Funding Program Overviews
EPA offers many funding opportunities supported by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the Inflation Reduction Act and the Agency’s regular appropriations that may benefit from climate resilience considerations. Technical assistance providers can use the program overviews on this page to help potential applicants navigate the funding opportunities provided by EPA to identify those that best match their project needs.
Each program overview includes key information to help potential applicants quickly determine how a funding opportunity may be a good fit for their project goals, including:
- Basic descriptions of the funding program.
- Types of adaptation and resilience projects that could be considered for funding.
- Available technical assistance.
- Important connections to other EPA, federal or non-governmental efforts.
- Details about any environmental justice requirements related to the Justice40 Initiative.
To learn more about each of EPA’s funding programs, please refer to the specific websites and contacts identified at the top of each program overview.
On this page:
Funding Program Overviews
The program overviews are organized by environmental media and funding status. This table was updated as of September 5, 2024.
Closed — Not currently accepting applications for an open funding cycle.
Archived — No open funding cycles for the foreseeable future.
Open — Currently accepting applications for a funding cycle.
Additional Resources and Tools
Explore Federal Funding
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The Guidebook to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (pdf)
and Inflation Reduction Act Guidebook: Find information about the funding opportunities made available by each federal program. These guidebooks are intended to help partners across the country navigate the eligibility requirements of federal investment programs. Other helpful resources include:
- Rural Playbook, which identifies programs and sources of funds set aside for rural communities under the BIL as well as an overview of key flexibilities and other benefits to rural communities under the law.
- Tribal Playbook, which identifies programs and sources of funds set aside for Tribal communities under the BIL as well as information about Tribal eligibility or specific flexibilities for Tribes and Tribal communities under the law.
- Access to Capital Clearinghouse, which uses this searchable database to find federal funding resources for which Tribes and affiliate organizations are eligible.
- EPA's Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund:
- National Clean Investment Fund: EPA awarded funds to three grant recipients to establish national clean financing institutions that deliver accessible, affordable financing for clean technology projects nationwide. These recipients are partnering with private-sector investors, developers, community organizations, and others to deploy projects, mobilize private capital at scale, and enable millions of Americans to benefit for the program through energy bill savings, cleaner air, job creation and more.
- Clean Communities Investment Accelerator: EPA awarded funds to five grant recipients to establish hubs that provide funding and technical assistance to community lenders working in low-income and disadvantaged communities, providing an immediate pathway to deploy projects in those communities while also building capacity of hundreds of community lenders to finance projects for years.
Find Technical Assistance
- Water Technical Assistance (WaterTA): Explore free services to support communities with identifying water challenges, developing plans, building capacity and developing application materials to access water infrastructure funding.
- Creating Resilient Water Utilities Initiative: Request no-cost climate change risk assessment technical assistance for drinking water, wastewater and stormwater utilities. CRWU helps promote a clear understanding of climate data and helps water sector utilities identify potential adaptation strategies, implementation options and infrastructure financing.
- Environmental Justice Thriving Community Technical Assistance Centers: Find centers that can provide training and other assistance to build capacity for navigating federal grant application systems, developing strong grant proposals and effectively managing grant funding. In addition, these centers can provide guidance on community engagement, meeting facilitation, and translation and interpretation services.
- Community Change Technical Assistance Program: Applicants who are eligible for the Community Change Grants can receive technical assistance both when applying for funds (pre-award) and after selection or award (post-award) through the CCTA program.
- Equitable Resilience Builder: Use an application that supports communities in resilience planning with a focus on equity. It engages users in a guided process to inclusively assess local hazards, equity, and the resilience of built, natural and social environment systems.
- White House Technical Assistance Guide: Access information on federal and state technical assistance programs aimed at deploying BIL and IRA funding. This guide can help communities navigate available technical assistance programs and resources to help them deliver infrastructure, clean energy and climate resilience projects.
Learn About Grants
- EPA Grants Overview for Applicants and Recipients: Understand how EPA’s mission is supported through the allocation of funds to various organizations to execute environmental programs and/or projects. This overview describes how EPA employs a legal instrument known as an assistance agreement, available as grants or cooperative agreements, to transfer funds for public purposes.
- EPA Grants Management Training for Applicants and Recipients: Access an online training course aimed at acquainting federal grant applicants and recipients with the critical facets of the entire grant lifecycle, which covers the preparation of an application through the grant closeout phase.
DISCLAIMER: Please note that these program overviews contain high-level summary information about each funding opportunity; they are not intended to provide comprehensive details about each program’s funding opportunity and they do not replace any official program guidance, regulations, or statutory requirements communicated by the agency. For official details on the requirements of each funding program, please consult the announcements, solicitations and general guidelines provided on EPA’s website.