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Grants
EPA funding supports grants in several pesticide
related areas:
- Urban
Initiative: prevent agricultural pesticide misuse in homes, schools,
churches etc.
- Strategic
Agricultural Initiative: supports FQPA-related projects for state
and nonprofit organizations. Administered by each EPA Regional Office,
the Initiative's projects emphasize the use and study of reduced risk
pesticides and alternatives to pesticide use. The Initiative also seeks
partnerships with regulatory agencies, industry and the agricultural
community.
- Regional
Initiative Grants (also termed Regional Pesticide Environmental
Stewardship Program Grants): support pollution prevention projects that
are important to and complement ongoing efforts in EPA's Regional Offices.
- Tribal Pesticide
Project Grants Both tribal and state continuing pesticide programs
are funded through cooperative agreements between the tribe or state
and EPA's Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA). In
recent years grants have also been awarded for short term water quality
and special pesticide projects.
- National Foundation for
IPM Education:
through a cooperative agreement with EPA, offers competitive grants
in the areas of education, demonstration, outreach, risk reduction,
measurement, risk mitigation, and technology transfer.
- American Farmland Trust: jointly funds projects
with EPA to solve environmental problems associated with agriculture.
- Resource and Development Grants
State Pesticide programs also receive cooperative
agreement grant dollars to help meet enforcement and programmatic goals
in each state. Some state pesticide laboratories receive revolving fund
dollars to help update equipment and standards.
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