# Fiscal Year 2025 National Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program Solicitation Notice

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/epa-oms-25-01-fiscal-year-2025-national-environmental-information/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/358164

> Environmental Protection Agency offered grants of up to $600,000 to the applicants described in the notice. It expected to make about 35 awards worth $9.5 million in total. Applications closed on October 22, 2025.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | EPA-OMS-25-01 |
| Agency | Environmental Protection Agency |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | October 22, 2025 |
| Award ceiling | $600,000 |
| Award floor | not stated |
| Expected awards | 35 |
| Total funding | $9.5 million |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 66.608 |

## Who can apply

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

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

## What the grant funds

The Exchange Network (EN) was launched in 2002 as an intergovernmental, collaborative partnership of EPA, states, territories, and Tribes to foster better environmental management and decision-making through increased access to timely, high quality environmental information. This was achieved through a standards-based approach to facilitate environmental data sharing among EPA, states, Tribes, and territories. The framework adopted allows organizations to exchange data over the Internet regardless of the specific information technology used. (See https://www.epa.gov/exchangenetwork and http://www.exchangenetwork.net/). The EN continues to evolve to adapt to emerging technologies and to meet new programmatic needs. Applicants are encouraged to participate in EPA’s EN Forum which is a call that is held monthly to discuss how to improve and better use the EN services and partnerships. The Forum is open to all participants; see https://exchangenetwork.net/exchange-network-forum/. The EPA EN Grant Program is soliciting project applications to:  Facilitate sharing of environmental data, especially through shared and reusable services.  Reduce burden and avoid costs for co-regulators and the regulated community.  Streamline data collection and exchanges to improve its timeliness for decision making.  Increase the quality and access to environmental data through discovery, publishing, outbound and analytical services so it is more useful to environmental managers.  Increase data and IT management capabilities needed to fully participate in the EN. CRITICAL UPDATE: Revised FY25 Application Due Date and Updates to Project Strategic Alignment (More Details to Come) March 20th, 2025 The Exchange Network Grant Program has been informed that the current Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Exchange Network (EN) Grant Program Solicitation Notice (SN) must be revised in accordance with updated Agency priorities. As such, the application due date will be extended until October 22, 2025. An updated Solicitation Notice is not yet available but will be posted to the grants.gov listing (and linked on the EN website) as soon as possible. Please note that we are anticipating updates to Section 3B, Program Goals and Objectives, which will further impact evaluation criterion 1A (see SN page 17) and the project description section of the project narrative (see SN page 67).

## Questions people ask

### Is EPA-OMS-25-01 still open?

No. It closed on October 22, 2025.

### Who can apply for Fiscal Year 2025 National Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program Solicitation Notice?

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 Fiscal Year 2025 National Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program Solicitation Notice?

Closed October 22, 2025. 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 $600,000 each. About $9.5 million in total across about 35 awards.

### Who has won Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program and Related Assistance grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were Environmental Council of States, Inc., Northern Arizona University, Arkansas Division of Environmental Quality. The program made 134 awards worth $37.6 million in that time.