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 June 10, 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. |
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law | South Florida Program | $8 million Cooperative agreements | States, local governments, territories, Indian Tribes, and possessions of the U.S. (including the District of Columbia); public and private universities and colleges; hospitals; laboratories; public or private nonprofit institutions; and intertribal consortia. | June 7, 2024 | July 22, 2024 | This NOFO supports the Special Studies/Research component for the South Florida Program. Special Studies are projects that provide information specific to management questions and concerns, inform policy, and provide understanding of south Florida aquatic ecosystems. |
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 | Brownfields Job Training Grants |
$10 million Competitive grants |
Local government entities, states, Tribes, nonprofit organizations | May 21, 2024 | August 15, 2024 | 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. |
Inflation Reduction Act | Funding to Address Greenhouse Gas and Zero-Emission Standards for Mobile Sources | $5 million Competitive grants | States | Fall 2024 | TBD | Funding for states to adopt and implement GHG and zero-emission vehicle standards for mobile sources. |