Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention

The Environmental Protection Agency Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention — Funding Office is a civilian sub-agency within the EPA that funds contracts and grants supporting chemical safety assessment, pollution prevention, and regulatory compliance work across federal, state, academic, and nonprofit partners.

The Funding Office has awarded 1,298 federal contracts totaling $1.31 billion in combined potential value since 1995, with $840.5 million obligated. Recent contract activity shows 38 awards in 2022, 53 in 2023, 33 in 2024, 29 in 2025, and 48 year-to-date in 2026. Contract competition is fragmented: the top five primes by award count — ICF Incorporated, L.L.C., Pb&A / CSS JV, Llc., Eastern Research Group Inc., SRC Inc., and Thermo Electron North America LLC — hold 27 percent of recent awards combined. By potential value, Eastern Research Group Inc., Datawiz Corporation, ICF Incorporated, L.L.C., Pb&A / CSS JV, Llc., and SRC Inc. represent 20 percent of recent combined value. The competitive base spans 427 distinct prime contractors across the portfolio lifetime. Set-asides remain minimal: 85 percent of awards carry no set-aside designation, while small-business set-asides account for 9 percent of awards, with 8(a) sole-source and competitive 8(a) comprising 3 percent and 1 percent respectively; service-disabled veteran-owned, HUBZone, and woman-owned small-business designations each account for less than one percent.

The Funding Office has awarded 91 federal grants totaling $64 million in federal dollars obligated since 1998. Grant activity is irregular: 8 awards in 2022, 7 in 2023, 25 in 2024, 3 in 2025, and 1 year-to-date in 2026. The most recent grant award closed in April 2026. Grant recipients are highly fragmented: the top five by award count — Pollinator Partnership, Oregon State University, University Of Illinois, West Virginia University, and State Of Washington — hold 23 percent of recent awards, while the top five by federal dollars obligated hold 19 percent of recent combined value. Recipients span 46 distinct organizations across the portfolio. Grants are predominantly Project Grants (88 percent) with a smaller share of Cooperative Agreements (12 percent). Academic institutions (Oregon State University, University Of Illinois, Pennsylvania State University, University Of Massachusetts Lowell) and nonprofit research organizations (Pollinator Partnership, Extension Foundation) dominate recent funding.

Recent contract opportunities and recent grant opportunities are not recorded against this agency or its descendant offices in the source data provided.