The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced the availability of $100 million in grants to support businesses that manufacture construction materials and products to develop Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) through EPA’s new Reducing Embodied Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Construction Materials program.

EPA will provide grants to businesses that manufacture, remanufacture, and refurbish construction materials and products for developing and verifying EPDs. Funding amounts for individual grants and cooperative agreements are anticipated to be in the range of $250,000 to $10 million. The funding will help manufacturers disclose environmental impacts across the life of a product and inform institutional purchasers who are prioritizing lower embodied carbon construction materials.

EPA has published the Notice of Funding Opportunity for this grant competition, as well as information detailing key parameters of the program that can be viewed here. Tools and resources for prospective grantees, including webinar recordings, links and helpful templates, can be found on EPA’s webpage. EPA will also host a webinar to provide information on this grant competition and the application process on November 14, 2023, from 2:00 – 3:00PM ET. You can register by clicking here.

The deadline to apply for these competitive grants is January 8, 2024. EPA requests the submittal of an optional Notice of Intent to apply by October 27, 2023, by sending an email to embodiedcarbon@epa.gov.