This Cooperative Agreement award of $505,459 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2 will support Syracuse University's Environmental Finance Center (EFC) to deliver training, technical assistance, and capacity building activities across the region. Key focus areas include water infrastructure and equity planning, sustainable materials management, aquatic debris prevention, and collaborative climate change planning. The award will also provide funding for the University of...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $7,051,574 Cooperative Agreement to the Environmental Policy Innovation Center (EPIC) under the EPA's Environmental Finance Center Grants program (CFDA 66.203). The central goal of the project is to establish a National Environmental Finance Center (EFC) that will provide technical assistance to 45 underserved and disadvantaged communities over the first two years, with plans to assist additional communities in subsequent years. The...
This Project Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office for Water totals $314,079 under the Innovative Water Infrastructure Workforce Development Program (CFDA 66.445). The grant supports the Institute for Future Water Leaders, a collaboration between Syracuse University, Wichita State University, and the University of New Mexico. Products include instructional content and training modules addressing foundational and emerging topics for water and wastewater...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded a $2.97 million Project Grant to the Southwest Environmental Finance Center at the University of New Mexico from August 2021 to January 2024 under the Surveys, Studies, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Training Grants program (CFDA 66.424) of the Safe Drinking Water Act. The funding supports increasing the technical, managerial, and financial capacity of small public water systems through comprehensive training and technical assistance...
This $1,000,000 project grant from the Environmental Protection Agency Office for Water under the Section 104(b)(3) Surveys, Studies, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Training Grants and Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.436) supports the Environmental Finance Center Network in increasing the technical, managerial, and financial capacity of small wastewater systems and onsite/decentralized wastewater systems. The University of New Mexico serves as the lead awardee coordinating seven...
The University of New Mexico, as part of the Environmental Finance Center Network (EFCN) team, received a $1,375,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under the "Surveys, Studies, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Training Grants and Cooperative Agreements - Section 104(b)(3) of the Clean Water Act" (CFDA 66.436) program. The project aims to provide training and technical assistance to small publicly owned wastewater systems and onsite/decentralized...
The University of New Mexico received a $6,000,000 Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency Office for Water - Funding Office under the Technical Assistance for Treatment Works (Clean Water Act [CWA] Section 104(b)(8)) program (CFDA 66.446). The grant provides funding for the Southwest Environmental Finance Center (SW EFC) to deliver training and technical assistance to rural, small, and tribal communities. Key activities include community outreach, project development, capacity...
This $800,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818) will fund planning, assessment, and remediation activities for brownfield sites in Syracuse, New York. Specifically, the agreement will provide funding to the City of Syracuse Industrial Development Agency to conduct 1 Phase I and 3 Phase II environmental site assessments,...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 2 awarded the New York State Department of Health a $3.16 million formula grant under the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Small and Underserved Communities Emerging Contaminants Grant Program (CFDA #66.442) on September 1, 2021. The grant will fund drinking water program assistance through August 31, 2024 to underserved, small, and disadvantaged communities in New York State. Activities include projects and activities needed for...
The University of New Mexico received a $3,000,000 Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency Office for Water - Funding Office under the Clean Water Act Section 104(b)(8) "Technical Assistance for Treatment Works" program (CFDA 66.446). The grant will fund the Environmental Finance Center Network (EFCN) team to provide training and technical assistance across all 50 U.S. states, 5 territories, and tribal communities on topics such as decentralized wastewater systems,...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $1,799,936 Cooperative Agreement under the Environmental Finance Center Grants program (CFDA 66.203) to Syracuse University to provide direct technical assistance and capacity building to help under-resourced and under-represented municipalities, Native Nations, and water utilities in EPA Region 2 access federal and state funding, including Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) funding, for projects that address clean and safe water resources.
The Syracuse University Environmental Finance Center (SU-EFC) and its subrecipient partners - Cornell University, RCAP Solutions Northeast, Moonshot Missions, and New Jersey Future - will deliver customized technical assistance, training events, guides, publications, and case studies to help these communities meet funding requirements, develop applications, complete necessary plans and assessments, and comply with clean and safe water regulations. The goal is to increase the number of disadvantaged communities applying for and securing infrastructure funding to improve water systems and prepare for climate-related hazards.