Research Grants

  • EPA Awards Nearly $500,000 to Student Teams to Develop Environmental Technology

    EPA announced $498,801 in research funding to five college teams to further develop their innovative technologies to help address urgent environmental and public health challenges. Read the press release here.

  • EPA Awards Nearly $1.5 Million to Clarkson University for PFAS Research

    EPA Awards Nearly $1.5 Million to Clarkson University to Develop and Demonstrate Technology to Detect and Degrade PFAS

    Read the press release here.

EPA funds extramural research through its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program and the People, Prosperity, and the Planet (P3) Program. These research programs help to engage top research scientists and students that results in a strong scientific foundation to support the agency’s mission of protecting human health and the environment.

  • Funding Opportunities

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    Find upcoming and open research funding opportunities. 

    Research Funding Opportunities

  • Research Grant Areas

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    EPA funds research on a variety of topics that support EPA's mission. 

    Research Grant Areas

  • Grantee Research Search

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    Search the EPA grant archive, view grant recipients and past funding opportunities as well as grantee research project results.

    Grantee Research Search

  • Grants in the News

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    Read the press releases of recently awarded research grants.

    Grants in the News

  • About Research Grants

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    Learn about EPA's research grant programs, including P3, SBIR and other extramural programs. 

    About Research Grants

  • Research Grants Listserv

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    Research Grants Listserv
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Last updated on April 15, 2025