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Superfund Sites and Human Health
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) is providing grants under the Superfund Basic Research and Training Program to
Develop methods and technologies to detect hazardous substances in the environment.
Assess the risks to human health presented by hazardous substances.
Reduce the amount and toxicity of hazardous substances.
Advance techniques for the detection, assessment and evaluation of the effect on human health of hazardous substances.
Deadline: February 15, 2008
Award: Three to four grants with total program funding of $8,000,000.
Eligibility: Accredited domestic institutions of higher education are encouraged to partner with tribes, local, state, and federal government, and private institutions of higher education.
Contact: Susan Ricci at ricci@niehs.nih.gov or 919.316.4666
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Communicating Research to Public Audiences
The National Science Foundation’s Informal Science Education program
seeks project proposals that increase public interest, understanding, and
engagement in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
Deadline: No deadline is currently set.
Award: Maximum award is $75,000. 20 awards per year are
anticipated with total program funding of $1,500,000.
Eligibility: Universities and colleges, non-profit and
for-profit organizations, and state and local governments.
Contact: David A. Ucko at ducko@nsf.gov or 703-292-5126
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ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND REGULATIONS
HABITAT RESTORATION & CONSERVATION
Ecotrust's Whole Watershed Restoration Initiative
Ecotrust is requesting proposals for community-based habitat restoration projects in Oregon and Washington. The Pacific Northwest Region of the Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, and Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board and NOAA Restoration Center are all contributing to the Whole Watershed Restoration Initiative, bringing the total amount of funding available to approximately $1.5 million. Proposed projects should aim to restore the natural functions of whole watersheds in Oregon and Washington and to amplify community-based partnerships focused on the strategic restoration of Pacific salmon and steelhead ecosystems. Eligible project types include:
breaching or removal of levees; removal of dams or other large obstructions to rivers and streams; culvert removal and traditional culvert replacement with stream-bed simulation type culverts or bridges; reestablishing river flow patterns, meanders, and channels that have been altered or obstructed
Restoring and enhancing connections between lakes, sloughs, side channels, the floodplain, and the main channel; and restoring riverbanks and floodplains, including riparian restoration.
Deadline: December 15
Award: Grants range from $20,000 to $100,000.
Contact: Megan Callahan Grant (Oregon and Idaho), 503.231.2213 or Polly Hicks (Washington),
206.526.4861
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Pacific Grassroots Salmonid Initiative
This Initiative (PGSI) is a partnership between the National Oce anic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Restoration Center, the S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (the Foundation). PGSI seeks to benefit native anadromous fishes and their habitats along the Pacific Coast of the United States. A broad range of activities are eligible for funding, including: estuary and stream restoration, salmonid habitat conservation planning, applied research, and public education and outreach.
Proposal deadline: December 19
Awards: Range from $25,000 to $75,000 (Focused on Alaska, Oregon and California)
Contact: Megan Callahan Grant (Oregon and Idaho), 503.231.2213 or Polly Hicks (Washington),
206.526.4861
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Watershed Restoration and
Monitoring
The Bonneville Environmental Foundation’s Model Watershed Program
provides financial and scientific support to structure, develop, and sustain
10-year restoration and monitoring programs in selected priority watersheds.
Deadline: Quarterly awards. Send letter of inquiry anytime.
Award: $5,000 to $40,000 annually.
Eligibility: Any private person, organization, tribe, or
local government within the Pacific Northwest.
Contact: Todd Reeve at toddreeve@b-e-f.org or 503-248-1905
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Funding for Landowners
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is offering technical and financial
assistance to private landowners to restore, enhance and manage fish and
wildlife habitats on their own lands.
Deadline: No current deadline
Award: Award ceiling is $25,000. Total program funding
is $42 million.
Eligibility: Private landowners, tribal Governments, local
governments, educational institutions and organizations.
Contact: Paco Rodriguez, 360-753-9440.
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Program helps forestland
owners remove barriers to fish passage
Forest land owners with streams that prevent fish from passing
freely may be eligible for financial and technical assistance in removing
those barriers through the Family Forest Fish Passage Program. Projects that cause
the greatest harm to public resources get funded first. Lower-priority projects
remain in the program to be funded later, once they become high priority
and money is available.
Deadline: June 30 of each year.
Award: The program provides technical assistance
and 75 to 100 percent of the cost to correct a barrier, depending on the
nature of the project. Landowners pay the rest.
Eligibility: Small forestland owners with fish-bearing
streams that are blocked due to human-caused structures. (A small forest
is determined by the volume of timber harvested, not by the acreage owned.)
Contact: The Small Forest Landowner Office, 360-902-1404
or sflo@wadnr
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Get your community
involved in watershed restoration
The Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF) supports science-based
watershed restoration initiatives that demonstrate strong community engagement
and strive to implement a long-term restoration approach.
Award: $5,000 to $40,000 annually up to a 10-year period.
Deadline: BEF accepts letters of inquiry on an open basis,
and there is no official cycle for the review and solicitation of proposed
Model Watershed Projects.
Eligibility: Any private person, organization, tribe, or
local government within the Pacific Northwest (OR, ID, WA, OR), may submit
a Letter of Enquiry.
Contact: Todd Reeve at toddreeve@b-e-f.org or 503-248-1905
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Puget Sound Energy looking
for renewable energy projects
Puget Sound Energy (PSE) is interested in encouraging small-scale
renewable energy projects that develop and/or apply clean, environmentally
preferred, renewable power. PSE will make grants and investments in projects
that displace thermal generation resources with new, small-scale renewable
energy resources in its electric service area.
Deadline: On-going, letter of inquiry required.
Award: Range from a few thousand dollars for small installations
to more significant investments in larger grid-connected renewable energy
projects.
Eligibility: Any private person, organization, or tribal
or local government located within PSE’s electric service area may
submit a Letter of Enquiry.
Contact: info@b-e-f.org
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Sustainability for People, Prosperity and Planet
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking application proposals to research, develop and design solutions to real-world challenges involving sustainability. The P3 Awards program seeks to achieve mutual goals of economic prosperity, protection of the planet, and improved quality of life for its people.
Deadline: December 20
Award: Approximately 55 awards up to $10,000 for Phase I and approximately 6 awards up to $75,000 for Phase II. Total program funding anticipated is $1 million.
Eligibility: Public and private nonprofit institutions of higher education.
Contact: Cynthia Nolt-Helms, nolt-helms.cynthia@epa.gov, 202.343.9693
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Reduce pollution from vessel sewage
Washington State Parks is providing funding to install pumpout and dump stations. This includes new equipment, renovation of existing equipment, pumps, piping, lift stations, on-site holding tanks, pier or dock modifications, signs, permits and other miscellaneous equipment needed for a complete and efficient station.
Deadline: Open
Award: Up to 75% of the cost of the project.
Eligibility: Public and private sector boating facility operators are eligible.
Contact: James Horan,james.horan@parks.wa.gov, 360.586.6600
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Local Government Stormwater Funding
Federal and state grants and loans are
available to serve as initial seed money for strategic stormwater management
planning, establishing a utility, initial capital investments, etc.
A number of
local government authorities exist that can be used to provide stable,
long-term funds to ensure effective stormwater
management efforts.
Local Government On-Site Sewage System Funding
Options
State and Federal Funding for Local OSS Programs
Local
Government Authorities for Financing OSS Operation and Maintenance Programs
King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks Grant Exchange
US
Fish and Wildlife Service Grants Programs - contact
the Western Washington Office
National
Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grants to acquire, restore, enhance
and manage pristine and threatened
coastal wetlands through partnerships between federal and state agencies.
Partners
for Fish and Wildlife to provide financial and technical assistance
in western Washington prairies,
wetlands, riparian and instream habitats.
Private
Stewardship Grant Program for voluntary conservation efforts
that benefit federally listed, proposed
or candidate Endangered Species Act species.
Habitat
Conservation Plan Land Acquisition funds to assist in acquiring
land associated with approved
Habitat Conservation Plans to protect threatened or endangered species habitats.
See also Washington
State information associated with the Cooperative
Endangered Species Conservation Fund.
Habitat
Conservation Planning Assistance to provide financial assistance
in developing Habitat Conservation
Plans.
Landowners
Incentive Program for landowners on private lands.
Recovery
Land Acquisition to permanently conserve land that contributes
to the recovery of listed species
by supporting approved recovery plans.
Endangered
Species Section 6 Grants to assist in a wide array of voluntary
conservation projects in partnership
with the Washington Department of Natural Resources or the Washington Department
of Fish and
Wildlife.
Social Venture Partners, a Seattle-based grantmaking organization provides both financial support and volunteer involvement for environmental projects in King County
King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks Grant Exchange
The Boise State University searchable database of funding sources
Catalog
of Federal Funding Sources for Watershed Protection
EPA has established the following site that allows people to search for
federal assistance for watershed activities (with a broad definition of
watershed). Check it out and share with your contacts
EPA grants and fellowship information
Funding source database (IACC and others)
US Fish & Wildlife Service funding site
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) salmon regional funding initiative
FUNDING TOOLS: Classes, Workshops and Services
Workshop Notice
Department of Ecology’s FY 2008 Stormwater and Reclaimed Water Funding
Programs Workshops are being held Wednesday, July 11 in Tacoma.
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The Conservation Assistance Tools database
A Guidebook of Financial Tools: Paying for Sustainable Environmental Systems
Environmental Finance Center, Boise State University
