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Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grants for Tribes and Intertribal Consortia

Agency: Environmental Protection Agency

Assistance Listings: 66.920 -- Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling Infrastructure Grants

Last Updated: September 8, 2025

The Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) grant program will assist local waste management authorities by supporting improvements to local post-consumer materials management, including municipal recycling programs, and assisting local waste management authorities in making improvements to local waste management systems.


Consistent with the authorizing statute in Section 302(a) of the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act, SWIFR will support an economy that uses a systems-focused approach and involves industrial processes and economic activities that are restorative or regenerative by design, enables resources used in such processes and activities to maintain their highest value for as long as possible, and aims for the elimination of waste through the superior design of materials, products, and systems (including business models). 

Eligibility

Eligible applicants

Miscellaneous

  • Other

Additional information

See Section 2 of the funding opportunity announcement for eligibility information.

Grantor contact information

Description

Chris Carusiello and Jamie Lutz

Email

SWIFRTribal@epa.gov

SWIFRTribal@epa.gov

Documents

File nameDescriptionLast updated
EPA-I-OLEM-ORCR-25-02.pdf
Full Announcement
Sep 8, 2025 11:48 AM UTC

Link to additional information

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Closing: December 12, 2025

Application process

This site is a work in progress. Go to www.grants.gov to apply, track application status, and subscribe to updates.

Award

$20,000,000

Program Funding

20

Expected awards

$100,000

Award Minimum

$1,500,000

Award Maximum

Funding opportunity number:

EPA-I-OLEM-ORCR-25-02

Cost sharing or matching requirement:

No

Funding instrument type:

Cooperative agreement

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

Opportunity Category Explanation:

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Category of Funding Activity:

Environment

Infrastructure investment and jobs act

Category Explanation:

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History

Version:

1

Posted date:

September 8, 2025

Archive date:

January 11, 2026

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