EPA’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grants. Webinar, Wednesday, February 15, 2023

 EPA Announcement: EPA’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grants -- Introductory webinar for state, territory, tribal, and local governments

The purpose of this email is to alert you about a webinar designed for state, territory, tribal and local governments regarding EPA’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CPRG) and ask you to share with your constituents. 

WEBINAR INFORMATION

TITLE: EPA’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grants: Introductory webinar for state, territory, tribal, and local governments DATE:  Wednesday, February 15, 2023 TIME:  2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Eastern time) The webinar will also be recorded and posted to the website. WHERE:   Registration is required. Registration is available at https://www.epa.gov/inflation-reduction-act/climate-pollution-reduction-grants#CPRG-Webinars

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Background:

As part of the Administration’s commitment to move quickly to implement the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), EPA is working at an accelerated pace to share information about the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CPRG).  The CPRG program will provide significant resources to state, territory, local, and tribal governments to develop ambitious climate action and air pollution reduction plans and to implement measures from those plans. The CPRG is a two-stage program – with $250 million in non-competitive planning grants coming soon, followed by $4.6 billion of competitive implementation grants.

EPA will hold a webinar at 2 p.m. Eastern time, Wednesday February 15, 2023, for state, territory, tribal and local governments to provide general information on the CPRG. EPA is working to release the program guidance for planning grants as soon as March 1. This guidance will be focused specifically on the $250 million non-competitive planning grants portion of the program. Later this year, EPA will issue a separate notice of funding opportunity regarding the implementation grants, which will be awarded under a competitive process.

EPA is designing a CPRG program that will provide flexible support to state, territory, tribal, and local governments regardless of where they are in their climate planning and implementation process. Programs and projects included in plans could further goals and policies for clean energy, energy efficiency, and other measures to reduce greenhouse gas air pollution across various sectors of the economy. Recipients will also have the flexibility to use the planning grant money in the ways that best achieve these outcomes – from program development to staffing and contractor support.

EPA will host an hourlong webinar at 2:00 PM Eastern time Wednesday February 15, 2023. Registration is required. Please register at https://www.epa.gov/inflation-reduction-act/climate-pollution-reduction-grants#CPRG-Webinars. The webinar will also be recorded and posted to the website.

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Funding Opportunities: Water & Food Security. Innovation Challenge 2023.

 

Innovation Challenge

Calls for Sustainable Chemistry Innovations

The annual ISC3 Innovation Challenge is thematically oriented along a once-per-year 

selected focus topic. Start-ups globally are invited to contend for a total of 

25,000 EUR in prize money with their innovative ideas that are revolving

 around the ongoing year’s focus topic.

They are assessed by a jury of international experts who score the 

Start-ups and choose the finalists. The finalists’ pitches and the award ceremony 

take place in autumn/winter.

The winners are awarded money prizes in three categories:

1. Best Social Impact for Start-ups that have a noteworthy impact on their community.
2. Best Regional Impact for Start-ups with an innovative solution to solving an issue that is particularly relevant to their region.
3. The overall Winner of our Innovation Challenge.

All the finalists receive a customized support of the 

ISC3 Global Start-up Service in form of pitch trainings and have the possibility 

to be featured as Start-up of the Month.

ISC3 Innovation Challenge 2023 - Sustainable 

Chemistry and Agriculture

Call for Applications

The ISC3 Innovation Challenge 2023 has the topic "Sustainable Chemistry and Agriculture" !

We are looking for Innovators and their Sustainable Chemistry solutions that benefit Agriculture!
You are adressing this topic with your Start-up? Then apply for the next ISC3 Innovation Challenge 

and fill out the application form below.

The current fourth Innovation Challenge addresses innovators developing solutions in the field of 

Sustainable Chemistry and Agriculture with the following subtopics:

• Fertilizers: efficient use of organic and inorganic fertilizers; 
• avoidance of over-fertilization with potassium, nitrogen
• and phosphorus; 
• supply and use of alternative fertilizers and further solutions for replenishing soil fertility and maintaining or re-establishing soil health (incl. CO2 sequestration)
• Nutrient recovery in soil, plants, feedstocks, products, etc. (such as secondary nutrients in plants, e.g.)
• Precision farming: use of digitalisation and automation for resource efficient farming; point application of fertilizers, pesticides, and water
• Crop protection: production and use of natural biocides /biopesticides; benign substitutes for pesticides; biocide leasing as business model
• Water: Intelligent water supply; water harvesting, avoidance of water contamination with fertilizers
• Renewable energy and agriculture: use for desalination to provide fresh water; ammonia synthesis with green hydrogen
• Valorisation of agricultural waste: circularity approaches in agriculture
• Shelf-life extension solutions for fruits, vegetables, seeds, etc.
• Solutions fostering reduced externalized costs (biodiversity loss, drinking water pollution, soil compaction, erosion, etc.)

Applications are organized in two stages and open from December 15th, 
2023; 0:00 a.m. CET.
First stage application deadline by April 3rd, 2023, second stage application 
deadline by May 31st, 2023; 0:00 a.m. CEST.
Innovations targeting the development of genetically modified seeds, GMO 
crops etc. are explicitly excluded from the scope of this challenge.

Submission of proposals

The submission of proposals will follow a 2-stage procedure. First stage submissions 

include an online template which asks for a brief description of the innovation, the 

business perspectives and the innovators team. Eligible submissions will be invited to 

the second stage, in which more detailed information must be provided.

Eligible participants

Eligible are all innovators and entrepreneurs, i.e., persons owning or representing the proposed 
innovation, employed by organisations including research institutes, start-ups, small-medium sized 
enterprises, or comparable institutions active in the development and realisation of sustainable 
chemistry solutions. Enterprises participating in the challenge shall have a staff headcount not 
exceeding 50 (full time equivalent) and an annual turnover of max. 10 million Euro. Enterprises 
majority-owned by large enterprises are not eligible for the award, except for innovations leading 
to the creation of independent spin-offs.Proposals submitted by innovators and entrepreneurs from 
developing countries and tackling challenges in developing countries are considered as particularly
important. Female entrepreneurs are specifically encouraged to submit a proposal.

Criteria

The proposals will be assessed against the three main criteria:

• Innovation level. Is the innovation unique, distinct, and truly original?
• Business viability. What is the market potential of the innovation?
• Is the idea commercially feasible?
• Sustainability. What is the sustainability impact of the innovation?

What to expect?

Five finalists will receive:

• Tailored support: access to Global Start-up Service Customised Support
• Visibility: promotion of your innovation via ISC3 communication channels
• Cash prizes:
• the overall Innovation Challenge Winner 
• will receive a cash prize of 15,000 EUR.
• The two separate categories 
• “Best Social Impact” and “Best Regional Impact" 
• are endowed with cash prizes amounting to 5,000 EUR each.

Schedule

Launch of the new 2023 Innovation Challenge: December 15th, 2022

• Deadline for first stage submission: April 3rd, 2023, 23:59:59 CEST
• Deadline for second stage submission: May 31st, 2023, 23:59:59 CEST
• Jury Evaluation: June 1st – July 9th, 2023
• Finalist announcements: after July 15th, 2023
• Finalist pitch training: September 2023
• Innovation Challenge Award Ceremony: scheduled for autumn/winter 2023, 
• date and location of the venue will be announced via https://www.isc3.org.