Grants
2009 Requests for Proposals
- Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program (PESP) Regional Grants: Proposals due June 12, 2009 (20pp, 133K, about PDF)
- Tribal Pesticide Program Council (TPPC) Administrator: Request for Applications (RFA)- Proposals due June 2, 2009 (23pp, 118K, about PDF)
- Pesticide Regulatory Education Program (PREP): Request for Applications (RFA)- Proposals due April 20, 2009 (25pp, 158K, about PDF)
- PRIA 2 Partnership Grants: Initial Proposals due April 15, 2009 (26pp, 148K, about PDF)
- Strategic Agricultural Initiative:
- EPA Region 4 proposals due February 28, 2009
- EPA Region 1 proposals due March 10, 2009
- EPA Region 7 proposals due March 13, 2009
- EPA Region 6 proposals due March 16, 2006
- EPA Region 9 proposals due March 18, 2009
EPA funding supports grants in several pesticide related areas:
- Urban
Initiative: prevent agricultural pesticide misuse in homes, schools,
churches etc.
- Strategic Agricultural Initiative: supports FQPA-related projects for state and nonprofit organizations. Administered by each EPA Regional Office, the Initiative's projects emphasize the use and study of reduced risk pesticides and alternatives to pesticide use. The Initiative also seeks partnerships with regulatory agencies, industry and the agricultural community.
- Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program Regional Grants: support pollution prevention projects that are important to and complement ongoing efforts in EPA's Regional Offices.
- Tribal Pesticide Project Grants: Both tribal and state continuing pesticide programs are funded through cooperative agreements between the tribe or state and EPA's Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA). In recent years grants have also been awarded for short term water quality and special pesticide projects.
- American Farmland Trust: jointly funds projects with EPA to solve environmental problems associated with agriculture.
- Resource and Development Grants
State Pesticide programs also receive cooperative agreement grant dollars to help meet enforcement and programmatic goals in each state. Some state pesticide laboratories receive revolving fund dollars to help update equipment and standards.