Grants & Funding
National Funding Assistance Program
Diesel Emissions Quantifier (DEQ)
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EPA’s National Clean Diesel Funding Assistance Program awards competitive grants to fund projects that reduce emissions from existing diesel engines through a variety of strategies. These strategies include, but are not limited to, emission control and idle reduction technologies; cleaner fuels; engine upgrades or replacements; and/or vehicle or equipment replacements. Under this grant program, funding is restricted to the use of technologies, fuels, and engines that have been verified or certified by EPA or California Air Resources Board (CARB).
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FY2012 Request For Proposals
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| Activity | Date |
|---|---|
| RFP opens RFP (PDF) (55 pp, 455K, Updated May 16, 2012) Explanation of Changes to RFP (PDF) (4 pp, 25K, May 2012) |
April 20, 2012 |
| RFP closes | June 4, 2012 |
| Anticipated Notification of Selection | July 2012 |
| Anticipated Awards | October 2012 |
Supporting Documents
Project Narrative Sample Format (Word) (8 pp, 130K, April 2012) MS Word reader for document files 
Applicant Fleet Description Sample Format (Excel) (430K, April 2012) MS Excel reader
Priority County and Area List (PDF) (7 pp, 130K, May 21, 2012)
Marine Engine Eligibility for DERA Funds (PDF) (8 pp, 130K, April 2012)
Model Years for Eligible Nonroad Engines and Equipment (PDF) (5 pp, 430K, April 2012)
Diesel Emissions Reduction Program (DERA): Technologies, Fleets and Projects Information (PDF) (36 pp, 1.3MB, EPA-420-P-11-001, October 2011)
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) & Information Sessions
Webinar Slides: FY 2012 Request for Proposals Information Session Presentation (PDF) (37 pp, 300K, April 2012) contains information from the three webinars that EPA held in April.
Weekly FAQs: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) (PDF) (48 pp; 375K; May 23, 2012; About PDF) will be updated weekly beginning in May. Please e-mail your questions to cleandiesel@epa.gov and type "National RFP Question" in the subject line. All questions and answers, including those from all information sessions, will be added to this document.
Eligible Applicants
The following United States entities are eligible to apply for these grants:
- Regional, state, local or tribal agencies/consortia or port authorities with jurisdiction over transportation or air quality
- Nonprofit organizations or institutions that:
- represent or provide pollution reduction or educational services to people or organizations that own or operate diesel fleets; or
- have, as their principal purpose, the promotion of transportation or air quality
School districts, municipalities, metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs), cities and counties are all eligible entities under this assistance agreement program to the extent that they fall within the definition above.
Eligible Uses of Funding
Pursuant to Section 792(d)(2)(PDF) (551 pp, 1.3MB) of the EPAct of 2005, no funds awarded under this program shall be used to fund the cost of emissions reductions that are mandated under Federal law. Equipment used for testing emissions or for fueling infrastructure are not eligible for funding.
The following types of fleets may qualify for funding. Please refer to the RFP for specific information about eligibility for this competition.
- Buses
- Medium or heavy duty trucks
- Marine engines
- Locomotives
- Non-road engines or vehicles used in:
- construction
- handling of cargo (including at a port or airport)
- agriculture
- mining
- energy production (including stationary generators and pumps)
Grant funds may be used for clean diesel projects that use:
- Retrofit technologies that are verified or certified by either EPA or CARB
- Idle-reduction technologies that are EPA verified
- Aerodynamic technologies and low rolling resistance tires that are EPA verified
- Early replacement and repower with certified engine configurations (incremental costs only)