Funding Opportunity: Reducing Indoor Air Risks
Applications due February 5, 2024
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The EPA is seeking applications from eligible entities to conduct demonstration, technical assistance, training, education, and/or outreach projects that seek reduce indoor air risks and yield measurable environmental and public health outcomes by advancing national policy or systems-level change.
Awards are expected to be between $75,000 and $200,000, annually for a three-year project period. All applications should clearly:
- Articulate a plan to produce results that have implications and/or benefits on a national level. This NOFO is not intended to fund small-scale local projects.
- Address one or more of the following EPA Indoor Air Program priority areas:
- Radon.
- Indoor Environmental Asthma Triggers.
- Comprehensive Indoor Air Risk Reduction.
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Eligible entities include states, local governments, territories, Indian tribes, and possessions of the U.S., including the District of Columbia, international organizations, public and private universities and colleges, hospitals, laboratories, and other public or private non-profit institutions.
Background
The goal of the EPA’s Indoor Environments Division is to reduce the environmental health risks posed by contaminants in indoor environments. The EPA has identified and characterized significant risks to public health from indoor environmental contaminants that are commonly found in homes, schools, and offices or commercial nonindustrial buildings where Americans spend up to 90 percent of their time. Levels of air pollution indoors are often two to five times higher, and occasionally 100 times higher than outdoor levels. Common indoor air contaminants include:
- Radon.
- Environmental asthma triggers (e.g., secondhand smoke; cockroaches and other pests; chemical irritants; dust mites; pet dander; nitrogen dioxide; wood smoke; and mold).
- Pathogens transmitted through the air (e.g., SARS-COV-2, Influenza).
- Particulate matter.
- Combustion byproducts.
- Volatile organic compounds.
Learn more about Indoor Air Quality.
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