Suggested Step-by-Step Guides to Apply for EPA’s Climate Pollution Reduction Competitive Implementation Grants

EPA’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CPRG) program provides $5 billion in grants to states, local governments, tribes, and territories to develop and implement ambitious plans for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and other harmful air pollution. EPA announced two competitions for $4.6 billion in Implementation Grants under this program.

To help applicants, EPN has created suggested step-by-step guides to the application process—including a suggested timelines—for the General Competition, Tribal/Territories Only Competition, and for Applicants Interested in Applying to both the General Competition and the Tribal and Territories Only Competition:

Suggested 6-Step Guide for the General Competition Implementation Grants Application

Suggested 8-Step Guide for the Tribal and Territories Only Implementation Grants Application

Suggested 11-Step Guide for Applicants Interested in Applying to both the General Competition and the Tribal and Territories Only Competition

*Special thanks to Jaimie Lewis and staff at Anese & Associates for creating elements of the Checklists, including the Project Narrative Templates, sample Project Narratives, Technical Appendices, Memorandum of Agreements, and Optional Budget Spreadsheets, to Holly Baker of Climate Justice Alliance for creating the Commitment Letter template, to ClimateXChange for their webinar and recap article on climate action planning best practice, and to the Conveners Network for their PCAP template.