FEDERAL AGENCY: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA) Office of Environmental Education
TITLE: Environmental Education Grants -- Solicitation Notice for 2010
ACTION: Solicitation Notice
RFP NUMBER: EPA-EE-10-02
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA): 66.951
Application Deadline: December 15, 2009 is the closing date for submission of applications. Applications submitted after the closing date and time will not be eligible for further consideration. See Section IV(D) for more details about the deadline.
Number and Value of Awards: The total estimated funding for this competitive opportunity is approximately $3 million. EPA anticipates awarding approximately 90 - 95grants,subject to the availability of funds and the quality of applications received.
Cost Sharing Requirement: Applicants must provide non-federal matching funds of at least 25% of the total cost of the project.
Start Date: Applications submitted to both Headquarters and Regional offices should plan for projects to start no earlier than July 1, 2010. (The dates awards are made vary from Region to Region and Regions to Headquarters. Some awards are made in late Spring/early Summer, whereas others are not made until late Summer/early Fall.)
Section I. Funding Opportunity Description
A. Background and Summary
This document solicits grant proposals to support environmental education projects that promote environmental stewardship and help develop knowledgeable and responsible students, teachers, and citizens. This grant program provides financial support for innovative projects that design, demonstrate, or disseminate environmental education practices, methods, or techniques as described in this notice.
EPA issues environmental education grants from Headquarters as well as 10 EPA Regional offices. Though the same educational priorities are used for both Regional and Headquarters grants, the EPA funding amount requested determines whether the grant is awarded from a Region or from Headquarters. The 10 EPA Regional offices fund projects that request EPA funds for amounts from $5,000 to $50,000. EPA Headquarters funds projects that range from requests of $50,001 to $200,000.
In recent years, oversight on grant programs has increased and there are more requirements being imposed on Federal agencies to measure the success of their programs and to report the results from the grants funded. As a consequence, grantees must establish methods to document and report measurable results from grants projects. To ensure that grant proposals are competitive, applicants should carefully read Sections IV and V regarding how to structure a proposal. Due to the large number of grant applications received, EPA can fund only the highest ranking proposals as determined by external peer reviewers and EPA review panels.
Full Proposal Available at: http://epa.gov/enviroed/pdf/solNotice2010.htm