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Description of the Environmental
Management Science Program
.
The Environmental Management (EM) Science Program was initiated
by the 1 04th Congress to stimulate basic research and technology devel-
opment for cleanup of the DOE complex. The program was created in
the conference report that accompanied the Energy and Water
Development Appropriations Bi l l (Publ ic Law 104-46, 1995~:
The conferees agree with the concern expressed by the Senate that
the Department Of Energy] is not providing sufficient affection
and resources to longer term basic science research which needs
to be done to ultimately reduce cleanup costs. The current tech-
nology development program continues to favor near-term
applied research efforts while failing to utilize the existing basic
research infrastructure within the Department and the Office of
Energy Research. As a result of this, the conferees direct that at
least $50,000,000 of the technology development funding provid-
ed to the environmental management program in fiscal year 1996
be managed by the Office of Energy Research and used to devel-
op a program that takes advantage of laboratory and university
expertise. This funding is to be used to stimulate the required basic
research, development and demonstration efforts to seek new and
innovative cleanup methods to replace current conventional
approaches which are often costly and ineffective.
The EM Science Program is managed jointly by DOE's Office of
Environmental Management and Office of Science. Staff from these
two offices work together to develop proposal calls, review proposals,
~ Formerly the Office of Energy Research. The office was renamed by Congress
in 1998.
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and make award recommendations. Staff of these two offices have dif-
ferent but complementary roles in the proposal solicitation and review
process, as explained below.
The program is run on an annual cycle that begins each fall with the
publication of a program announcement in the Federal Register inviting
investigators in academia, national laboratories, and industry to submit
proposals to the program. The proposal submission process has two
steps. Initially, investigators are invited to submit short descriptions of
their research ideas, or pre-proposals, for consideration.2 These pre-pro-
posals undergo an in-house screening to determine whether they meet
the criteria laid out in the program announcement, namely, whether the
proposed project constitutes basic research (as opposed to technology
development, for example) and addresses one or more of the identified
priority areas. Investigators whose pre-proposals are judged to meet
these criteria are then encouraged to submit full proposals.
The review of full proposals is carried out in a two-stage process,
the first to assess scientific merit and the second to assess program
relevance. This review process is managed jointly by Office of Science
and Office of Environmental Management staff. Merit review is
obtained through peer review panels, composed of scientists from
industry, national laboratories, and universities, organized along disci-
plinary lines consistent with normal Office of Science practices. Those
proposals that are highly rated in the merit review are then put forward
for relevance review, which is performed by a panel of program man-
agers from DOE head-quarters and field offices who are knowledgeable
of EM's cleanup needs and priorities.
Following these reviews, Office of Science and Office of Environ-
mental Management program staff provide an overall rating for each of
the proposals and make award recommendations to their management.
Final award decisions are made by the director of the Office of Science
and the deputy assistant secretary for science and technology, Office of
Environmental Management. Successful proposals are funded for up to
three years, typical Iy at $1 00,000 to $300,000 per year.
2The preappl ication process is vol u ntary.
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