The report favorably reviews the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's competitive research grants program, finding that it has yielded significant new findings and knowledge critical for EPA's decision-making process. Established in 1995, the grants program was designed to enable the nation's best scientists and engineers to explore new ways to safeguard the environment and protect public health. The program awards about $100 million a year in grants and fellowships to independent investigators, multidisciplinary teams, and graduate students at universities and nonprofit institutions.
- ISBN10 0309516722
- ISBN13 9780309516723
- Publish Date 14 May 2014 (first published 12 June 2003)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint National Academies Press
- Format eBook
- Pages 98
- Language English