EPA Opens Applications for $4M Brownfields Program
Eligible applicants: local governments, local authorities, states, state agencies, tribal entities, alaska native corporations. Applications are due: February 13, 2022
Announcement Type: Request for Applications
Opportunity: Brownfields Training, Research, and Technical Assistance Grant
Overview, Eligible Uses, and Amount: The program authorizes funding to eligible entities to provide training, research, and technical assistance to facilitate the inventory of brownfield sites, site assessments, remediation of brownfield sites, community involvement, or site preparation. The program will make one grant in each of the five topic areas:
Nation-wide technical assistance for Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) grant recipients (RLF TA) - $1M grant
Nation-wide technical assistance to nonprofits seeking to reuse brownfields sites (Nonprofits TA) - $1M grant
Nation-wide technical assistance to local government leaders on developing and/or operating brownfields programs within their jurisdictions (Local Government TA) - $1M grant
Research, technical assistance, and related outreach on minimizing displacement resulting from brownfields assessment, cleanup and reuse (Anti-displacement research) - $500K grant
Research, technical assistance, and related outreach on land banking approaches for brownfields revitalization (Land banks research) - $500K grant
Award Type: Competitive grant / cooperative agreement
Eligible Applicants: general purpose or local units of government, land clearance authority, government entity created by state legislature, redevelopment agency, states, tribes, Alaska Native Regional Corporation, Alaska Native Village Corporation, and Metlakatla Indian Community, nonprofits, and qualified community development entities.
Key Dates: Applications are due February 14, 2023
Key Links:
Full Notice of Funding Opportunity (pdf)
For a full list of currently available grant programs under the Infrastructure Law and other helpful tools, take a look at our Helpful Resources page.
This tracker will continue to send updates when new funding opportunities are announced.