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(The Woodlands, TX - April 17, 2006) The Texas Environmental Research Consortium (TERC) and its research management arm, the Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC), are looking for promising technologies that can help reduce nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions.
Funding totaling $8 million is available through TERC's New Technology Research and Development (NTRD) Program. NTRD was created to identify, test and evaluate emissions-reducing technologies that show potential for commercialization in the State of Texas.
Three Requests for Grant Applications (RFGA's) have been issued:
1) Diesel Database (RFGA-01) - Development of a database showing the type, number and emissions of large diesel engines operating in Texas and the technologies available to reduce these emissions. Also, how the emission reduction technologies could affect air quality. One award, up to $350,000, is available.
2) SmartWay (TM) Technologies Test Program (RFGA-02) - Track testing of SmartWay technologies, which depend on changes in operation or equipping of diesel vehicles, or similar retrofit components. One award, up to $200,000, is available.
3) Development, Verification and Testing of Technologies to Reduce Oxides of Nitrogen Emissions from Diesel Engines. (RFGA - 03) - Development of technologies that can accelerate the reduction of NOx emissions. Examples of eligible technologies may include engine rebuild kits and selective catalytic reduction retrofits. As many as 30 awards, ranging from $100,000 to $750,000, are available.
The competition is open to all types of organizations involved in technology R & D as long as they can comply with financial management requirements set by the State of Texas.
Deadline for submission of grant applications for RFGAs 01 and 02 is May 1, 2006. Deadline for grant applications for RFGA 03 is May 15, 2006. For more information, visit: http://www.tercairquality.org/NTRD/
The Texas Environmental Research Consortium was formed in 2001 to advance leading edge air quality science so that policymakers and regulatory agencies can make sound decisions when writing and implementing air quality legislation. To date, TERC funding has come from a variety of sources and has been used to finance a number of air quality projects, including emissions inventory, atmospheric chemistry, meteorology and transport, air quality modeling, and policy guidance. For more information, visit http://www.tercairquality.org/
The Houston Advanced Research Center, a nonprofit organization, based in The Woodlands, Texas, is dedicated to improving human and environmental well-being through the application of sustainability science and the principles of sustainable development. Major program themes include air & climate; clean energy; environmental health; water resources; ecosystems; and the built environment. For more information, visit www.harc.edu
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