Federal grant programs / Environmental Protection Agency

Alternative or Innovative Treatment Technology Research, Demonstration, Training, and Hazardous Substance Research Grants (66.813)

• Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$5.1 million
• Grant awards8
• Typical award$696,494
• Awarded in FY 2025$1.7 million
• Size rank1,618 of 1,823
• Type of assistanceProject grants

Key findings

• Annual funding rose from $929,688 in fiscal 2021 to $1.7 million in fiscal 2025.
• It is the 1618th largest of 1,823 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
• Awards went to recipients in 3 states and territories.

What the program funds

To support grants and cooperative agreements for (1) a program of research, evaluation, testing, development, and demonstration of alternative or innovative treatment technologies which may be utilized in response actions to achieve more permanent protection of human health and welfare and the environment; (2) a technology transfer program including the development, collection, evaluation, coordination, and dissemination of information relating to the utilization of alternative or innovative treatment technologies for response actions; (3) a program of training and evaluation of training needs in the procedures for the handling and removal of hazardous substances for employees who handle hazardous substances and training in the management of facilities at which hazardous substances are located and in the evaluation of the hazards to human health presented by such facilities for State and local health and environmental agency personnel, and (4) a program of research with respect to the detection, assessment, and evaluation of the effects on and risks to human health of hazardous substances and detection of hazardous substances in the environment. "Alternative Treatment" refers to (new) technologies and techniques for treating solid waste/sites that differ from the technologies techniques being used currently.

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, territories, Indian Tribes, and possessions of the U.S., including the District of Columbia, public and private universities and colleges, hospitals, laboratories, other public or private nonprofit institutions, and individuals. In some instances, EPA will consider applications from profit makers, proposing projects with significant technical merit and relevance to EPA's Office of Land and Emergency Management. Nonprofit organizations described in Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code that engage in lobbying activities as defined in Section 3 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 are not eligible to apply. 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

Grants and cooperative agreements are available to support recipients' eligible and allowable direct costs incurred under an approved work plan plus allowable indirect costs, in accordance with established EPA policies and regulations. Funds awarded under Section 311(b)(3) of CERCLA must be used for projects relating to innovative or alternative treatment technologies that may be utilized in response actions to achieve more permanent protection of human health and welfare and the environment. Types of discrete projects may include: land use controls research; health effects in construction workers; studies of above ground storage tank inspection practices; remediation technologies and strategies; and support for State forums to share information on research on hazardous substances waste remediation. Funding awarded for research under CERCLA 311(c) does not include research within the purview of EPA's Office of Research and Development. Assistance agreement awards under this program may involve or relate to geospatial information. Further information regarding geospatial information may be obtained by viewing the following website: https://www.epa.gov/geospatial.This program makes Federal awards on a discretionary basis.

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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 competitive announcement. Contact the headquarters (or regional, as appropriate) for application deadlines.

Award range and average, in the agency's words

Average 2 awards from $200,000 to $300,000/fiscal year on a multi-year grant.

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

Nonprofits received 72% of the money, colleges and universities 28%.

By state

2 states have a page for this program: those that received at least $1 million or 10 awards. They are District of Columbia and Arizona.

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