(FOA)-Contaminated
Sites, Natural Disasters, Changing Environmental Conditions and Vulnerable
Communities: Research to Build Resilience (EPA-G2019-STAR-E1); September 17,
2019
Agency
US
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Description
The
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its Science to Achieve
Results (STAR) program, is asking the scientific community to propose
transdisciplinary research with an approach that integrates the following
research questions:
(1)
How
may certain natural disasters (e.g., wildfires, severe storms, flooding,
hurricanes, tornadoes, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes or tsunamis) or changing
environmental conditions (e.g., rising sea levels, higher average temperature or
heat index) cause specific chemical contaminants to migrate from certain
contaminated or containment sites (e.g., hazardous waste sites, landfills, solid
waste or wastewater storage or treatment facilities, industrial sites such as
mines or refineries) to nearby communities and pose elevated exposure risks to
vulnerable groups, especially the elderly and/or children under the age of five
years?
(2)
What
are the major contributing factors or effect modifiers, in addition to the
contaminants and natural disasters or changing environmental conditions, that may exacerbate the impacts to these
vulnerable groups in impacted communities? and
(3)
How
can scientific research results specifically help communities build better
resilience against the problems and issues identified above?
Institutional
cost-sharing is not required.
Announcement
Number:
EPA-G2019-STAR-E1
Closing
Date:
September
17, 2019
Link
to Full Announcement
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=318927
Contact
Information
Intaek
Hahn
202-564-4377