Federal grant programs / Environmental Protection Agency

Internships, Training and Workshops for the Office of Air and Radiation (66.037)

• Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$10.9 million
• Grant awards4
• Typical award$2.2 million
• Awarded in FY 2025$2.7 million
• Size rank1,464 of 1,823
• Type of assistanceProject grants

Key findings

• Annual funding rose from $2.0 million in fiscal 2021 to $2.7 million in fiscal 2025.
• It is the 1464th largest of 1,823 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
• Awards went to recipients in 2 states and territories.

What the program funds

To provide, Internships, Training, Workshops, and Technical Monitoring in support of the Clean Air Act. These activities aim to: (1) support the development of career-oriented personnel qualified to work in occupations involving environmental protection and air pollution abatement and control; (2) provide technical training for state, local, territorial, and Indian Tribal environmental control agencies; (3) enhance the capability of state, tribal, and local agencies responsible for environmental pollution control or other agencies with similar pollution control responsibilities; (4) provide educational renewal for career oriented personnel to achieve additional knowledge through academic professional training; (5) provide students in science, engineering, and other relevant fields with education and training opportunities to enhance their understanding of air quality-related topics; and 6) to increase the quality and number of people into the environmental control field. Funding Priority - Fiscal Year 2026: (1) The Tribal Training Support for the Community and Tribal Air Quality Programs grant supports EPA’s efforts to encourage and facilitate involvement of tribal partner governments in implementing ambient air quality programs under the Clean Air Act in Indian country, through the provision of training and technical support. The training and technical support will promote the capacity of tribes to successfully implement efficient and effective air quality management programs. (2) The American Indian Air Quality Training Program provides workshop training, internships and technical support to tribal governments to investigate, develop and establish air quality management programs for lands under their jurisdiction. The Tribal Air Monitoring Support Center is a component of this program and provides a full spectrum of technical support to tribes undertaking air quality monitoring and related activities. (3) The Student Program for Environmental Excellence in Design (SPEED) program provides graduate-level students and senior-level undergraduate opportunities to collaborate with EPA and increase their awareness and understanding of the environmental benefits associated with increased fuel efficiency, reduced carbon intensity in transportation fuels, and reduced emissions in advanced vehicles.

From the federal Assistance Listing. Read the full listing on SAM.gov.

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

Assistance under this program is generally available to States, local governments, territories, Indian Tribes, and possessions of the U.S., including the Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Government, District of Columbia and possessions of the U.S., international organizations, public and private universities and colleges, hospitals, laboratories, other public or private nonprofit institutions, which submit applications proposing projects with significant technical merit and relevance to EPA's Office of Air and Radiation's mission. For certain competitive funding opportunities under this assistance listing, the Agency may limit eligibility to compete to a number or subset of eligible applicants consistent with the Agency's Assistance Agreement Competition Policy

What the money can and cannot pay for

Assistance agreements are available to support recipients' allowable direct costs incident to approved projects for internships, training and workshops related to environmental issues plus allowable indirect costs, in accordance with established EPA policies and regulations. This program makes Federal awards on a discretionary basis. A discretionary award means an award in which the Federal awarding agency, in keeping with specific statutory authority that enables the agency to exercise judgement (“discretion”), selects the recipient and/or the amount of Federal funding awarded through a competitive process or based on merit of proposals. A discretionary award may be selected on a non-competitive basis, as appropriate. For further information, please contact the Headquarters or regional office.

Matching requirements

This program has no statutory formula. Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

Deadlines

For competitive awards, deadlines will be specified in the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO).

Award range and average, in the agency's words

EPA generally awards grants ranging in value from $100,000 to $1,800,000 per fiscal year. The average amount is $900,000.

Examples of funded projects

Fiscal Year2025: American Indian Air Quality Training Program (AIAQTP) provided workshop training, internships and technical support to tribal governments seeking to investigate, develop and establish air quality management programs for lands under their jurisdiction. This included conducting outreach to local communities on air quality and air-related issues, and the development of a website to disseminate the environmental education curriculum. Activities included: 1. State Implementation Plan training; 2. Treatment As a State (TAS) training; 3. National Tribal Forum (NTF) on Air Quality meeting; and 4. Supporting the development of QREST (Quality Review and Exchange System for Tribes). The Tribal Training Support for the Community and Tribal Air Quality Programs grant supported EPA’s efforts to encourage and facilitate involvement of tribal partner governments in implementing ambient air quality programs under the Clean Air Act in Indian country, through the provision of training and technical support. The training and technical support promoted the capacity of tribes to successfully implement efficient and effective air quality management programs.

Quoted from the program's federal Assistance Listing. The notice of funding opportunity is the official source for each competition's rules.

Who usually wins

Colleges and universities received 74% of the money, nonprofits 26%.

By state

Each state below has its own page for this program, with its recipients and yearly totals.

Award amounts are federal obligations reported to USAspending.gov for fiscal 2021 to 2025; see how our data works.