CPRG Optional Workplan Outline for General Competition.docx
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- Opportunity number
- EPA-R-OAR-CPRGI-23-07
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Environmental Protection Agency
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This document provides an optional outline for applicants to the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants Program: Implementation Grants (General Competition) federal grant opportunity administered by the Environmental Protection Agency under the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants federal grant program. The outline recommends a workplan structure of up to 25 pages covering key elements: an overall project summary and approach with descriptions of GHG reduction measures and funding need; the impact of GHG reduction measures in terms of magnitude of reductions from 2025 through 2030 and 2050 as well as cost effectiveness; environmental results including expected outputs and outcomes with performance measures; benefits to low-income and disadvantaged communities with community engagement details; considerations of job quality; programmatic capability and past performance with reporting requirements and staff expertise; and a budget section with detail on personnel, fringe benefits, travel, equipment, supplies, contractuals, other costs, and indirect charges along with expenditure and reasonableness of costs. Applicants are encouraged but not required to follow this outline in preparing their applications, which will be evaluated based on criteria in the NOFO.
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Climate Pollution Reduction Grants – Implementation Grants Sample Workplan Outline for General Competition
Instructions: This optional outline is intended to assist Climate Pollution Reduction Grant – Implementation Grant applicants with preparing their workplan for the general competition. Applicants are encouraged but not required to follow this outline; applications should address all of the sections (corresponding with the evaluation criteria) outlined in the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) (Funding Opportunity Number EPA-R-OAR-CPRGI-23-07). The workplan must not exceed a maximum of 25 pages. Pages in excess of the 25-page limit for the workplan (which does not include the 10-page technical appendix, 10-page budget narrative, optional budget spreadsheet, or GHG calculations spreadsheet) will not be reviewed. Please consult Section IV.B. of the NOFO for more information about the project narrative instructions, format, and content and required supplemental materials (i.e., Memorandum of Agreement, if applicable; budget narrative; and technical appendix.) and the evaluation criteria in Section V.B. Applicants should ensure that their workplans are written clearly using understandable terms. Doing so will help ensure that the evaluation team members understand the purpose and expected outputs and outcomes of the overall project.
1. Overall Project Summary and Approach
a. Description of GHG Reduction Measures
b. Demonstration of Funding Need
c. Transformative Impact
2. Impact of GHG Reduction Measures
a. Magnitude of GHG Reductions from 2025 through 2030
b. Magnitude of GHG Reductions from 2025 through 2050
c. Cost Effectiveness of GHG Reductions
d. Documentation of GHG Reduction Assumptions – Up to 10 additional pages as an appendix to the workplan (see Appendix C of the NOFO)
3. Environmental Results – Outputs, Outcomes, and Performance Measures
a. Expected Outputs and Outcomes
b. Performance Measures and Plan
c. Authorities, Implementation Timeline, and Milestones
4. Low-Income and Disadvantaged Communities
a. Community Benefits
b. Community Engagement
5. Job Quality
6. Programmatic Capability and Past Performance
a. Past Performance
b. Reporting Requirements
c. Staff Expertise
7. Budget (Optional Budget Spreadsheet and up to 10 additional pages may be added if needed as an appendix to the Workplan)
a. Budget Detail
Budget Categories – Applicants may use the Optional Budget Spreadsheet
i. Personnel
ii. Fringe Benefits
iii. Travel
iv. Equipment
v. Supplies
vi. Contractual
vii. Other
viii. Indirect Charges
b. Expenditure of Awarded Funds
c. Reasonableness of Costs
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