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Find similar grantsNo specific deadline posted. EPA anticipates additional SWIFR selections for Tribes and States/Territories in 2026.
Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling Infrastructure Grants is sponsored by ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY. The objectives of the Post-Consumer Materials Management Infrastructure Grant Program (also known as the SWIFR Grant Program) as stated in the Save Our Seas 2.
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Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling Grant Program | US EPA Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling Grant Program Questions about this Grant Program The Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling grant program is a new grant program authorized by the Save Our Seas 2. 0 Act and funded through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act .
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act provides $275 million for Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling grants. Funding is allocated as $55 million per year from Fiscal Years (FY) 2022 to 2026 to remain available until expended. EPA was provided an additional $2.
5 million in FY 2022, an additional $6. 5 million in FY 2023, an additional $4. 9 million in both FY 2024 and FY 2025, and an additional $3.
5M in FY 2026 to implement the program. The Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling program provides grants to implement the National Recycling Strategy to improve post-consumer materials management and infrastructure, support improvements to local post-consumer materials management and recycling programs, and assist local waste management authorities in making improvements to local waste management systems.
Funding Opportunity for States and Territories. Funding Opportunity for Political Subdivisions. Funding Opportunity for Tribes and Intertribal Consortia.
EPA received 307 total applications in response to the second round of the SWIFR for Political Subdivisions funding opportunity, totaling approximately $1. 072 billion in total funding requested. On December 12, 2025, EPA announced the 16 selectees for the second round of the Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling grants for Political Subdivisions.
Check out the list of 2025 selectees and grant recipients from 2023. EPA anticipates announcing additional selections for the SWIFR grants for Tribes and Intertribal Consortia and SWIFR grants for States and Territories in 2026. 56 grants totalling ~$32 million to all eligible states and territories.
25 grants totalling ~$68 million to local governments. 58 grants totalling ~$60 million to Tribes and intertribal consortia. Check out the list of grant recipients from 2023 and 2025 selectees.
Questions about this Grant Program If you have questions about the grants for Political Subdivisions, email SWIFR@epa. gov . If you have questions about the grants for States and Territories, email SWIFRST@epa.
gov . If you have questions about the grants for Tribes and Intertribal Consortia, please email SWIFRTribal@epa. gov .
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According to the current listing, eligibility includes: State, local, and tribal governments. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows $275M total (FY2022-2026). Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Yes — Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling Infrastructure Grants is offered by ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY and this listing comes from SAM.gov, an official U.S. federal source. Federal applications generally require registrations (for example SAM.gov or an agency submission portal), so allow extra lead time.
Yes — this listing is flagged as national in scope, so applicants across the U.S. may apply, subject to the sponsor's other eligibility criteria.
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On June 29, 2026, EPA announced it will waive the $25,000 WIFIA application fee and the credit processing fee — averaging roughly $156,000 per loan — for communities of 25,000 or fewer residents in fiscal years 2026 and 2027. Combined, that removes nearly $200,000 in upfront cost from the single most affordable federal water-infrastructure financing program, which carries roughly $11 billion in available capacity and can cover up to 80% of eligible project costs at Treasury-rate pricing. For small towns, rural utilities, and the nonprofits and districts that serve them, this is a rare instance of the federal government lowering the barrier to a program that has historically been out of reach for exactly the communities that need it most. Here is what changed, who qualifies, and how to move on a letter of interest before the window closes.
Read articleFor FY2026 and FY2027, EPA is waiving the $25,000 WIFIA application fee and the ~$156,000 credit-processing fee for water systems serving 25,000 or fewer people — a near-$200,000 discount on access to an $11 billion pool of low-cost federal financing. The waiver removes the single barrier that kept small and rural utilities out of WIFIA for a decade. Here is how WIFIA actually works, who qualifies, why the letter of interest is the real gate, and how a town of 8,000 should think about a program built for billion-dollar projects.
Read articleFor FY2026 and FY2027, EPA is waiving the WIFIA application and credit-processing fees for communities of 25,000 or fewer — saving nearly $200,000 per loan — against roughly $11 billion in flexible financing that covers up to 80 percent of project costs. Here is why WIFIA has been underused by small systems, how the loan actually works, and how a rural utility should build a WIFIA strategy in 2026.
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