Opportunity Information: Apply for EPA GM 2021 HSCD
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), through its Gulf of Mexico Division, offered a discretionary funding opportunity titled "STEM Career Development for High School Aged Youth" (Funding Opportunity Number EPA-GM-2021-HSCD). The program sits inside a larger Request for Applications that supports projects aimed at improving water quality, restoring or protecting habitat, strengthening community resilience, and expanding environmental education across the Gulf of Mexico watershed within the Continental United States. While the RFA includes multiple distinct tracks, this specific track focuses on preparing high school-aged youth for STEM career pathways that connect to real environmental and watershed needs in the Gulf region.
Funding under this opportunity is provided through grants and/or cooperative agreements, meaning some awards may involve closer collaboration with the EPA than a standard grant. The activity category is environmental, and the listing falls under CFDA 66.475. The EPA anticipated making about five awards under this opportunity, with an award ceiling of up to $1,500,000 per award. These investments are intended to build meaningful, career-relevant experiences for students, aligned with broader Gulf watershed priorities like environmental quality and resilience.
Applicants were required to apply to the specific opportunity they intended to pursue, because the overall RFA was divided into four separate, independently posted funding opportunities on Grants.gov, each with its own Funding Opportunity Number. Alongside the high school STEM career development track (EPA-GM-2021-HSCD), the other tracks included: Improving Community Health through Microbial Source Tracking (EPA-GM-2021-MiST), Trash Free Waters - Preventing More, Picking Up Less (EPA-GM-2021-TFW), and Building Community Resilience Through the Reduction and Prevention of Nonpoint Source Pollution (EPA-GM-2021-NPS). In practical terms, that means an applicant interested in youth STEM programming could not submit a single application to cover multiple tracks; they had to select and apply under the HSCD posting specifically.
Eligibility was broadly labeled as "Others," with the notice directing interested parties to consult the announcement text (particularly the eligibility section) for clarification on which types of entities qualified. The opportunity was originally posted on June 1, 2021, with an original closing date of August 6, 2021, and applicants were instructed to follow the official announcement for exact submission requirements, acceptable submission methods, and any detailed due date instructions.
Overall, the STEM Career Development for High School Aged Youth opportunity was designed to fund programs that use Gulf of Mexico watershed environmental priorities as the context for hands-on learning, mentoring, training, and career exposure for high school students. The larger goal is twofold: to support the health and resilience of Gulf communities and ecosystems, and to build a pipeline of young people with STEM skills and career readiness that can contribute to long-term environmental solutions in the region.Apply for EPA GM 2021 HSCD
- The Environmental Protection Agency in the environment sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "STEM Career Development for High School Aged Youth" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 66.475.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jun 01, 2021.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 06, 2021 Please refer to the announcement, including Section IV, for additional information on submission methods and due dates.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $1,500,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 5 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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