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EPA Grants
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| Title | Continuing Program Grants |
| Office/Region | EPA Region 5 under Section 105 of the Clean Air Act |
| Description | Section 105 of the Clean Air Act authorizes financial assistance to state, tribal, and local air pollution control agencies to administer programs for the prevention and control of air pollution or implementation of national air quality standards. Major funding categories include: ozone, carbon monoxide, air toxins, acid deposition, particulate matter, lead, permitting, and enforcement. |
| Amounts | $20 to $25 million in funding expected. Grants range from $1 million to $4 million for states in EPA Region 5.
States must match 40% of federal funds they receive. |
| EPA Regions | 5 |
| Eligibility | State, tribal, and local air pollution control agencies in and around Cincinnati, OH, Dayton, OH, Cook County, IL, and Detroit, MI |
| Application Deadline | N/A |
| URL: | http://yosemite.epa.gov/r5/r5ard.nsf/grants+main?OpenView |
| Contact Information | Robert B. Miller
USEPA Region 5
77 West Jackson Boulevard
Chicago, IL 60604-3507
Phone: (312) 353-0396
E-mail: miller.robert@epa.gov |
| Title | Pollution Prevention Grant (PPG); a.k.a. Pollution Prevention Incentives for States (PPIS) |
| Office/Region | EPA |
| Description | The Pollution Prevention Incentive for States (PPIS) grant program provides matching funds to state and tribal programs to support pollution prevention activities across all environmental media, and to develop state programs. The majority of PPIS grants fund state-based projects for technical assistance, training, outreach, education, regulatory integration, data collection, research, demonstration projects, and recognition programs. |
| Amounts | EPA provides about $5 million annually through PPIS to help develop and sustain state pollution prevention program activities and pioneer new pollution prevention approaches in the states. Average grant in 2002 was $80,000. |
| EPA Regions | All |
| Eligibility | State governments |
| Application Deadline | Request for proposals announced annually in November; submissions due February or March. |
| URL: | http://www.epa.gov/p2/grants/ |
| Contact Information | Christopher Kent
USEPA Headquarters
Ariel Rios Building
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W.
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: (202) 564-8842
E-mail: kent.christopher@epa.gov |
| Title | Project Grants (Section 103) |
| Office/Region | EPA Region 5 under Section 103 of the Clean Air Act |
| Description | Section 103 of the Clean Air Act authorizes funding of national and regional research and development programs for the prevention and control of air pollution. In part, this program is designed to conduct research investigations, experiments, demonstrations, surveys, and studies relating to the causes, effects, extent, prevention, and control of air pollution. |
| Amounts | $5 million (subject to change) available with project allotments ranging from $600K to $1 million. No match required. |
| EPA Regions | 5 |
| Eligibility | State, tribal, and local air pollution control agencies in and around Cincinnati, OH, Dayton, OH, Cook County, IL, and Detroit, MI |
| Application Deadline | N/A |
| URL: | http://yosemite.epa.gov/r5/r5ard.nsf/grants+main?OpenView |
| Contact Information | Robert B. Miller
USEPA Region 5
77 West Jackson Boulevard
Chicago, IL 60604-3507
Phone: (312) 353-0396
E-mail: miller.robert@epa.gov |
| Title | Solid Waste Funding for Region 9 |
| Office/Region | EPA Region 9 |
| Description | EPA solid waste grants fund program development or pilot projects that promote waste reduction, recycled-content products, markets for recycled materials, or assist in the development of solid waste management plans and the clean-up of open dumping. |
| Amounts | Varies, but generally up to $60,000. Matching share may be required. |
| EPA Regions | 9 |
| Eligibility | States, tribes, territories, multi-state/tribal organizations, local governments and nonprofits |
| Application Deadline | Requests for proposal are available annually in November or December. Proposals are due in January or February to EPA. In the spring, decisions are made to determine projects to fund, and the grants are officially awarded in the summer. You can learn of key dates and contact information by checking the Region 9 Solid Waste Funding Site listed below. |
| URL: | http://www.epa.gov/Region9/waste/solid/funding.html |
| Contact Information | Adrienne Priselac
Phone: (415) 972-3285
E-mail: priselac.adrienne@epa.gov |
| Title | Surveys, Studies, Investigations, Demonstrations and Special Purpose Grants (66.034) |
| Office/Region | EPA |
| Description | This program seeks to: support surveys, studies, and investigations associated with air quality; identify, develop, and demonstrate pollution control techniques; prevent, reduce, and eliminate pollution; and evaluate the consequences of alternative strategies and mechanisms for use by those in economic, social, governmental, and environmental management positions. |
| Amounts | Range from $1,000 to $500,000 for a total of $300 million |
| EPA Regions | All |
| Eligibility | States, territories, tribal governments, and possessions of the U.S., public and private universities and colleges, hospitals, laboratories, other public or private nonprofit institutions which submit applications proposing projects with significant technical merit and relevance to EPA's Office of Air and Radiation's mission. |
| Application Deadline | None, unless applications are submitted in response to calls for proposals or requests for applications that include deadlines. |
| URL: | http://12.46.245.173/pls/portal30/CATALOG.PROGRAM_TEXT_RPT.SHOW? p_arg_names=prog_nbr&p_arg_values=66.034  |
| Contact Information | Katherine A. Moore
USEPA Headquarters
Ariel Rios Building
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: (202) 564-1514
E-mail: moore.katherine@epa.gov |
| Title | Transportation and Air Quality |
| Office/Region | EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality |
| Description | Innovative Projects to Improve Air Quality and Reduce Greenhouse Gases; various grants and projects announced throughout the year. See website for current solicitations. |
| Amounts | Varies |
| EPA Regions | All |
| Eligibility | State, local, multi-state and tribal air pollution control agencies |
| Application Deadline | Varies |
| URL: | http://www.epa.gov/otaq/rfp.htm |
| Contact Information | Susan E. Bullard
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W.
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: (202) 564-9856
E-mail: bullard.susan@epa.gov |
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