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EPA-OAR-OTAQ-21-04: 2021 Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) Tribal and Insular Area Grants

Closed Closed July 9, 2021 Opportunity EPA-OAR-OTAQ-21-04 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: 2026 Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) National Program (EPA-OAR-OTAQ-26-01). Status: Closes January 22, 2027 (76 days left). It is in our archive of Environmental Protection Agency notices from 2021.

• Award ceiling$800,000
• Total funding$5.0 million
• Expected awards14
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

Key dates

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 III of the announcement for additional eligibility information

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Diesel Emission Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants awards averaged $1.3 million; this notice allows up to $800,000 per award.
• Most of the program's money (47% over five years) went to state and local governments.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

EPA’s Office of Transportation and Air Quality is soliciting applications for projects that achieve significant reductions in diesel emissions. Eligible entities include tribal governments (or intertribal consortia) and Alaska Native villages, and insular area government agencies, which have jurisdiction over transportation or air quality. Insular areas include the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Category: Environment.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, EPA-OAR-OTAQ-26-01, which is open now.

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