Understanding the Role of Nonchemical Stressors and Developing Analytic Methods for Cumulative Risk Assessments

Post Date

February 18th 2009

Application Due Date

June 17th 2009

Please refer to the full announcement, including Section IV for additional information on submission methods and due dates.

Funding Opportunity Number

EPA-G2009-STAR-E2

CFDA Number(s)

66.509

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement
Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Environment

Number of Awards

9

Eligibility Categories

State Governments
County Governments
City or Township Governments
Public and State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education
Federally Recognized Native American Tribal Governments
Private Institutions of Higher Education
Other

See Section III of the announcement for additional eligibility information.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $8000000

• Award Range:

  $None - $1250000

Grant Description

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program, is seeking applications from interdisciplinary teams to address research needs that currently limit the ability to conduct cumulative risk assessments. Exposure to different combinations of environmental stressors can contribute to increased risk for negative health consequences. It has become clear that cumulative risk assessments should include both chemical and nonchemical stressors, exposures from multiple routes, and factors that differentially affect exposure or toxicity to communities. This RFA is focusing on two challenges that exist in conducting cumulative risk assessments: (a) STAR-E1: The development of statistical and other analytical techniques that will enable the analysis of disparate types of data, and (b) STAR-E2: The evaluation of the combined effects of nonchemical and chemical stressors.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Environmental Protection Agency

• Office:

  None

• Agency Contact:

  Deborah Segal
  Technical Contact
  phone: 202-343-9797

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Deborah Segal

• Agency Email Address:

  segal.deborah@epa.gov

• More Information:

  Understanding the Role of Nonchemical Stressors and Developing Analytic Methods for Cumulative Risk Assessments