FY27 Guidelines for Brownfield Assessment Grants (Community-wide Assessment Grants)
EPA offers up to $500,000 to eligible governments, Tribes, and nonprofits for community-wide brownfield inventories, assessments, and cleanup and reuse planning, but not cleanup activities.
Funder: Environmental Protection Agency
Due Dates: November 9, 2026, 1:00 p.m. ET (Webinar) | January 21, 2027, 11:59 p.m. ET (Application) | June 2027 (Anticipated selection) | September 2027 (Anticipated award)
Funding Amounts: Up to $500,000 over 4 years; $15 million estimated for approximately 30 awards; no match required
Summary: Supports community-wide brownfield inventories, assessments, community involvement, and planning for cleanup and reuse.
Key Information: A portion of funding must support site assessments; cleanup activities are not eligible.
Description
EPA’s Office of Brownfields and Land Revitalization administers Community-wide Assessment Grants to help communities prevent, inventory, assess, and plan for the cleanup and reuse of brownfield sites. Funding supports site inventories and prioritization, community involvement, environmental site assessments, site-specific cleanup plans, and reuse planning. The program serves communities beginning to address brownfield challenges as well as those with ongoing redevelopment efforts.
Projects may address actual or potential contamination from hazardous substances, pollutants, contaminants, petroleum, or hazardous substances comingled with petroleum. The program aims to mitigate health risks, restore economic vitality, and help residents affected by economic disinvestment, health disparities, and environmental contamination benefit from redevelopment. EPA encourages area-wide planning where multiple sites share infrastructure, location, or economic, social, and environmental conditions.
