Project Grant 97761501

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Solid Waste Management Assistance Grants program (CFDA 66.808) provides $194,241 to the National Center for Health Care Informatics, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in Butte, Montana, for a one-year Sustainable Materials Management (SMM) demonstration project. The project aims to create an expired medical supply and equipment hub to address waste generated by hospitals and clinics across the U.S. by...

This $2,000,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Reduce, Reuse, Recycling Education and Outreach (CFDA 66.921) program will fund a comprehensive recycling outreach and education campaign led by the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus in Northeastern Illinois. The three-year initiative aims to increase waste prevention activities, boost recycling participation rates, and reduce contamination in the recycling stream across 275 municipalities and 7 counties. Key activities...

This $100,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) will enable the Nevada System of Higher Education's Desert Research Institute (DRI) to design, demonstrate, and disseminate environmental education practices and techniques to increase environmental literacy and promote pro-environmental behaviors in Nevada. The project will focus on addressing microplastic pollution in Nevada's waterways through...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4, under the EPA's $8M South Florida Geographic Initiatives Program (CFDA 66.484), provides $474,198 to the St. Lucie County Education Foundation Inc. to create a hands-on literacy education model for students to learn about protecting the Indian River Lagoon. The project aims to raise awareness of marine life and environmental factors, foster community engagement in environmental activities, and provide...

This federal Project Grant award, funded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Reduce, Reuse, Recycling Education and Outreach (REO) Grant Program (CFDA 66.921), will provide $753,786 to the County of Osceola in Florida to enhance recycling and sustainable materials management practices in the local community. The key activities to be delivered under this grant include: Implementing recycling education and outreach programs to inform residents and businesses about proper...

This Project Grant award of $371,516, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Reduce, Reuse, Recycling Education and Outreach (REO) Grant Program (CFDA 66.921), supports the Clean Air Council's efforts to enhance residential composting and recycling in the disadvantaged communities of Braddock, Clairton, and Swissvale, Pennsylvania. The project aims to build and support backyard and community composting systems, including conducting outreach campaigns, developing...

This $157,667 project grant awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Research Program (CFDA 66.509) will develop new models, methods, and software tools to enable greater sustainability and circularity in the U.S. chemicals industry. Key activities include creating an open-access model of the current U.S. chemicals industry, developing innovative methods for discovering novel circular chemical reaction networks, and designing frameworks for...

This $3,000,000 Project Grant awarded by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under the FDA Research program (CFDA 93.103) will fund a project to identify drugs vulnerable to shortage or fraudulent activity and address barriers to outsourcing facility production to prevent shortages. The key activities include: Reviewing drugs with a history of shortage to identify products approved before 2000, on the FDA's 2020 list of essential medicines, or subject to fraudulent activity. An expert panel...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) provides $106,666 to the Mason Conservation District in Washington to implement an environmental education project in Mason County. The project will design, demonstrate, and disseminate environmental education practices, methods, and techniques to increase environmental literacy and encourage environmentally-beneficial behaviors among K-12 students and the...

This $2,000,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Reduce, Reuse, Recycling Education and Outreach (REO) Grant Program (CFDA 66.921) will fund a targeted recycling education and outreach initiative led by Ecomaine, a non-profit organization. The goal is to enhance recycling participation and divert more recyclable materials from landfills in southern, coastal, and central Maine, with a focus on multi-family dwelling units where recycling access has...