Superfund Research Program
The Superfund Research Program (SRP) is a network of university grants that are designed to seek solutions to the complex health and environmental issues associated with the nation's hazardous waste sites. The research conducted by the SRP is a coordinated effort with the Environmental Protection Agency, which is the federal entity charged with cleaning up the worst hazardous waste sites in the country.
The SRP is federally funded and administered by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, an institute of the National Institutes of Health (http://www.nih.gov/)
SRP Funding Opportunities
The Request for Applications for the Multiproject Center Grant (P42) was released October 13, 2011. The application deadline is April 10, 2012.
Grants made under the SRP will be for coordinated, multiproject, multi and interdisciplinary Centers. SRP Center grants will support problem-based, solution-oriented research Centers that consist of multiple, integrated projects representing both the biomedical and non-biomedical disciplines; as well as cores tasked with administrative, community engagement, research translation, research support, and training functions. Grant awards are made in response to request for applications (RFA).
On January 17, 2012 the SRP held a webinar to provide information about the current SRP funding opportunities. The webinar archive is now available on the CLU-IN webpage (http://www.clu-in.org/conf/tio/srpfunding/) .
Additional information is available on the SRP Funding Opportunities web page
SRP Search Tools
The SRP has three tools to help you learn more about the projects funded by the Program.
The Search SRP by Keywords tool (http://tools.niehs.nih.gov/srp/search/index.cfm) allows you to search SRP. Center, program, and project summaries; progress reports; Research Briefs; and people for keywords or names.
The Search SRP Projects by Topic tool (http://tools.niehs.nih.gov/srp/search/index.cfm) allows you to find projects related to specific topics.
The SRP Publications Search tool (http://tools.niehs.nih.gov/srp/search/index.cfm) allows you to find publications by keyword or author.
SRP Researcher links contaminants in drinking water to mental illness
Researchers from the Boston University Superfund Research Program, led by Ann Aschengrau, Ph.D., have published a study linking early childhood expsoure to contaminated water to mental health problems later in life.
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University of Arizona signs agreement between Binational Center and UACT
University of Arizona SRP researchers from the Dean Carter Binational Center for Environmental Health Sciences signed a collaborative research agreement with officials from the Universidad Autonoma de Coalhuila College of Medicine in Torreon, Mexico.
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