Deadline: 1-Feb-23
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) seeks applications proposing to take a holistic approach, grounded in research and innovation, to develop and demonstrate solutions to real world challenges.
The People, Prosperity, and the Planet (P3) Program highlights the use of scientific principles in creating innovative technology-based projects that achieve the mutual goals of improved quality of life, economic prosperity and environmental protection. P3 encourages interdisciplinary collaborations across STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) disciplines to devise innovative solutions to environmental and public health challenges in the U.S., including those in small, rural, tribal and/or underserved communities.
P3 supports STEM education through hands-on experience and training that brings their classroom learning to life, while also allowing student teams to create tangible changes in their communities. To the extent practicable, applicants should describe the STEM education ecosystem in their project. A STEM education ecosystem consists of partners united by a collective vision of supporting participation in STEM through the creation of accessible, inclusive STEM learning opportunities spanning all education stages and career pathways. A STEM education ecosystem continuously evaluates its activities and adapts as needed, plans for the long-term, and communicates its work to build broad support and advance best-practices.
Principles
Proposed projects should support P3’s four strategic principles:
- Principle 1: Engage, educate, and empower the next generation of scientists, engineers, and the greater academic and external communities to improve the quality of people’s lives, provide economic benefits, and protect the environment – the P3 approach.
- Principle 2: Support the development of innovative technologiesthat will contribute to improved social, environmental, and economic well-being, especially in communities with the greatest needs.
- Principle 3: Support the demonstration of proposed P3-developed technologiesto prove their effectiveness and value.
- Principle 4: Foster the development of strategies to disseminate technologies in target communities and elsewhere.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $1,200,000
- Award Ceiling: $75,000
Eligibility Criteria
- Public and private institutions of higher education (limited to degree-granting institutions of higher education) located in the U.S. (includes eligible institutions of higher education located in U.S. territories and possessions) are eligible to apply to be the recipient of a grant to support teams of undergraduate, graduate students, or both. Profit-making firms and individuals are not eligible to receive assistance agreements from the EPA under this program.
- Nonprofit organizations that are not exempt from taxation under section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code must submit other forms of documentation of nonprofit status; such as certificates of incorporation as nonprofit under state or tribal law. Nonprofit organizations exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code that lobby are not eligible for EPA funding as provided in the Lobbying Disclosure Act, 2 U.S.C. 1611.
- Foreign governments, international organizations, and non-governmental international organizations/institutions are not eligible to apply.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=343924