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2008 Source Reduction Assistance (SRA) Grant Announcement
Please find below the electronic link to the "Request for Proposals (RFP) for the 2008 United States Environmental Protection Agency Source Reduction Assistance Grant Program."
Link to RFP: http://www.epa.gov/p2/pubs/grants/srap08.htm
We anticipate that there will be approximately $130,000 in total available funding for projects in this region.
The deadline for submitting proposals is June 9, 2008. Proposals may only be submitted by hard copy or electronically through Grants.gov (http://www.grants.gov). We request that proposals include the following information on the first page:
- Grant Program Title;
- Funding opportunity number of this announcement;
- Title of proposal;
- Short description of the proposal;
- The total funding amount of the project and the requested funding amount;
- The applicant's contact information (i.e., name of applicant, name of organization, mailing address, phone number, fax number, and e-mail address); and,
- Expected environmental results from your proposed project (pounds of hazardous materials reduced, BTUs of energy conserved, gallons of water saved, and dollars saved through P2 efforts).
As well as addressing all four national requirements identified in the RFP, applicants need to explain how their project will address one or more of the following region-specific activities:
- Promote projects that prevent pollution through the use of sustainable tools (e.g., Design for the Environment, green chemistry, green engineering, environmental management systems, environmentally preferable purchasing), and achieve measurable results in reducing energy use, hazardous materials, conserving water or saving money; and/or,
- Promote projects which address the above criteria and focus on the hospitality, pharmaceutical, health care sectors and colleges/university campuses; and/or in the geographical areas of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
We expect that awards will be issued by the end of calendar year 2008. Please read the announcement carefully and follow the instructions. If you have any questions, please contact Alex Peck (peck.alex@epa.gov or 212-637-3758). For general information, please visit our EPA Region 2 Pollution Prevention website (http://www.epa.gov/region2/p2/).
Thank you for your interest!