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EPA-OLEM-OBLR-25-05: FY26 Guidelines for Brownfield Assessment Grants (Assessment Coalition Grants)

Closed Closed January 28, 2026 Opportunity EPA-OLEM-OBLR-25-05 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: FY27 Guidelines for Brownfield Assessment Grants (Assessment Coalition Grants) (EPA-OLEM-OBLR-26-03). Status: Closes January 21, 2027 (75 days left). It is in our archive of Environmental Protection Agency notices from 2025.

• Award ceiling$1.5 million
• Total funding$58.7 million
• Expected awards39
• 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 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 $1.5 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 $58.7 million dollars to award approximately 39 cooperative agreements under the Brownfields Assessment Coalition grant program. Assessment Grants provide funding for developing inventories of brownfield sites, prioritizing sites, conducting community involvement activities, conducting planning, conducting site assessments, developing site-specific cleanup plans, and developing reuse plans related to brownfield sites. A portion of the Assessment Grant funding must be used to conduct site assessments. Assessment Coalition Grants are designed for one “lead” eligible entity to partner with two to four eligible entities that do not have the capacity to apply for and manage their own EPA cooperative agreement and otherwise would not have access to Brownfields Grant resources.

Category: Environment.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, EPA-OLEM-OBLR-26-03, which is open now.

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