Innovative Water Infrastructure Workforce Development Grant Program (EPA)

• Date: 18 February 2021
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/fgc.31576
• Published date: 18 February 2021

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Grants alert (cont.)

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# SCAISB-21-

AW-004-01252021

Trilateral Cooperation on Women’s

Empowerment and Gender Equality (DOS)

Scope: The State Department’s U.S. Mission to Japan

seeks applications for the FY21 U.S. Embassy Tok yo:

Trilateral Cooperation on Women’s Empowerment and

Gender Equality announcement to empower women

and work toward gender equality trilaterally, deepening

U.S.-Japan-Republic of Korea (ROK) cooperation.

Deadline: March 31, 2021.

Funds: $70,000 total for up to three awards ranging

from $5,000 to $70,000. The maximum project period is

24 months.

Eligibility: Colleges and universities; for-prot

organizations, including small businesses; nonprot

organizations; state, local, and Native American tribal

governments; and qualied individuals, among others.

Areas: DOS said it seeks proposals that empower

women and advance gender equality and is particularly

interested in supporting programs that include

mentoring, leadership development, skills training,

exchange, and policy research focused on advancing

women generally or in specic elds. All programs must

include U.S., Japan, and ROK components and should

be designed to foster sustainable cooperation between

institutions in these countries.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# TOKYO-PAS-FY21-01-04

Alumni Capacity Building (DOS)

Scope: The State Department’s U.S. Mission to Japan

seeks applications for the FY2021 U.S. Embassy Tok yo:

Alumni Capacity Building announcement to engage

in the capacity building of U.S. government program

alumni, through alumni-driven projects or programs that

facilitate alumni leadership development and networks

necessary to pursue and protect U.S. interests abroad.

Deadline: March 31, 2021.

Funds: $65,000 total for up to three awards ranging

from $5,000 to $40,000.

Eligibility: Unrestricted.

Areas: DOS said priorities include activities that:

strengthen DOS ties to Japanese-citizen alumni by

offering benets which allow them to expand upon

their exchange experiences and use the skills they

developed abroad to address shared global challenges;

provide Japanese alumni with information, resources,

and networks that will allow them to leverage skills and

experiences gained through their exchanges to prosper

in a globalized world and marketplace; support alumni-

driven initiatives that address international issues of

common concern and promote mutual understanding

between the United States and Japan; and reinforce

existing alumni program identities and build a sense

of common identity among past participants of U.S.

government-sponsored exchange programs.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# TOKYO-PAS-FY21-01-12

Hazardous Waste Management Grant Program

for Tribes (EPA)

Scope: The Environmental Protection Agency

seeks applications for the FY21 Hazardous Waste

Management Grant Program for Tribes announcement

for the development and implementation of hazardous

waste programs and for building capacity to address

hazardous waste management in Indian country.

Deadline: March 30, 2021.

Funds: $300,000 total for up to three awards of up to

$100,000.

Eligibility: A Native American tribal government and an

intertribal consortium or consortia.

Areas: The EPA said programs must improve the

applicant’s ability to properly identify, manage, or

dispose of hazardous waste. Activities may include

but are not limited to: Hazardous Waste Identication;

Hazardous Waste Generator Siting, Monitoring, &

Compliance (Large Quantity, Small Quantity, and

Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators);

Hazardous Waste Minimization and Recycling, and

the Management of Used Oil, and Universal Wastes;

Hazardous Waste Transpor tation; Treatment, Storage,

and Disposal Facility Siting, Permitting, Monitoring,

Corrective Action, and Enforcement; Land Disposal

Restrictions; and Combustion.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# EPA-OLEM-ORCR-21-01

Innovative Water Infrastructure Workforce

Development Grant Program (EPA)

Scope: The Environmental Protection Agency seeks

applications for the Innovative Water Infrastructure

Workforce Development Grant Program announcement

to develop a grant program that will accelerate career

pipelines and provide access to water utility workforce

opportunities.

Deadline: March 26, 2021.

Funds: $1 million total for up to ve awards ranging from

$200,000 to $500,000.

Eligibility: Nonprot organizations.

Areas: The EPA said project areas include: targeted

internship, apprenticeship, pre-apprenticeship, and

postsecondary bridge programs for skilled water utility

trades; education programs designed for elementary,

secondary, and higher education students; and regional

industry and workforce development collaborations to

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