FY26 Brownfield Assessment Grants (Community-Wide Assessment Grants for States and Tribes)

The FY26 Brownfield Assessment Grants, administered directly by the Environmental Protection Agency as a cooperative agreement, provide funding for states and tribes to manage brownfield sites. These funds support a variety of preparatory activities, including the development of site inventories, prioritization, community involvement, planning, site assessments, and the creation of cleanup and reuse plans. While a portion of the funding must be dedicated specifically to conducting site assessments, the grant strictly prohibits the use of funds for actual cleanup activities. Currently listed as a forecast and pending the next funding cycle, this program focuses on planning, hazard mitigation, and other environmental topics under NAICS code 541620. Interested parties can find further details through the official grants portal and the EPA's resource page for brownfield grant applications.