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EPA Grants for Wildfire Smoke Preparedness in Community Buildings (03/11/2026)

 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Wildfire Smoke Preparedness in Community Buildings (EPA-OAR-ORIA-25-03)
Award amount: $2,500.000
Number of applications UW can put forward: 1
OR internal deadline: 3/11/2026
OSP deadline: 4/6/2026
Sponsor deadline: 4/15/2026 Program Description:
Wildfire Smoke Preparedness in Community Buildings is a federal grant program to enhance community wildfire smoke preparedness. This program provides grants to states, federally recognized Tribes, public pre-schools, local educational agencies, and non-profit organizations for the assessment, prevention, control, or abatement of wildfire smoke hazards in community buildings and related activities. These grants are intended to support activities that will reduce indoor exposure to pollutants in wildfire smoke and, in turn, reduce the public health burden of wildfire smoke exposure. Activities may include research, demonstrations, technical assistance, training, education and/or outreach components. Applications must target public buildings or buildings that serve the public.
This notice announces the availability of funds and solicits applications from eligible entities to improve public health protection against smoke from wildfires by enhancing preparedness in community buildings. The EPA is soliciting applications for projects that support this effort through activities such as:
  • Smoke readiness planning;
  • Outreach and training for smoke readiness;
  • Indoor and outdoor air quality monitoring;
  • Deployment of portable air cleaners;
  • Identification and preparation of cleaner air spaces or shelters;
  • Significant improvements to buildings such as upgrading and repairing heating, ventilation, andair conditioning (HVAC) units or systems and weatherization
Pre-Proposal Instructions:
Please submit as one combined pdf labeled with PI’s Lastname, Firstname to limitedsubs@uw.edu by 5:00 PM Wednesday, March 11, 2026. Late pre-proposals will not be considered. Proposals are due to the sponsor 4/15/2026 so you will need to have your materials to the Office of Sponsored Programs by 4/6/2026 if given the go‐ahead by the Limited Submissions review committee. Other open limited submissions opportunities, as well as the limited submissions review committee review and selection process, are here:http://depts.washington.edu/research/funding/limited-submissions. Please feel free to email us at limitedsubs@uw.eduwith questions or information on any limited submission opportunities that should be but are not already listed on that page. If you are interested in other private funding opportunities, visit the Corporate and Foundation funding opportunities page.
  • A one‐page letter of intent with a description of proposed aims and approach.
  • If the final application requires a statement of broader impacts, please summarize your plans to address the specific requirements on an additional page.
  • CV (not biosketch) of the PI including past grant funding.

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