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SCIENCE TO ACHIEVE RESULTS (STAR)

EPA's Science to Achieve Results (STAR)
program engages some of the nation's best
scientists and engineers.

Through grants and graduate fellowships, STAR
researchers conduct targeted research across
several scientific disciplines. The projects
complement EPA's own outstanding intramural
research program.

STAR research is funded through a competitive
solicitation process, or request for applications
(RFAs). The RFAs are derived from the EPA Office
of Research and Development's Strategic Plan and
research plans for specific topics in cooperation with
other parts of the Agency.

Each RFA is significantly related to EPA's central
mission: to protect human health and the
environment.

STAR'S current focus is on the health effects of
particulate matter, drinking water, water quality,
global change, ecosystem assessment and
restoration, human health risk assessment,
endocrine disrupting chemicals, children's

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Office of Research and Development

health, socio-economic research, behavioral
sciences, sustainability and new technologies.

Through the same competitive process, large
research centers in areas of national concern are
also periodically established.

Presently, centers focus on children's health, air
pollution, nanotechnology, computational toxicology
and microbial risk assessment.

Every year, nearly 2000-2500 proposals are
submitted to STAR. Of those, more than 200
research grants and graduate fellowships are
awarded.

Some grants are awarded through joint RFAs with
partnering agencies. Universities and nonprofit
research institutions in all 50 states, Guam, Puerto
Rico, and the District of Columbia have been
awarded such grants.

STAR grantees have a history of producing scientific
results that are important for both public health and
environmental policy. Through the STAR program,
scientists can help build the scientific foundation for
sound environmental decisions.

For a list of currently open RFAs, visit:

http://www.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/

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