Closed · EPA-R-OW-OWM-23-02 · CFDA 66.445;66.616 · Discretionary
Innovative Water Infrastructure Workforce Development Grant Program
Federal grant opportunity posted by Environmental Protection Agency, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- up to $1M
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- November 17, 2023
- Close date
- 20
- Expected awards
The verdict
Innovative Water Infrastructure Workforce Development Grant Program is a closed discretionary listing from Environmental Protection Agency that offered Up to $1,000,000 across 20 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 $1M
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 20
- expected awards
- 66.445;66.616
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
Innovative Water Infrastructure Workforce Dev… is closed (last close November 17, 2023). 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 November 17, 2023
Est. Total Funding
$20,800,000
Expected Awards
20
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Description
The nation has made significant progress in addressing environmental and public health needs over the past fifty years, but more remains to be done. To further the goal of ensuring a strong pipeline of skilled and diverse workers in the water utilities sector, Congress, under the American Water Infrastructure Act of 2018, authorized the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop a grant program under Section 1459E of the Safe Drinking Water Act, to accelerate career pipelines in the water utilities sector and provide access to water utility workforce opportunities. In addition, under Clean Air Act Section 138(b)(2), which was created by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), Congress authorized EPA to award grants for workforce development activities that help reduce green-house gas emissions and other air pollutants that benefit disadvantaged communities as defined by the EPA Administrator and we are soliciting projects for this under project area 6 in Section I.C. of this Request for Applications (RFA).Through this grant program, EPA is soliciting applications from eligible applicants as described in Section III.A of the RFA to assist in the development and utilization of innovative activities relating to workforce development and career opportunities in the water utility sector, which may include:(A) expanding the use and availability of activities and resources that relate to the recruitment, including the promotion of diversity within that recruitment, of individuals to careers in the drinking water and wastewater utility sector, including stormwater;(B) expanding the availability of training opportunities for (i) individuals entering the water and wastewater utility sector; and (ii) individuals seeking to advance careers within the water and wastewater utility sector;(C) expanding the use and availability of activities and strategies, including the development of innovative activities and strategies, that relate to the maintenance and retention of a sustainable workforce in the water and wastewater utility sector; and(D) expanding the availability of workforce development and training that enables drinking water and wastewater utility workers to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and other air pollutants to benefit disadvantaged communities.
Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · EPA-R-OW-OWM-23-02
Grants.gov marks Innovative Water Infrastructure Workforce Dev… 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: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Information and Statistics (IIJ). 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
View full details, application forms, and submission instructions.
Agency Contact
Hana Abate Email: WaterWorkforceRFA@epa.gov
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What to do next
Innovative Water Infrastructure Workforce Dev… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.
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