Deadline: 21-Dec-22
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Research and Development (ORD), as part of the Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program and in collaboration with the Air, Climate, and Energy (ACE) research program, is seeking applications proposing research on municipal solid waste landfill air emissions.
The Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Program’s goal is to stimulate and support scientific and engineering research that advances EPA’s mission to protect human health and the environment. It is a competitive, peer-reviewed, extramural research program that provides access to the nation’s best scientists and engineers in academic and other nonprofit research institutions.
Research Areas
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Research Area 1
- How can cost effective stationary, mobile, aerial, and remote sensing (e.g., satellite near-infrared imaging) technologies be combined to quantify landfill methane emissions? In addition to quantifying landfill methane emissions, how can these approaches be used to quantify municipal solid waste landfill emissions of HAPs and other air pollutants that impact human health and the environment (e.g., VOCs, H2S, odorous compounds, etc.)?
- The proposed research should demonstrate and validate the proposed approaches to 1) quantify methane emissions from various landfill characteristics (e.g., footprint, topography, cover material, slope, well spacing) and/or management practices under changing environmental conditions, and 2) provide datasets that will inform improvements to methane emissions models so that they are relevant to current landfills and anticipated progression of future mitigation technologies and/or management practices.
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Research Area 2
- How can cost effective stationary, mobile, aerial, and remote sensing (e.g., satellite near-infrared imaging) measurements be used to increase ease of use and evaluate mitigation strategies and technologies (e.g., organic discards diversion; automated micro-controlled landfill gas collection; alternative final, intermediate, and daily cover materials and strategies, etc.) to identify best landfill management practices?
- These strategies and technologies should account for projected future climatic conditions, including changing mean and extreme conditions of temperature and precipitation and potential extreme events (e.g., flooding, wildfires). This will help ensure that the measurement and monitoring approaches are adaptable to changing climatic conditions.
Funding Information
It is anticipated that a total of approximately $3.2 million will be awarded under this announcement, depending on the availability of funds, quality of applications received, and other applicable considerations. The EPA anticipates funding approximately 4 (2 regular and 2 early career) awards under this RFA. Requests for amounts in excess of a total of $1,000,000 per regular award and in excess of a total of $600,000 per early career award, including direct and indirect costs, will not be considered. The total project period requested in an application submitted for this RFA may not exceed three years.
Eligibility Criteria
- Public and private nonprofit institutions/organizations, public and private institutions of higher education (IHEs), and hospitals located in the U.S. and its territories or possessions; state and local governments; Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Governments; and U.S. territories or possessions are eligible to apply. Profit-making firms and individuals are not eligible to apply.
- Foreign governments, international organizations, and non-governmental international organizations/institutions are not eligible to apply.
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