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Exchange Network Grant Program

This guide provides essential information on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Exchange Network Grant Program, including how to prepare a quality proposal and avoid common pitfalls. Learn about the program overview, funding details, and tips for crafting a competitive application.

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Exchange Network Grant Program

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  1. Exchange Network Grant Program A Guide for Exchange Network Rookies and Vets U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

  2. Overview • What Is It? • How Do I Prepare a Quality Proposal? • What Pitfalls should I avoid? U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

  3. What Is the EN Grant Program? • Competitive Grant Program • States, tribes, territories • Develop and deploy infrastructure • Develop and implement specific data exchanges (flows such as WQX) • Reusable and shareable services, and applications (build once, use many) • Not for O&M • FY 2013 • SN stakeholder review draft and conf calls late June • SN posted nlt 8/15/12 • Applications due early November U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

  4. How Much? • Since 2002, 574 grants worth $165 million • 399 awards worth $132 million to states • 132 awards worth $22 million to tribes • 13 awards worth $2.4 million to territories • $8 mil to ECOS for associated program support • In process of awarding 43 grants worth $8.8 mil for FY 2012 • 31 awards worth $6.0 million to states • 11 awards worth $2.1 million to tribes • 1 award worth $0.2 million to territories • $0.5 million to ECOS U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

  5. Tips and Tricks for Preparing a Successful Grant Application • Read last years SN to get your thinking started • Read this year’s stakeholder draft when ready; focus on • Priorities • Evaluation criteria • Participate in stakeholder calls; provide comments to help improve clarity • Develop project ideas • Agencies overall plan for the network • Collaborate with program offices • Establish priorities and select project(s) • Applications can include multiple goals (projects) • Read SN carefully when posted • Note all requirements for a complete application • SN includes a checklist • Write to the evaluation criteria • Make this easy for reviewers – take the guess work out • This is not supposed to be award winning prose • Review the applications to make sure it is complete U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

  6. Common Pitfalls • Goals, outputs and outcomes not well organized or described • Budgets not broken down by goal • States – missing implementation plans; DQ’s applications • Applications that are not related to EN technology • Applications that do not align with priorities • Applications that include O&M U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

  7. Questions? U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

  8. Contacts Jonathan Jacobson Information Exchange Partnership Branch Chief jacobson.jonathan@epa.gov; 202-566-1984 Salena Reynolds Exchange Network Grants Program Manager reynolds.salena@epa.gov; 202-566-0466 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

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