EPA and National Science Foundation Support Research for Safer Chemical Design
WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in collaboration with the National Science Foundation (NSF), announced two funding opportunities for up to 10 grants, totaling up to $32 million, for research on the design of safer chemicals. These two Requests for Applications (RFAs), which focus on sustainable chemical design and assessment of the lifecycle impacts of chemicals from production to disposal, will support research to create chemicals that are safer for people and the environment.
The research resulting from these two solicitations, “Networks for Sustainable Molecular Design and Synthesis” and “Networks for Characterizing Chemical Life Cycle,” will enhance cooperation among the chemical sciences, materials research, geosciences, engineering, and biomedical and public health communities. The two RFAs are now open for submissions.