The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) – Gulf of Mexico Program (GMP) is soliciting initial proposals under this announcement from eligible entities that address water quality monitoring and/or improvement, coastal habitat and ecosystems enhancement and/or protection, community resilience,

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and environmental education and outreach in the Gulf of Mexico region and its watersheds.

The initial proposals will be short submissions describing a project’s scope and environmental results, and will be evaluated to determine whether the applicant will be requested to submit a full proposal.

A broad range of entities, as described in Section III, are eligible to submit proposals under this announcement for projects in the Gulf of Mexico region and its watersheds in the five states abutting the Gulf of Mexico (Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida), including their out-of-geographic-region contributory watersheds, that address water quality monitoring and/or improvement, coastal habitat and ecosystems enhancement and/or protection, community resilience and environmental education and outreach.