Grants and Funding
This page provides access to information on funding opportunities available in EPA's Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER). In support of EPA's policy initiative to encourage competition in the award of grants, cooperative agreements, and other assistance agreement vehicles, OSWER requires that all discretionary funding opportunities subject to the Agency's competition policy be published on this site. We encourage you to bookmark this page and visit regularly. OSWER grant and other funding opportunities will be posted as they become available.
This site offers information on assistance agreement (i.e., grants, cooperative agreements, etc.) opportunities only. For a detailed listing of OSWER contracting opportunities, please refer to the EPA Acquisition Forecast Database.
An Application Kit including application forms and other information and a Grant Writing Tutorial are available to assist you in applying for these grants.
OSWER Anticipated Funding Opportunities
During FY 2009, OSWER currently anticipates issuance of competitive grant solicitations in the following areas:
Brownfields Job Training Grants, Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund Grants, Brownfields Assessment Grants, Brownfields Multi-Purpose Grants, Brownfields Cleanup Grants, State Assistance Grant, Hazardous Waste Management Grant Program for Tribes, Tribal Solid Waste Management Assistance Project.
This information is subject to change and is not a firm committment that these opportunities will be posted.
Complete details on specific funding opportunities are posted to the "Open Announcements" section of this site, and Grants.gov, as they become available.
Open Announcements
Following are full text announcements of current OSWER funding opportunities. For your convenience, the listing of funding opportunities is organized by Program areas. Click on the links below for a current listing of funding opportunities available in each of the Program areas.
Immediate Office of the Assistant Administrator
No Current Announcements
Office of Brownfields & Land Revitalization
No Current Announcements
Office of Emergency Management
No Current Announcements
Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery
Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation
No Current Announcements
Office of Underground Storage Tanks
No Current Announcements
Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery
RFP# EPA-OSWER-ORCR-09-03 – Closing Date: June 11, 2009.
RCRA State Implementation Support Grant
This notice announces the availability of funds and solicits proposals from State (including the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and Northern Mariana Islands), local, Tribal, interstate, and intrastate government agencies and instrumentalities; and nonprofit organizations that are not 501(c)(4) organizations that lobby, including nonprofit educational institutions and nonprofit hospitals. Individuals and for-profit organizations are not eligible. The purpose of the assistance agreement is to promote and stimulate information exchange among State hazardous and solid waste officials, other State officials actively involved in the management of these wastes, and EPA officials to jointly resolve Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) implementation issues, and identify emerging issues that are at both State and Federal levels.
RCRA State Implementation Support Grant (PDF) (28 pp, 145K, About PDF)
Closed Announcements
Proposals are no longer being accepted for these announcements whose closing dates have expired. Generally, these announcements will remain posted for one year following the closing date for submission of proposals.
- FY 2009 Tribal Solid Waste Management Assistance Project
RFP# EPA-OSWER-ORCR-09-02 – Closing Date: April 20, 2009. - FY 2009 Hazardous Waste Management Grant Program for Tribes
RFP# EPA-OSWER-ORCR-09-01 - Closing Date: May 1, 2009. - Underground Storage Tank Compliance Assistance And Training Support In Indian Country
RFP# EPA-OSWER-OUST-08-11 - Closing Date: November 3, 2008 November 17, 2008. - Proposal Guidelines for Brownfields Assessment Grants
RFP# EPA-OSWER-OBLR-08-07 - Closing Date: November 14, 2008. - Proposal Guidelines for Brownfields Assessment Grants (PDF). (49 pp, 584K, About PDF)
- Proposal Guidelines for Brownfields Cleanup Grants
RFP# EPA-OSWER-OBLR-08-08 - Closing Date: November 14, 2008. - Proposal Guidelines for Brownfields Cleanup Grants (PDF). (51 pp, 387K, About PDF)
- Proposal Guidelines for Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund Grants
RFP# EPA-OSWER-OBLR-08-09 - Closing Date: November 14, 2008. - Brownfields Job Training Grants
RFP# EPA-OSWER-OBLR-08-10 - Closing Date: October 15, 2008.- Brownfields Job Training Grants (PDF) (37 pp, 191K, About PDF)
- FY 2008 Hazardous Waste Management Grant Program For Tribes
RFP# EPA-OSWER-IPCO-08-06 - Closing Date: August 26, 2008. - Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER) Program Tribal Support Grants (PDF). (40 pp, 231K, About PDF)
- Amendment 001, dated July 18, 2008 (PDF) (1pg, 16K, About PDF)
Questions and Answers, dated August 5, 2008 (PDF) (5pp, 45K, About PDF)
- FY 2008 Hazardous Waste Management Grant Program For Tribes
RFP# EPA-OSWER-OSW-08-05 - Closing Date: July 14, 2008. - Brownfields 2009-2013 Annual Conference
RFP# EPA-OSWER-OBLR-08-04 - Closing Date: July 10, 2008. - FY 2008 Tribal Solid Waste Management Assistance Project
RFP# EPA-OSWER-OSW-08-03 - Closing Date: June 9, 2008. - Brownfields Training, Research, and Technical Assistance Grants
RFP# EPA-OSWER-OBLR-08-02 - Closing Date: May 1, 2008. -
Brownfields Training, Research, and Technical Assistance Grants (PDF). (28 pp, 191K, About PDF)
- Request for Applications (RFA) - Questions and Answers (PDF). (4 pp, 30K, About PDF)
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Implementation of the Compliance / Prevention Underground Storage Tank Program and the Cleanup of Leaking Underground Storage Tank Program.
RFP# EPA-OSWER-OUST-08-01 - Closing Date: December 21, 2007. - Technical Assistance To Brownfields Communities
RFP# EPA-OSWER-OBCR-07-08 - Closing Date: October 2, 2007.- Technical Assistance To Brownfields Communities (PDF) (26 pp, 225K, About PDF)
- Amendment 001, dated August 21, 2007 (PDF) (1 p, 13K, About PDF)
- Questions and Answers, dated September 20, 2007 (PDF) (4 p, 29K, About PDF)
- Proposal Guidelines for Brownfields Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Grants
RFP# EPA-OSWER-OBCR-07-09 - Closing Date: October 12, 2007. - Brownfields Job Training Grants
RFP# EPA-OSWER-OBCR-07-10 - Closing Date: October 19, 2007.- Brownfields Job Training Grants (36 pp, 315K, About PDF)
- Amendment 001, dated September 20, 2007 (1 p, 14K, About PDF)
- FY 2007 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT GRANT PROGRAM FOR TRIBES
RFP# EPA-OSWER-OSW-07-07 - Closing Date: August 13, 2007.
- FY 2007 Tribal Solid Waste Management Assistance Project
RFP# EPA-OSWER-OSW-07-03 - Closing Date: March 22, 2007.
- FY 2007 SCHOOLS CHEMICAL CLEANOUT CAMPAIGN (SC3) GRANT
RFP# EPA-OSWER-OSW-07-06 - Closing Date: March 14, 2007.
- FY 2007 Schools Chemical Cleanout Campaign (SC3) Grant (29 pp, 196K, About PDF)
- FY 2007 Schools Chemical Cleanout Campaign (SC3) Grant (29 pp, 196K, About PDF)
- Solid Waste Management Assistance Grants - Support For Tribal Response Programs Focused On Brownfields Redevelopment
RFP# EPA-OSWER-OBCR-07-05 - Closing Date: January 26, 2007. - Training, Research, and Technical Assistance Related to Methamphetamine Contaminated Brownfield Sites in Indian Country
RFP# EPA-OSWER-OBCR-07-04 - Closing Date: January 26, 2007. - Proposal Guidelines for Brownfields Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Grants
RFP# EPA-OSWER-OBCR-07-01 - Closing Date: December 8, 2006. - Conferences, Workshops, Training, Travel, and Meeting Support Activities For State Co-Regulators
RFP# EPA-OSWER-OSRTI-07-02 - Closing Date: November 27, 2006. - OSWER Innovations Pilot Projects
RFA NO: EPA‑OSWER‑IO‑06-08 - Closing Date: November 6, 2006 November 20, 2006 - Brownfields Job Training Grants
RFA# EPA-OSWER-OBCR-06-06 - Closing Date: September 8, 2006- Brownfields Job Training Grants (PDF) (33 pp, 157K, About PDF)
- Brownfields Job Training Grants (PDF) (33 pp, 157K, About PDF)
- Institutional Controls Implementation and Effectiveness Research (FY06)
RFA# EPA-OSWER-OSW-06-07 - Closing Date: August 21, 2006- Request
for Initial Proposals (PDF) (21 pp, 98K, About PDF)
- Request
for Initial Proposals (PDF) (21 pp, 98K, About PDF)
- Servicing in Schools Grant (FY06)
RFA# EPA-OSWER-OSW-06-05 - Closing Date: June 19, 2006- Request for Initial Proposals (PDF) (21 pp, 156K, About PDF)
- Request for Initial Proposals (PDF) (21 pp, 156K, About PDF)
- FY 2006 Tribal Solid Waste Management Assistance Project
RFA# EPA-OSWER-OSW-06-03 - Closing Date: April 3, 2006- Request for Applications (PDF) (20 pp, 179K, About PDF)
- Request for Applications (PDF) (20 pp, 179K, About PDF)
- Resource Conservation Challenge (RCC) Grants Program (FY06)
RFIP# EPA-OSWER-OSW-06-04 - Closing Date: February 21, 2006 - Request for Initial Proposals (PDF) (22 pp, 173K, About PDF)
- Amendment 001, dated January 27,
2006 (PDF) (2 pp, 24K, About PDF)