The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking applications for cooperative agreements to support the data, reporting, and evidence-building capacity of program beneficiaries, which include, recipients of grant funding from EPA as direct recipients of EPA funding and subrecipients who can participate in the Clean Water and Safe Drinking Water programs, particularly for those representing small, underserved, and/or tribal communities that are applying for or receiving EPA grant funding.
Donor Name: Environmental Protection Agency
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/30/2023
Size of the Grant: $500,000
Grant Duration: 3 years
Details:
Funding Information
- For application submission purposes, applicants should prepare budgets for up to approximately $500,000 over three years with up to approximately $167,000 budgeted for each year.
- EPA expects to make between 4 to 8 incrementally funded awards with periods of performance of up to three years with total funding of approximately up to $500,000 per award depending on funding availability, the quality of applications, satisfactory progress, and other applicable considerations.
Eligible Services and Activities
The Eligible Services to be provided by recipients operating under this Cooperative Agreement should be based on accomplishing the following objectives related to training, capacity development, planning, technical assistance, and evaluation activities to assist small, underserved, tribal grant recipient communities with information, tools, and assistance.
- Capacity Development and Technical Assistance. Building the capacity of local governments –especially in disadvantaged communities –is essential to ensure compliance with environmental regulations and effective utilization of federal investment from the EPA. Recipients will provide technical assistance and/or research to support communities in a range of activities, such as positioning communities to demonstrate their success so they can apply for funding that bolsters their ability to obtain state and federal support. A significant emphasis will be on supporting communities in preparing for, accessing, and implementing the $50 billion in funding that the EPA will distribute from the BIL through the Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) programs.
- Tools and Resources. Recipients will work collaboratively with the EPA (as part of the Agency’s substantial involvement) to identify the tools, research needs, data, and other technical information to support local, state, and tribal partners to effectively implement environmental regulations and infrastructure investments.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible applicants for this funding opportunity have been limited to the following:
- Public nonprofit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals)
- Private nonprofit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals).
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
