# Healthy and Resilient Gulf of Mexico 2023 BIL

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/epa-i-r4-gm-2023-healthy-and-resilient-gulf-of-mexico-2023-bil/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/351353

> Environmental Protection Agency offered grants of up to $6.0 million to the applicants described in the notice. It expected to make about 5 awards worth $30.0 million in total. Applications closed on April 4, 2024.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | EPA-I-R4-GM-2023 |
| Agency | Environmental Protection Agency |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | April 4, 2024 |
| Award ceiling | $6.0 million |
| Award floor | not stated |
| Expected awards | 5 |
| Total funding | $30.0 million |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 66.475 |

## Who can apply

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

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

## What the grant funds

Gulf of Mexico Division (GMD) is a non-regulatory division of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) founded to facilitate collaborative actions to protect, maintain, and restore the health and productivity of the Gulf of Mexico in ways consistent with the economic well-being of the Region. To carry out its mission, GMD continues to maintain and expand partnerships with state and federal agencies, federally recognized Tribes, local governments and authorities, academia, regional business and industry, agricultural and environmental organizations, and individual citizens and communities. For more information, please see https://www.epa.gov/gulfofmexico. This Request for Applications (RFA) is expected to result in the award of assistance agreements. GMD’s statutory authority to award assistance agreements is the Clean Water Act, §104(b)(3), which authorizes the award of assistance agreements to conduct and promote the coordination and acceleration of research, investigations, experiments, training, demonstrations, surveys, and studies relating to the causes, effects, extent, prevention, reduction, and elimination of pollution as codified in 33 U.S Code 1254(b)(3).

## Questions people ask

### Is EPA-I-R4-GM-2023 still open?

No. It closed on April 4, 2024.

### Who can apply for Healthy and Resilient Gulf of Mexico 2023 BIL?

Environmental Protection Agency accepted applications from the applicants described in the notice. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

### What is the deadline for Healthy and Resilient Gulf of Mexico 2023 BIL?

Closed April 4, 2024. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

### How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $6.0 million each. About $30.0 million in total across about 5 awards.

### Who has won Geographic Programs - Gulf of America Program grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were University of South Alabama, Mississippi State University, Texas A&m University-Corpus Christi. The program made 85 awards worth $77.8 million in that time.