Grants
Upcoming grant & award deadlines from PA Environment Digest: http://www.paenvironmentdigest.com/newsletter/default.asp?NewsletterArticleID=45853&SubjectID=
| Grant Program | Funder | Area of Interest | Eligible Region | Eligible Applicants |
Award Amount |
Date Due |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Environmental Quality Incentives Program
Through EQIP, NRCS provides agricultural producers and non-industrial forest managers with financial resources and one-on-one help to plan and implement improvements, or what NRCS calls conservation practices. Using these practices can lead to cleaner water and air, healthier soil and better wildlife habitat, all while improving agricultural operations. Through EQIP, you can voluntarily implement conservation practices, and NRCS co-invests in these practices with you. View More |
Funder:
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service |
Area of Interest:
Agriculture |
Eligible Region:
Pennsylvania |
Eligible Applicants:
Agricultural producers and owners of non-industrial private forestland |
Year-round applications accepted | |
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PFAS Remediation Program
The PENNVEST per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) remediation program is an annual funding program created by Act 101 of 2019. The program provides funding for eligible applicants to treat and eliminate PFAS compounds from drinking water systems. View More |
Funder:
PENNVEST |
Area of Interest:
Pathogens and Point Source |
Eligible Region:
Pennsylvania |
Eligible Applicants:
Applicants may be either public or private entities who are otherwise eligible for PENNVEST programs and hold the public water supply permit are eligible to apply for funding through the PFAS Remediation Program. |
5-11-2022 | |
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Land Acquisition and Conservation
These projects involve the purchase and/or donation of land for park and recreation areas, greenways, critical habitat areas and/or open space. View More |
Funder:
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) |
Area of Interest:
Agriculture, Engagement & Stewardship, Recreation, Watershed Land Protection |
Eligible Region:
Pennsylvania |
Eligible Applicants:
Municipalities, municipal agencies, land trusts, 501(c)(3)s |
4/22/2020 4:00PM | |
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SEARCH - Special Evaluation Assistance for Rural Communities and Households Grant
This program helps very small, financially distressed rural communities with predevelopment feasibility studies, design and technical assistance on proposed water and waste disposal projects. View More |
Funder:
USDA Rural Development |
Area of Interest:
Pathogens and Point Source |
Eligible Region:
Rural areas throughout the US with a population of 2,500 or less with median household income below the poverty line or less than 80 percent of the statewide non-metropolitan median household income based on latest Census data |
Eligible Applicants:
State and local governmental entities; Nonprofits; Federally recognized tribes |
Rolling | |
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Conservation Partners Program
The program awards competitive grants that accelerate the adoption of regenerative agriculture principles and conservation practices on private working lands in priority geographic areas. Grant recipients provide technical assistance to farmers and ranchers to help them develop management plans, design and implement best practices, participate in Farm Bill programs, and share their experiences and lessons learned. This work enhances wildlife habitat, soil health, water conservation and quality, and carbon storage while providing important social and economic benefits to agricultural producers. Approximately $6.7 million in grant funding is available under this funding opportunity. View More |
Funder:
NFWF |
Area of Interest:
Agriculture |
Eligible Applicants:
twenty-two national and state NRCS initiatives that span 48 states |
02/23/2022 | ||
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Small, Underserved, and Disadvantaged Communities Grant Program
To assist underserved, small and disadvantaged communities with improving their drinking water resources, this program will include approximately $25.8 million in funding. Grants will be awarded as non‐competitive grants to states, with a 10 percent tribal allotment of $2.64 million. The grant program is designed to help public water systems in underserved communities meet and comply with SDWA requirements. The grant program will provide assistance to underserved communities that have no household drinking water or wastewater services or are served by a public water system that violates or exceeds any Maximum Containment Level, treatment technique, or action level. View More |
Funder:
EPA |
Area of Interest:
Abandoned Mine Drainage, Agriculture, Engagement & Stewardship, Pathogens and Point Source, Stormwater, Watershed Land Protection |
Eligible Region:
United States |
Eligible Applicants:
States and Tribes |
6-30-2022 |
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