EPA School Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Grants

Funding Opportunity Number: EPA-OPP-13-002 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: EnvironmentCFDA Number: 66.716Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: EPAClosing Date: Jul 29, 2013Award Ceiling: $250,000Expected Number of Awards: 5Creation Date: Jun 14, 2013Funding Opportunity Description: EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) announces the availability of approximately $700,000 for assistance agreements to further, through research, development, monitoring, public education, training, demonstrations, or studies, the adoption of verifiable integrated pest management (IPM) by the nation’s kindergarten to 12th grade public and tribal schools. IPM is a sustainable approach to managing pests that combines biological, cultural, physical, and chemical tools in a way that minimizes economic, health, and environmental risks. A school IPM program uses easily implementable strategies to reduce sources of food, water, and shelter for pests in school buildings and grounds. Verifiable school IPM is an ongoing activity that includes all of these documented elements: understanding pests; setting action thresholds for key pests, i.e., knowing when to take action against key pests; monitoring for pests, their locations and populations; removing conditions that allow pest infestation; and using...

Source: Grants.gov - June 16, 2013 Category: Research Tags: Environment Source Type: funding