EREF: Seeking Applications for Sustainable Solid Waste Management Research Programme

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Deadline: 6 January 2018

Environmental Research & Education Foundation (EREF) is currently accepting applications for the Sustainable Solid Waste Management Research Programme.

The sustainability movement has reached the business models of nearly every industry in the United States, and many companies, municipalities and states have set aggressive sustainability goals that include how waste stream are being managed. The EREF Board of Directors has set an initiative to ensure research funded reflects EREF’s long-term strategic plan to address all areas of integrated solid waste management, with a strong focus towards research that increased sustainable solid waste management practices.

Objectives

Unbiased, scientific reports and analysis on waste management practices
Scholarships for high potential graduate students and internships for highly qualified undergraduate students
Targeted research to expand industry knowledge and understanding of the waste stream from generation to final disposition
Improved public understanding of solid waste stream and sustainable solid waste management practices
Increasing industry knowledge through educational programs

Research Topics

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Pre-proposal topics must relate to sustainable solid waste management practices and pertain to the following topic areas:

Waste minimization
Recycling
Waste conversion to energy, biofuels, chemicals or other useful products. This includes, but is not limited to, the following technologies:
Waste-to-energy
Anaerobic digestion
Composting
Other thermal or biological conversion technologies
Strategies to promote diversion to higher and better uses (e.g. organics diversion, market analysis, optimized material management, logistics, etc.)
Landfilling

Eligibility Criteria

Non-U.S. Institutions
- There are no restrictions in regards to geographic location. Any U.S. or non-U.S. institutions are eligible to apply.
Non-Academic Institutions
- Proposals will be accepted from non-academic institutions provided the principal investigators are qualified to conduct the research.
Multiple Institutions
- Submissions may include multiple institutions.
Who Can Serve as a Principal Investigator
- Principal investigators (PI) must be qualified to do the work proposed and should be experts in the subject matter referenced in the pre-proposal/proposal. Typically this would include full-time faculty at academic institutions, post-doctoral employees, and principals or senior personnel at non-academic institutions. Graduate students are not eligible to be principal investigators.