Upcoming grant & award deadlines from PA Environment Digest: http://www.paenvironmentdigest.com/newsletter/default.asp?NewsletterArticleID=45853&SubjectID=
Grant Program | Funder | Area of Interest |
Eligible Region![]() |
Eligible Applicants | Award Amount | Date Due |
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Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education Partnership Grants
Partnership Grants are reserved for agricultural service providers--extension staff, nonprofits, consultants, state departments of agriculture, and others working in the agricultural community--who want to conduct research to improve production practices, marketing approaches, or farmer, farmworker or community well-being; education and training programs to increase knowledge and improve decision-making about sustainable practices; on-farm or in-market demonstrations of new techniques; and developing new farm management and community development approaches that support sustainable agriculture outcomes. View More |
Funder:
Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education (SARE) |
Area of Interest:
Agriculture |
Eligible Region:
Northeast states, including Pennsylvania |
Eligible Applicants:
Academia, Non-profit Organizations, For-profit Businesses, Government Agencies |
Award Amount:
Up to $15,000 |
4/23/2019 |
PA Water Trails Mini-Grant
All types of projects that benefit Pennsylvania’s water trails, support the PA Water Trail Program’s eight program principals, and have a one-year time frame will be considered. View More |
Funder:
PA Water Trails |
Area of Interest:
Education and Outreach, Recreation |
Eligible Region:
PA |
Eligible Applicants:
Any project on or for a designated Pennsylvania Water Trail |
Award Amount:
$5000 |
7/19/2019 |
Drinking Water State Revolving Fund
The Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF), administered jointly with the PA Department of Environmental Protection, provides a resource for financing various public drinking water systems (including systems owned by for-profit entities and not-for-profit entities) for expenditures for projects which will facilitate compliance with national and state drinking water regulations or otherwise advance the health-protection objectives of the Safe Drinking Water Act. The Clean and Drinking Water State Revolving funds are funded by federal capitalization grants and State matching funds. View More |
Funder:
Pennvest, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
Area of Interest:
Pathogens and Point Source |
Eligible Region:
Pennsylvania |
Eligible Applicants:
Water Utilities (see link for more details) |
Rolling | |
Clean Water State Revolving Fund
The PENNVEST Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) program provides funding to projects throughout Pennsylvania for the construction and maintenance of wastewater treatment facilities, storm water management projects, nonpoint source pollution controls, and watershed and estuary management. This program offers low interest loans with flexible terms to assist a variety of borrowers that include local governments, municipalities, and privately owned entities and to establish partnerships to leverage other funding sources. View More |
Funder:
Pennvest, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
Area of Interest:
Pathogens and Point Source, Stormwater |
Eligible Region:
Pennsylvania |
Eligible Applicants:
See link for more details |
Award Amount:
Low interest loans |
Rolling |
Section 319 Nonpoint Source Management Grants
The Department of Environmental Protection will be accepting applications for EPA Section 319 Watershed Restoration and Planning Grants starting June 24. The deadline for applications is August 9, 2019. The Department is focusing these grants on projects that reduce nonpoint source pollution in targeted watersheds with WIPs, especially projects that reduce nitrogen, phosphorous and sediment pollution from agricultural and stormwater runoff, along with AMD-related pollution from iron, aluminum and acidity. The Department is particularly interested in projects that implement effective best management practices (BMP) that reduce or eliminate stream impairments within WIP areas, leading to local water quality improvements. View More |
Funder:
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection |
Area of Interest:
Abandoned Mine Drainage, Agriculture, Stormwater |
Eligible Region:
Pennsylvania |
Eligible Applicants:
incorporated watershed associations, counties or municipalities; county conservation districts; and council of governments or other authorized organizations including nonprofit organizations, educational institutions and municipal authorities |
8/9/2019 | |
Multifunctional Riparian Forest Buffer Program
The DCNR / PENNVEST Multifunctional Riparian Forest Buffer Program will provide financial assistance to identify locations in need of riparian forest buffers and to design, establish, monitor, and provide shortterm maintenance for those buffers. This program solely supports projects that produce Multifunctional Buffers, a buffer type that provides an opportunity to harvest products such as nuts, berries, woody florals, forbs and potentially woody biomass. View More |
Funder:
Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) / PENNVEST |
Area of Interest:
Agriculture, Education and Outreach, Stormwater |
Eligible Region:
Pennsylvania |
Eligible Applicants:
Municipalities, Municipal Agencies, Authorized Non-profit Organizations, Higher Education Institutes, For-Profit Businesses, Private Landowners |
Award Amount:
No min or max. $1,000,000 total in awards. |
8/31/2019 (Pre-qualification due). 9/31/2019 (Applications due). |
2020 Pennsylvania Trail of the Year
To nominate a trail, please use the 2020 Trail of the Year nomination form. The Trail of the Year will be announced in January 2020 and will be recognized by several promotions and prizes, incuding a grant up to $10,000 for educational materials to promote safety and environmental protection. Please submit the nomination form and separately send all supporting materials to RA-explorepatrails@pa.gov. View More |
Funder:
Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) |
Area of Interest:
Recreation |
Eligible Region:
Pennsylvania |
Eligible Applicants:
Anyone can nominate a public PA trail |
Award Amount:
Up to $10,000 |
11-8-2019 |
Pennsylvania Sojourn Grants
The Pennsylvania Organization for Watersheds and Rivers (POWR) has announced the opening of the 2018 Pennsylvania River Sojourns Grant cycle. Grants are available on a competitive basis for single and multi-day paddling events on Pennsylvania Rivers. Sojourns must incorporate significant educational programming, and be open to all participants (i.e., private trips are not eligible). View More |
Funder:
Pennsylvania Organization for Watersheds and Rivers |
Area of Interest:
Recreation |
Eligible Region:
Pennsylvania |
Eligible Applicants:
Non-profit 501(c) Organizations |
Award Amount:
$500-$900/day |
2/26/2019 |
Land Acquisition and Conservation
DCNR provides grants up to 50% of the land/easement value and related acquisition project expenses to assist in the purchase of land or conservation easements. View More |
Funder:
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) |
Area of Interest:
Agriculture, Recreation, Watershed Land Protection |
Eligible Region:
Pennsylvania |
Eligible Applicants:
Municipalities, municipal agencies, land trusts, 501(c)(3)s |
4/22/2020 4:00PM | |
Regional Trail Workshop Grants
The Pennsylvania Land Trust Association is offering reimbursement grants for regional trail workshops and outreach events that deliver educational programming and training related to trails and greenways. View More |
Funder:
PA Land Trust Association |
Area of Interest:
Education and Outreach, Recreation |
Eligible Region:
Pennsylvania |
Eligible Applicants:
local/county governments, non-profits, businesses |
Award Amount:
Up to $5,000 |
1-15-2020 |