On September 14, the  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that up to $3.6 million in funding for locally-focused environmental education grants is now available under the 2023 Environmental Education (EE) Local Grant Program. 

The deadline for applications is November 8.

EPA will award grants in each of EPA’s 10 Regions, between $50,000-$100,000 each, for a total of 30-40 grants nationwide.

Click Here for specific Region 3 Environmental Education Grant information.

The program includes support for projects that reflect the intersection of environmental issues with climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies, preventing future water quality and human health issues, in addition to other environmental topics.

Funded projects will increase public awareness of those topics and help participants to develop the skills needed to make informed decisions.

Through this grant program, EPA intends to provide financial support for projects that design, demonstrate, and/or disseminate environmental education practices, methods, or techniques, that will serve to increase environmental literacy and encourage behavior that will benefit the environment in local communities, especially underserved communities.

This grant program recognizes underserved communities as high-poverty areas, persistent poverty counties, communities the Council on Environmental Quality’s Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool identifies as disadvantaged communities, and Title I schools.

Informational Webinars

EPA will be scheduling informational webinars on the grant programs.  Click Here for more information.

Visit the EPA Region 3 Environmental Education Grant webpage for more information.

Visit the EPA Environmental Education (EE) Local Grant Program webpage for information on the program.

[Posted: September 15, 2023]

9/18/2023