Funding-Limited Submission - EPA"s Community Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE) Program; January 25, 2010

 

 

Agency: Environmental Protection Agency

The Community Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE) Program is a unique community-based, community-driven, multimedia demonstration program designed to help communities understand and reduce risks due to toxic pollutants and environmental concerns from all sources. The CARE grant program works with the eligible entities to help their communities form collaborative partnerships, develop an understanding of the many local sources of toxic pollutants and environmental risks, set priorities, and identify and carry out projects to reduce risks through collaborative action at the local level. CARE's long-term goal is to help communities build self-sustaining, community-based partnerships that will continue to improve human health and local environments into the future.

 

The objective of the CARE grant program is to work collaboratively within the community to investigate the effectiveness of the CARE 4-step process (as described in the CARE brochure at http://www.epa.gov/air/care/library/2008CAREtrifold.pdf) which fosters a cross-Agency, multimedia approach to provide  greater environmental benefits rather than either non-collaborative or traditional regulatory single media approaches.

 

EPA will award CARE grants through cooperative agreements at two levels that support different types of activities:

 

·         Level I cooperative agreements will support the following types of activities: working with the funded entity to form community-base collaborative partnerships; identifying and developing an understanding of the many local sources of risk from toxic pollutants and environmental concerns; and setting priorities for the reduction of the identified risks and concerns of the community. Level I cooperative agreements will range in value from $75,000 to a maximum of $100,000 as a two-year award.

 

·         Level II cooperative agreements will support activities to identify and implement actual "on the ground," community-based projects for the reduction of the prioritized risks and concerns in their community. Level II cooperative agreements will rang in value from $250,000 to a maximum of $300,000 as a two-year award.

 

Full information is available at http://www.epa.gov/air/grants/care_rfp_12_09.pdf.

 

Because only one proposal may be submitted per applicant organization, UK will hold an internal competition. Individuals interested in submitting an application should send the following information electronically to the Office of the Vice President for Research at vpr@email.uky.edu and a copy to their Associate Dean for Research by Monday, January 25, 2010:

·         Project title, name and department of PI, and names and departments of key personnel

·         A brief profile of the community served by the proposed project including political and geographical boundaries, description of the community, and other information that would be useful to understand the target population. (1 page maximum)

·         A summary of the proposed project (1 page maximum)

 

The Vice President for Research will appoint a committee to review this material and make a recommendation.  The applicant selected will be notified in time to prepare and submit the full application and supporting material electronically through Grants.gov for the March 9, 2010 deadline.

 

Questions about the submission process may be sent to Ms. Annette Evans in the Office of the Vice President for Research (alevan4@email.uky.edu or 257-1663).