SERDP Funding Opportunities

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1 SERDP Funding Opportunities You can listen to the presentation two different ways: 1. Listen to the broadcast audio if your computer is equipped with speakers 2. Call into the conference line at: U.S. & Canada Conference ID If you have any questions or issues please contact the SERDP Office at

2 SERDP Funding Opportunities: FY 2018 Supplemental Solicitation Herbert Nelson, Ph.D. Acting Executive Director Andrea Leeson, Ph.D. Deputy Director

3 DoD s Environmental Technology Programs Science and Technology Demonstration and Validation 3

4 Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) Established by Congress in FY U.S.C. Section DoD, DOE and EPA partnership 6.3 Program Element with statutory authority to support 6.1 through 6.3 High-priority environmental science and technology areas that address DoD unique issues Environmental issues with large costs to DoD 4

5 Environmental Technology Development Process SERDP ESTCP Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense Energy, Installations and Environment 5

6 Environmental Drivers Reduction of Current and Future Liability Contamination from Past Practices Pollution Prevention to Control Life Cycle Costs Groundwater, Soils and Sediments Large UXO Liability Emerging Contaminants Elimination of Pollutants and Hazardous Materials in Manufacturing Maintenance and Operations Achieve Compliance Through Pollution Prevention 6

7 Environmental Drivers Sustainability of Ranges, Facilities, and Operations Threatened and Endangered Species Maritime Sustainability Toxic Air Emissions and Dust UXO & Munitions Constituents Sustainable FOB Noise Changing Environment 7

8 Weapons Systems & Platforms Program Area Management Structure Environmental Restoration Resource Conservation & Resiliency Munitions Response 8

9 Environmental Requirements Program Process SERDP Technical Committees Army Navy Air Force DOE EPA Statements of Need Proposals Solicitations Funded Projects 9

10 FY 2018 SERDP Supplemental Solicitation Limited Scope Statements of Need (SON) $200K or less and approximately 1 year Multiple awards per SON Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) Universities, industry, and non-governmental organizations Federal Call DoD and other Federal agencies 10

11 FY 2018 Supplemental Solicitation Selection Process 11

12 FY 2018 Supplemental Solicitation Schedule October 19, 2017, 2:00 ET November 2017 December 2017 January 2018 Proposals Due Technical Committee Review Proposers Notified Project Initiation Visit the SERDP website for details 12

13 FY 2018 Supplemental Solicitation Selection Criteria Relevance (Pass/Fail) Does it address the SON Objective? Is it basic research, applied research, or advanced technology development? Technical Merit Overall scientific and technical merit of the submission Strong consideration will be given to innovation Transition Potential Clear identification of the critical proof of concept Identification of the future development path 13

14 Hallmarks of a Competitive Proposal Clearly Addresses the Statement of Need Demonstrates an Understanding of the State of the Science Hypothesis Driven Work Focused on the Technical Approach Detailed approach Clear experimental design 14

15 FY 2018 Supplemental Statements of Need

16 Innovative Approaches for Treatment of Waste Derived from Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance (PFAS) Subsurface Investigations Develop innovative approaches for treatment of investigation-derived waste (IDW) from investigations of PFAS contamination in the subsurface. Develop innovative technologies that meet the following requirements: Systems that permit unrestricted disposal, discharge, and/or reuse of IDW on-site. Mobile or temporary treatment systems that can be deployed easily, minimizing the spatial footprint and mobilization time and effort. Cost effective treatment compared to current disposal methods. Proposals must clearly state which specific PFASs will be included. Emphasis on perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS). Consideration given to including other high priority PFASs and perfluorohexane sulfonate. At a minimum, the 6 PFASs identified in the USEPA UCMR-3 should be measured. May 2017 Workshop Report: Substances-PFASs/2017-Workshop-Report-on-Per-and-Polyfluoroalkyl-Substances 16

17 Defining Knowledge Gaps in the Understanding of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) in the Subsurface Address knowledge gaps on management of aqueous film forming foam (AFFF)-impacted sites. Knowledge gaps of interest are those that require collection and analysis of existing data on PFASs. Develop the basis for an approach for assessing PFAS risks to threatened and endangered (T&E) species at AFFF-impacted sites. Summarize the characteristics of PFAS waste streams from common approaches as well as theorizing the waste composition of potential innovative approaches. Define lines of evidence for assessing effectiveness of proposed remediation technologies based on the current state of the science. May 2017 Workshop Report: Substances-PFASs/2017-Workshop-Report-on-Per-and-Polyfluoroalkyl-Substances 17

18 Analysis of Defense Related Ecosystem Services Initiate an analysis of the relationship of natural capital and ecosystem services delivered though the management of DoD test and training lands and the associated benefits that accrue to the DoD, the broader ecosystem, and society at large. Specific research objectives include: Definition of the appropriate boundaries and scale to support the analysis, functional definition of services provided, and delineation of the biological, physical and chemical services provided to include natural and nature-based features that provide benefit. Understanding of cumulative effects, feedbacks and compensatory behavior of systems dealing with lags in the development of impacts, benefits and value, especially as related to management of natural ecosystems and biological diversity. Examination of models that incorporate economic concepts and that may improve decisionmaking that balances training requirements, land stewardship, costs, legal drivers, and coordination beyond installation boundaries, even in cases where the benefits cannot be monetized. 18

19 Quantifying the Effects of Environmental Nonstationarity at DoD Relevant Scales Advance an improved understanding of nonstationarity as it relates to environmental shifts at temporal and spatial scales relevant to improving future DoD infrastructure planning processes. Specific research objectives include the following: Discernment of relationships as revealed in both historical observations and climate models with an emphasis on describing model heterogeneity. Elucidation of shifts with a focus on the transition of one like region to another like region, the temporal and spatial resolution of the shift, and the extent to which the relationships, if they appear to exist, have importance at DoD relevant scales. Determination if and to what extent, mean and extreme temperature shifts relationships may inform DoD on extreme risks under future scenarios or an assessment of the extent downscaling results is needed to produce meaningful assessment. 19

20 Innovative Approaches to Fluorine-Free Aqueous Film Forming Foam Develop a fluorine-free surfactant formulation for use in Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF) fire-suppression operations. Identify and test fluorine-free surfactants for use in AFFF that could potentially meet the performance requirements defined in Section 3.4, , and of MIL-F-24385F. Consider including testing to validate persistence and aquatic toxicity of alternative materials. 20

21 Questions?