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Welcome to EPA’s Aging Initiative Website. The website provides a wealth of information about the Agency’s efforts to protect the environmental health of older persons.
The United States is a rapidly aging nation. By 2030, the number of older persons is expected to double to more than 70 million. Click here to read more.
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Help Us to Shape the Future:
A National Agenda for the Environment and the Aging
Fact Sheets
- Age Healthier, Breathe Easier
- Building Healthy Communities for Active Aging
- Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention
- Diabetes and Environmental Hazards
- Effective Control of Household Pests
- Environmental Hazards Weigh Heavy on the Heart
- "It's Too Darn Hot" - Planning for Excessive Heat
- Water Works
- Women and Environmental Health
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Selected EPA Opportunities
2010 CARE Cooperative Agreements Request for Proposals (RFP)
Deadline: March 9, 2010 Read more...
Activities that Advance Methane Recovery and Use as a Clean Energy Source
Deadline: April 15, 2010, Read more...
Exploring New Air Pollution-Health Effects Links in Existing Datasets
Deadline: April 27, 2010, Read more...
Other Funding Opportunities
NSF — Research to Aid Persons with Disabilities.
Closing Date: March 3, 2010 & August 15 – September 23, 2010. Read more...
Wider Opportunities for Women Elder Economic Security Initiative.
Closing Date: March 5, 2010. Read more...
AHRQ — Active Aging: Supporting Individuals and Enhancing Community-based Care through Health Information Technology.
Closing Date: March 25, 2010.
Read more...
AHRQ Improving Patient Safety through Simulation Research.
Closing Date: March 26, 2010.
Read more...
AHRQ Prevention and Management of Healthcare Associated Infections.
Closing Date: March 29, 2010. Read more...
Environmental Health Sciences Core Center Grants (P30).
Closing Date: March 31, 2010. Read more...
NIH — Critical Illness and Injury in Aging.
Closing Date: June 5 & October 5, 2010. Read more...
NIMH Developing Centers for Intervention and/or Services Research.
Closing Date: June 24, 2010. Read more...
See other open grants
News From the EPA
Improvements to Regulations.gov Make for Easier Access to Federal Regulations
EPA Strengthens Air Quality Standard for Nitrogen Dioxide
EPA Increases Transparency on Chemical Risk Information
EPA Symposium on Ground Water-borne Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Other News
Antibodies Against Abnormal Glycoproteins Identified as Possible Biomarkers for Cancer Detection
NIA Funds Centers to Study Demography of Aging
President Obama and Vice President Biden Preview Initiatives for Middle Class Families
New Gene Discovered For Recessive Form of Brittle Bone Disease
COPD, Even When Mild, Limits Heart Function
Hypothermia: Staying Safe in Cold Weather
HHS Provides an Additional $1.2 Billion to States to Help Low-Income Households with Energy Costs
Rachel Carson
Intergenerational Contest
Rachel Carson Sense of Wonder Contest
Rachel Carson Sense of Wonder Contest 2010
Entries are due June 16, 2010
Call For Abstracts
American Public Health Association Annual Meeting
Submission dates are between February 1-5, 2010. Read more...
Gerontological Society of America
Deadline is March 15, 2010. Read more...
International Consortium for Intergenerational Programmes (ICIP)
Abstracts of no more than 250 words describing your presentation should be sent by email to the Conference Secretariat by October 15, 2009. Read more...
Gerontological Society of America
The submission deadline is March 15, 2010. Read more...
Healthy Communities BHCAA
Excellence in Building Healthy Communities for Active Aging
Growing Smarter, Living Healthier: A Guide to Smart Growth and Active Aging | PDF Version (PDF) (36pp, 2.4MB, About PDF) is available to be down-loaded. You may also order a copy on line.
2009 Winners to be announced in early 2010
Indicators
2008 update
Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics Older Americans Update 2008: Key Indicators
Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products
Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products as Pollutants (PPCPs) Web site
Public Comments Request
The National Plan for Action Changing Outcomes - Achieving Health Equity
- Deadline: February 12, 2010.
Disclosure of All Pesticide Ingredients
- Deadline: February 22, 2010
- Deadline: February 26, 2010
Preliminary 2010 Effluent Guidelines Program Plan
- Deadline: February 26, 2010
Proposed Revisions to National Standards for Ground-Level Ozone
- Deadline: Comments must be received by March 22, 2010
2009 BHCAA RFP Winners
Winners of BHCAA: Training Grant: University of Maine and Demonstration Grant: Portland State University
