Deadline: 29-Aug-22
The Environmental Protection Agency’s(EPA) South Florida Program is providing a competitive grants to address the immediate and emerging ecological pressures and threats to south Florida waters including fresh waters, estuaries, bays, and coral reef, central to South Florida’s economic and ecological wellbeing.
This RFA solicits applications for the South Florida Program region that includes the 16-county area covered by South Florida Water Management District as well as the Florida Keys; Florida Reef Tract; Caloosahatchee Estuary; Indian River Lagoon, St. Lucie Estuary; Florida Bay, and Biscayne Bay.
Goals & Objectives
- Goal 1. Ensure Clean and Safe Water for All Communities. Provide clean and safe water for all communities and protect our nation’s waterbodies from degradation Objective
- Objective: Protect and Restore Waterbodies and Watersheds.
- Goal 2.Take Decisive Action to Advance Environmental Justice and Civil Rights. Achieve tangible progress for historically overburdened and underserved communities and ensure the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income in developing and implementing environmental laws, regulations, and policies.
- Objective: Promote Environmental Justice and Civil Rights at the Federal, Tribal, State, and Local levels.
Priorities
- Aquatic Habitat Restoration in South Florida [up to $750,000 per project]
- Addressing Climate Resiliency through Nature Based Infrastructure [up to $750,000 per project]
- Water Quality Monitoring and Modeling [up to $400,000 per project]
- Support Local Community-Based Projects to Protect Waterways and Aquatic Habitat [up to $400,000 per project]
- Florida Reef Tract Coral Health [up to $400,000 per project]
- Nutrient Management to Reduce Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) [up to $400,000 per project]
- Stormwater/Nutrient Pollutant Reduction Projects [Up to $400,000 per project]
Funding information
- Funding Amount: The total estimated funding expected under this competitive announcement is approximately $8,000,000 including both regular appropriations and IIJA funds. The funding will range from $200,000 to a maximum of $750,000 per grant award.
- The EPA anticipates awarding approximately 20 assistance agreements under this announcement ranging in value from approximately $200,000 to a maximum of $750,000 per grant award, subject to the availability of funds, quality of evaluated applications, and other applicable considerations. The EPA reserves the right to reject all applications and make no awards under this announcement or to make fewer awards than expected.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible Entities: In accordance with Assistance Listing Number 66.484, applications will be accepted from States, local governments, territories, Indian Tribes, and possessions of the U.S. (including the District of Columbia); public and private universities and colleges; hospitals; laboratories; public or private nonprofit institutions; and intertribal consortia.
- Non-profit organizations consistent with the definition of Nonprofit organization at 2 CFR § 200.1, the term nonprofit organization means any corporation, trust, association, cooperative, or other organization that is operated mainly for scientific, educational, service, charitable, or similar purpose in the public interest and is not organized primarily for profit; and uses net proceeds to maintain, improve, or expand the operation of the organization. The term includes tax-exempt nonprofit neighborhood and labor organizations. Note that 2 CFR 200.1 specifically excludes Institutions of Higher Education from the definition of non-profit organization because they are separately defined in the regulation.
- 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.
- For-profit organizations are not an eligible entity for this funding opportunity. Additionally, non-profit organizations described in Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code that engage in lobbying activities as defined in Section 3 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 are not eligible to apply.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=342408