Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 4.10.2002

Office of Science Financial Assistance Program Notice 03-04: Joint Interagency Program on Phytoremediation Research

The Office of Biological and Environmental Research (OBER) of the Office of Science (SC), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), hereby announces its interest in receiving applications for research grants in the Joint Interagency Program on Phytoremediation Research. The DOE is cooperating with the National Science Foundation, the Office of Naval Research, and the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program in this joint announcement. The focus of the program is on basic research projects that address the fundamental mechanisms of interactions between plants, microorganisms, and contaminant chemicals in soils, sediments and water (potentially marine, estuarine, or freshwater systems) that result in the degradation, extraction, volatilization, or stabilization of the contaminant. Contaminants of interest include organic pollutants, radionuclides and metals. Information derived from such research should provide the knowledge base to develop the effective use of plants to remediate hazardous wastes in the environment. This program is not appropriate for the simple field testing of plant species for their utility in phytoremediation or the specific application of phytoremediatio