Early Career Projects: Advancing Public Health Protection through Water Infrastructure Sustainability

Post Date

May 20th 2009

Application Due Date

August 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-F2

CFDA Number(s)

66.509

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement
Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Environment

Number of Awards

8

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:

  $6000000

• Award Range:

  $300000 - $600000

Grant Description

These awards may involve the collection of "Geospatial Information." The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program, is seeking new and innovative research applications that link opportunities to advance public health protection with improvements in the condition and function of the water infrastructure. For purposes of this RFA, the water infrastructure includes centralized and decentralized systems that convey, store, and distribute potable and non-potable water and collect and manage municipal and industrial wastewater, stormwater, and on-site rainwater. Innovation can take the form of wholly new applications or applications that build on existing knowledge and approaches for new uses. The focus of the solicitation is on improving the effectiveness of the water infrastructure for protecting public health. Projects should clearly demonstrate an integrated, multi-disciplinary approach that leads to advances in design, operation, and management of the water infrastructure and should directly tie those advances to public health protection in conjunction with improving water efficiency and reducing energy requirements.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Environmental Protection Agency

• Office:

  None

• Agency Contact:

  Angela Page, 202-564-0294 and
  Barbara Kliefort, 202-343-9266.

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Angela Page and Barbara Kliefort

• Agency Email Address:

  page.angelad@epa.gov; klieforth.barbara@epa.gov

• More Information:

  Early Career Projects: Advancing Public Health Protection through Water Infrastructure Sustainability