PRIA 5 Training Development | EPA HQ OCSPP OPP 2025 001

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The PRIA 5 Training Development opportunity is a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) discretionary funding competition aimed at improving how pesticide registrants understand and navigate EPA regulatory procedures under the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act (PRIA). The central idea is to build practical, well-structured training that helps registrants submit higher-quality actions and engage more effectively with the Agency, which in turn supports EPA goals of making pesticide registration and registration review more efficient, clear, and consistent. Alongside training development, the selected recipient will also support EPA by helping identify agricultural focus areas that can inform EPA crop tours, connecting regulatory work more directly to on-the-ground agricultural realities.

Funding is offered through a cooperative agreement, meaning EPA expects substantial involvement during the project rather than a hands-off grant relationship. The program is listed under CFDA 66.722 and falls within the environment funding activity category. EPA anticipates making one award, with a maximum (ceiling) amount of $200,000. The opportunity was created on January 30, 2026, and the original application deadline is March 31, 2026.

Eligibility is targeted and limited to specific higher-education institutions with agriculture missions: land grant colleges and universities, non-land grant colleges of agriculture, and 1994 Institutions. Applicants should review Section 2 of the Notice of Funding Opportunity for the official eligibility rules and any definitions or documentation requirements, since eligibility details can be technical and strictly applied.

The work funded under this opportunity focuses on developing training content for pesticide registrants covering EPA regulatory procedures under PRIA, with an emphasis on strengthening skills and improving shared understanding across stakeholders. EPA is looking for training that aligns competencies with the Agency mission, incorporates best practices, and supports process improvements that lead to more predictable and consistent outcomes. In practical terms, this implies producing training that clarifies expectations, explains procedural steps and timelines, improves the quality and completeness of submissions, and reduces avoidable back-and-forth between registrants and EPA. The crop tour support component signals that EPA also wants the awardee to contribute insight into key agricultural areas or production contexts that should be highlighted during field visits, helping ensure that regulatory approaches and communication stay connected to current farming conditions and crop-specific needs.

Overall, this is a single-award, capped-funding cooperative agreement designed to strengthen the interface between pesticide registrants and EPA by improving education on PRIA-driven regulatory processes, while also providing EPA additional support to ground its engagement activities in relevant agricultural focus areas.

• 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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