Funding-Centers for
Sustainable Molecular Design; April 25, 2012
Agency
Environmental
Protection Agency
Description
The
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its Science to Achieve Results
(STAR) program, is seeking applications for an interdisciplinary center
focusing on the sustainable molecular design of chemicals. The aim of the
center will be to develop a set of parameters and strategies that will
establish design criteria regarding the properties of chemicals that will lead
to the development of intrinsically less hazardous substances when compared to
those currently used in society. These newly acquired criteria and design
principles will direct researchers towards the generation of novel chemicals
that will minimize, and preferably eliminate, associated potential
environmental and human health impacts that may occur during the life cycle of
that chemical. The advent of these novel chemicals and their respective
discovery of correlations between a chemical’s inherent properties and their
adverse impacts require the development of improved methods for the design of
next generation chemicals.
Announcement
Number:
EPA-G2012-STAR-C1
Closing
Date:
Apr 25, 2012
Link
to Full Announcement
http://www.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2012/2012_star_molecular_design.html
Contact
Information
Eligibility
Contact, James Gentry,703-347-8093; Electronic Submissions,Todd
Peterson,703-308-7224;Technical Contacts, Nora Savage,703-347-8104 or
José Zambrana,703-347-8057
Nora Savage, Jose Zambrana, James
Gentry, Todd Peterson