Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program (PESP) Grants

The objective of this program is to encourage smart, sensible, and sustainable pest control in agriculture. The Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program (PESP) grants initiative enables grantees to implement sustainable pest management practices t

Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program (PESP) is an EPA partnership program that works with the nation's pesticide-user community to promote Integrated Pest Management (IPM) practices.

Assistance under this competition is available to the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, any territory or possession of the United States, any agency or instrumentality of a State, including State universities, and all Federally recognized Native American Tribes. Local governments, private universities, private nonprofit entities, private businesses, and individuals are not eligible. For-profit organizations are not eligible. Non-profit organizations described in Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code that engage in lobbying activities as defined in Section 3 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 are also not eligible to apply. For certain competitive funding opportunities under this assistance listing, the Agency may limit eligibility to compete to a number or subset of eligible applicants consistent with the Agency's Policy for the Competition of Assistance Agreements. Local governments, private universities, private nonprofit entities, private businesses, and individuals are not eligible. For-profit organizations are not eligible. Non-profit organizations described in Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code that engage in lobbying activities as defined in Section 3 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 are also not eligible to apply. For certain competitive funding opportunities under this assistance listing, the Agency may limit eligibility to compete to a number or subset of eligible applicants consistent with the Agency's Policy for the Competition of Assistance Agreements.

Any State, U.S. Territory/Possession, Native American Organization, or other entities working in conjunction with these eligible applicants.

Grants may be used to fund projects that further the implementation of smart, sensible, and sustainable pest control and Integrated Pest Management (IPM) implementation in agriculture. The type of projects that will be considered includes outreach, demonstration, education, partnerships, research, and related activities. Projects must include efforts to implement sustainable/IPM practices that lead to pest and pesticide risk reduction. This program makes Federal awards on a discretionary basis. A discretionary award means an award in which the Federal awarding agency, in keeping with specific statutory authority that enables the agency to exercise judgment ("discretion"), selects the recipient and/or the amount of Federal funding awarded through a competitive process or based on the merit of proposals. A discretionary award may be selected on a non-competitive basis, as appropriate. For further information, please contact the Headquarters or the regional office.

Grants may be used to fund projects that further the implementation of smart, sensible, and sustainable pest control and Integrated Pest Management (IPM) implementation in agriculture. The type of projects that will be considered includes outreach, demonstration, education, partnerships, research, and related activities. Projects must include efforts to implement sustainable/IPM practices that lead to pest and pesticide risk reduction. This program makes Federal awards on a discretionary basis. A discretionary award means an award in which the Federal awarding agency, in keeping with specific statutory authority that enables the agency to exercise judgment ("discretion"), selects the recipient and/or the amount of Federal funding awarded through a competitive process or based on the merit of proposals. A discretionary award may be selected on a non-competitive basis, as appropriate. For further information, please contact the Headquarters or the regional office.

Grants are awarded for a project period not to exceed 2 years.

Preapplication coordination is required. Environmental impact information is not required for this program. This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372. Regarding pre-application assistance with respect to competitive funding opportunities under this assistance listing, EPA will generally specify the nature of the pre-application assistance, if any, that will be available to applicants in the NOFO. For additional information, contact the individual(s) listed as "Agency Contacts" in the NOFO.

The evaluation and selection criteria for competitive awards under this assistance listing will be described in the NOFO.

EPA will review and evaluate applications in accordance with the terms, conditions, and criteria stated in the NOFO. Competitions will be conducted in accordance with EPA's Policy for the Competition of Assistance Agreements.

For competitive awards, deadlines will be specified in the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO).

Approximately 120 days after the application submission due date.

The funded grants and cooperative agreements are not eligible for renewal.

Assistance agreement competition-related disputes will be resolved in accordance with the dispute resolution procedures published in 70 FR (Federal Register) 3629, 3630 (January 26, 2005). Copies of these procedures may also be found at: https://www.epa.gov/grants/grant-competition-dispute-resolution-procedures. Disputes relating to matters other than the competitive selection of recipients will be resolved under 2 CFR 1500 Subpart E, as applicable.