Welcome to EPA’s Aging Initiative Website. The website provides a wealth of information about the Agency’s efforts to protect the environmental health of older persons.
The United States is a rapidly aging nation. By 2030, the number of older persons is expected to double to more than 70 million. Click here to read more.
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Us to Shape the Future:
A National Agenda for the Environment and the Aging
Fact Sheets
- Age Healthier, Breathe Easier
- Building Healthy Communities for Active Aging
- Diabetes and Environmental Hazards
- Effective Control of Household Pests
- Environmental Hazards Weigh Heavy on the Heart
- "It's Too Darn Hot" - Planning for Excessive Heat
- Water Works
- Women and Environmental Health
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EPA Funding Opportunities
Climate Change and Allergic Airway Disease. Deadline: October 1, 2008 Read more...
Headquarters – Request for Proposal (RFP) to Support the CARE Program Annual Training Workshop. Deadline: October 3, 2008 Read more...
National Risk Management Research Laboratory Advanced Decentralized Water/Energy Network Design for Sustainable Infrastructure. Deadline: October 7, 2008 Read more...
Early Career Projects: Adaptation for Future Air Quality Analysis and Decision Support Tools in Light of Global Change Impacts and Mitigation Deadline: October 21, 2008 Read more...
Forecasting Ecosystem Services from Wetland Condition Analyses. Deadline: November 3, 2008 Read more...
Brownfields Assessment Grants. November 14, 2008 Read more...
Novel Approaches for Assessing Exposure for School-Aged Children in Longitudinal Studies Deadline: November 18, 2008 Read more...
EPA Broad Agency Announcement for Conferences, Workshops, and/or Meetings. Deadline 2: June 5, 2008. Deadline 3: December 9, 2008 Read more...
Other Funding Opportunities
Interventions to Remediate Age-related Cognitive Decline (R01). Letters of intent deadline: October 3, 2008 Read more...
Neural and Behavioral Profiles of Cognitive Aging (R01). Letters of intent deadline: October 3, 2008 Read more...
Rural Health Care Services Outreach Grant Program. HRSA. Deadline: October 16, 2008 Read more...
Social Neuroscience of Aging (R01). NIA. Deadline: October 31, 2008 Read more...
Paul B. Beeson Career Development Awards in Aging (K08 & K23). Deadline: November 3, 2008 Read more...
Centers in Symptom Management Research or Centers in Health Promotion/Disease Prevention: Building Research Teams for the Future. Deadline: December 15, 2008 Read more...
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Healthy Communities BHCAA
2008 Applications due September 12, 2008
Excellence in Building Healthy Communities for Active Aging
Indicators
2008 update
Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics Older Americans Update 2008: Key Indicators
Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products
Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products as Pollutants (PPCPs) Website
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Performance Track Members Renew Commitments
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NIH Awards First Eureka Grants for Exceptionally Innovative Research
NTP Finalizes Report on Bisphenol A
HHS Program To Improve Disaster Assistance
Across the nations, communities reveal plans for Active Aging Week 2008
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