State and Tribal Indoor Radon Grants (66.032)
State and Tribal Indoor Radon Grants (Assistance Listing 66.032) is run by the Environmental Protection Agency. It awarded $36.6 million in 102 grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, about $358,582 per award on average. No funding opportunity is open on Grants.gov right now.
The typical award was $200,000. Half of the 102 awards fell between $132,575 and $440,062, and they ranged from $20,000 to $2.2 million.
- Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$36.6 million
- Grant awards102
- Typical award$200,000
- Awarded in FY 2025$6.5 million
- Size rank1123 of 1824
- Type of assistanceProject grants
Key findings
- Annual funding was roughly flat, $6.5 million in fiscal 2021 and $6.5 million in fiscal 2025.
- It is the 1123rd largest of 1,824 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
- The 20 largest recipients received 75% of the money.
- Awards went to recipients in 36 states and territories.
What the program funds
The EPA assists states and federally recognized Tribes to provide radon risk reduction through activities that will result in increased radon testing, mitigation, and radon resistant new construction through the authorizing statute: Title III of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), the Indoor Radon Abatement Act (IRAA), Section 306. States and Tribes are encouraged to implement projects focused on assisting state radon programs, expanding radon testing of existing homes, increasing mitigation of homes with high radon levels, and promoting radon-resistant new construction. Funding Priorities - Fiscal Year 2025: Recipients will focus on adopting, or seeking to adopt, radon building codes for single family homes, promoting radon awareness through the medical community, state cancer control plans, childcare providers and real estate transactions, providing training and technical support on voluntary consensus standards for radon testing and mitigation, identifying and spreading best practices for building homes radon resistant and adopting radon in building codes, providing radon awareness building and/or education activities that target homebuyers, informing local school systems about radon exposure risk in schools and providing sample school testing and mitigation plans, developing or implementing processes to ensure appropriate, certification or credentialing of radon testing and mitigation service providers, collecting available radon test result data to develop locality-specific classifications of radon risks and to support the CDC Environmental Public Health Tracking Network radon site. The EPA will encourage state and Tribal grant recipients to work collaboratively with additional government agencies, non-profit organizations and private sector partners participating in the National Radon Action Plan (NRAP). (Please see The National Radon Action Plan - A Strategy for Saving Lives for the current plan and more information. https://www.epa.gov/radon/national-radon-action-plan-strategy-saving-lives)
Open opportunities
No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.
Rules from the program listing
Who can apply
Eligible entities include states (including District of Columbia (DC)), Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, federally recognized Indian Tribes and Tribal consortia, or any other U.S. Territory or possession.
What the money can and cannot pay for
The following activities are eligible for funding under SIRG: radon surveys, public information and educational materials, radon control programs, purchase of radon measurement equipment or devices, purchase and maintenance of analytic equipment, training, program overhead and administration, data storage and management, mitigation demonstrations, Community development, consumer protection, housing, training, and toll-free hotlines. Funding for these eligible activities may be used to develop State radon response programs. States may, at the Governor's direction, aid local governments for public information and educational materials, radon control programs and training. The statute, IRAA Section 306(i), places the following restrictions on the use of these funds: 1) SIRG recipients must perform satisfactorily in the preceding budget period to be eligible to receive additional funding; 2) State expenditures for measurement equipment/devices and mitigation demonstrations cannot exceed 50 percent of the grant amount in a budget period; 3) State expenditures for general overhead and program administration cannot exceed 25 percent in a budget period; and 4) SIRG applicants may use grant funds for financial assistance to persons only to the extent that such assistance is related to approved demonstration projects or the purchase and analysis of radon measurement devices.;
Matching requirements
This program has no statutory formula. Recipients are required to provide a 25% minimum cost share the first year they receive an award and 40% minimum cost share after receiving an award for two or more years.MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.
Deadlines
Contact the headquarters or regional location, as appropriate for application deadlines Contact the headquarters or regional location, as appropriate, for application deadlines. For program information, visit: https://www.epa.gov/radon/state-and-tribal-indoor-radon-grants-sirg-program-and-resources
Award range and average, in the agency's words
Federal funding in FY 2024 may range from $9,000 to a maximum of $1,099,500 (by law 10% of the annual appropriation amount) per State/Tribal applicant. Visit FY2024 Regional Allotments to see how SIRG funds were allocated annually to the regions from 2014-2024. The EPA anticipates approximately 60 awards in FY2024 which either have a project period of 12 or 36 months.at https://www.epa.gov/radon/state-indoor-radon-grant-sirg-program).
Examples of funded projects
Fiscal Year2025: Examples of projects funded in FY 2025 include: 1) adopting radon-reduction strategies including state policies/regulations or building codes; 2) addressing radon in homes and through real estate transactions; 3) testing and remediation of schools and childcare facilities; 4) including radon in state cancer control plans; 5) promoting awareness about radon exposure to the medical community; and 6) providing continuing education and technical support.
Funding history and past recipients
From fiscal 2021 to 2025, State and Tribal Indoor Radon Grants (66.032) awarded$36.6 million across 102 grant awards, an average of $358,582 per award.
Who usually wins
State and local governments received 87% of the money, tribes 6.9% and colleges and universities 6.4%.
| Recipient type | Awards | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| State and local governments | 93 | $31.7 million | 87% |
| Tribal governments and organizations | 4 | $2.5 million | 6.9% |
| Colleges and universities | 5 | $2.3 million | 6.4% |
By state
15 states have a page for this program: those that received at least $1 million or 10 awards.
| State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| New York | 3 | $3.3 million |
| Pennsylvania | 2 | $2.1 million |
| Minnesota | 2 | $2.1 million |
| Illinois | 3 | $1.8 million |
| Ohio | 2 | $1.8 million |
| Michigan | 2 | $1.5 million |
| Wisconsin | 2 | $1.4 million |
| Florida | 2 | $1.4 million |
| North Carolina | 2 | $1.4 million |
| Nevada | 3 | $1.3 million |
| Tennessee | 2 | $1.3 million |
| Georgia | 2 | $1.1 million |
| Kentucky | 2 | $1.1 million |
| Kansas | 2 | $1.0 million |
| Nebraska | 2 | $1.0 million |
| Missouri | 2 | $992,272 |
| Iowa | 3 | $976,408 |
| Rhode Island | 5 | $949,920 |
| Connecticut | 5 | $940,002 |
| Massachusetts | 5 | $907,238 |
| Vermont | 5 | $850,779 |
| New Mexico | 3 | $778,038 |
| Arizona | 3 | $758,740 |
| Indiana | 3 | $634,456 |
| Virginia | 5 | $601,667 |
| New Hampshire | 5 | $570,000 |
| California | 1 | $560,000 |
| District of Columbia | 2 | $525,000 |
| Maine | 5 | $469,103 |
| Idaho | 4 | $465,000 |
| Delaware | 2 | $450,000 |
| Alabama | 1 | $420,350 |
| Oregon | 4 | $331,700 |
| Washington | 3 | $314,721 |
| Texas | 1 | $150,000 |
| Wyoming | 2 | $140,000 |