The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) offers a grant to develop and maintain a web-based national information clearinghouse on smart growth. This initiative aims to provide communities with timely information to enhance local decision-making for improved environmental and public health outcomes. Smart growth strategies facilitate lower air emissions, cleaner water, protection of open spaces, and mitigation of climate change impacts. This grant opportunity emphasizes supporting communities in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, promoting sustainability, and enhancing resilience to a changing climate. Closing date: May 12, 2014.
Opportunity ID: 253032
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | EPA-AO-OP-OSC-14-01 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Smart Growth Information Clearinghouse |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Environment |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 66.611 — Environmental Policy and Innovation Grants |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Mar 26, 2014 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | May 12, 2014 Please refer to the announcement, including Section IV, for additional information on submission methods and due dates. |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | May 12, 2014 Please refer to the announcement, including Section IV, for additional information on submission methods and due dates. |
| Archive Date: | Jun 11, 2014 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $700,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $150,000 |
| Award Floor: | $100,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | See Section III of the announcement for additional eligibility information. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Environmental Protection Agency |
| Description: | Under this solicitation, EPA intends to fund further development and ongoing maintenance of a web-based national information clearinghouse focused on smart growth. This clearinghouse will be designed to support communities by providing timely information that supports local decision-making that delivers better environmental and public health outcomes from growth and development. Smart growth approaches can contribute to lower air emissions, cleaner water, and better protection of open space and critical natural areas. They can also help communities reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation and building sectors as well as help communities adapt to a changing climate |
| Link to Additional Information: | Smart Growth Information Clearinghouse |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Lynn Desautels, Ph.D., Phone: 202-566-2840
Email:desautels.lynn@epa.gov |
Version History
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Related Documents
Folder 253032 Full Announcement-1 -> information-clearinghouse-sgn-2014-epa-ao-op-osc-14-01.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Lynn Desautels, Ph.D., Phone: 202-566-2840 Email: desautels.lynn@epa.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66.611 | NONE | None | PKG00194409 | Mar 26, 2014 | May 12, 2014 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
253032 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf
253032 Project-1.1.pdf
253032 SF424A-1.0.pdf
Optional forms
253032 Other-1.1.pdf
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