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FEDERAL GRANTS
Environmental Protection Agency
Brownfields Program involves sites that are abandoned, idled, or under-used industrial and commercial facilities where expansion or redevelopment is complicated by real or perceived environmental contamination.
Environmental Education Grants Program - The goal of this program is to support environmental education (EE) projects which enhance the public's awareness, knowledge, and skills to make informed and responsible decisions that affect environmental quality. http://www.epa.gov/enviroed/grants.html
Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program - The Exchange Network Grant Program provides funding to States, Territories, and Federally Recognized Indian Tribes to support the development of Environmental Information Exchange Network. The Exchange Network is an Internet- and standards-based, secure information systems network that supports the electronic collection, exchange, and integration of high-quality data. Funding for the grant program has been provided through annual congressional appropriations for the EPA.
Environmental Justice Grants - information on various EPA environmental justice (EJ) grant programs including the EJ Community/ University Partnership Grants Program and the Environmental Justice Through Pollution Prevention Grants Program.
Environmental Justice through Pollution Prevention - The Environmental Justice through Pollution Prevention (EJP2) grant program supports community-based groups across the nation develop collaborative approaches to achieve environmental justice through pollution prevention.
National Center for Environmental Research - Grants, Fellowships, Research Associateships and the Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Program
National Network for Environmental Management Studies Fellowships - information about the National Network for Environmental Management Studies (NNEMS) undergraduate and graduate student fellowship program, and application information.
Office of Wastewater Management (OWM) Clean Water Financing - includes guidance and information about the following programs:
- Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) program
- Water Pollution Control Program Grants for states
- Water Quality Cooperative Agreements
- Clean Water Indian Program Grants
Pollution Prevention Incentives for States - The Pollution Prevention Incentive for States (PPIS) grant program provides about $5 million annually to state and tribal programs to help develop and sustain state P2 program activities and pioneer new P2 approaches in the states.
Water Grants - Information on national grant programs, including the State Revolving Funds for drinking water and wastewater, grants for water pollution prevention and wetlands protection, and tribal grants.
Five Star Restoration Grants are aimed at pulling together community partners to do education through stream and wetland restoration projects. Applications are due Feb. 15, 2008. The average amount funded is $10,000. For more information, visit www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/restore/5star/.
Watershed Funding - Committed watershed organizations and state and local governments need adequate resources to achieve the goals of the Clean Water Act and improve our nation's water quality. To support these efforts, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has created this Web site to provide tools, databases, and information about sources of funding to practitioners and funders that serve to protect watersheds.
EPA Targeted Watersheds Grants provide funding to community-driven watershed projects and capacity-building efforts: www.epa.gov/twg/twg_basic.html
NOAA
NOAA Environmental Literacy Grants: The NOAA Office of Education (OED) is issuing a request for applications for environmental literacy projects in support of K-12 education. Funded projects will be between one and five years in duration and will promote changes in K-12 education to expand the amount of Earth System Science taught in the classroom and improve student learning of that subject. Preliminary proposals (pre-proposals) are required for submission of a full application and must be received by 5:00 p.m., EST, February 20, 2008. http://www.oesd.noaa.gov/ELG_K-12_2009_FFO.pdf
US Fish and Wildlife
Endangered Species Grant Program: Grants for states and territories, offered through the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (authorized under section 6 of the ESA) fund participation in a wide array of voluntary conservation projects for candidate, proposed and listed species. These funds may in turn be awarded to private landowners and groups for conservation projects. (See chart below for grant descriptions.)
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Grant Program
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Purpose
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Species Benefiting
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Applicants
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Competition
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Financial Match Requirement*
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Conservation Grants
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implementation of conservation projects
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federally listed threatened or endangered species
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States or Territories that have entered into cooperative agreements with the Service for endangered and threatened species conservation
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formula
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25% of estimated project cost; or 10% when two or more States or Territories implement a joint project
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Recovery Land Acquisition
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acquisition of habitat in support of approved recovery goals or objectives
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federally listed threatened or endangered species
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States or Territories that have entered into cooperative agreements with the Service for endangered and threatened species conservation
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regional competition
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25% of estimated project cost; or 10% when two or more States or Territories implement a joint project
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Habitat Conservation Planning Assistance
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support development of Habitat Conservation Plans (HCPs)
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federally listed threatened or endangered species, proposed and candidate species, and unlisted species proposed to be covered by the HCP**
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States or Territories that have entered into cooperative agreements with the Service for endangered and threatened species conservation
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national competition
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25% of estimated project cost; or 10% when two or more States or Territories implement a joint project
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Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) Land Acquisition
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acquisition of land associated with approved HCPs
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federally listed threatened or endangered species, unlisted (including State-listed species), proposed and candidate species covered by the HCP**
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States or Territories that have entered into cooperative agreements with the Service for endangered and threatened species conservation
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national competition
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25% of estimated project cost; or 10% when two or more States or Territories implement a joint project
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The National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Program acquires, restores, and enhances wetlands in coastal States through competitive matching grants to State agencies. The primary goal of the National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program is the long-term conservation of coastal wetland ecosystems. http://ecos.fws.gov/coastal_grants/viewContent.do?viewPage=home
The Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program provides technical and financial assistance to private landowners and Tribes who are willing to work with us and other partners on a voluntary basis to help meet the habitat needs of our Federal Trust Species. The Partners Program can assist with projects in all habitat types which conserve or restore native vegetation, hydrology, and soils associated with imperiled ecosystems such as longleaf pine, bottomland hardwoods, tropical forests, native prairies, marshes, rivers and streams, or otherwise provide an important habitat requisite for a rare, declining or protected species. http://ecos.fws.gov/partners/viewContent.do?viewPage=home
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
The Wetlands Reserve Program is a voluntary program offering landowners the opportunity to protect, restore, and enhance wetlands on their property. The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) provides technical and financial support to help landowners with their wetland restoration efforts. The NRCS goal is to achieve the greatest wetland functions and values, along with optimum wildlife habitat, on every acre enrolled in the program. This program offers landowners an opportunity to establish long-term conservation and wildlife practices and protection. http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/wrp/
The Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program(WHIP) is a voluntary program for people who want to develop and improve wildlife habitat primarily on private land. Through WHIP USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service provides both technical assistance and up to 75 percent cost-share assistance to establish and improve fish and wildlife habitat. WHIP agreements between NRCS and the participant generally last from 5 to 10 years from the date the agreement is signed. http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/whip/
Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) is a voluntary program intended to stimulate the development and adoption of innovative conservation approaches and technologies while leveraging Federal investment in environmental enhancement and protection, in conjunction with agricultural production. Under CIG, Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) funds are used to award competitive grants to non-Federal governmental or non-governmental organizations, Tribes, or individuals. CIG enables NRCS to work with other public and private entities to accelerate technology transfer and adoption of promising technologies and approaches to address some of the Nation's most pressing natural resource concerns. CIG will benefit agricultural producers by providing more options for environmental enhancement and compliance with Federal, State, and local regulations. NRCS administers CIG. www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/cig/index.html
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