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Research Grants

  • Are you an undergraduate or graduate student interested in performing cutting edge research in Environmental Science?

    Our new funding opportunity 21st Annual P3 Awards: A National Student Design Competition Focusing on People, Prosperity, and the Planet is open.

    Apply through February 21, 2024.

    Register for the Informational Webinar on Jan. 22, 2024 at 2:00 PM.

  • EPA Awards Nearly $2.2M to Small Businesses to Advance Innovative Environmental Technologies

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $2,198,867 in research funding to 22 small businesses to develop technologies that will help protect human health and the environment.

    Read the press release here.

  • EPA Awards 4.6M in Landfill Research

    EPA Awards $4.6M in Research Grants to Quantify and Mitigate Emissions from Municipal Solid Waste Landfills

    Read more here

  • EPA Awards Nearly $8M for Research Grants to Advance Groundwater Availability and Quality

    EPA announced funding to four institutions to research the use and risks of enhanced aquifer recharge (EAR) to improve groundwater availability and quality.

    Read the press release here.

EPA funds extramural research  through its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program; the People, Prosperity, and the Planet (P3) Program and the Small Business Innovation Research Program. These research programs help to engage top research scientists and students that results in a strong scientific foundation to support the Agency’s mission of protecting human health and the environment.

  • Funding Opportunities

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    Find open and coming funding opportunities grant forms, subscribe to listservs and learn how to apply for grants. 

    Research Funding Opportunities

  • Research Grant Areas

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    EPA research areas include topics such as air and water quality, climate change, safer chemicals, health, sustainability, and ecosystems. 

    Research Grant Areas

  • Tools and Resources

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    Search the EPA grant archive, view grant recipients and past funding opportunities as well as grantee research project results.

    Tools and Resources
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Last updated on December 22, 2023