The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is soliciting proposals for its Pollution Prevention Grants: Environmental Justice Through Safer and More Sustainable Products.
Donor Name: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
State: All States
County: All Counties
U.S. Territories: U.S. Virgin Islands, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/20/2023
Size of the Grant: $1,200,000
Grant Duration: 2 years
Details:
The goal of this grant opportunity is to address environmental justice by providing P2 technical assistance to businesses (e.g., information, training, expert advice) to improve human health and the environment in disadvantaged communities by increasing the supply, demand and use of safer and more sustainable products, such as those that are certified by EPA’s Safer Choice Program, or those that conform to EPA’sRecommendations for Specifications, Standards and Ecolabels for Federal Purchasing (EPARecommendations). Greater availability and use of safer and sustainable products can decrease harmful chemical exposures and impacts on human health and the environment in disadvantaged communities. Therefore, EPA views these grants as a component of the Biden Administration Justice40 Initiative, which is designed to assure that 40 percent of the overall benefits of certain Federal investments flow to disadvantaged communities.
To allow a greater number of disadvantaged communities to benefit from the results and lessons learned from projects funded by these grants, EPA is requiring recipients to develop P2 case studies on approaches to make safer and sustainable products more available in disadvantaged communities where the approaches are new, not widely known or adopted, or where the recipient believes detailed information on the project could support more widespread project replication. Recipients must develop at least one case study during the grant period.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding:$8,000,000
- Award Ceiling: $1,200,000
Project Period
The total funding under this competitive opportunity is approximately $8 million, to be awarded in 2023 for projects with a two-year funding period.
Eligibility Criteria
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 or tribe, including colleges and universities, federally recognized Indian tribes that meet the requirements as described in 40 CFR 35.663, and Intertribal Consortia that meet the requirements in 40 CFR 35.504.12 Colleges and universities must be chartered, commissioned or publicly-owned/operated by the state or the federally recognized tribe in order to be eligible. Colleges and universities must include documentation within their applications, which may include, but is not limited to a: state constitutional reference, college/university charter, or a W-7 tax form that has confirmed the college or university to serve as an instrumentality of a state or a federally recognized tribe. EPA strongly encourages minority serving institutions (MSIs) that meet the eligibility criteria to apply for these grants. Note: Local governments, private universities, for-profit organizations, nonprofit organizations, private businesses, and individuals are not eligible to apply for funding under this announcement but can partner with eligible applicants.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
