WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has cancelled two grant solicitations for proposals to research new sources for green chemistry. The grants, which were to be part of the agency’s Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program, would have provided $20 million in funding over four years for research to develop environmentally friendly chemicals and processes to replace existing hazardous materials. The grants were to develop two Centers for Material Life Cycle Safety and two Centers for Sustainable Molecular Design.
In an announcement about the cancellations, the agency said that the solicitations are “being reviewed and will be reissued when that review is complete.”