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Regional Initiative
Grants
Regional Initiative Grants support pollution
prevention projects that are important to and complement ongoing efforts
in the EPA regional offices. Traditionally, each EPA regional office selects
one project for funding. Then, the top unfunded projects from each regional
office are pooled, further reviewed and funded until the balance of available
funds are obligated. Questions regarding these grants or the call
for proposals should be directed to the appropriate EPA
regional office contacts.
Membership in EPA's Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program is not
an eligibility requirement for these grants.
September 30, 2004, EPA issued the following press advisory on the
projects selected for funding in 2004:
"EPA announced that 13
states, universities, and tribes will receive grant money to develop programs designed to reduce
the risks associated
with pesticide use in agricultural and non-agricultural settings in
the United States. Under the Pesticide Environmental Stewardship (PESP)
Regional Initiative Grant program, EPA will award $507,100 for outreach,
education, training, demonstration and measurement that advance pesticide
risk reduction. Examples of projects include: promoting, implementing
and measuring the success of integrated pest management (IPM) practices
in schools, and using education and outreach to reduce pesticide use......."
These links lead to the reference information
for these grants:
2004 Federal Register Notice [HTML]
or [PDF] 
2004
proposal format
EPA regional office
contacts
Projects
funded since 1996. Proposals for those projects funded since
1998 are also available. Final reports for completed projects are
added as
they become available.
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