US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to Provide Grants

The EPA is providing grants to support states, US territories, and tribes in providing technical assistance to businesses to develop and adopt pollution prevention (P2) practices and implement source reduction. Pollution prevention (P2), also known as source reduction, is any practice that reduces, eliminates, or prevents pollution at its source prior to recycling, treatment or disposal (https://www.epa.gov/p2).

Grant opportunities include:

• $14 million P2 Grant Opportunity: Funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, this opportunity has no matching requirement and will be fully funded at the time grants are awarded. The maximum amount of each grant is $350,000.   
• $9.94 million P2 Grant Opportunity: Funded through the traditional P2 grants program, this opportunity includes a cost share/match requirement of fifty percent and funding is over a two-year cycle. Individual grant awards up to $700,000 for the two-year funding period.

A summary of FY22-23 grants can be found at FY2022-FY2023 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Pollution Prevention Grant Summaries (epa.gov).

EPA’s P2 Hub Resources Center webpage includes links to resources for grantees including webinars, writing guidance, networking tools, and helpful templates.

Applications are due by May 17, 2024. Additional information is available on grants.gov under Funding Opportunity Announcements EPA-HQ-OCSPP-OPPT-FY2024-001 and EPA-I-HQ-OCSPP-OPPT-FY2024-002. Please consult the solicitation for further details. 

If your organization plans to apply for a grant, please notify koldendorf@swana.org. SWANA is interesting in learning more about the types of projects being submitted for grants and potentially partnering with a qualifying organization in the future.