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Grants and Funding
Highlights
Source Reduction Assistance Grant Program FY 2010 Request for Proposals (RFP) (41 pp, 372K, About PDF) has been published. Proposals are due Thursday, February 4, 2010.
Fiscal Year 2009 Source Reduction Assistance Grant Summaries
P2 Grants Results Fiscal Year 2008 (PDF) (6 pp, 28.4K, About PDF) Environmental outcome results.
2009 P2 Grant Program summaries now available.
The Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics is responsible for overseeing several grant programs for tribes and states which promote pollution prevention through source reduction and resource conservation. All Requests for Proposals are published on Grants.gov.
- Pollution Prevention Grants CFDA 66.708
- Pollution Prevention Grants Program
- Pollution Prevention Information Network (PPIN)
- Source Reduction Assistance - CFDA 66.717
- Source Reduction Assistance Grant Program
- Proposals to Coordinate Regional Pollution Prevention Information Network Centers
Pollution Prevention Grants CFDA 66.708
Under CFDA 66.708, EPA has approximately $5 million to support pollution prevention grants in FY 2010 through the Pollution Prevention (P2) and Pollution Prevention Information Network (PPIN) grant programs. Eligible applicants include the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, any territory or possession of the U.S., any agency or instrumentality of a State including State colleges or universities, and Federally-recognized Tribes and Intertribal Consortia that meet the requirements for treatment in a manner similar to a State as described in 40 CFR 35.663. P2 Grant recipients, as required under Section 6605 of the PPA, must provide at least a 50 percent match of the total allowable project cost by the time of award to be considered eligible to receive funding.
- Pollution Prevention Grant Program
EPA has approximately $4.1 million to support pollution prevention grants to States, Tribes, and Intertribal Consortia in FY 2009. The deadline for proposals is April 17, 2009. The Notice of Funds Availability is available online for review. EPA provides funds annually through P2 Grants to help develop and sustain State and Tribal P2 program activities and pioneer new P2 approaches in the States and Tribes.
FY '09 Request for Proposals closed Friday, April 17, 2009.
- Pollution Prevention Information Network (PPIN)
The Pollution Prevention Information Network (PPIN) grants focus on providing P2 information services that: increase awareness of P2 approaches and practices; and support the adoption and implementation of P2 practices. The Request for proposals (RFP) asks for proposals that address: identified audience needs for P2 information and assistance; and measure changes in awareness, knowledge, or adoption of P2 plans and practices. The PPIN competition awards about $800,000 annually to promote quality P2 information services, references and training that is shared nationally. The Regional centers receiving these grants have developed their own organization called the Pollution Prevention Resource Exchange (P2Rx).
The 2009 Request for Proposals (RFP) has been published: This funding opportunity is EPA-HQ-OPPT-09-04 under the Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance number 66.708. The 2009 Request for Proposals (RFP) closed May 1, 2009. Read the RFP for further details.
Source Reduction Assistance - CFDA 66.717
Under CFDA 66.717, EPA has approximately $1.4 million to support the Source Reduction Assistance and the Pollution Prevention Information Network Centers grant programs. Eligible applicants include the fifty States, the District of Columbia, the United States Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, any territory or possession of the United States, local governments, city or township governments, independent school districts, incorporated non-profit organizations (other than institutions of higher education), public and private institutions of higher education, community-based grassroots organizations, and Indian Tribes and Intertribal Consortia. EPA requires the applicant to provide a minimum 5% match, as part of the total allowable project cost, in order to receive an award.
- Source Reduction Assistance Grant Program - The FY 2010 Request for Proposals (RFP) has been published (PDF) (41 pp, 372K, About PDF).
Proposals are due Thursday, February 4, 2010. -
Supplement to the RFP Q&A's on the Requirement to Provide Estimates of Outcomes for Proposed Grant and Cooperative Agreement Projects and To Track Progress.
- Fiscal Year 2009 Source Reduction Assistance Grant Summaries
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Closed June 12, 2009!
Under this RFP, EPA expects to fund one proposal for the coordination of a national network of eight regional pollution prevention information centers, which are collectively known as the Pollution Prevention Resource Exchange (P2Rx). The Regional centers collaborate with State and local technical assistance providers to share pollution prevention (P2) information and training nationwide. The coordinator shall be able to provide leadership in the following areas: 1) measurement and evaluation of center activities and outcomes, 2) promoting efficiency and supporting information technology among the centers, and 3) assisting centers in marketing their services.Documenting the effectiveness of the Regional centers will be crucial in the next two years, to respond to recommendations from the 2008 evaluation of the program. The evaluation of this program can be found at: www.epa.gov/evaluate/pdf/PPIN-EvalReport.pdf (204 pp, 1.54M, About PDF).