Deadline: 27-Oct-21
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) Award Program – is seeking applications for Sustainable and Healthy Communities to research, develop, design, and demonstrate solutions to real world challenges.
The P3 Program encourages a shift towards more environmentally benign products, processes, and systems with the aim of improving quality of life, promoting economic prosperity, and protecting the planet. Innovative research can take the form of wholly new applications or applications that build on existing knowledge and approaches for new uses.
Areas
EPA supports research for developing and demonstrating technologies to prevent contamination by toxic materials and to reduce solid waste that goes to landfills. EPA seeks projects that support research and demonstration of innovative and cost-effective solutions for the following topic areas:
- Development of building materials (e.g. water pipes, interior walls) that are less toxic or recycling methods for potentially toxic contaminants in existing materials
- Innovative methods and technologies to characterize and to remove contaminants from environmental media (e.g., soil, water, air)
- Life cycle analysis and solutions to reduce the volume of waste (e.g. food waste recycling and disposal technologies), toxicity of waste (e.g. electronic components that are less toxic and/or easier to reuse and recycle) and facilitate reuse, recycling and disposal of waste.
- Research to support community revitalization following contaminated site remediation and restoration as well as to build community resilience to potential pollution resulting from natural disasters and extreme events
- Research to characterize and remediate the impacts of pollution on vulnerable groups of children, underserved communities, and other susceptible populations
Funding Information
- Anticipated Funding Amount: Approximately $800,000 total for all awards Potential Funding per Award: Up to $25,000 per Phase I grant including direct and indirect costs. Applications for Phase I grants requesting an award of more than $25,000 will not be considered. Applications for Phase I grants must be for one year.
- Upon the successful completion of Phase I, grant recipients will have the opportunity to apply for a P3 Phase II grant of up to $100,000 total with a two-year duration, including direct and indirect costs. Applications for Phase II grants requesting an award of more than $100,000 or with a duration of more than two years will not be considered. Cost-sharing is not required for either Phase I or Phase II grants.
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 and/or graduate students.
- Profit-making firms are not eligible to receive assistance agreements from the EPA under this program.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=335245
