FY 2025 ARC Grant Guidelines in Region 7

FY 2025 Brownfields Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund (RLF), and Cleanup (ARC) Grant Guidelines Now Available

The FY25 ARC Grant Guidelines and related applicant resources are now available on www.grants.gov and the EPA Office of Brownfields and Land Revitalization (OBLR) MARC Grant Application Resources page. Please note that an updated version of the FY25 Cleanup Grant Sample Site Characterization Letter Template is available for State/Tribal Environmental Authorities. The application submission deadline is Nov. 14, 2024.

This year, EPA pre-recorded training videos that provide an overview of the general submission, Narrative Information Sheet, and threshold criteria requirements. Those videos and corresponding presentation slides are available on OBLR’s MARC Grant Application Resources page under Open Solicitations.

Two National Applicant Outreach Webinars will be held this year, which will only cover the Narrative/Ranking criteria. (See dates in table below.)

Region 7’s Brownfield Team invites potential applicants to FY25 ARC Grants to a series of Microsoft Teams webinars to ask clarifying questions regarding any of the competition guidelines (see schedule below). EPA is invites any interested FY25 applicants to attend the below webinars listed below. (See dates below.)

These webinars will:

• Provide an overview of the evaluation criteria.
• Review key FAQs.
• Share reminders relevant to preparing and submitting your applications. 

All webinars will be recorded.* Please note that applications are due Nov. 14, 2024.

Registration is not required. For convenience, you may join the webinar using the links provided on the schedule. If you would like a copy of the webinar materials or access to the recordings, please email your request to R7_Brownfields@epa.gov. If you require any special accommodations for the webinars, please send an email to R7_Brownfields@epa.gov at least three working days in advance.

Please submit questions in advance to R7_Brownfields@epa.gov, so that we may be better prepared to respond. 

We also encourage you to review the following:

• Competition Guidelines and FY25 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) documents.
• Minimum Grant Requirement recordings, which provide an overview of the Grant Submission Process, Narrative Information Sheet, and Threshold Requirements.
• Ranking/Narrative Criteria webinar recordings that are relevant to the type of grant in which you are interested before the Region 7 webinars (see schedule below), since they may contain answers to, or provide better context for, your questions.

These documents and recordings, along with National Webinar schedule and other resources, are available online.

Finally, you are invited to attend the Heartland Federal Partners’ Grant Writing Workshop on Sept. 25, 2024, to discover the basics of grant writing, learn some tips from successful past applicants, and hear from several federal programs that have competitive resources that may benefit community improvement. For more information about the conference, including in-person or virtual registration, see the box below.

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FY25 ARC Grant Application Competition – EPA National Webinars
Date/Time (CDT)	Topics	Join on Computer or Mobile App	Call in (Audio Only)
Thursday, Sept. 19, at 11 a.m.	Narrative/Ranking criteria for entities applying for: Community-wide Assessment Assessment Coalition Grant Community-wide Assessment Grants for States and Tribes	Click here to join on Zoom	Join by phone: 1-646-828-7666 Webinar ID: 161 063 9674
Tuesday, Sept. 24, at 11 a.m.	Narrative/Ranking criteria for entities applying for: RLF Grant Cleanup Grant	Click here to join on Zoom	Join by phone: 1-646-828-7666 Webinar ID: 161 402 2736

Heartland Federal Partners’ Grant Writing Workshop (In-Person/Virtual)
Wednesday, Sept. 25, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. CDT EPA Region 7 Headquarters, 11201 Renner Blvd., Lenexa, KS 66219 Register for In-Person Register for Virtual

EPA Region 7 Competition Q&A – Microsoft Teams 2024 Webinar Schedule* If you would like to receive a copy of any presentation from the webinars below, please contact Tarah Vaughn, EPA Region 7, at vaughn.tarah@epa.gov.
Date/Time (CDT)	Topics	Join on Computer or Mobile App	Call in (Audio Only)
Monday, Sept. 30, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.	Key Updates Overview of changes from FY24 for Assessment, RLF and Cleanup applications	Click here to join Meeting ID: 265 608 187 340; Passcode: ST2ecY Download Teams Join on web	Phone: 913-608-8349; Conference ID: 783 675 209# Find a local number Reset PIN
Friday, Oct. 4, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.	Think Like a Reviewer Review of evaluation criteria for Assessment and Cleanup applications	Click here to join Meeting ID: 263 729 873 958; Passcode: NDeCac Download Teams Join on web	Phone: 913-608-8349; Conference ID: 923 589 453# Find a local number Reset PIN
Wednesday, Oct. 9, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.	Think Like a Reviewer Overview of evaluation criteria for RLF applications	Click here to join Meeting ID: 267 699 180 079; Passcode: nRPa9Q Download Teams Join on web	Phone: 913-608-8349; Conference ID: 133 667 268# Find a local number Reset PIN
Tuesday, Oct. 15, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.	FAQs and Competition Reminders All grant types	Click here to join Meeting ID: 263 933 088 591; Passcode: e7rgLj Download Teams Join on web	Phone: 913-608-8349; Conference ID: 164 402 035# Find a local number Reset PIN

*For all EPA meetings, there is no expectation of privacy regarding any communications. These meetings will be recorded, and participation will be deemed as consent to be recorded. Information on EPA systems is the property of the Agency and may become official records.