FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
ARLINGTON, VA, November 6, 2008-The Department of Defense (DoD), through the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP), is seeking to fund environmental research and development in the Sustainable Infrastructure focus area. The development and application of innovative environmental science and technology supports the long-term sustainability of DoD's installations and ranges, as well as significantly reduces current and future environmental liabilities. The Sustainable Infrastructure focus area concentrates on natural resources (e.g., ecosystem-based management; threatened, endangered, and at-risk species; land management and watershed protection; and maritime sustainability), facilities (e.g., installation/regional sustainability, energy, noise, air and water quality, and facility waste), and cultural resources. This work also encompasses the technologies required to sustain deployed forces. SERDP intends to fund multiple projects that respond to the following three focused Statements of Need (SON) in Sustainable Infrastructure: 1. Southwest Ecological Systems on Department of Defense Lands: Altered Fire Regimes and Non-Native Invasive Plants 2. Managing and Restoring Southwest Intermittent and Ephemeral Stream Systems on Department of Defense Lands 3. Fugitive Dust Emissions Due to Department of Defense Activities Proposals responding to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 SONs will be selected through a competitive process. PRE-PROPOSALS FROM THE NON-FEDERAL SECTOR ARE DUE BY THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 2009. PROPOSALS FROM THE FEDERAL SECTOR ARE DUE BY THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 2009. The SONs and detailed instructions for federal and private sector proposers are available on the SERDP web site at www.serdp.org/funding. SERDP also will be funding environmental research and development through the SERDP Exploratory Development (SEED) Solicitation. The SEED Solicitation is designed to provide a limited amount of funding (not to exceed $150,000) to investigate new environmental technologies with innovative approaches that entail high technical risk and/or have minimal supporting data that provide risk reduction and/or proof of concept. For FY 2010, Sustainable Infrastructure SEED proposals are being requested in response to the following SON: 1. Innovative Control/Eradication Approaches for the Brown Tree Snake (Bioga irregularis) ALL SEED PROPOSALS ARE DUE BY THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 2009. Detailed instructions for both federal and non-federal proposers are available on the SERDP web site at www.serdp.org/funding. JOIN US! At the Partners in Environmental Technology Technical Symposium & Workshop, December 2-4, 2008, in Washington, DC. SERDP's Executive Director Dr. Jeffrey Marqusee will conduct a SERDP Funding Opportunities session on December 4, 2008, 12:15-12:45 PM. This "how to play" briefing will offer information for those who are interested in new funding opportunities within SERDP. During this session, participants may ask general questions about the funding process, submitting proposals, and the current FY 2010 SERDP solicitation. To learn more about the Symposium or to register, visit www.serdp-estcp.org/symposium2008/.
