Introduction to the SBRP

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Introduction to the SBRP
William A. Suk Director Superfund Basic Research
Program
Applicant Information Meeting October 29,
2003 Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
US Department of Health and Human
Services National Institutes of Health National
Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
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Day at a Glance
Morning
Afternoon
Introductions William Suk Research Focus
Claudia Thompson Core Requirements Beth
Anderson Additional Requirements Sally
Eckert-Tilotta Q A
Application Guidelines Claudia
Thompson Special Instructions Beth
Anderson Fiscal and Administration Management
Susan Ricci Review Process Janice Allen Q
A Wrap-up William A. Suk
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SBRP Mission Statement
The Superfund Basic Research Program is focused
on acquiring new scientific and engineering
knowledge that advances both society's
understanding of the human and ecological risks
from hazardous substances and the development of
new environmental technologies for the cleanup of
Superfund sites.
Brief History

• Established in 1986 under SARA
• Basic Research
• University-based grants program
• Intended to complement EPA and ATSDR
• Includes training, outreach, partnering, tech.
  transfer

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SBRP Mandates
Development of

• Methods and technologies to detect hazardous
  substances in the environment
• Advanced techniques for the detection,
  assessment, and evaluation of the human health
  effects of hazardous substances
• Methods to assess the risks to human health
  presented by hazardous substances
• Basic biological, chemical, and physical methods
  to reduce the amount and toxicity of hazardous
  substances

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SBRP Products

• Advanced infrastructure of environmental health
  sciences

• Over 6,500 scholarly publications
• Scores of graduate, undergraduate and
  post-doctoral students trained
• 65 patents and technology transfer activities

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SBRP Scientific Direction

• Driven by
• Cutting edge science
• Needs of the end users
• Relevance to Superfund
• External Advisory Group Recommendations

• Focus on
• Integration of scientific disciplines within a
  common theme

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SBRP Vision
Interdisciplinary Research for Improving Public
Health
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SBRP Vision
Linkages
Chemical X
Target Tissue
Soil/Water/Air
Lesion
Fate Transport
Ecosystem
Dose Y of Chemical X
Pathobiology

• Food Web
• Bioavailability
• Biomagnification

Pathway to Human Exposure
Disease
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SBRP Vision
Prevention
Chemical X
Target Tissue
Soil/Water/Air
I
Lesion
Remediation
I
Ecosystem
Dose Y of Chemical X
Pathobiology

• Food Web
• Bioavailability
• Biomagnification

I
Pathway to Human Exposure
Disease
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Timeline
48.6M
Transition Period
3M
2003
1987
1992
2000
1995
2001
2002
2004
2006
R (awards 2006)
Line Item
SBIR Program
Annual Recompetition begins

• Exploratory Grants

R
R
R
SBRP began

• R
• (awards 2005)

R Recompeted
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Dates to Remember
Release of RFA September 16, 2003 Letters of
Intent February 13, 2004 Application Receipt
Date April 21, 2004 Application Review October
2004 NAEHS Council February 2005 New
Awards April 1, 2005
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Web Sites of Interest
http//www-apps.niehs.nih.gov/sbrp/rfa/
http//www-apps.niehs.nih.gov/sbrp/index.cfm
http//grants1.nih.gov/grants/funding/phs398/phs39
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