Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology

Posted on January 7, 2008 by Michael E. Heintz
The National Science Foundation has announced it call for proposals for creating the new Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology.  The proposal is for grant money to help create a "national Center to conduct fundamental research and education on the implications of nanotechnology for the environment and living systems at all scales."

The Center is to focus on:

  • interactions of nanomaterials with organisms, cellular constituents, metabolic networks, and living tissues;
  • environmental exposure and bioaccumulation and the effects on living organisms;
  • biological impacts of nanomaterials dispersed in the environment.

The solicitation is restricted to the study of nanomaterials, as defined by having one dimension between 1 and 100 nanometers, but includes the study of natural, incidental, and engineered nanoparticles.  The award is expected to be for $5,000,000 per year for five years, with one possible five-year renewal.  $4,000,000 will come from NSF funding, while the remaining $1,000,000 is expected to come from the US EPA.  The Center is expected to address a multi-disciplinary approach to studying biological interaction with nanomaterials, including the standard sciences as well as social and behavioral sciences.

Those eligible include US academic and research institutions and non-profit non-academic institutions such as museums and research labs.  Proposals are due by March 17, 2008.  More information on the solicitation can be found here.
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