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P3 Award: National Student Design Competition for Sustainability

Program Information

Popular name

People, Prosperity, and the Planet (P3) Grant Program

Program Number

66.516

Sub-agency

N/A

Program objective

The P3 program supports research, development, and design of innovative projects that address real world challenges involving environmental protection and public health. The P3 competition highlights the use of scientific principles in creating innovative technology-based projects that achieve the mutual goals of improved quality of life, economic prosperity, and protection of the planet – people, prosperity, and the planet. The P3 Program encourages a shift towards more environmentally benign products, processes, and systems. P3 encourages interdisciplinary collaborations across STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) disciplines to devise innovative solutions to environmental and public health challenges in the United States, including those in small, rural, tribal and/or underserved communities. Challenges from a wide range of categories will be considered. These include: Clean and Healthy Air; Clean and Safe Water; Safeguarding and Revitalizing Communities; and Ensuring Safety of Chemicals.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2016

    Applications received for the P3 Phase I Award: FY 16: 86. New awards for the P3 Phase I Award: FY 16 est.: 38. Applications received for the P3 Phase II Award: FY 16: 33. New awards for the P3 Phase II Award: FY 16 est.: 8. Abstracts of grant awards, and final summary results of the research will be available on the NCER P3 homepage: https://www.epa.gov/P3.

    Applications received for the P3 Phase I Award: FY 16: 86. New awards for the P3 Phase I Award: FY 16: 32. Applications received for the P3 Phase II Award: FY 16: 34. New awards for the P3 Phase II Award: FY 16: 7. Abstracts of grant awards, and final summary results of the research will be available on the NCER P3 homepage: https://www.epa.gov/P3.

  2. 2017

    Applications received for the P3 Phase I Award: FY 17: 88. New awards for the P3 Phase I Award: FY 17: 18. Applications received for the P3 Phase II Award: FY 17: 30. New awards for the P3 Phase II Award: FY 17: 6. Abstracts of grant awards, and final summary results of the research will be available on the NCER P3 homepage: https://www.epa.gov/P3.

  3. 2018

    Applications received for the P3 Phase I Award: FY 18: 59. New awards for the P3 Phase I Award: FY 18: 24. Applications received for the P3 Phase II Award: FY 18: 26. New awards for the P3 Phase II Award: FY 18: 8. Abstracts of grant awards, and final summary results of the research will be available on the EPA/ORD P3 homepage: https://www.epa.gov/P3.

  4. 2019

    Applications received for the P3 Phase I Award: FY 2019: 76; New awards for the P3 Phase I Award: FY 2019: 33. Applications received for the P3 Phase II Award: FY 2019: 17; New awards for the P3 Phase II Award: FY 2019: 6. Abstracts of grant awards, and final summary results of the research will be available on the EPA/ORD P3 homepage: https://www.epa.gov/P3.

  5. 2020

    Applications received for the P3 Phase I Award: FY 20: 70. New awards for the P3 Phase I Award: FY 20: 4. Applications received for the P3 Phase II Award: FY 20: 0. New awards for the P3 Phase II Award: FY 20: 8. Abstracts of grant awards, and final summary results of the research will be available on the EPA/ORD P3 homepage: https://www.epa.gov/P3.

  6. 2022

    Applications received for the P3 Phase I Award: FY 22: 59. New awards for the P3 Phase I Award: FY 22: 16. Applications received for the P3 Phase II Award: FY 22: 0. New awards for the P3 Phase II Award: FY 22: 5.

  7. 2023

    Fiscal Year 2023: Applications received for the P3 Single-Phase Award: FY 23: 42. New awards for the P3 Phase I Award: FY 23: 21. Applications received for the P3 Phase II Award: FY 23: 12. New awards for the P3 Phase II Award: FY 23: 5.

  8. 2024

    Fiscal Year 2024: Applications received for the Single-Phase P3 Award: FY 24: 62. New awards for the P3 Award: FY 24: 16. Applications received for the P3 Phase II Award: FY 24: 0. New awards for the P3 Phase II Award: FY 24: 5.

    Abstracts of grant awards, and final summary results of the research will be available on the EPA/ORD P3 homepage: https://www.epa.gov/P3.

    Please visit https://www.epa.gov/P3 for a list of accomplishments under this program.

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

2 CFR 1500 (EPA Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards); 40 CFR Part 33 (Participation by Disadvantaged Business Enterprises in United States Environmental Protection Agency Programs); 40 CFR Part 40 (EPA Research and Demonstration Grants).

Program details

Program types

Eligible beneficiaries

  • Anyone/general public
  • Education Professional
  • Graduate Student
  • Private nonprofit institution/organization
  • Public nonprofit institution/organization
  • Scientist/Researchers
  • Student/Trainee

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