General EPA Grants Information
We recommend that you first visit the website at www.grants.gov/
to search for federal government-wide grant opportunities for which you are eligible. Once you have located an environmentally-related grant opportunity, you may begin the application process. Be sure to make a note of the Funding Opportunity and/or Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awards financial assistance to eligible organizations for specific environmental projects or purposes. The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (see “Links to Other Related Information” on our web page) provides detailed information regarding EPA grant programs, including eligibility requirements, types of projects to be funded, available grant amounts, etc. If you meet the criteria for an EPA assistance program and wish to apply for a grant, you must fill out an application and forward it to the appropriate EPA office. Your application will be evaluated, and if it meets EPA standards, a grant may be awarded to your organization to fund the project.
EPA grant funds are available under two broad categories:
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Continuing Program Grants are baseline grant programs awarded primarily to state, local and tribal governments. These grants are available under specific statutes (such as Clean Air Act Section 105, Clean Water Act Section 106, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Section 3011) or under a combination of these programs into a Performance Partnership Grant. The purpose of these grants is to help support ongoing state and tribal environmental programs, such as air, water, and waste.
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Project Grants are available to a broader range of recipients for a wide spectrum of Agency priorities such as pollution prevention, watershed planning, environmental justice, and environmental education. These project grants change from year to year and some of them are managed by EPA HQ in Washington, DC.
The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance is a government-wide compendium of financial and nonfinancial assistance programs administered by the Federal government.
For a complete listing of the grant programs administered by EPA, please access the CFDA website at: http://www.cfda.gov
Below is information about some of EPA Region 4's project grants:
Tips on Writing a Grant Proposal and Estimating Your Budget:
http://www.epa.gov/ogd/recipient/tips.htm
An interactive software tool walks the user through the grant-writing process and helps them learn how to write more competitive grants.
How to contact the EPA Region 4 Grants Office:
Grants and IAG Section
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Atlanta Federal Center
61 Forsyth Street
Atlanta, GA 30303-8960
phone: 404-562-8400
fax: 404-562-8413
Section Chief
Shirley Grayer, Senior Grants Specialist 404-562-8416 grayer.shirley@epa.gov
Barbara Strother 404-562-8230 strother.barbara@epa.gov
- Audit Liaison (OIG/GAO)
Operations Team A
Keva Lloyd – Team Leader 404-562-8420 lloyd.keva@epa.gov
Sharonita Johnson, Grants Specialist 404-562-8311 johnson.sharonita@epa.gov
- FL continuing program & other state-based grants
- Interagency Agreements
Marsha Humphries, Grants Specialist 404-562-9766 humphries.marsha@epa.gov
- TN continuing program & other state-based grants
Margaret Crowe, Grants Specialist 404-562-8687 crowe.margaret@epa.gov
- MS continuing program & other state-based grants
- Gulf of Mexico Program
Vacant, Grants Specialist 404-562-9817 shelmon.shantel@epa.gov
- GA continuing program & other state-based grants
- FL Brownfields grants
Imogene Smith, Grants Assistant (SEE) 404-562-8412 smith.imogene@epa.gov
Operations Team B
Seema Rao - Team Leader 404-562-8429 rao.seema@epa.gov
Kenny Richardson, Grants Specialist 404-562-9021 richardson.kenny@epa.gov
- KY continuing program & other state-based grants
Laura Fowler, Grants Specialist 404-562-8427 fowler.laura@epa.gov
- AL continuing program & other state-based grants
- SF Technical Assistance Grants
- Solid Waste Management grants
Bill Lundy, Grants Specialist 404-562-8417 lundy.william@epa.gov
- SC continuing program & other state-based grants
- Environmental Education
- Integrated Grants Management System
Sherry Miles, Grants Specialist 404-562-8396 miles.sherry@epa.gov
- NC continuing program & other state-based grants
Shevella Wilson, Grants Specialist 404-562-8414 wilson.shevella@epa.gov
- ARRA/Construction grants
- Tribal grants (all programs)

Carol Wallace, Grants Assistant (SEE) 404-562-8391 wallace.carol@epa.gov
For information about the contents of this page please contact Shirley Grayer
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