Promote Discovery and Sustain the Excellence of the Nation's Scientific Research Enterprise

Promoting discovery and sustaining the excellence of the nation's scientific research enterprise is one of the major areas of responsibility detailed in the White House Report "Science for the 21^st Century". The report notes that a long-term strategy will seek discoveries and new knowledge from both expected and unexpected sources, and will have the flexibility to follow new paths as they emerge. Striving for scientific excellence across a wide scope of scientific disciplines is an essential cornerstone of this strategy. Discovery today in one discipline can lead to major progress in another area tomorrow.

The following examples of EPA science in action show the Agency's support of this area of responsibility:

Analyzing Hazardous Air Pollutant Emissions in Communities
Blackstone River Initiative: Water Quality of the Blackstone River Under Wet and Dry Weather Conditions
Drinking Water Research Information Network (DRINK)
Ecological Condition of New England Wadeable Streams
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP)
Fate and Transport of Chronic Wasting Disease Prions in a Landfill Environment
Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico
Invasive Species Impacts on Lake Ontario
Long Island Sound, MYSound Water Quality Monitoring
Mercury Concentrations in the Edible Tissue of King Mackerel
Nanotechnology

Promote Discovery and Sustain the Excellence of the Nation's Scientific Research Enterprise

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