Environmental Implications of Emerging Technologies
CONTACTS
PROGRAM GUIDELINES
Apply to PD 09-1179 as follows:
For full proposals submitted via FastLane:
standard Grant Proposal Guidelines apply.
For full proposals submitted via Grants.gov:
NSF Grants.gov Application Guide; A Guide for the Preparation and Submission of NSF Applications via Grants.gov Guidelines apply
(Note: The NSF Grants.gov Application Guide is available on the Grants.gov website and on the NSF website at:
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=grantsgovguide)
Please be advised that the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) includes
revised guidelines to implement the mentoring provisions of the America COMPETES Act (ACA)
(Pub. L. No. 110-69, Aug. 9, 2007.) As specified in the ACA, each proposal that requests
funding to support postdoctoral researchers must include a description of the mentoring
activities that will be provided for such individuals. Proposals that do not comply
with this requirement will be returned without review (see the PAPP Guide Part I:
Grant Proposal Guide Chapter II for further information about the implementation of
this new requirement).
DUE DATES
Full Proposal Window: August 15, 2009
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September 15, 2009
August 15 - September 15, Annually Thereafter
NOTE: March 1, 2009 is a Sunday. The Deadline Date is therefore Monday, March 2, at 5:00 pm submitter's local time.
Deadline dates for FY 2009 are: March 2, 2009 - at 5:00 pm submitter's local time, and September 15, 2009 - at 5:00 pm submitter's local time.
SYNOPSIS
The Environmental Implications of Emerging Technologies program provides support to develop and test the environmental effects of new technologies.
Fundamental and basic research is sought to establish and understand outcomes as a result of the implementation of new technologies such as nanotechnology, biotechnology, and information technology. The program also supports research on the development and refinement of sensors and sensor network technologies that can be used to measure a wide variety of physical, chemical, and biological properties of interest in characterizing, monitoring, and understanding environmental impacts.
The program emphasizes engineering principles underlying technology impacts. Innovative production processes, waste reduction, recycling, and industrial ecology technologies are of interest. All of these have implications that would be relevant to this program.
Current areas of support include:
- Understanding and mitigating how new developments in nanotechnology, biotechnology, and information technology will interact with the environment
- Nanotechnology environmental, health, and safety implications and applications
- Predictive methodology for the interaction of nanoparticles with the environment and with the human body, including predictive approaches for toxicity
- Fate and transport of natural, engineered, and incidental (by-product) nanoparticles
- Risk assessment and management of the effect of nanomaterials in the environment
- Evaluation of the effect of increased usage of renewable resources on water supply and land use
- Sensor and sensor network technologies as they relate to the measurement of these environmental implications
Current areas of support for this program do not include biomedical and nanotoxicology topics involving clinical trials.
The duration of unsolicited awards is generally one to three years. The average annual award size for the program is $80,000. Small equipment proposals up to $100,000 will also be considered and may be submitted during these windows. Any proposal received outside the announced dates will be returned without review.
The duration of CAREER awards is five years. The submission deadline for Engineering CAREER proposals is in July every year. Please see the following URL for more information: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2005/nsf05027/nsf05027.jsp
Proposals for Conferences, Workshops, and Supplements may be submitted at any time, but must be discussed with the program director before submission.
Grants for Rapid Response Research (RAPID) and EArly-concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) replace the SGER program. Please note that proposals of these types must be discussed with the program director before submission. Further details are available in the PAPPG download, available below.
Please refer to the Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG), January 2009, (NSF 09-1) when you prepare your proposal. The PAPPG is available for download at: ttp://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf091
THIS PROGRAM IS PART OF
Environmental Engineering and Sustainability
Abstracts of Recent Awards Made Through This Program
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