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All Requests for Applications (RFAs) that are planned for 2009 can be found below. This list is tentative pending the outcome of the applicable fiscal year appropriations. Please check back for updates or sign up for our list serve to get e-mail announcements when RFAs are posted.
STAR Requests for Applications invite research proposals from academic and non-profit institutions located in the U.S., And state and local governments. All forms necessary for completing an application are noted in the announcement and are available on this site (see below).
Click on the highlighted funding opportunities below to view the announcement on screen (HTML). Click on the following for standard STAR grant application forms and instructions -- Forms/Standard Instructions and additional Quality Systems Guidance for STAR Grants -- available in MS Word and PDF formats.
EPA Grants
- Integrated Design, Modeling, and Monitoring of Geologic Sequestration of Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide to Safeguard Sources of Drinking Water - Open: October 3, 2008 - Closing: January 6, 2009 - Closed
- Computational Toxicology Research Centers: in vitro and in silico Models Of Developmental Toxicity Pathways - Open: November 4, 2008 - Closing: January 29, 2009 - Closed
- Novel Approaches to Improving Air Pollution Emissions Information - Open: January 21, 2009 - Closing: April 21, 2009
- Understanding the Role of Nonchemical Stressors and Developing Analytic Methods for Cumulative Risk Assessments - Opens: February 2009
- Research for Outcomes and Accountability: Development of Novel Environmental Health Outcome Indicators - Opens: February 2009
- Understanding the Role of Nonchemical Stressors and Developing Analytic Methods for Cumulative Risk Assessments - Open: February 13, 2009 - Closing: June 17, 2009
- Air Research Centers - Opens June 2009
EPA and Research Partners
- 6th Annual P3 Awards: People Prosperity and the Planet - Open: September 22, 2008 - Closing: December 23, 2008 - Closed
- Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research Centers (with NIEHS) - Open: January 21, 2009 - Closing: April 30, 2009
- Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research Centers: Formative Centers (with NIEHS) - Open: January 21, 2009 - Closing: April 30, 2009
- Enhancing Ecosystem Services From Agricultural Lands: Management, Quantification, And Developing Decision Support Tools - Open: February 25, 2009 - Closing: May 26, 2009
- Nanotechnology Research Grants: Investigating Environmental Effects of Manufactured Nanomaterials: a Joint Research Solicitation - EPA, NSF & UK - Opens: March 2009
- Research on the Design of Policies for Pollution Control Using Market Mechanisms and Data Gathering for Dissertations on the Pollution Control Aspects of Environmental Economics - Open: October 17, 2008 - Closing: December 5, 2008 - Closed
- Broad Agency Announcement For Conferences, Workshops, And/Or Meetings - Cancelled until further notice
- SBIR Phase I - Opens March 2009
Special Announcement
- To ensure greater efficiency in its research and fellowship programs, EPA has decided to offer undergraduate fellowships through the Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) program and graduate fellowships through the Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program. The graduate Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) program will no longer be offered. Students interested in graduate funding should apply through the STAR fellowship program.
If you have questions please use the comment form or contact the fellowship hotline at 1-800-490-9194.
- EPA is awarding fellowships for both the 2008 and 2009 academic years from the pool of applications received from the 2008 Request for Applications (RFA). Those award recommendations have been made, recipients were notified, and the awards are being processed for both the 2008 and 2009 academic years. EPA will not issue a new RFA for the STAR Fellowship Program for the 2009 academic year. This decision allows the Agency to maintain a high quality program and maximize its efficiency, while continuing to make fellowships available to deserving students. EPA remains committed to the goal of developing and training the next generation of environmental professionals to help solve complex environmental problems. EPA expects the 2010 Academic Year STAR Fellowship RFA to open in the summer of 2009.
If you have questions please use the comment form or contact fellowship hotline at 1-800-490-9194.
- Fall 2009 EPA Greater Research Opportunities(GRO) Fellowships for Graduate Environmental Study - No longer offered
- Fall 2009 EPA Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) Fellowships for Undergraduate Environmental Study - Open: September 3, 2008 - Closing: December 11, 2008 - Closed
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