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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Help 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
- Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention
- 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
Indoor Environments: Reducing Public Exposure to Indoor Pollutants. Deadline: September 14, 2009 Read more...
San Francisco Bay Area Water Quality Improvement Funds. Deadline September 23, 2009 Read more...
Clean Air Research Centers. Deadline: November 16, 2009 Read more...
FY 2010 National Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program. Deadline November 20, 2009 Read more...
Other Funding Opportunities
Innovative Toxicity Assays of Pollutants, Therapeutics, and Drugs (SBIR [R43/R44]) Deadline: September 07, 2009 Read more...
Scholarship Opportunities for Doctoral Dissertations on Healthy Community Design or on Climate Change
Deadline: September 8, 2009. Read more...
National Institutes of Health. Development and Translation of Medical Technologies that Reduce Health Disparities [SBIR (R43/44). Deadline: September 22, 2009 Read more...
Bioenergetics, Fatigability, and Activity Limitations In Aging (R01) Deadline: September 25, 2009. Read more...
Mechanisms Underlying The Links Between Psychosocial Stress, Aging, The Brain and The Body (R01)
Deadline: September 25, 2009. Read more...
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholars
Deadline: October 2, 2009 Read more...
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholars
Deadline: October 2, 2009 Read more...
Mechanisms, Measurement, and Management Of Pain In Aging: From Molecular To Clinical (R01)
Deadline: January 25, 2010. Read more...
Development And Validation Of Disease Biomarkers (R01)
Deadline: January 25, 2010. Read more...
Thyroid in Aging R21. Deadline: January 7, 2011. Read more...
NIH Alzheimer’s Disease Pilot Clinical Trials.
Closing Date: January 8, 2011. Read more
Functional Links between the Immune System, Brain Function and Behavior (R21). Closing: May 16, 2011. Read more...
Aging Research Dissertation Awards to Increase Diversity (R36). Deadline: January 7, 2011 Read more...
Mechanisms of Functional Recovery After Stroke (R01). Opening May 5, 2008 Closing: May 7, 2011. Read more...
Transdisciplinary Research on Fatigue and Fatigability in Aging (R01). Deadline: May 7, 2011 Read more...
Using Systems Science Methodologies to Protect and Improve Population Health (R21). Deadline: September 7, 2011 Read more...
Translational Research at the Aging/Cancer Interface (TRACI) (R01). Deadline: September 7, 2011 Read more...
The National Institutes for Health announces a series of grants related to HIV/AIDS in older adults.
Read more about PA-09-017 Closing Date: 01/07/2012
Read more about PA-09-018 Closing Date: 01/07/2012
Read more about PA-09-019
Promoting Careers in Aging and Health Disparities Research (K01). Deadline: May 07, 2012 Read more...
The National Institutes for Health announces a series of grants related to HIV/AIDS in older adults.
Read more about PA-09-017 Closing Date: 01/07/2012
Read more about PA-09-018 Closing Date: 01/07/2012
Read more about PA-09-019
National Institutes of Health. Improving Diet and Physical Activity Assessment (R21)
Link to full announcement.
Letters of Intent Receipt Dates: (new applications) September 16, 2009; May 16, 2010; January 16, 2011; September 16, 2011; May 16, 2012.
Letters of Intent Receipt Dates: ( renewal, resubmission, and revision applications) October 16, 2009; June 16, 2010; February 16, 2011; October 16, 2011; June 16, 2012.
Application Due Dates: (new applications): October 16, 2009; June 16, 2010; February 16, 2011; October 16, 2011; June 16, 2012 (alternating standard R21 receipt dates).
Application Due Dates: (renewal, resubmission, and revision applications): November 16, 2009; July 16, 2010; March 16, 2011; November 16, 2011; July 16, 2012
Read more...
See other open grants
2009 BHCAA RFP Winners
Winners of BHCAA: Training Grant: University of Maine and Demonstration Grant: Portland State University
Contest
Rachel Carson
Intergenerational Contest
Rachel Carson Sense of Wonder Contest 2009.
Deadline to Vote: October 1st, 2009
2008 Rachel Carson Contest: Winners and Finalists
Healthy Communities BHCAA
Excellence in Building Healthy Communities for Active Aging
Growing Smarter, Living Healthier: A Guide to Smart Growth and Active Aging | PDF Version (PDF) (36pp, 2.4MB, About PDF) is available to be down-loaded. You may also order a copy on line.
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) Web site
News From the EPA
EPA Seeks Comments on New Information about Geologic Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide
EPA Releases New Guidebook to Encourage Smarter Community Design and Healthier Living for Seniors
EPA Seeks Public Input on Clean Water Enforcement Action Plan Through Online Forum
EPA Helps Supermarkets Save Money, Reduce Greenhouse Gases
EPA Offers Tips to Save Water and Money
eRulemaking Enhances Regulations.gov for Access to Federal Regulations
EPA Sets Public Hearing Dates on Air Quality Standards for Nitrogen Dioxide
EPA Invites Public to Vote in the Rachel Carson Sense of Wonder Contest
EPA to Reconsider Monitoring Requirements for Airborne Lead
EPA Publishes Notice Identifying Hardrock Mining Industry for Financial Responsibility Requirements
Other News
Boomers Migrating to Rural America
Landmark Survey Highlights Needs of Unpaid Caregivers of People with Diabetes
Older Adults Wisely Invest Their Time During Active Aging Week
Gene Therapy One Year Later: Patients Healthy and Maintain Early Visual Improvement
A Brief Behavioral Intervention can Reduce Depression in Stroke Survivors
Grants.Gov Web Site Offers New Feature for Information on Applying for All ARRA Federal Grants
New Strategies to Keep America's Food Supply Safe
Genes Key to Staph Disease Severity, Drug Resistance Found Hitchhiking Together
Intensive Glucose Control Halves Complications Of Longstanding Type 1 Diabetes