Opportunity Information: Apply for EPA OMS 23 01
The Fiscal Year 2023 National Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program Solicitation Notice is a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) funding opportunity designed to strengthen and expand the Environmental Information Exchange Network (often called the Exchange Network or EN). At a practical level, the EN is meant to help environmental agencies and partners share data more efficiently and consistently, using common standards and services so information can move faster and be used more effectively for environmental protection and decision making.
This opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number EPA OMS 23 01) is offered as a discretionary program and funds projects through grants and cooperative agreements. It falls under the environment funding activity category and is listed under CFDA 66.608. The EPA created the opportunity on April 13, 2023, with an original closing date of June 2, 2023, although applicants are directed to consult Section IV of the official announcement for the definitive closing date details and any related submission requirements.
The central purpose of the solicitation is to support projects that improve how environmental data is collected, managed, exchanged, and made available across EPA, states, tribes, territories, and other co-regulators and partners. The program emphasizes building or enhancing shared and reusable services, which means tools or components that can be used by multiple organizations rather than each agency building its own system from scratch. By encouraging reuse and shared infrastructure, the EPA aims to cut down on duplicative work, reduce administrative and reporting burden, and avoid unnecessary costs not only for partner agencies but also for regulated entities that must submit environmental information.
Another major goal is to streamline data collection and data exchanges so that information is more timely for decision making. This reflects a common challenge in environmental programs: data can be fragmented, slow to move between systems, or difficult to validate and compile quickly enough to support policy, permitting, compliance work, or emergency response. The solicitation also focuses on increasing the quality and access of environmental data through discovery, publishing, outbound, and analytical services. In plain terms, that means improving the ability to find datasets (discovery), make them available in usable formats (publishing), deliver data outward to partners or the public (outbound services), and support analysis that turns raw data into insights environmental managers can act on.
The program further prioritizes boosting the underlying data and IT management capabilities needed for organizations to fully participate in the Exchange Network. This can include strengthening technical capacity, improving interoperability, and upgrading processes so participants can reliably share standardized data. The overall theme is modernizing environmental information flows so data is easier to share, easier to trust, and easier to use.
In terms of funding scale, the award ceiling listed is $500,000 per award, and EPA expected to make around 35 awards under this solicitation. Eligibility is summarized in the public listing as "Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification)," meaning applicants need to rely on the specific eligibility language in the full funding opportunity announcement to confirm which types of entities can apply and under what conditions.Apply for EPA OMS 23 01
- The Environmental Protection Agency in the environment sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FISCAL YEAR 2023 NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION EXCHANGE NETWORK GRANT PROGRAM SOLICITATION NOTICE" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 66.608.
- This funding opportunity was created on Apr 13, 2023.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 02, 2023 See Section IV of funding opportunity announcement for closing date information.. (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 $500,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 35 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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