Comment Period Open until further notice. EPA is proposing that all initial proposals/applications submitted for EPA competitive assistance agreement awards, including fellowships, as well as non-competitive assistance agreement awards based on solicitations issued on or after February 17, 2015 must be submitted using Grants.gov. EPA hosted an informational conference call about this proposed requirement on September 30th. Click here to see EPA’s response to NTAA’s comment letter on this issue. While this proposed policy has no official comment period, if you wish to submit comments, please submit them soon as EPA has worked to modify the policy based upon NTAA and other’s comments.