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Post-Doctoral Opportunities with EPA's National Health and Environmental
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Research and Development, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory (NHEERL) is seeking applicants with a doctoral level degree (PhD, MD, DVM) for openings in their federal post-doctoral program.
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RFA Reductions
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The EPA has reduced the number of STAR Requests for Applications
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EPA Awards $4 Million in Grants to Investigate Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology
WASHINGTON (NCER) - EPA's Assistant Administrator for Research and Development Dr. Paul Gilman announced EPA has awarded grants to 12 universities to investigate the potential implications of manufactured nanomaterials on human health and the environment.
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 Environmental Technology Council Created
WASHINGTON (NCER) - EPA has formed a new Environmental Technology Council to apply new technologies to address complex environmental problems. This year, the Council will select at least 10 priority environmental concerns needing new technology approaches.
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 Can Nano Sensors Help Identify Pollution Caused by Hurricanes?
Dr. Barbara Karn of EPA/NCER's nanotechnology extramural research program, and Dr. Mike Sailor a nanotechnologist receiving grant funding through EPA's STAR grant program were recently interviewed by ScienCentral News to discuss the role nanotechnology can play in the development of pollutant sensors.
Michael Sailor, professor of material science, chemistry and biochemistry at the University of California, San Diego, and his graduate student Jamie Link, collaborated to make smart dust from tiny bits of silicon.
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 Researcher
on MIT Technology Review's List of 100 Remarkable Innovators
Under 35 Who are Transforming Technology — and
the World.
Jamie Link was selected as one of the top 100 most remarkable
innovators for 2004, and at the age of 26 was the youngest
recognized scientist on the list. Link, a graduate student
under Michael Sailor collaborated with Sailor in the
development of their "smart dust" nanosensors.
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Assessing the Condition of Great Rivers Using Benthic and Planktonic Algal Indicators - Open: November 9, 2004 - Closing: January 7, 2005
Computational Toxicology: Environmental Bioinformatics Research Center - Open: November 3, 2004 - Closing: February 24, 2005
Early Indicators of Environmentally Induced Disease
- Open: October 29, 2004
- Closing: February 23, 2005
2nd Annual P3 Award: A National Student Design Competition For Sustainability Focusing On People, Prosperity, and the Planet
- Open: October 20, 2004
- Closing: January 27, 2005
Nanotechnology Research Grants Investigating Environmental and Human Health Effects of Manufactured Nanomaterials: A Joint Research Solicitation - EPA, NSF, NIOSH
- Open: September 20, 2004
- Closing: January 5, 2005
Fall 2005 EPA Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Fellowships for Graduate Environmental Study
- Open: August 23, 2004
- Closing: November 23, 2004
Fall 2005 EPA Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) Fellowships for Graduate Environmental Study
- Open: August 23, 2004
- Closing: November 23, 2004
Fall 2005 Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) Undergraduate Student Fellowships
- Open: August 23, 2004
- Closing: November 23, 2004
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Applications Sought
In support of the Agency’s Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP) survey of the Great Rivers of the central United States, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is issuing a request for applications (RFA) for the development and interpretation of indicators of the ecological conditions of the Great Rivers based on phytoplankton and periphyton assemblages (and associated measurements) such as chlorophyll and biomass.
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$5 Million for Computational Toxicology Research Center Offered
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), through its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program, is seeking applications for an Environmental Bioinformatics Research Center to develop and apply innovative computational methods to data from molecular biology and other studies to enhance the field of Computational Toxicology.
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Applications Sought
EPA’s Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program is seeking applications proposing early indicators of environmentally induced disease. EPA is specifically interested in research that will develop methods and tools that can be used as indicators or predictors of environmentally induced effect or disease.
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EPA Announces 66 Research Grants to Develop Sustainability Designs
WASHINGTON - Dr. Paul Gilman, EPA Assistant Administrator for Research and Development, today announced 66 student teams have received awards up to $10,000 each for the 2004-2005 academic year to research and develop designs that incorporate and support environmental and economic goals of sustainability.
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WASHINGTON - EPA announces the 2nd Annual P3 Award: A National Student Design Competition For Sustainability Focusing On People, Prosperity, and the Planet. EPA and its affiliates offer the P3 Award competition to respond to the technical needs of the developed and developing world in moving towards the goal of sustainability
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STAR and GRO Research Fellowships Awarded
EPA has awarded 156 research fellowships under the Science to Achieve Results (STAR) and the Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) fellowship programs for students pursuing degrees in environmental fields. These fellowship programs are designed to ensure a well-trained scientific workforce that can address future environmental issues.
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Science Day: Connecting EPA Research with the Regions: Region 2
- Thursday, November 18, 2004
EPA’s National Center for Environmental Research (NCER) and EPA’s regional offices are co-sponsoring this environmental seminar to highlight the research conducted by scientists in EPA’s laboratories and regions, and funded by EPA’s Science to Achieve Results (STAR) grants program.
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FREE SBIR Workshop
- Thursday, December 9, 2004
EPA’s Research Triangle Park Procurement Operations Division in cooperation with the North Carolina Small Business Technology Development Center is sponsoring a free workshop to introduce and inform Small Business technology firms about EPA's Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Program & to encourage proposal submissions.
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Ground-breaking Research by STAR Fellow
 WASHINGTON (NCER) - Not only was EPA STAR fellow, Thomas R. Gillespie, PhD, selected as a finalist for this year’s Society for Conservation Biology’s Student Award, but as a result, his research was featured in the August 27th edition of Science Magazine (Vol. 305). [Read More] |
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STAR Grantee Honored
 WASHINGTON (NCER) - EPA STAR Grantee, F. Jay Breidt, Ph.D., was recently honored with the "2004 Distinguished Achievement Award" from the American Statistical Association (ASA) Section on Statistics and the Environment. [Read More] |
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STAR Grantee Appointed Editor in Chief
 WASHINGTON (NCER) - EPA Science to Achieve Results (STAR) grantee, Dennis W. Hess, PhD, was appointed Editor in Chief of Electrochemical and Solid State Letters earlier this year. Electrochemical and Solid State Letters, a joint publication of the Electrochemical Society (ECS) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Electron Devices Society (EDS), is a peer-reviewed, electronic journal that covers the leading edge of research and development in such areas as fuel cells, sensors, and semiconductors.
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