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EPA-I-OLEM-OBLR-25-03: FY26 Guidelines for Brownfield Multipurpose (MP) Grants

Closed Closed January 28, 2026 Opportunity EPA-I-OLEM-OBLR-25-03 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: FY27 Guidelines for Brownfield Cleanup Grants (EPA-OLEM-OBLR-26-06). Status: Closes January 21, 2027 (75 days left). It is in our archive of Environmental Protection Agency notices from 2025.

• Award ceiling$1.0 million
• Total funding$20.0 million
• Expected awards20
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

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Who can apply

This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.

• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

See Section 2 of the Notice of Funding Opportunity for eligibility information.

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements awards averaged $997,011; this notice allows up to $1.0 million per award.
• Most of the program's money (80% over five years) went to state and local governments.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

The Office of Brownfields and Land Revitalization is announcing the availability of $20 million dollars to award approximately 20 cooperative agreements for the Multipurpose Grant Program. Multipurpose Grants provide funding to carry out a range of eligible assessment and cleanup activities, including planning and additional community engagement activities. An applicant may request funding up to $1,000,000 to address hazardous substances and/or petroleum contamination at one or more brownfield sites. Activities carried out at each approved, eligible site may exceed $200,000. EPA will determine eligibility for site-specific assessment and cleanup activities after the award of the grant throughout the project period. A Multipurpose Grant recipient may only expend grant funds for the remediation of a brownfield site it owns and may not issue a subaward to another site owner to conduct the remediation.

Category: Environment, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA).

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, EPA-OLEM-OBLR-26-06, which is open now.

The notice on Grants.gov keeps its full text and attachments, which is useful for planning a resubmission.