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EPA Gulf of Mexico Funding Opportunities Released

August 14, 2024
Announcements
Dear Partners and community stakeholders:
The EPA Gulf of Mexico Division (GMD) is pleased to announce the opening of four Gulf of Mexico Funding Opportunities. View all four opportunities on EPA’s Gulf of Mexico webpage here.  Grants.gov links for each specific funding opportunity can be found below.

 

Funding Opportunity Number (FON): EPA-R4-GM-2024-WQM  

NOFO Title: Understanding Water Quality through Monitoring Activities   

·       View this funding opportunity on grants.gov here.

·       Funding will support water quality studies to improve understanding of water quality issues and provide data to stakeholders to use for decision-making in their community. Approximately $4 million will be available for 4 to 5 projects. Project monitoring activities must be in water bodies within the eligible coastal counties of the five Gulf states. 

 

FON: EPA-R4-GM-2024-TFW 

NOFO Title: Trash Free Waters –Micro/ Nanoplastics in the Gulf of Mexico  

·       View this funding opportunity on grants.gov here.

·       Funding will support innovative projects focused on preventing micro/nanoplastics from reaching waterways and removing microplastics from waterways. Approximately $5 million will be available for 8 to 12 projects. Project activities must take place in one or more of the five Gulf states AND be within the Gulf of Mexico watershed. 

 

FON: EPA-R4-GM-2024-FISHER  

NOFO Title: Fisher-Led Aquatic Trash Prevention and Abatement in Urban and Inland Disadvantaged Communities    

·       View this funding opportunity on grants.gov here.

·       Funding will support innovative approaches to work with fishers in disadvantaged communities, employing their expertise to develop community-engaged initiatives to remove, reduce, and prevent trash in waterways of common or public fishing spots and on surrounding land. Entities should work with fishers in multiple locations throughout the state. Approximately $3 million will be available for 5 projects; one in each Gulf state. Project activities must take place in ONE of the five Gulf states AND be within the Gulf of Mexico watershed. 

 

FON: EPA-R4-GM-2024-TFWASC 

NOFO Title: Trash Free Waters Art and Slogan Competition           

·       View this funding opportunity on grants.gov here.

·       Funding will support a state-wide high school art and slogan competition focused on a reduction of plastic/trash, utilizing the winning artwork/slogan as well as community cleanups to educate the public on benefits of reducing trash. Approximately $3 million will be available for 5 projects; one in each Gulf state. Project activities must take place in ONE of the five Gulf states AND be within the Gulf of Mexico watershed.