Organic Materials Management Project Funding

Solicitation for Grant Partners

Cal/EPA Solicitation For Partners to Apply for Projects with Cross-Media Implications

The California Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWMB) is seeking potential partners for the purpose of working together to secure external (i.e., other State or Federal agency) grant funds for partners for projects that have cross-media implications and promote market development of municipally derived organic materials. Acceptable proposals should explore innovative cross-media uses of compost, mulch or other residual organic materials by end-users for such applications as conversion technologies (note), watershed protection, re-vegetation, environmental restoration, bioremediation, wetlands restoration, erosion control, integrated pest management, landscape management, and other agricultural and nonagricultural applications.

This solicitation is being undertaken to identify funding sources and to provide ample lead-time for aiding the partner in the development of applications to secure long-term funding. The CIWMB intends to work closely with selected partners in developing and writing applications for specific grant programs, overseeing the application process in general, and providing in-kind technical assistance (e.g., technical reviews, assistance at workshops during project implementation). Under this arrangement, successful CIWMB partners would receive all awarded grant money, and would be responsible for programmatic and fiscal leads, with sole control over project management and fund flows. The project must be located in California.

Note: Conversion technologies such as hydrolysis, gasification, and anaerobic digestion are a way to convert residual organic materials into high-value products such as energy, alternative fuels and other industrial products. These technologies differ from mass incineration and traditional biomass-to-energy approaches in that they do not involve combustion.

You may review an example of a successful partnership agreement between the Board and the University of California Cooperative Extension of Santa Clara County to study compost and commercial mushroom production.

If interested in applying for partnership status with CIWMB, please see Solicitation Project page for more details and application materials.

Contact Ronald Lew at (916) 341-6592 or email rlew@ciwmb.ca.gov if you have any questions.

At this time, the CIWMB does not have funding of its own available for organic materials management grants. The purpose of this solicitation is to seek external sources of funds. For information on other types of grants available through the CIWMB, visit our Grants and Loans Web site.

Last updated: April 23, 2008