Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental Economics Workshops

The US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) National Center for Environmental Economics (NCEE) is soliciting Proposals for Federal assistance in sponsoring “Environmental Economics Workshops.” NCEE is interested in supporting Environmental and Resource Economics workshops in each of the following categories: (1) Dissertation Workshops – the goal of these workshops is to attract the best and brightest graduate students/new PhDs and improve the quality of current research topics in environmental economics. (2) Methods Development and Training Workshops – these workshops should provide guidance and training on a specific analytical activity of importance in environmental economics. (3) Current Issues Workshops – these workshops should advance the field of environmental economics by exploring current and emerging issues of national or regional significance . The total award amount is anticipated to be $500,000. Individual proposals must be for less than $200,000 to be considered.

Assistance agreements may be awarded for project periods of up to 5 years where appropriate. Individual proposals must not involve more than one of the above three categories (i.e., dissertation, methods development and training, and current issues). Institutions and principal investigators may submit multiple but not duplicate proposals. Individual assistance agreements may be fully or incrementally funded. Cost sharing is not required. EPA anticipates awarding 6 to 15 assistance agreements under this announcement, as either grants or cooperative agreements. There are no cost-sharing or matching funds requirements. However the degree to which the project budget effectively uses EPA funds and/or leverages internal or external matching funds will be considered as part of the cost-effectiveness evaluation criteria.


Document Type: Modification to Previous Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: EPA-OPEI-NCEE-08-01
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Feb 06, 2008
Creation Date: Feb 06, 2008
Original Closing Date for Applications: Mar 24, 2008 Please refer to the full announcement, including Section IV, for additional information on submission methods and due dates.
Current Closing Date for Applications: Mar 24, 2008 Please refer to the full announcement, including Section IV, for additional information on submission methods and due dates.
Archive Date: Apr 23, 2008
Funding Instrument Type: Grant Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity: Environment
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards: 15
Estimated Total Program Funding: $500,000
Award Ceiling: $200,000
Award Floor: $15,000
CFDA Number: 66.611 -- Environmental Policy and Innovation Grants
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No

A complete copy of this announcement, including discussion of application materials and requirements, is posted at: http://yosemite.epa.gov/ee/epa/eed.nsf/Webpages/GrantSolicitations.html .