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NIEHS Superfund Hazardous Substances_Basic Research and Education

Program Information

Popular name

NIEHS Superfund Research Program

Program Number

93.143

Program objective

To support innovate research and training through multi-project, interdisciplinary grants; individual investigator research grants; research education program grants; Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grants; time-sensitive grants; and conference grants. Areas of research may include: (1) advanced techniques for the detection, assessment, and evaluation of the effect on human health of hazardous substances; (2) methods to assess the risks to human health presented by hazardous substances; (3) methods and technologies to detect hazardous substances in the environment; and (4) basic biological, chemical, and physical methods to reduce the amount and toxicity of hazardous substances.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2016

    In Fiscal Year 2016, the Superfund Research Program will continue to support large, multi-project center grants, individual investigator grants and Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs in order to advance research in accordance with the mandates specified in with the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) of 1986. In FY 2016, the Superfund Research Program continued to support research and make advances in the areas germane to its legislative mandates: advanced techniques for the detection, assessment, and evaluation of the effect on human health of hazardous substances; methods to assess the risks to human health presented by hazardous substances; methods and technologies to detect hazardous substances in the environment; and basic biological, chemical, and physical methods to reduce the amount and toxicity of hazardous substances.

  2. 2018

    In Fiscal Year 2018, the Superfund Research Program supported large, multi-project center grants; individual investigator grants; research education program grants; Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grants; time-sensitive grants; and conference grants in order to advance research in accordance with the mandates specified in with the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) of 1986.

  3. 2024

    The Superfund Research Program will continue to support large, multi-project center grants; individual investigator grants; research education program grants; Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grants; time-sensitive grants; and conference grants in order to advance research in accordance with the mandates specified in with the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) of 1986.

  4. 2025

    The Superfund Research Program will continue to support large, multi-project center grants; individual investigator grants; research education program grants; Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grants; time-sensitive grants; and conference grants in order to advance research in accordance with the mandates specified in with the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) of 1986.

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

42 CFR 52; 45 CFR 75; 45 CFR 92; NIH Guide to Grants and Contracts; NIH GPS, http://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/nihgps/index.htm. Other publications, information, and applications and kits are available from the Office of Extramural Research, Outreach and Activities Resources, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, and the NIEHS, P.O. Box 12233, 111 Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709

  1. Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, Title I, Section III, and Title II, Section 209, Public Law 99- 499, as amended; Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980, as amended, Section 311(a), Public Law 96-510; Public Health Service Act, Section 301, Public Law 78-410, as amended; Public Law 99-500. The NIEHS Superfund Research Program is administered under Regulation 42 CFR 65a “NIEHS Hazardous Substances Basic Research and Training Grants.”.

Program details

Program types

Eligible beneficiaries

  • Local
  • Native American Organizations
  • Other private institution/organization
  • Other public institution/organization
  • Private nonprofit institution/organization
  • Profit organization
  • Public nonprofit institution/organization
  • Small business
  • Specialized group (e.g. health professionals, students, veterans)
  • State
  • U.S. Territories

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