EPA Requests Proposals for Urban Waters Small Grants
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency expects to award
between $1.8 to $3.8 million in funding for projects across the country to help
restore urban waters by improving water quality and supporting community
revitalization. The funding is part of EPA’s Urban Waters program, which
supports communities in their efforts to access, improve, and benefit from
their urban waters and the surrounding land. Healthy and accessible urban
waters can help grow local businesses and enhance educational, recreational and
employment opportunities in nearby communities.
The goal of the Urban Waters Small Grants program is to fund
research, studies, training, and demonstration projects that will advance the
restoration of urban waters by improving water quality through activities that
also support community revitalization and other local priorities such as public
health, social and economic opportunities, general livability and environmental
justice for residents. Examples of projects eligible for funding include:
•
Education and training for water quality improvement or green
infrastructure jobs
•
Public education about ways to reduce water pollution
• Local water quality
monitoring programs
• Engaging diverse
stakeholders to develop local watershed plans
• Innovative projects
that promote local water quality and community
revitalization goals
Information about Urban Waters Small Grants including the
Request for Proposal (RFP) and registration links for the webinars is available
at http://www.epa.gov/urbanwaters/funding.
EPA expects to award the grants in Summer 2012.
Note to Applicants: In accordance with EPA's
Assistance Agreement Competition Policy (EPA Order 5700.5A1), EPA staff will
not meet with individual applicants to discuss draft proposals, provide
informal comments on draft proposals, or provide advice to applicants on how to
respond to ranking criteria. Applicants are responsible for the contents
of their proposals. However, consistent with the provisions in the
announcement, EPA will respond to questions from individual applicants
regarding threshold eligibility criteria, administrative issues related to the
submission of the proposal, and requests for clarification about the
announcement. Questions must be submitted in writing via e-mail to urbanwaters@epa.gov and must be received
by the Agency Contact, Ji-Sun Yi, by January 16, 2012 and written responses
will be posted on EPA’s website at http://www.epa.gov/urbanwaters/funding
Dates to Remember:
• Deadline for submitting
proposals: January 23, 2012.
• Two webinars about this
funding opportunity: December 14, 2011
and January 5, 2012.
• Deadline for submitting
questions: January 16, 2012
Related Links:
• For more information on
EPA’s Urban Waters program, visit
• EPA’s Urban Waters
program supports the goals and principles of
the Urban Waters Federal
Partnership, a partnership of 11 federal
agencies working to reconnect
urban communities with their
waterways. For more
information on the Urban Waters Federal
Partnership, visit http://urbanwaters.gov.
Elson
B. Nash
Acting
Director of Strategic Partnerships
The
Corporation for National and Community Service
202-606-6834
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