The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking applications for its Climate Pollution Reduction Grants Program: Implementation Grants Competition for Tribes and Territories.
Donor Name: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
State: All States
County: All Counties
U.S. Territory: American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/01/2024
Size of the Grant: $25,000,000
Grant Duration: 5 years
Details:
This competition is exclusively for tribes and territories. Lead organizations for tribes and territories must submit their PCAPs to EPA , in order for lead organizations and other eligible applicants under this announcement to submit grant applications to fund measures contained in those plans. EPA anticipates awarding approximately 25 to 100 grants ranging between $1 million and $25 million under this tribes and territories competition.
Goals
Accordingly, the CPRG tribes and territories competition for implementation grants is designed to enable tribes and territories to achieve the following goals:
- Implement ambitious measures that will achieve significant cumulative GHG reductions by 2030 and beyond;
- Pursue measures that will achieve substantial community benefits (such as reduction of criteria air pollutants (CAPs) and hazardous air pollutants (HAPs));
- Complement other funding sources to maximize these GHG reductions and community benefits; and,
- Pursue innovative policies and programs that are replicable and can be “scaled up” across multiple jurisdictions.
This competition is also designed to incentivize eligible applicants to apply for funding together as a coalition to implement GHG reduction measures regionally.
Funding Information
The total funding expected to be available for awards under the CPRG implementation grants competition for tribes and territories is approximately $300 million.
- Tier A $15,000,000 – $25,000,000
- Tier B $5,000,000 – $14,999,999
- Tier C $1,000,000 – $4,999,999
Period of Performance
The estimated period of performance for awards resulting from this solicitation will be up to five years.
Eligibility Criteria
- Tribe or Tribal Consortium
- A tribe or tribal consortium can apply for funding to implement measures included in an applicable tribal, state, or MSA PCAP.
- Eligible applicants are:
- Lead organizations for tribal CPRG planning grants
- Other tribal agencies (including tribal air pollution control agencies), departments, or other tribal government offices or tribal consortia
- Territory
- Each territory covered by CPRG (American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) can apply for funding to implement measures included in its PCAP. A territorial municipality can also apply for funding to implement measures included in an applicable territorial PCAP.
- Eligible applicants are:
- Lead organizations for CPRG planning grants for one of the territories above
- Other territorial agencies (including territorial air pollution control agencies), departments, or other territorial government offices
- Territorial municipal agencies (including local air pollution control agencies), departments, or other territorial municipal government offices
- Coalition of Eligible Applicants
- A coalition consisting of two or more eligible applicants (including tribal agencies, tribal consortia, and territorial municipal agencies, departments, or other municipal government offices in one of the four territories listed above) can apply to jointly implement one or more measures included in an applicable PCAP
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
