Closed · EPA-GM-2021-TFW · CFDA 66.475 · Discretionary

Trash Free Waters – Preventing More, Picking Up Less

Federal grant opportunity posted by Environmental Protection Agency, cataloged on Grants.gov.

up to $4M
Award range
Closed
Status
August 6, 2021
Close date
16
Expected awards

The verdict

Trash Free Waters – Preventing More, Picking Up Less is a closed discretionary listing from Environmental Protection Agency that offered Up to $4,000,000 across 16 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 1,487 other opportunities from Environmental Protection Agency.

up to $4M
award range
Closed
application status
16
expected awards
66.475
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Trash Free Waters – Preventing More is closed (last close August 6, 2021). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Environmental Protection Agency still indexes 1,487 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed August 6, 2021

Posted Jun 1 Closes Aug 6

Est. Total Funding

$9,000,000

Expected Awards

16

Instrument

Grant

Description

This Request for Applications (RFA) solicits applications from eligible entities for grants and/or cooperative agreements to be awarded. These awards will improve water quality, habitat, community resilience, and environmental education in the Gulf of Mexico watershed within the Continental United States (see individual funding opportunities for geographic specifications). For a list of projects funded by the Gulf of Mexico Division (GMD) under previous RFAs, please see the EPA Gulf of Mexico story map. EPA is seeking applications for projects within the four funding opportunities listed below, each of which has a separate Funding Opportunity Number (FON) and is separately posted on www.grants.gov. Applicants must apply for the specific funding opportunity they are interested in. The four funding opportunities and associated FONs are: • Improving Community Health through Microbial Source Tracking FON: EPA-GM-2021-MiST • Trash Free Waters – Preventing More, Picking Up Less FON: EPA-GM-2021-TFW • Building Community Resilience Through the Reduction and Prevention of Nonpoint Source Pollution FON: EPA-GM-2021-NPS • STEM Career Development for High School Aged Youth FON: EPA-GM-2021-HSCD

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · EPA-GM-2021-TFW

Grants.gov marks Trash Free Waters – Preventing More with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Environment (ENV). This eligibility-code string dominates the Environmental Protection Agency book (1,239 peers, 83% of 1,488).

Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

Official Listing on Grants.gov

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Agency Contact

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Gulf of Mexico Division ATTN: Rachel Houge 2510 14th Street – Suite 1212 Gulfport, MS 39501

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What to do next

Trash Free Waters – Preventing More is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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