Extramural Research
STAR Grants and Cooperative Agreements
NCER’s Science to Achieve Results or STAR program funds research grants and graduate fellowships in numerous environmental science and engineering disciplines through a competitive solicitation process and independent peer review. The program engages the nation’s best scientists and engineers in targeted research that complements EPA’s own outstanding intramural research program and those of our partners in other federal agencies. In addition, through this same competitive process, NCER periodically establishes large research centers in specific areas of national concern. At present, these centers focus on children’s health, hazardous substances, particulate matter, and estuarine and coastal monitoring.
STAR research is funded through Requests for Applications (RFAs) that are derived from the ORD Strategic Plan and from research plans for specific topics developed by ORD. RFAs are prepared in cooperation with other parts of the Agency and concentrate on areas of special significance to the EPA mission. At present, STAR is focusing on the health effects of particulate matter, drinking water, water quality, global change, ecosystem assessment and restoration, human health risk assessment, endocrine disrupting chemicals, pollution prevention and new technologies, children’s health, and socio-economic research.
2012 STAR All Recipients By Research Topic
- Transdisciplinary Networks of Excellence on the Environment and Health Disparities (10 recipients)
- Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) - Phase I (25 recipients)
- Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) - Phase II (7 recipients)
2011 STAR All Recipients By Research Topic
- Sustainable Chesapeake: A Collaborative Approach to Urban Stormwater Management (2 recipients)
- Developing High-Throughput Assays for Predictive Modeling of Reproductive and Developmental Toxicity Modulated Through the Endocrine System or Pertinent Pathways in Humans and Species Relevant to Ecological Risk Assessment (8 recipients)
- Developing the Next Generation of Air Quality Measurement Technology (4 recipients)
- Dynamic Air Quality Management (5 recipients)
- Environmental Impact and Mitigation of Oil Spills (4 recipients)
- Extreme Event Impacts on Air Quality and Water Quality with a Changing Global Climate (14 recipients)
- P3 Awards: A National Student Design Competition for Sustainability Focusing on People, Prosperity and the Planet (45 recipients)
- P3 Awards: A National Student Design Competition for Sustainability Focusing on People, Prosperity and the Planet - Phase 2 (10 recipients)
- Research and Demonstration of Innovative Drinking Water Treatment Technologies in Small Systems (11 recipients)
- Source Attribution of Radiative Forcing in Chemical Transport (1 recipient)
- Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) - Phase I (27 recipients)
- Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) - Phase II (11 recipients)