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Grants and Funding
Highlights
FY 2009 Request for Proposals - Source Reduction Assistance Grant Announcement for Nine of the Regional Pollution Prevention Program Offices Due May 26, 2009.
Fiscal Year 2009 Request for Proposals to Coordinate Regional Pollution Prevention Information Network Centers Due June 12, 2009.
2008 P2 Grant Program summaries now available.
P2 Grants Results Fiscal Year 2007 (PDF) (5 pp, 25.5K, About PDF) Environmental outcome results.
The Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics is responsible for overseeing several grant programs which promote pollution prevention through source reduction and resource conservation. All Requests for Proposals are published on Grants.gov.
- Fiscal Year 2009 Request for Proposals to Coordinate Regional Pollution Prevention Information Network Centers
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Due June 12, 2009!
Under this RFP, EPA expects to fund one proposal for the coordination of a national network of eight regional pollution prevention information centers, which are collectively known as the Pollution Prevention Resource Exchange (P2Rx). The Regional centers collaborate with State and local technical assistance providers to share pollution prevention (P2) information and training nationwide. The coordinator shall be able to provide leadership in the following areas: 1) measurement and evaluation of center activities and outcomes, 2) promoting efficiency and supporting information technology among the centers, and 3) assisting centers in marketing their services.Documenting the effectiveness of the Regional centers will be crucial in the next two years, to respond to recommendations from the 2008 evaluation of the program. The evaluation of this program can be found at: www.epa.gov/evaluate/PPIN-EvalReport.pdf (204 pp, 1.54M, About PDF).
- FY 2009 Request for Proposals - Source Reduction Assistance Grant Announcement for Nine of the Regional Pollution Prevention Program Offices
Due May 26, 2009!
Nine of EPA's ten Regional Pollution Prevention Program Offices anticipate having up to $130,000 available, per region, in fiscal years 2009 - 2010 to fund projects to support pollution prevention/source reduction and/or resource conservation activities.Supplement to Source Reduction Assistance RFP - Q&A's on the Requirement to Provide Estimates of Outcomes for Proposed Grant and Cooperative Agreement Projects and To Track Progress.
- Pollution Prevention Information Network (PPIN)
The Pollution Prevention Information Network (PPIN) grants focus on providing P2 information services that: increase awareness of P2 approaches and practices; and support the adoption and implementation of P2 practices. The Request for proposals (RFP) asks for proposals that address: identified audience needs for P2 information and assistance; and measure changes in awareness, knowledge, or adoption of P2 plans and practices. The PPIN competition awards about $800,000 annually to promote quality P2 information services, references and training that is shared nationally. The Regional centers receiving these grants have developed their own organization called the Pollution Prevention Resource Exchange (P2Rx).
The 2009 Request for Proposals (RFP) has been published: This funding opportunity is EPA-HQ-OPPT-09-04 under the Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance number 66.708. The 2009 Request for Proposals (RFP) closed May 1, 2009. Read the RFP for further details.
- Pollution Prevention Grant Program
EPA has approximately $4.1 million to support pollution prevention grants to States, Tribes, and Intertribal Consortia in FY 2009. The deadline for proposals is April 17, 2009. The Notice of Funds Availability is available online for review. EPA provides funds annually through P2 Grants to help develop and sustain State and Tribal P2 program activities and pioneer new P2 approaches in the States and Tribes.
FY '09 Request for Proposals closed Friday, April 17, 2009.
- EPEAT - Electronics Standards Development Grant
This Grants Program will result in one cooperative agreement to support pollution prevention/source reduction and/or resource conservation in the procurement of electronic products, through the development of new environmental standards for electronic products. This grants program will provide up to $300,000 over a five year period for development of four environmental leadership standards to assist institutional purchasers in identifying and selecting environmentally preferable electronic products.
EPEAT RFP. The application period is now closed.
- Green Chemistry Grant Program
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EPA's Green Chemistry Program supports fundamental research in green chemistry in order to provide industry with the chemically viable tools and methods necessary to develop products and processes that are more environmentally benign.