Deadline: 4-Apr-23
The Solid Waste for Infrastructure (SWIFR) grant program funded through the BIL is now open for applications to provide a critical opportunity to fund a range of high impact projects to increase recycling, reduce contamination, and promote a circular economy for sustainable materials management by making much-needed investments in solid waste management infrastructure.
The SWIFR Grant Program is a covered program under the Justice40 Initiative which aims to deliver 40 percent of the overall benefits of climate, clean energy, affordable and sustainable housing, clean water, and other investments to disadvantaged communities.
Types of Grants
There are three types of grants within the SWIFR program, which are designed to fund a range of projects that will enable EPA to help states, territories, tribes, local governments, and communities advance from “where they are” to significantly transform their recycling and materials management infrastructure.
- SWIFR Grants for States and Territories will provide states and territories with capacity building grants to support their long-term planning and data collection needs to demonstrate progress toward the National Recycling Goal and Food Loss and Waste Reduction Goal and advance a Circular Economy for materials. Territories also will be able to utilize funds for equipment and construction related costs as part of their implementation of plans.
- SWIFR Grants for Tribes and Intertribal Consortia will provide funds for tribes and intertribal consortia to develop or update plans focused on encouraging environmentally sound post-consumer materials management; establish, increase, or expand materials management infrastructure, utilize funds for equipment and construction related costs as part of their implementation plans, and identify, establish, or improve end-markets for the use of recycled materials.
- SWIFR Grants for Political Subdivisions will establish, increase, expand, or optimize collection and improve materials management infrastructure; reduce contamination in the recycled materials stream; and identify, establish, or improve end-markets for the use of recycled materials.
Funding Information
The total estimated funding for this competitive opportunity is approximately $40,000,000. The EPA anticipates awarding at least one award per EPA Region depending on the quantity and quality of the applications received, and other applicable considerations. The minimum individual award is $100,000 and the maximum individual award is $1,500,000 for the grant period, which is up to three years.
Eligibility Criteria
Under this announcement, applications will be accepted from:
- Federally Recognized Tribes, 8 which include Alaskan Native Villages, and former Indian reservations in Oklahoma, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior, and
- Intertribal consortia, consistent with the requirements.
- States and territories are not eligible entities under this solicitation but are included as eligible entities under the SWIFR States and Territories grant solicitation.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.