May 18: U.S. EPA's Great Lakes National Program Office has issued a reminder on its Request for Applications (RFA Announcement EPA-R5-GL2012-1) [See WIMS 4/23/12]. EPA is soliciting applications for grants and cooperative agreements to be awarded as part of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI). EPA will award approximately $20 million under this Request for Applications for about 100 projects, contingent on the availability of appropriations, the quality of applications received and other applicable considerations.
Applications are due: 11:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Thursday, May 24, 2012. EPA also indicates that it has now posted answers to questions from both the May 3 and May 14th webinars. There are over 200 answers to questions we have received. EPA reminds applicants to register with Grants.gov now so application can be completed and submitted by the due date and time. An application pursuant to the RFA must have an authorized official representative (AOR) registered with Grants.gov.
Access complete background and related information on the RFA (click here). Access the answers to questions (click here).
