The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 2 is issuing this funding opportunity to fund SRAC grants that support research, investigation, experiments, multi-media service-learning approaches, studies, demonstrations, outreach, education, and training using source reduction approaches.
Donor Name: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
State: New Jersey, New York
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/18/2024
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
EPA Region 2 is interested in receiving applications for results-oriented and multi-media communitybased projects that are performed in and benefit States or communities within EPA Region 2 (New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, and eight federally recognized Indian Nations).
Critical Elements
The Critical Elements of a Source Reduction Assistance in Communities application must include:
- Local measurable environmental and public health improvements and investments,
- An emphasis on P2 technical assistance that can address priorities in communities,
- Use of at least one of the following technical assistance methods to address P2 activities:
- Research
- Investigation
- Applied Experiments
- Outreach and Education
- Training
- Studies
- Demonstration of innovative techniques
- Demonstration of green technologies
- Multi-stakeholder problem solving, leadership, collaboration, outreach, and capacity building,
- Leveraging existing partnerships and/or developing new partnerships within the community,
- Documenting and sharing methodologies, models, approaches, and solutions identified and developed so that others can replicate these practices and outcomes,
- Developing at least one or more P2 case studies and other mechanisms to amplify results
- Documenting and reporting on P2 recommendations, progress, outputs, and outcomes that result from the technical assistance provided to the beneficiaries.
Goals and Objectives
Pursuant to Section 6a of EPA Order 5700.71, “Environmental Results under EPA Assistance Agreements,” EPA must review the linkage of proposed assistance agreements with the Agency’s Strategic Plan. The activities funded under this announcement will support EPA’s Final FY 2022-2026 Strategic Plan under Goal 7 (Ensure Safety of Chemicals for People and the Environment); Objective 7.2 (Promote Pollution Prevention) of the Strategic Plan. The program anticipates that assistance agreements (grants) awarded under this announcement will achieve the agency’s goal and objective for P2 by addressing the required output and outcome performance measures provided directly below. Application narratives must explicitly explain how the work proposed will support the EPA Strategic Plan goal and objectives identified above.
Funding Information
EPA anticipates award of up to two grants under this announcement with a total combined value of up to $242,000. The federal funding amounts for individual grant awards under this announcement can range from $70,000 to $242,000.
Project Period
2 years
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible applicants include Region 2 States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, any territory or possession of the United States, local governments, city or township governments, independent school district governments, state controlled institutions of higher education, non-profit organizations, (other than institutions of higher education) private institutions of higher education, community-based grass roots organizations, and federally-recognized tribes and intertribal consortia. Applicants deemed ineligible for funding consideration as a result of the threshold eligibility review will be notified within 15 calendar days of the ineligibility determination.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
