Support Brownfields Research & Share Strategies

Upcoming solicitation expected
November 2022. Grant award
expected Spring 2023.

EPA intends to award one $500,000 grant to provide
technical assistance support for minimizing displacement
and gentrification resulting from brownfields reuse. The
period of performance will be 4 years.

Grant 4: Research, Technical Assistance, and Related Outreach on Minimizing
Displacement Resulting from Brownfields Assessment, Cleanup and Reuse

Goal: Help communities build practical knowledge,

prepare for and direct the changes sparked by
brownfields assessment and cleanup activities to

minimize displacement, maximize benefits to
existing or indigenous community members, and
provide other environmental and public health
benefits to the existing community.







Types of Activities that will help communities
ensure brownfields redevelopment benefits
existing communities without displacement may

include:

•	Conducting research

•	Developing guides and roadmaps on best
practices

•	Lessons learned

•	Effective strategies and model approaches

•	Promoting awareness of informational
materials

•	Providing direct technical assistance to
recipients of EPA brownfield resources to test
and refine the usability of the materials
developed

EPA intends to solicit applications for five new grant opportunities:

National Technical Assistance Opportunities:

L Nationwide Technical Assistance for Brownfields RLF Programs

2.	Nationwide Technical Assistance to Nonprofits Seeking to Reuse Brownfields

3.	Nationwide Technical Assistance to Local Government Leaders on Developing and/or
Operating Brownfields Programs Within Their Jurisdictions

National Research opportunities:

4.	Minimizing displacement and gentrification resulting from brownfields reuse (Focus of
this flyer)

5.	Land bank strategies as tools for brownfields revitalization

Interested applicants can apply for one or multiple opportunities. See list of eligible entities for
technical assistance and research grants. Each grant will be awarded as a cooperative agreement.

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More details will be provided when the grant solicitation opens! Please keep an
eye on EPA's Brownfields Program website under Open Solicitations.

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