The Superfund Basic Research Program--research for the future.It is a time of introspection for 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). , a university-based grants program established in 1987. While maintaining the program's premise of supporting basic research for practical application to address the nation's problems associated with hazardous waste sites, the program is continuously evolving and developing new approaches to address these problems. A course was set to allow the Superfund Basic Research Program to award grants annually and to diversify funding mechanisms. With this announcement of the results of the most recent competition, the program is now poised to meet these goals. We are pleased to announce that NIEHS NIEHS National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIH, DHHS) has made awards to six programs addressing complex issues associated with hazardous waste sites through interdisciplinary, multi-project team approaches. Included in these six awards are one new grantee An individual to whom a transfer or conveyance of property is made. In a case involving the sale of land, the buyer is commonly known as the grantee. grantee n. , the University of Iowa Not to be confused with Iowa State University. The first faculty offered instruction at the University in March 1855 to students in the Old Mechanics Building, situated where Seashore Hall is now. In September 1855, the student body numbered 124, of which, 41 were women. , and five grantees that have been part of the program in the past: Columbia University, Michigan State University Michigan State University, at East Lansing; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1855. It opened in 1857 as Michigan Agricultural College, the first state agricultural college. , the University of California at Berkeley (body, education) University of California at Berkeley - (UCB) See also Berzerkley, BSD. http://berkeley.edu/. Note to British and Commonwealth readers: that's /berk'lee/, not /bark'lee/ as in British Received Pronunciation. , the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public, coeducational, research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. Also known as The University of North Carolina, Carolina, North Carolina, or simply UNC , and the University of Washington. In their new research endeavors, these grantees are using integrated research models to understand how contaminants are transformed as they move through soils, sediments, and groundwater and how they interact with ecosystems and ultimately effect human health. These robust research efforts are augmented with graduate and postdoctoral training in interdisciplinary environmental research and with community outreach activities. Each grantee is also required to engage proactively in research translation to other federal agencies, industry, and the community at large. In addition to these six awards, the program is also pleased to announce that it is initiating an Individual Research Project Program, which will support single investigator-initiated research. This initiative will allow the program to respond quickly to emerging issues and to fulfill identified unmet needs. For interested investigators who are not already part of this vital and exciting program but would like to be, please contact program staff about future opportunities. It is not too early to start the planning process! The next solicitation is scheduled for release in August; subsequent solicitations will be announced annually in August. We are available to assist you as you begin to conceptualize a future program at your university! For more information on the Superfund Basic Research Program see: http://www-apps.niehs.nih.gov/sbrp/ Contacts William Suk SUK Sveriges Unga Katoliker (Swedens Young Catholics) , Ph.D., Director. | suk@niehs.nih.gov Claudia Thompson, Ph.D. | thomps14@niehs.nih.gov Beth Anderson | tainer@niehs.nih.gov |
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