Grants & Funding
Emerging Technologies Program
EPA’s Clean Diesel Emerging Technologies Program provides an opportunity to foster the development of cutting-edge technologies to reduce emissions from the existing fleet of heavy-duty diesel engines. The program promotes the deployment of innovative technologies by providing funding to develop and evaluate these technologies in the field.
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Background
The Clean Diesel Emerging Technologies Program is an opportunity to advance new, cutting edge technologies that reduce diesel emissions from existing fleets. Under this competitive grant program, EPA provides funding assistance to eligible entities for the deployment of diesel emission reduction technologies which have not yet been verified or certified by EPA or the California Air Resources Board (CARB). To qualify as an emerging technology, the manufacturer of the technology must be in the initial stages of the verification process with EPA or CARB and listed on EPA‘s Emerging Technology List.
There are two components of the Emerging Technology Program. The first component focuses on the technology manufacturer and their efforts to seek placement of their technology on the Emerging Technologies List. The second component is the grant competition, through which an eligible entity applies for funds to purchase an emerging technology listed on the Emerging Technologies List. Both components are described in more detail below.
Information about the program for 2012-2016 can be found at Reauthorization of Diesel Grants
Applying for Emerging Technology Grants
Eligible Entities
Organizations are eligible to apply for EPA grant funds if they are
- U.S. regional, state, local or tribal agencies or port authorities with jurisdiction over transportation or air quality or
- Nonprofit organizations or institutions that:
- represent or provide pollution reduction or educational services to persons or organizations that own or operate diesel fleets; or
- have, as their principal purpose, the promotion of transportation or air quality
School districts, municipalities, metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs), cities and counties are all eligible entities under this program to the extent that they fall within the definition above.
A manufacturer of an emerging technology must partner with an eligible entity able to receive the grant funding. EPA recommends that manufacturers establish this partnership early in the process, prior to the release of any EPA Request for Proposals, in order to complete the necessary steps in a timely manner. The application process is explained at Placement on the Emerging Technologies List.
Eligible Use of Funding
Only technologies on the Emerging Technologies List can be used on a project funded through the Emerging Technologies Program. Funding may be used to monitor and evaluate performance of the emerging technology.