Engineering Environmental Resiliency (EER)
Description
The Engineering Environmental Resiliency (EER) program supports fundamental research to advance resource and energy conservation and recovery, and to safeguard the natural environment and human health. Better use of domestic resources will help make U.S. manufacturing and energy systems more resilient and secure. EER projects advance artificial intelligence; biotechnology; quantum science and engineering; nanoengineering; microelectronics; and other national priorities.
EER supports research that transforms biotechnology and manufacturing to create domestic sources of energy; engineered chemical, biological, and/or geo-physical processes may be involved. The program supports studies on the sustainability of benign manufacturing. EER supports the development of innovative technologies that minimize or re-use waste discharges to soil, water, and air by closing resource loops. EER also supports research on sustainable recycling and management of waste materials and critical minerals. EER supports studies on life cycle assessment, materials flow analysis, and AI modeling to advance the circular economy.
EER research encompasses the chemistry, biochemistry, transport, and fate of nutrients and contaminants of emergingconcern in air, water, soil, and sediments. It also includes the biochemical reactivity of pollutants in the built environment. EER welcomes ideas that grow fundamental and quantitative understanding of how nanomaterials and nanosystems interact with biological and environmental media. The program also supports research on engineered systems that safeguard health and quality of life through the accurate detection of and rapid response to pathogens and toxins in water, soil and air.
Proposals with a main goal of understanding earth systems are more appropriate for the NSF Directorate for Geosciences.Proposals that focus on human behavior or social responses to environmental issues are a better fit for the NSF Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences.
Partnerships: To speed discovery and innovation, NSF partners with federal agencies, industry, international groups, and others. Current opportunities are at NSF ENG Partnerships.
Agency: U.S. National Science Foundation
CFDA: 47.041
Applicant Types: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"
Cost Sharing: No
More Info: NSF Program Desccription PD-26-370Y โ http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=506549
Contact: U.S. National Science Foundation
Email: grantsgovsupport@nsf.gov
About This Opportunity
This is a grants contract in the information and communication technology sector. Located in United States, North America, this opportunity is open to firms and consortiums.
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