Extramural Research: STAR Grants, P3, Fellowships, & SBIR Programs
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Supporting high quality research by the nation's leading scientists and engineers to improve EPA's scientific basis for decisions on national environmental issues. EPA supports leading edge extramural research in exposure, effects, risk assessment, and risk management through competitions for STAR grants, fellowships, and research contracts under the Small Business Innovative Research Program.
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| Funding Opportunities Forms and Instructions | STAR Grant Recipients Guidance | Fellowships Research Centers | P3 Small Business (SBIR) |
Special Announcements
- New web pages describing the peer review process for STAR grant, fellowship, and SBIR research competitions and how to become a peer reviewer.
- Proceedings from the Progress Review Meeting on Cumulative Risk Grants (PDF) (51 pp, 3.52 MB)
- Proceedings of the EPA Workshop on Interactions Between Social Stress and Environmental Hazards (PDF) (40 pp, 892 K)
- Workshop on Interactions Between Social Stressors and Environmental Hazards Webinar Videos
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Top Stories
Climate Models Show Bermuda High can Impact Surface Ozone LevelsSTAR grantees in Maryland are studying climate models to see how global climate affects US air quality. They have found that changes in the “Bermuda High” can vary ozone levels across some regions in the US. (CFDA: 66.509) [Read More] |
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STAR Research Finds Three Risk Factors for Developing Childhood AsthmaSTAR Research at Columbia’s Center for Children’s Environmental Health, shows a joint effect between pre term exposure to PAH’s and post term exposure of young children to cockroach allergens. (CFDA: 66.509) [Read More] |
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Joint EPA/NSF Nanotechnology Research Center Receives Prestigious AwardEPA Science to Achieve Results (STAR) grantees with the University of California - Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (UC-CEIN) were awarded the California Governor's Environment and Economic Leadership Award Program (GEELA) in the Green Chemistry category. (CFDA: 66.509) [Read More] |
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STAR Research Helps Protect Chesapeake Bay from Nutrient and Steriod RunoffSTAR grantees at the University of Maryland Wye Research Center have shown the value of tilling poultry fecal litter into the soil to reduce runoff impacts. (CFDA: 66.509) [Read More] |
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| EPA & National Science Foundation Support Research for Safer Chemical Design The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in collaboration with the National Science Foundation (NSF), announced two funding opportunities for up to ten grants totaling up to $32 million for research on the design of safer chemicals. (CFDA: 66.509) [Read More] |
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EPA Awards Almost $700,000 to Student Teams in Sustainable Technology CompetitionThis week the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded grants to 45 college teams in phase I of its People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) annual student design competition. Each grant, totaling up to $15,000 per team, for an overall amount of $675,000, is applied toward designing and developing sustainable technologies to help protect people’s health and the environment while promoting economic development. (CFDA: 66.509) [Read More] |
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| EPA Awards More Than $5.3 Million for Research Fellowships Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced more than $5.3 million in research fellowships to 126 students pursuing degrees in environmental studies. The 39 Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) fellows and the 87 Science to Achieve Results (STAR) fellows exemplify the agency’s efforts to improve Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education. (CFDA: 66.509) [Read More] |
Upcoming Events
- EPA/NIEHS Children's Centers 2013 Webinar Series - February 13, 2013
- Extreme Events Kick-off Meeting - February 26 - 27, 2013
- Cumulative Risk Assessment (CRA) 2013 Webinar Series - February 27, 2013
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Recent MultimediaOpen Funding Announcements
EPA/NSF Networks for Sustainable Molecular Design and Synthesis
Open: December 19, 2012
Closing: March 18, 2013
EPA/NSF Networks for Characterizing Chemical Life Cycle
Open: December 19, 2012
Closing: March 18, 2013
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