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Announcement of Opportunity The Most Recent ETS Solicitation is: NSF 03-510 |
FY 2003 Home Page for the Environmental Technologies and Systems (ETS) Program Our easy-to-remember shortcut URL is: www.eng.nsf.gov/ets | ETS FY 2003 New Program Overview | ETS FY 2003 Program Synopsis | | Proposal and Grant Summaries, and Award Grants | Questions ? | | FastLane Submission Clarification | ETS FY 2003 Program Overview In FY 2003, the Technology for a Sustainable Environment (TSE) program has been combined with the New Technologies for the Environment (NTE) program into the 2003 Environmental Technologies and Systems (ETS) solicitation of the NSF/EPA Partnership for Environmental Research. Details of each program can be found in solicitation NSF 03-510. ETS FY 2003 Program Synopsis In this solicitation, NSF and EPA are offering funds for fundamental and applied research in the physical and biological sciences and engineering that will lead to environmentally-benign methods for industrial processing / manufacturing; sustainable construction processes; and new science and technologies for pollution sensing and remediation. The competition addresses technological environmental issues of synthesis, processing, design, treatment, and energy conversion; environmentally conscious construction and disaster management; and the production, use, detection, and ultimate disposition of products in continuous and discrete manufacturing industries as well as in construction industries and in the environment. There are two parts to this avoidance competition. Together they are designed to address pollution prevention, treatment, and remediation processes and methodologies. They also support scientific and engineering research with potential long-term industrial and / or societal impacts. Under the Technology for a Sustainable Environment (TSE) part, research proposals are invited that advance the discovery, development, and use of innovative science and engineering approaches to avoid or minimize the generation of pollutants at the source. In preventing pollution at its source, the life cycle of both materials and energy can also be considered. Under the New Technologies for the Environment (NTE) part, proposals are invited that explore the fundamentals of new technologies that can be applied to environmental remediation, environmental sensing, and small drinking water systems, where arsenic is a problem. NEW ASPECTS of this year's NSF/EPA Solicitation include:
Technology for a Sustainable Environment and New Technologies for the Environment program web pages. EPA generally does not recommend these contacts prior to proposal submission. ALSO NOTE: This solicitation calls for all proposals to have an Impact Statement included in the Abstract, in addition to all relevancy comments in the Body of the proposal. Any proposals that do not contain the Impact Statement will be returned without review. Proposal and Grant Summaries, and Award Grants Proposal and Grant Summaries, and Award Grants, for previous competitions are located on the respective web home pages: Technology for a Sustainable Environment (TSE) New Technologies for the Environment (NTE) Questions ? Please feel free to contact: Dr. Robert Wellek < rwellek@nsf.gov >, at NSF, and Dr. Stephen Lingle < lingle.stephen@epa.gov >, at EPA, if you have any general questions concerning the ETS Program. Questions concerning specific technical areas should be addressed to the appropriate NSF Program Officer(s) listed in each of the respective TSE and NTE programs. EPA generally does not recommend these contacts prior to proposal submission. FastLane Submission Clarification A FastLane Advisory has been posted (27 January 2003). The FastLane Advisory web page contains important answers to recent queries about Solicitation NSF 03-510. It clarifies and summarizes current issues, comments, and other important information. The FastLane Advisory will be updated periodically, until the deadline closing date for proposals in each of the two respective programs. |
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