planet, and improved quality of life for its people — people, prosperity, and the planet – the three pillars of sustainability. The EPA offers the P3 competition in order to respond to the technical needs of the world while moving towards the goal of sustainability. Please see the P3 website for more details about this program. Deadline: January 4, 2010. Read more... |