The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced the award of 10 grants for brownfields training, research, and technical assistance projects with national scope and impact. More than $1.5 million in funding will support brownfields assessment, cleanup, and revitalization across the country.

The grants will fund projects that are exploring new and innovative ideas in the areas of protection of human health and the environment, sustainable development, and equitable development. Each assistance project will receive between $100,000 and $150,000 in annual funding for up to five years. Project examples include:

• Research to advance the science of characterizing arsenic at mine-scarred land sites.
• Advancing the sustainability of local gardening and farming initiatives on brownfields.
• Identifying mine-scarred or contaminated lands that could be used for renewable energy production.
• Supporting green jobs through technical assistance to communities establishing brownfields job training programs.

News Release

Profiles of the Training, Research and Technical Assistance Grants

Also see:

EPA Announces FY 2009 Funding Availability for Brownfields Job Training Grants; Workforce Boards Eligible to Apply; Applications Due October 15