Deadline: 31 December 2016
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is inviting nominees from companies or institutions for its “Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards” with an aim to protect public health and the environment.
EPA’s Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention sponsors the Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards in partnership with the American Chemical Society Green Chemistry Institute® and other members of the chemical community including industry, trade associations, academic institutions, and other government agencies.
Award Categories
- Greener Synthetic Pathways
- Greener Reaction Conditions
- Design of Greener Chemicals
- Small Business (for a technology in any of the three focus areas developed by a small business)
- Academic (for a technology in any of the three focus areas developed by an academic researcher)
- Specific Environmental Benefit: Climate Change (for a technology in any of the three focus areas that reduces greenhouse gas emissions)
Eligibility Criteria
- Companies (including academic institutions and other nonprofit organizations) and their representatives are eligible for Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards for outstanding or innovative source reduction technologies.
- Public academic institutions, such as state and tribal universities and their representatives, are eligible for Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards for technologies that prevent, reduce, or eliminate air or water pollution or the adverse health effects of solid waste entering into the waste stream.
- To be eligible for an award, a nominated technology must meet the scope of the Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Program by meeting each of these six criteria:
- It must be a green chemistry technology with a significant chemistry component
- It must include source reduction
- It must be submitted by an eligible organization or its representative(s)
- It must have a significant milestone in its development within the past five years
- It must have a significant U.S. component
- It must fit within at least one of the three focus areas of the program
Selection Criteria
- Science and innovation: The nominated chemistry technology should be innovative and of scientific merit.
- Human health and environmental benefits: The nominated chemistry technology should offer human health and/or environmental benefits at some point in its lifecycle from resource extraction to ultimate disposal.
- Applicability and impact: The nominated chemistry technology should have a significant impact. The technology may be broadly applicable to many chemical processes or industries; alternatively, it may have a large impact on a narrow area of chemistry.
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted in a prescribed format via email at the address given on the website.
Eligible Country: United States
For more information, please visit EPA.