Deadline: 11-Apr-22
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing a grant competition to fund two-year Pollution Prevention assistance agreements for projects that provide technical assistance (e.g., information, training, tools) to businesses to help them develop and adopt source reduction practices (also known as “pollution prevention” or “P2”). P2 means reducing or eliminating pollutants from entering any waste stream or otherwise being released into the environment prior to recycling, treatment, or disposal. EPA is encouraging P2 because implementing these practices can result in reductions in pollutants, and the use of water, energy, and other raw materials, while also lowering business costs.
Priorities
Funding Information
- The total estimated funding for this competitive opportunity is approximately $13.9 million.
- The maximum individual award ceiling is $350,000 for the expected two-year grant period. Awards will be funded in full upon issuing the
- Number of facilities provided P2 technical assistance.
- EJ: Number of facilities in or adjacent to underserved communities provided P2 technical assistance.
- Percentage of facilities provided P2 technical assistance that the grantee follows-up with (e.g.,phone call, visit, letter, or email) to determine which P2 practices were implemented (should be100%).
- Percentage of facilities that implement at least one new P2 practice as a result of the technical assistance provided by the grantee.
- EJ: Percentage of facilities in or adjacent to underserved communities that implemented at least one new P2 practice as a result of the technical assistance provided by the grantee
- Number of case studies and other P2 documentation products describing specific P2 best practices identified, developed, or implemented through the grant.
- Number of amplification activities (i.e., training, webinars, videos, other outreach) that widely share P2 practices and P2 documentation products.
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Note: For each amplification activity, grantees will also be asked to report on:
- topic(s) covered,
- number of facilities attending training or webinars, or receiving outreach materials,
- percentage of participants reporting increased understanding of topics covered.
- EJ: Number of amplification activities that target underserved communities.
Eligibility Criteria
- Authorize Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to award grants and/or cooperative agreements to the fifty states, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, any territory or possession of the U.S.), any agency or instrumentality of a state, including colleges and universities of states, federally-recognized Indian tribes that meet the requirements and Intertribal Consortia that meet the requirement Colleges and universities must be chartered, commissioned or publicly-owned/operated by the state or the federally-recognized tribe in order to be eligible.
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Colleges and universities must include documentation within their applications, which may include, but is not limited to as:
- State constitutional reference, college/university charter, W-7 tax form that has confirmed the college or university to serve as an instrumentality of a state or a federally-recognized tribe.
Note: Local governments, private universities, for-profit organizations, nonprofit organizations, private businesses, and individuals are not eligible to apply for funding under this announcement.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=337921
