FINAL - Optional Cover Letter Template FY21.docx

Notes to Applicant.

· The cover letter should be one page maximum

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[Insert Organizational Letterhead]

[Date]

Erika Beasley EN Grants Program Manager - OIM/IESD/IEPB, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Mission Support, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Mail Code 2824-T Washington, DC 20460

Dear Ms. Beasley:

I am pleased to submit the [State, Tribe or Territory Name] [Name of Department or Agency]’s application for a [‘grant’ or ‘cooperative agreement’], entitled [project name], under the FY 2021 Exchange Network Grant Program. This application is seeking [dollar amount of funds] in direct grants funding and [dollar amount of funds] as in-kind support. We have [‘no’ or number of partners] formal partners in this grant application and [‘are’ or ‘are not’] utilizing a formal mentor[footnoteRef:1]. [Our partners are: name partners]. [Our mentor is: name mentor]. We [‘are’ or ‘are not’] requesting that, if successful, this application be awarded as part of a Performance Partnership Grant (PPG)[footnoteRef:2]. [The applicable PPG number is: PPG grant number]. [1: Please note that formal mentors are only applicable to tribal applicants that are specifically applying under the funding opportunity ‘Capacity Building with Mentorship’ in the FY21 EN Solicitation Notice’s Appendix C] [2: Please note that these are called ‘Consolidated Grants’ (CGs) for U.S. Territories; if applicable, please replace the phrase ‘Performance Partnership Grant’ with ‘Consolidated Grant’]

[Include a short narrative description of project including a statement of project goal(s)].

The contact for this grant application is:

[Name and Title of Project Lead] [Name of Office or Division] [Name of Department or Agency] [Full Mailing Address] [Phone Number(s)] [Email address]

If there are any questions, please feel free to call either myself or the contact named in this letter.

Sincerely, [Signature of Authorized Organizational Representative] [Name/Title of Authorized Organizational Representative]