Climate Pollution Reduction Grants Program: Implementation Grants (General Competition) | EPA R OAR CPRGI 23 07

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The Climate Pollution Reduction Grants Program: Implementation Grants (General Competition) is a discretionary grant opportunity from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) designed to fund real, on-the-ground actions that cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Through this competition, EPA is making up to $4.3 billion available to support implementation of programs, policies, projects, and other measures that reduce climate pollution. The key point is that proposed activities are not meant to be standalone ideas; they must be measures that were already identified in a Priority Climate Action Plan (PCAP) created under a prior CPRG planning grant.

This competition is structured to move communities from planning to execution. To be eligible to apply for implementation funding, the relevant PCAP must be submitted to EPA by March 1, 2024. That deadline matters because it gates the implementation phase: EPA is only looking to fund measures that are contained in those PCAPs developed through the CPRG planning process. In practice, that means applicants need to be prepared to clearly connect each requested implementation activity to a specific measure in an approved or submitted PCAP, showing that the project is part of a broader, pre-defined climate strategy rather than an isolated effort.

Funding is substantial and intended to support a wide range of project sizes. EPA expects to make roughly 30 to 115 awards under this general competition, with individual grant amounts ranging from $2 million up to $500 million (the stated award ceiling). EPA references multiple award tiers, with additional details provided in Table 1 of Section II.B of the NOFO, which typically outlines funding brackets and the types or scales of activities anticipated under each tier. The overall intent is to enable both moderate-sized initiatives and very large, multi-jurisdictional or transformative implementation efforts, as long as they align with PCAP measures and deliver meaningful GHG reductions.

The opportunity is listed under Funding Opportunity Number EPA-R-OAR-CPRGI-23-07 and is associated with CFDA number 66.046, with the funding activity category identified as Environment. The funding instrument is a grant, and the opportunity category is discretionary, meaning awards are made competitively based on the application’s merits and how well it meets the NOFO criteria. The eligible applicant category is summarized as "Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification)," which signals that eligibility is broader than a single applicant type but must be confirmed in the NOFO itself. In many EPA competitions like this, that section clarifies which governmental entities, tribal governments, territories, and other organizations may apply, and whether partnerships or coalitions are encouraged or required.

Key dates included in the source information show the NOFO was created on September 20, 2023, and the original application closing date for the implementation grant competition is April 1, 2024. Taken together with the PCAP submission deadline of March 1, 2024, the timeline implies a relatively short window between finalizing and submitting the PCAP and submitting the associated implementation grant application. Applicants should plan for that sequencing by ensuring PCAP measures are written with implementable detail and that proposed budgets, workplans, and deliverables for implementation can be assembled quickly after the PCAP is filed.

In plain terms, this grant program is EPA’s mechanism for funding the next step after climate planning: paying for the implementation of prioritized, plan-backed measures that reduce GHG emissions. Successful applications will generally need to demonstrate a clear link to the PCAP, a credible implementation approach, and a strong case that the funded measures will achieve measurable climate pollution reductions at the scale appropriate to the requested award amount.

• The Environmental Protection Agency in the environment sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Climate Pollution Reduction Grants Program: Implementation Grants (General Competition)" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 66.046.
• This funding opportunity was created on Sep 20, 2023.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 01, 2024. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $500,000,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 115 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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