The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has $16 Million available for Pollution Prevention (P2) grants.
The grants provide technical assistance to businesses in order to help them develop and adopt source reduction practices, also known as “pollution prevention” or “P2”)
The EPA is holding webinars for businesses to learn more about two new grant opportunities to advance environmental justice in underserved communities:
- March 28, 2023, 2 – 3:30 p.m. ET - Register here
- March 30, 2023, 2 – 3:30 p.m. ET - Register here
Individual grant awards may range from $100,000 to $800,000 for the funding period or up to $1.2 million for multi-state or multi-Tribal projects:
- The Pollution Prevention Grant: Environmental Justice in Communities will support technical assistance for businesses to specifically target and improve human health and the environment in disadvantaged communities. Applications for this grant are due by June 6, 2023. Additional information is available at grants.gov under Funding Opportunity Announcement EPA-I-OCSPP-OPPT-FY2023-001.
- The Pollution Prevention Grant: Environmental Justice Through Safer and More Sustainable Products will support P2 technical assistance to businesses 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’s Recommendations for Specifications, Standards and Ecolabels for Federal Purchasing. Applications for this grant are due by June 20, 2023. Additional information is available at grants.gov under Funding Opportunity Announcement EPA-I-OCSPP-OPPT-FY2023-002.
The webinars will provide information on the P2 grant programs, the application process, and the P2 Grant Partner Connection List, a new resource to help facilitate partnerships among potential applicants and P2 stakeholders, including community organizations. A question and answer session and Spanish interpretation will be provided for each webinar.
Tools and resources for prospective grantees, including pre-recorded webinars, writing guidance, networking tools, and helpful templates, can be found at https://www.epa.gov/p2/grant-programs-pollution-prevention#grants .
Contact the P2 Hub Helpline for additional information or assistance: p2hub@epa.gov or (202) 566-0799.
