Environmental Justice Research Assistance

The Environmental Protection Agency operates the Environmental Justice Research Assistance program (CFDA 66.308), which has not disbursed grant awards since July 2006—over twenty years ago. The program awarded a single Project Grant of $144 thousand for an Environmental Professional Research Training Intern Program, with performance running from July 2006 through June 2011. No grant opportunities have been posted recently, and no current solicitation appears active.

Given the twenty-year gap in award activity and the absence of recent grant opportunities, this program is not currently pursuing an active funding cycle. The lone award in the portfolio—a Project Grant structured as workforce development and training support—suggests the program's original intent was to build capacity in environmental justice research fields, but the portfolio contains insufficient recent data to characterize current funding patterns, award magnitude trends, or likely solicitation timing. The Environmental Protection Agency remains the sole funding agency on record for this Assistance Listing, with no secondary funders documented.

Organizations evaluating pursuit under this program should verify current program status directly with the EPA Office of Environmental Justice or through Grants.gov before investing in proposal development. The two-decade funding gap may indicate the program is dormant, has been consolidated into another EPA funding line, or operates on an irregular or episodic solicitation schedule not reflected in recent grant awards. No decision-relevant opportunity information is available to support a pursue recommendation at this time.