DEP-BAW-NOIA-2026-BEST VALUE AWARD GRANT-UNC Chapel Hill

The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) is publishing a Notice of Intent to Award a Best Value Grant to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The grant will be used to quantify traffic-related pollutants across Massachusetts, furthering MassDEP's cumulative impact analysis work. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will use the funds to update the methodologies used in their C-LINE tool to quantify pollution from traffic across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The key aspects of this grant include: • The grant amount is $225,000.00 • The grant will be used to develop state-wide concentrations of traffic-related air pollutants • The grant duration will run from the date of the full execution of the grant award contract through June 30, 2026 • MassDEP reserves the right to renew and/or temporarily extend the grant award contract for an additional six months