Deadline: 27-Oct-21
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) Award Program – is seeking applications for Safe and Sustainable Water Resources to research, develop, design, and demonstrate solutions to real world challenges.
The P3 Program encourages a shift towards more environmentally benign products, processes, and systems with the aim of improving quality of life, promoting economic prosperity, and protecting the planet. Innovative research can take the form of wholly new applications or applications that build on existing knowledge and approaches for new uses.
Areas
EPA supports research for developing innovative and cost-effective solutions to current, emerging and long-term water resource challenges for complex chemical and biological contaminants for the following topic areas:
- Research on assessing the distribution, composition, remediation and health impacts of known and emerging chemical and biological contaminants in drinking water
- New methods and approaches for fast and efficient waterborne pathogen monitoring in recreational waters
- Investigate impacts from exposure to harmful algal/cyanobacteria toxins, and develop innovative methods to monitor, characterize and predict blooms for early action
- Projects addressing stormwater and wastewater infrastructure needs through innovative technologies, social science, and outreach approaches for small, rural tribal, and/or underserved communities
- Projects that investigate novel processes and technologies (such as non-brine technologies) to support adoption of water reuse in small communities
- Technologies to detect and reduce exposure to lead in drinking water systems, such as developing simple, inexpensive tests for use in homes to detect lead in tap water
Funding Information
- Anticipated Funding Amount: Approximately $800,000 total for all awards Potential Funding per Award: Up to $25,000 per Phase I grant including direct and indirect costs. Applications for Phase I grants requesting an award of more than $25,000 will not be considered. Applications for Phase I grants must be for one year.
- Upon the successful completion of Phase I, grant recipients will have the opportunity to apply for a P3 Phase II grant of up to $100,000 total with a two-year duration, including direct and indirect costs. Applications for Phase II grants requesting an award of more than $100,000 or with a duration of more than two years will not be considered. Cost-sharing is not required for either Phase I or Phase II grants.
Eligibility Criteria
- Public and private institutions of higher education (limited to degree-granting institutions of higher education) located in the U.S. (includes eligible institutions of higher education located in U.S. territories and possessions) are eligible to apply to be the recipient of a grant to support teams of undergraduate and/or graduate students.
- Profit-making firms are not eligible to receive assistance agreements from the EPA under this program.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=335234
