Opportunity Information: Apply for EPA R1 SNEP 2019
The Environmental Protection Agency is offering a discretionary competitive grant opportunity to create and run an Assistance Network for the Southeast New England Program (SNEP), focused on coastal watershed restoration across the SNEP region. The central idea is to fund one lead organization, operating under a cooperative agreement, to serve as a regional hub that helps communities, tribes, and local organizations plan, finance, and carry out restoration work more effectively. Rather than funding many separate on-the-ground projects directly through this announcement, the EPA is looking for an organization that can strengthen the overall capacity of the region by coordinating expertise, reducing duplicated efforts, and making it easier for local partners to access both technical help and funding pathways.
The program is anchored in several connected restoration goals. A major priority is improving water quality, especially by reducing the impacts of nutrient pollution and bacteria that harm aquatic life and degrade coastal waters. Another priority is restoring the physical processes that support critical habitat and broader ecosystem function, which can include the natural hydrology and dynamics that keep wetlands, rivers, estuaries, and shoreline systems working properly. The EPA also emphasizes aligning restoration and management efforts at a regional scale, with the practical aim of getting better outcomes by coordinating across municipal and organizational boundaries, sharing approaches that work, and avoiding situations where multiple groups are unknowingly doing the same planning or building parallel support systems.
Under this request for applications, the selected organization would establish and manage the “Network” as a one-stop resource tailored to the SNEP region. The Network is expected to provide financial and technical expertise to local communities, tribes, and organizations. That support is described as customized advice, consultation, and training, along with technical stormwater services that help local entities improve their ability to manage environmental programs and deliver measurable environmental results. In plain terms, the Network is meant to be the place local practitioners can go to troubleshoot problems, get help designing or improving stormwater and watershed strategies, understand regulatory and program options, and build the local know-how needed to sustain improvements over time.
A key emphasis is stormwater management and the financing of coastal watershed restoration. The EPA is specifically trying to increase awareness and real-world use of available financial resources, technical resources, best practices, and innovative approaches. This signals that the Network should not only provide scientific or engineering assistance, but also help communities navigate practical implementation issues such as identifying funding sources, packaging projects in ways that are competitive for grants or loans, and applying proven approaches that can be replicated across multiple towns and watersheds. The overall goal is to increase regional capacity, meaning that after the Network is operating, more local entities should be able to initiate and successfully execute high-quality restoration and water quality projects with less friction and better coordination.
Structurally, this opportunity is designed to result in a single award (the EPA expects to make one award), with an award ceiling of $6,000,000. The funding instrument is a cooperative agreement, which typically indicates substantial federal involvement compared to a standard grant and often means closer coordination with the EPA during implementation. Eligible applicants are listed broadly as “Others,” with specific eligibility details referenced in the solicitation (Section III.A and the additional eligibility text field). The EPA also makes clear that applicants may deliver services through existing partnerships, new partnerships formed specifically in response to the announcement, or as an individual organization. That flexibility is meant to encourage consortium-style proposals where multiple organizations combine strengths, for example pairing technical stormwater expertise with community outreach, training capacity, and financial navigation support.
In terms of identification and timing, the opportunity is titled “Assistance Network for the Southeast New England Program (SNEP),” with Funding Opportunity Number EPA R1 SNEP 2019 and CFDA number 66.129. The announcement was created on May 14, 2019, and the original closing date listed is June 28, 2019, with the note that applicants should consult Section IV of the solicitation for any additional close date information. Overall, the opportunity is best understood as a regional capacity-building award meant to strengthen and coordinate coastal watershed restoration work in southeast New England by creating a centralized support network that delivers technical assistance, stormwater services, training, and guidance on funding and implementation.Apply for EPA R1 SNEP 2019
- The Environmental Protection Agency in the environment sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Assistance Network for the Southeast New England Program (“SNEP”)" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 66.129.
- This funding opportunity was created on May 14, 2019.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 28, 2019 See Section IV of the solicitation for additional close date information.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $6,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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