Grant Programs for Pollution Prevention
P2 Grants Summaries
- P2 National Emphasis Areas for grant programs
- Pollution Prevention Grant Program
- Pollution Prevention Information Network Grant Program (PPIN)
- Source Reduction Assistance Grant Program (SRA)
Pollution Prevention Grant Program
This program funds grants/cooperative agreements that implement pollution prevention technical assistance services and/or training for businesses and support projects that utilize pollution prevention techniques to reduce and/or eliminate pollution from air, water and/or land.
EPA plans to award approximately $7.94 million in P2 grants: $3.97 million in FY 2016 and $3.97 million in FY 2017.
Quick facts for P2 Grants
- Eligibility: State governments, colleges and universities (recognized as instrumentalities of the state), federally-recognized tribes and intertribal consortia.
- Match requirement: 50 percent match; for tribal governments that place P2 grant activities into a performance partnership grant (PPG) the match for the federally-recognized tribe gets reduced to 5 percent.
- Review of proposals: Along with other requirements that will be noted in the RFP, proposals must address one of the following regulatory criteria to merit further review.
- Make specific technical assistance available to businesses seeking information about source reduction opportunities, including funding for experts to provide on-site technical advice to businesses and to assist in the development of source reduction plans.
- Target assistance to businesses for whom lack of information is an impediment to source reduction.
- Provide training in source reduction techniques.
- Range of awards: Proposed range in FY 2016 is $40,000 - $360,000 for a two-year funding period.
- Average number of grants issued annually: 40
Summaries of previous grants awarded.
FY 2016 and FY 2017 P2 Grant Program Request for Proposals. The application period closed Monday, May 9, 2016, 11:59 pm (EDT).
Prior P2 Grant Program Requests for Proposals.
Guidance on Grant Applications
Pollution Prevention Information Network Grant Program (PPIN)
The PPIN grant program funds cooperative agreements for a network of P2 centers that share expertise and resource nationally and assess the needs of multiple state technical assistance programs. The centers develop and deliver P2 tools and training to meet the needs of technical assistance providers and businesses. Centers measure the impact of their work. EPA plans to award approximately $1.6 million in PPIN grants: $800,000 in FY 2016 and $800,000 in FY 2017.
Quick facts for PPIN
- Eligibility: State governments, colleges and universities (recognized as state entities), federally-recognized tribes and intertribal consortia.
- Match requirement: 50 percent match.
- Review of proposals: PPIN grant proposals must address one of the following regulatory criteria in order to merit further review.
- Make specific technical assistance available to businesses seeking information about source reduction opportunities, including funding for experts to provide on-site technical advice to businesses and to assist in the development of source reduction plans;
- Target assistance to businesses for whom lack of information is an impediment to source reduction; and
- Provide training in source reduction techniques
After this initial screening, further evaluation is performed by applying the PPIN grant program's threshold and evaluation criteria.
- Range of awards: Proposed range in FY 2016 is $110,000 - $220,000 for a two-year funding period.
- Average number of grants issued per year: 8
Summaries of previous grants awarded.
FY 2016 and FY 2017 Pollution Prevention Information Network Grant Program Request for Proposals. The application period closed Tuesday, May 17, 2016, 11:59 pm (EDT).
Prior PPIN Requests for Proposals.
An evaluation of the PPIN program was conducted in 2007-2008 and the report is published on the EPA website: Evaluating the Effectiveness of the EPA Pollution Prevention Information Network Grant Program (PDF) (204 pp, 2 MB). Summary also available (PDF) (5 pp, 106 K).
Guidance on Grant Applications
Source Reduction Assistance Grant Program (SRA)
SRA awards support pollution prevention through source reduction and resource conservation work. As authorized under the statutory authorities for this grant program, proposals must carry out project activities using one or more of the following methods – surveys, studies, research, investigation, experimentation, education, training and/or demonstrations.
Quick facts for SRA grants
- Eligibility: The 50 states, the District of Columbia, the United States Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, any territory or possession of the United States, local governments, city or township governments, independent school district governments, state controlled institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations (other than institutions of higher education), private institutions of higher education, community-based grassroots organizations, and federally-recognized tribes and intertribal consortia.
- Match requirement: 5 percent match.
- Range of awards: Proposed range in FY 2016 is $20,000 - $260,000 for a two-year funding period.
- Average number of grants issued annually: 20
Summaries of previous grants awarded.
FY 2016 and FY 2017 Source Reduction Assistance Grant Program (SRA) Request for Proposals. The application period closed Monday, June 6, 2016, 11:59 pm (EDT).
Guidance on applying for P2 and SRA grants and measuring results
Video and transcript of the EPA presentation on "P2 Program: National Grants Webinar" held March 22nd, 2016. The presentation highlights changes to the three grant programs: Pollution Prevention grants, Pollution Prevention Information Network (PPIN) grants and Source Reduction Assistance (SRA) grants. Changes to these grant programs include a two year funding cycle and revised criteria for evaluating proposals. Additional information on the three P2 National Emphasis Areas is also included.
Slides from the EPA presentation on "P2 Program: National Grants Webinar" held March 22nd, 2016
Responses to questions asked during the P2 Program: National Grants Webinar
Questions asked during the webinar were organized into categories: Definitions, P2 National Emphasis Areas, Eligible Applicants, Applying for a P2 program grant, Specific Grant Programs, and Eligible Projects. The document also lists the appropriate contacts for each of the grant programs.
P2 and SRA grants program guidance
- P2 grant guidance for applicants
- SRA grant guidance for applicants
- SRA Grant Writing Tutorial
- The Pollution Prevention Act describes the purpose of the P2 grant programs
- P2 Program: March 2015 National Grants Webinar
Measurement of pollution prevention outcomes
EPA grant guidance
Annual Reports of Grant Results
These P2 grant programs produce annual environmental and costs saving results in the following metrics:
- reductions in hazardous releases and hazardous inputs (pounds);
- reductions in greenhouse gas releases (metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent: MTCO2e);
- reduced water consumption (gallons) and
- cost savings associated with reducing hazardous pounds, MTCO2e, and water consumption.
Read more about how to measure pollution prevention.
P2 Grants
- P2 Grant Results for FY 2010
- P2 Grant Results for FY 2011
- P2 Grant Results for FY 2012
- P2 Grant Results for FY 2013
Source Reduction Grants
- SRA Grants Results for FY 2010
- SRA Grant Results FY 2011
- SRA Grant Results FY 2012
- SRA Grant Results FY 2013
Past RFPs
Pollution Prevention Grant Program
Pollution Prevention Information Network Grants Program
Source Reduction Assistance Grant Program
P2 Grant summaries
- Summaries of P2 grants awarded in 2015
- Summaries of P2 grants awarded in 2014
- Summaries of P2 grants awarded in 2013
- Summaries of P2 grants awarded in 2012
- Summaries of P2 grants awarded in 2011
- Summaries of P2 grants awarded in 2010
PPIN Grant summaries
- Summaries of PPIN grants awarded in 2015
- Summaries of PPIN grants awarded in 2014
- Summaries of PPIN grants awarded 2011-2013