EPA Funding Announcements from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act
Below is an overview of current and upcoming funding opportunities from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act. We encourage you to check this page frequently as updates are posted regularly. Competition opening dates represent our best current projections. They are provided for planning purposes but may be subject to further revision.
The table below includes an abridged overview of funding opportunities. Please refer to the White House Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Guidebook and the White House Inflation Reduction Act Guidebook for complete program descriptions, funding amounts, period of availability, eligible recipients, eligible uses, etc. Please also consult the White House Technical Assistance Guide to further navigate, access, and explore additional investment resources and opportunities.
Funding amounts and deadlines are tentative and subject to change.
Information is current as of May 7, 2024
Law | Opportunity | Funding ($) and Type | Eligible Applicants | Opening Date | Closing Date | Summary | |
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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law | Underground Injection Control – Class VI wells |
$48 million Non-competitive allocation |
States/ territories/ tribes with Class VI primacy or seeking Class VI primacy. | November 2023 | Applications accepted on a rolling basis. | Supports development and implementation of UIC Class VI primacy programs, which regulate the geologic sequestration of CO2 into UIC Class VI wells. EPA will award the full $48 million in a one-time, non-competitive distribution. | |
Inflation Reduction Act | Environmental & Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program |
Approximately $2 billion Competitive grants |
Eligible entities as described in the statute: (1) Partnerships of multiple CBOs, and (2) partnerships between CBOs and Indian tribes, local governments, or institutions of higher education. | November 21, 2023 |
Applications accepted on a rolling basis through November 21, 2024. |
EPA's new Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants program (Community Change Grants) will invest approximately $2 billion dollars in Inflation Reduction Act funds in environmental and climate justice activities to benefit disadvantaged communities. Read more details about this program or review the Community Change Grants Notice of Funding Opportunity. | |
Inflation Reduction Act | Grants to Reduce Air Pollution at Ports |
$3 billion Competitive grants |
(1) A port authority; (2) A state,1 regional, local, or Tribal agency that has jurisdiction over a port authority or a port; (3) An air pollution control agency; or (4) A private entity (including a nonprofit organization) that applies for a grant in partnership with an entity described in (1)-(3) and owns, operates, or uses the facilities, cargo-handling equipment, transportation equipment, or related technology of a port. | February 28, 2024 | May 28, 2024 | EPA has announced two separate Notices of Funding Opportunities to disburse the allocated $3 billion - the Zero-Emission Technology Deployment Competition AND the Climate and Air Quality Planning Competition. The former will fund approximately $2.8 billion in zero-emission technology deployment at ports and the latter will provide approximately $150 million for climate and air quality planning. | |
Inflation Reduction Act | Air Monitoring Grants under the Inflation Reduction Act |
$81 million Non-competitive grants |
Air pollution control agencies currently involved in air monitoring activities that regularly receive Clean Air Act section 103 of 105 grants either annually or every few years. | February 16, 2024 |
May 31, 2024 (deadline extended from April 8) EPA encourages eligible air agencies to submit grant applications as soon as possible. |
These funds will supplement annual funding for air pollution control agencies in support of activities under Clean Air Act Section 103. The funds will support efforts by eligible air pollution control agencies to establish new ambient monitoring sites, and maintain, operate, or upgrade existing ambient air monitoring networks. Read more details about this program or review the IRA 60105 (a)(b) Grant Program Guidance (pdf) . | |
Inflation Reduction Act | Air Quality Sensor Grants under the Inflation Reduction Act |
$2 million Non-competitive grants |
Air pollution control agencies currently involved in air monitoring activities that regularly receive Clean Air Act section 103 of 105 grants either annually or every few years. | February 16, 2024 |
May 31, 2024 (deadline extended from April 8) EPA encourages eligible air agencies to submit grant applications as soon as possible. |
These funds will supplement annual funding for air pollution control agencies in support of activities under Clean Air Act Section 103. The funds will support efforts by eligible air pollution control agencies to establish new ambient monitoring sites, and maintain, operate, or upgrade existing ambient air monitoring networks. Read more details about this program or review the IRA 60105 (a)(b) Grant Program Guidance (pdf) . |
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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law | Southeast New England Program (SNEP) Opportunity to Advance Resilience (SOAR) Fund |
$1.25 million Cooperative grant agreements |
State, local and Tribal governments, public and private universities and colleges, public and private nonprofit institutions/organizations (includes institutions of higher education), interstate agencies, and Intertribal Consortia. | March 1, 2024 | June 7, 2024 | The Mission of the SOAR Fund is to improve and support the resilience of disadvantaged communities throughout the SNEP region with meaningful community involvement as it relates to the design and implementation of projects to address the anticipated effects of climate change and the historic, long-term impacts of environmental and social injustices. SNEP plans to fund a host of planning, implementation, outreach, training, capacity, and staff-building projects that correspond with the goals, objectives and priorities outlined in SNEP’s Five-Year Strategic Plan. | |
Inflation Reduction Act | Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles |
$1 billion Competitive grants |
(1) a state; (2) a municipality; (3) an Indian Tribe; (4) a nonprofit school transportation association. | April 24, 2024 | July 25, 2024 | Funding to help Tribal, state, and local governments and other entities offset the cost of replacing heavy-duty Class 6 and 7 commercial vehicles with zero-emission vehicles, deploy supporting infrastructure, and train and develop the necessary workforce. At least $400 million must go to areas not meeting national air quality standards. | |
Inflation Reduction Act | Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) Inflation Reduction Act and National grants program |
TBD Grant competition |
(A) a regional, state, local, or Tribal agency or port authority with jurisdiction over transportation or air quality; (B) a nonprofit organization or institution that (i) represents or provides pollution reduction or educational services to persons or organizations that own or operate diesel fleets; or (ii) has, as its principal purpose, the promotion of transportation or air quality; and (C) any private individual or entity that (i) is the owner of record of a diesel vehicle or fleet operated pursuant to a contract, license, or lease with a Federal department or agency or an entity described in (A); and (ii) meets such timely and appropriate requirements as the Administrator may establish for vehicle use and for notice to and approval by the Federal department or agency or entity described in (A) with respect to which the owner has entered into a contract, license, or lease as described in (C)(i). 1. The Clean Air Act defines “state” to mean a state, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa and includes the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. |
Fall 2024 | TBD | To identify and reduce diesel emissions resulting from goods movement facilities and vehicles servicing goods movement facilities in low-income and disadvantaged communities to address the health impacts of such emissions on such communities. | |
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law | FY24 Clean School Bus Competition |
TBD |
Public school districts, public charter schools, government entities that provide bus service, eligible contractors that sell or finance clean school buses, nonprofit school transportation associations, Tribes. | Fall 2024 | TBD | Provides funding to replace diesel buses with electric and cleaner alternatives. | |
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law | Pollution Prevention (P2) Grants |
$24 million Competitive grants |
States, state entities (colleges and universities recognized as instrumentalities of the state), the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, any territory or possession of the U.S., and federally recognized Tribes and intertribal consortia. | March 18, 2024 | May 17, 2024 |
Pollution prevention (P2) grants to provide states and Tribes to provide businesses with technical assistance to help develop and adopt P2 practices. $13.9 million grant competition funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law with no match requirements. $9.94 million grant competition funded by regular appropriations with 50% match requirements. |
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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law | Brownfields Job Training Grants |
$10 million Competitive grants |
Local government entities, states, Tribes, nonprofit organizations | May 2024 (TBD) | August 2024 (TBD) | Grants to enable nonprofits, local governments, coalitions and other organizations to recruit, train, and place unemployed and under-employed residents of areas impacted by the presence of brownfield sites. Job Training Program graduates develop the skills needed to secure full-time, sustainable employment in various aspects of hazardous and solid waste management and within the larger environmental field, including sustainable cleanup and reuse, and chemical safety. |