(FOA)-Proposals
for Waste Management Practices; December 1, 2019
Agency
Environmental
Research & Education Foundation
Description
The
Environmental Research & Education Foundation provides funding for
scientific research on, and educational initiatives related to, waste
management practices. To that end, EREF invites applications for projects and
research that address any areas of integrated solid waste management, with a
focus on research that increases sustainable solid waste management practices.
The following areas will be considered: waste minimization; recycling; waste
conversion to energy biofuels, chemicals, or other useful products (including
waste-to-energy, anaerobic digestion, composting, and other thermal or
biological conversion technologies); strategies designed to promote diversion
to higher and better uses (e.g., organics diversion, market analysis, optimized
material management, logistics, etc.); and landfilling. Previously awarded
grants have ranged from $15,000 to more than $500,000, with the average in
recent years approximately $160,000 over two years. EREF's definition of solid
waste includes municipal solid waste (e.g., residential, commercial,
institutional); construction and demolition debris; certain industrial wastes
(e.g., exploration and production waste, coal ash); and other wastes typically
managed by the solid waste industry or generated by the public not included in
the above items (e.g., electronic waste, disaster debris, etc).
Closing
Date:
December
1, 2019 (Pre-Proposals)
Link
to Full Announcement
https://erefdn.org/research-grants-projects/how-to-apply-for-grant/
Contact
Information
(919)
861-6876