Funding-EPA - 12th
Annual P3 Awards: A National Student Design Competition for Sustainability
Focusing on People, Prosperity and the Planet – Water; December 16, 2014
Agency
Environmental
Protection Agency
Description
The
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of the P3-People,
Prosperity and the Planet Award Program, is seeking applications proposing to
research, develop, and design solutions to real world challenges involving the
overall sustainability of human society. The P3 competition highlights the use
of scientific principles in creating innovative projects focused on
sustainability. The P3 Award program was developed to foster progress toward
sustainability by achieving the mutual goals of improved quality of life,
economic prosperity and protection of the planet -- people, prosperity, and the
planet – the three pillars of sustainability. The EPA offers the P3 competition
in order to respond to the technical needs of the world while moving towards
the goal of sustainability. Please see the P3 website for more details about
this program.
Water (Funding
Opportunity Number: EPA-G2015-P3-Q4 – Water)
Drinking
Water
A
multitude of drinking water challenges may be addressed by technology
solutions. Priority considerations for new technologies include cost, ease of
use, and environmental impacts including resource and energy use. Areas of
interest include but are not limited to research on:
Drinking water delivery systems or treatment
technologies, especially for small, very small or remote systems. Systems or
technologies should address health risks posed by contaminants and pathogens
and should be easy to operate and maintain and have minimal energy use.
Systems could be community-level or point-of-use/point-of-entry (POU/POE)
treatment technologies.
Increasing disaster resilience by preventing pollutant
release into drinking water sources during flood events.
Water
Quality
Research
on the man-made or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical,
biological, and radiological integrity of water, including freshwater aquatic
ecosystems, is vital for ensuring the long-term sustainability of this
resource.
Wastewater
and Water Reuse
A
multitude of wastewater, stormwater and water reuse
challenges may be addressed by technology solutions. Areas of interest include
but are not limited to:
Research
related to the capture and innovative use of rainwater or stormwater
run-off. Treatment technologies to capture energy from
wastewater and/or wastewater solids, or to recover heat or utilize other green
energy sources at wastewater treatment plants.
Energy-efficient technologies for capturing, purifying
and concentrating nutrient compounds or other water contaminants for recovery
or reuse from wastewater.
Announcement
Number: EPA-G2015-P3-Q4
Closing
Date: Dec 16, 2014
Link
to Full Announcement
http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=264453
Contact
Information
Cynthia
L. Nolt-Helms
703-347-8102