SBIR/STTR added to the superfund basic research program. (Extramurally Speaking ...).The Superfund Basic Research Program The Superfund Basic Research Program (SBRP) was created within the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in 1986 under the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA). is pleased to announce the introduction of the Small Business Innovative Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Research (SBIR/STTR) programs. The Superfund Basic Research Program has been very successful in developing innovative remediation technologies through the support of basic science. However, there is a need to ensure that these processes and others are further developed, field tested, and applied to .real-world situations. The SBIR/STTR programs are ideally suited to address this need. Accordingly, in August 2001 the NIEHS NIEHS National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIH, DHHS) released a request for applications (RFA RFA right frontoanterior (position of the fetus). Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) A procedure in which radiofrequency waves are used to destroy blood vessels and tissues. Mentioned in: Prenatal Surgery ) titled "Innovative Technologies for Hazardous Waste Hazardous waste Any solid, liquid, or gaseous waste materials that, if improperly managed or disposed of, may pose substantial hazards to human health and the environment. Every industrial country in the world has had problems with managing hazardous wastes. Site Remediation and Monitoring," making funds available through the SBIR/STTR grants mechanism. This RFA was' designed to foster the commercialization of technologies, devices, and products that would provide improved methods for the cleanup and monitoring of hazardous substances. The RFA generated an impressive response that included a wide variety of technologies. Applications for developing monitoring systems ranged from assays for monitoring environmental exposures in ecosystems, to monitoring for toxics produced by remediation processes, to developing real-time 1. real-time - Describes an application which requires a program to respond to stimuli within some small upper limit of response time (typically milli- or microseconds). Process control at a chemical plant is the classic example. monitors at hazardous waste sites. Remediation technologies included the full range of biological, physical, and chemical processes. Descriptions of the individual projects being funded can be found on the program website at http://benson.niehs.nih.gov/sbrp. The realization of the mandates of the Superfund Basic Research Program is enhanced by its commitment to the SBIR/STTR objectives. It is essential that the technologies developed by the program, as well as other emerging remediation and monitoring technologies, be translated and commercialized into the public sector. It is anticipated that there will be future RFAs targeted to a variety of different topics related to the program. Contact: Beth Anderson Beth Anderson is an American neo-romantic composer. She studied with John Cage, Terry Riley, Robert Ashley, and Larry Austin, among others. She was born in Lexington, Kentucky and grew up in Mt. Sterling, Kentucky. | e-mail: ba96m@nih.gov See .gov and GovNet. (networking) gov - The top-level domain for US government bodies. |
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