If an applicant defined their own project opportunity rather than choosing one listed in Appendices A-C, should we seek pre-approval from epa prior to submitting?

As Exchange Network grants are competitive, we are unable to review any projects or provide project-specific advice prior. Applicants can propose projects that do not fall under one of the EN Project Opportunities as listed in Appendices A-C, so long as they are able to clearly describe how this project supports one or more of the EN funding areas. It is important to remember that funding area 3 is only available to Tribes and territories, so states may only propose a project that relates to funding area 1 and/or 2:

• Funding Area 1: Increased Data Access and Innovative Business Processes;
• Funding Area 2: Eliminate paper submittals and expand e-reporting; and
• Funding Area 3: Augment the information management capacity of EN partners.