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Welcome to EPA’s Aging Initiative Website. The website provides a wealth of information about the Agency’s efforts to protect the environmental health of older persons.

The United States is a rapidly aging nation. By 2030, the number of older persons is expected to double to more than 70 million. Click here to read more.

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Help Us to Shape the Future:
A National Agenda for the Environment and the Aging

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EPA Funding Opportunities

Building Healthy Communities for Active Aging: Training and Demonstration Projects RFP. Deadline: November 21, 2008 Read more...
Q's and A's related to the RFP.

Brownfields Cleanup Grants Deadline: November 14, 2008 Read more...

Brownfields Assessment Grants Deadline: November 14, 2008 Read more...

Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund Grants Deadline: November 14, 2008 Read more...

Brownfields Assessment Grants. November 14, 2008 Read more...

FY 2009 National Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program Deadline: Nov. 21, 2008 Read more...

Novel Approaches for Assessing Exposure for School-Aged Children in Longitudinal Studies Deadline: November 18, 2008 Read more...

EPA Broad Agency Announcement for Conferences, Workshops, and/or Meetings. Deadline 2: June 5, 2008. Deadline 3: December 9, 2008 Read more...

2009 Academic Year EPA Greater Research Opportunities Fellowships for Undergraduate Environmental Study Announcement Number: EPA-F2008BU-GRO-P1 (MULTIPLE ANNOUNCEMENTS) Deadline: December 11, 2008 Read more...

Sustainable Skyline Initiative SSI.
The SSI provides a framework to integrate transportation, energy, land use and air quality planning programs into projects that yield measurable air quality benefits in a relatively short period of time. Closing Date: December 17, 2008 Read more...(PDF) (23pp, 152k, About PDF)

6th Annual P3 Awards: A National Student Design Competition for Sustainability Focusing on People, Prosperity and the Planet Deadline: December 23, 2008 Read more...

Other Funding Opportunities

Nursing Workforce Diversity (HRSA) Deadline: November 21, 2008 Read more...

Implementation Planning Grants for Educational, Behavioral, or Social Studies for Translation of Genetic Factors in Common Diseases (U34) Letters of Intent Receipt Date: October 24, 2008 Application Due Date: November 25, 2008 Read more...

Replication and Fine-Mapping Studies for the Genes Environment and Health Initiative (GEI)(R01) Letters of Intent Receipt Date(s): October 24, 2008 Application Due Date(s): December 1, 2008 Read more...

Centers in Symptom Management Research or Centers in Health Promotion/Disease Prevention: Building Research Teams for the Future. Deadline: December 15, 2008 Read more...

Translating Basic Behavioral and Social Science Discoveries into Interventions to Reduce Obesity: Centers for Behavioral Intervention Development (U01) Deadline: January 13, 2009 Read more...

The National Institutes for Health announces a series of grants related to HIV/AIDS in older adults.
Read more about PA-09-017
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Read more about PA-09-019