PRIA 5 Training Development | EPA HQ OCSPP OPP 2025 001

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The PRIA 5 Training Development opportunity is a discretionary EPA funding announcement (Funding Opportunity Number: EPA-HQ-OCSPP-OPP-2025-001) that will provide support through a cooperative agreement to develop practical training for pesticide registrants on how to navigate EPA regulatory procedures under the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act (PRIA). The core intent is to make the pesticide registration and registration review process run more smoothly by improving how well stakeholders understand the steps, expectations, timelines, and standards that apply when working with EPA on pesticide actions. By investing in structured training, EPA is aiming to reduce confusion, improve submission quality, and promote more consistent interactions and outcomes across registrants and across different types of registration activities.

Eligibility is limited to specific academic institutions with agricultural missions and stakeholder connections, specifically land grant colleges and universities, non-land grant colleges of agriculture, and 1994 Institutions (as further defined in Section 2 of the Notice of Funding Opportunity). This design signals that EPA wants a training developer that already has deep ties to agricultural communities and the capacity to translate complex federal regulatory procedures into clear, usable education for real-world practitioners, including industry registrants and others involved in pesticide submissions and stewardship.

The award is capped at $200,000 and EPA expects to make a single award, meaning the selected applicant will function as the primary partner for this effort. Because the funding instrument is a cooperative agreement, EPA anticipates being actively involved in the project rather than simply providing funds and receiving a final product. In practice, that usually means the recipient will coordinate closely with EPA on training goals, content accuracy, delivery approach, and any associated stakeholder engagement so that the resulting materials align with EPA program needs and reflect current PRIA procedures.

Beyond developing and delivering the training, the recipient will also support EPA in identifying agricultural focus areas for crop tours. That added task suggests the project is not purely classroom or webinar-based; it is also meant to stay grounded in on-the-ground agricultural realities and use those insights to inform how EPA communicates with and learns from growers and agricultural regions. Crop tours can help EPA understand use patterns, regional cropping systems, pest pressures, and practical constraints that influence pesticide use and, indirectly, the kinds of registration questions that arise.

Overall, the opportunity is framed around improving skills and capabilities across the registrant community, aligning training content and competencies with EPA's mission, and spreading best practices that lead to better regulatory submissions and more predictable, consistent processes. EPA emphasizes efficiency, clarity, and consistency, which points to training that helps applicants understand what EPA expects, how to prepare complete and well-organized packages, how PRIA timelines and decision frameworks work, and how registration and registration review procedures fit together. The application deadline listed is March 31, 2026, and the activity category is Environment under CFDA 66.722.

• The Environmental Protection Agency in the environment sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "PRIA 5 Training Development" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 66.722.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2026-01-30.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2026-03-31. (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 $200,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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