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

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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)