The Department of Defense's (DoD) Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) on Thursday, Oct. 28, 2010, announced it is seeking to fund environmental research and development proposals.

Proposals responding to focused Statements of Need (SON) in the following areas are requested:

• Environmental Restoration – Research and technologies for the characterization, risk assessment, remediation, and management of contaminants in soil, sediments and water.
• Munitions Response – Technologies for the detection, classification, and remediation of military munitions on U.S. lands and waters.
• Resource Conservation and Climate Change – Research that advances DoD's management of its natural and cultural resources and improves understanding of climate change impacts.
• Weapons Systems and Platforms – Research and technologies to reduce, control, and understand the sources of waste and emissions in the manufacturing, maintenance, and use of weapons systems and platforms.

Proposals responding to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 SONs will be selected through a competitive process. Separate solicitations are available to federal and non-federal proposers. The SONs and detailed instructions for federal and private sector proposers are available on the SERDP web site at www.serdp-estcp.org/Funding-Opportunities/SERDP-Solicitations.

For the core solicitation, pre-proposals from the non-federal sector are due by Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011. Proposals from the federal sector are due by Thursday, March 10, 2011.

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) for projects up to one year in duration to investigate innovative approaches that entail high technical risk or require supporting data to provide proof of concept. All SEED proposals are due by Thursday, March 10, 2011.

SOURCE: SERDP Press Release