(FOA)-Environmental
Engineering; no deadline
Agency
National
Science Foundation
Description
The
Environmental Engineering program is part of the Environmental Engineering and
Sustainability cluster, which also includes 1) the Nanoscale Interactions
program; and 2) the Environmental Sustainability program. Environmental
engineering is an interdisciplinary field that applies chemical, biological, and
physical scientific principles to protect human and ecological health. The goal
of the Environmental Engineering program is to support potentially
transformative fundamental research that applies scientific and engineering
principles to 1) prevent, minimize, or re-use solid, liquid, and gaseous
discharges of pollution to soil, water, and air by closing resource loops or
through other measures; 2) mitigate the ecological and human-health impacts of
such releases by smart/adaptive/reactive amendments or manipulation of the
environment, and 3) remediate polluted environments through engineered chemical,
biological, and/or geo-physical processes. Integral to achieving these goals is
a fundamental understanding of the transport and biogeochemical reactivity of
pollutants in the environment. Therefore, research on environmental
micro/biology, environmental chemistry, and environmental geophysics may be
relevant providing the research has a clear objective of protecting human and
ecological health. Major areas of interest include (but are not limited
to):
·
Building
a future without pollution or waste: Investigation of innovative biogeochemical
processes that prevent or minimize the production of waste; waste valorization
and other research that will lead to new technologies to extract resources from
waste streams to close the resource loop.
·
Sustainable
supply and protection of water: Investigation of innovative biogeochemical
processes that remove, biologically or chemically transform, and/or prevent the
release of contaminants in surface and groundwater; innovative processes for
recovery of water, nutrients, and other resources from wastewater, saline
water, or brines; innovative approaches to smart and adaptive management of
surface water, groundwater, and urban watersheds and storm water to
maintain/improve quality and prevent downstream impacts from nutrients and other
water constituents.
·
Environmental
chemistry, fate, and transport of nutrients and contaminants of emerging
concern in air, water, soils, and sediments: Investigation of transport and
biogeochemical reactivity in the environment; environmental forensics to
identify sources and reaction pathways; field- and laboratory scale
experimental research that bridges gaps between data and predictions from
molecular, continuum, and field-scale modeling.
·
Environmental
engineering of the built environment: Research to understand the biogeochemical
reactivity of the built environment with the goal of enhancing and improving
human and ecological health; research that will lead to new technologies to
improve outdoor and indoor air quality; research to understand how drinking
water and wastewater chemical characteristics and microbial community structure
impact or are affected by water quality and human health.
Announcement
Number:
PD-20-1440
Closing
Date:
Proposals
accepted anytime
Link
to Full Announcement
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=320490
Contact
Information
Karl J.
Rockne
703-292-5356