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Research Grants

  • EPA Awards Nearly $500,000 to Student Teams to Develop Environmental Technology

    EPA announced $498,801 in research funding to five college teams to further develop their innovative technologies to help address urgent environmental and public health challenges. Read the press release here.

  • EPA Awards Nearly $1.5 Million to Clarkson University for PFAS Research

    EPA Awards Nearly $1.5 Million to Clarkson University to Develop and Demonstrate Technology to Detect and Degrade PFAS

    Read the press release here.

EPA funds extramural research  through its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program; the People, Prosperity, and the Planet (P3) Program and the Small Business Innovation Research Program. These research programs help to engage top research scientists and students that results in a strong scientific foundation to support the Agency’s mission of protecting human health and the environment.

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Last updated on November 14, 2024
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