PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:
The Office of Science and Technology (OST) will work with the Environmental Management (EM) customer programs to develop new or improved technology systems to reduce risks to the environment and to the public, reduce overall cleanup costs, and furnish cleanup methods that did not previously exist in order to satisfy applicable Federal, State, local laws, and regulations. Achieving the EM strategic objective of safety and expeditiously managing waste; cleanup of facilities and the environment; stabilizing and storing nuclear materials and spent nuclear fuel; and completing cleanup at as many sites as possible by the end of 2006, requires targeted investments in science and technology. To focus technology development on the most pressing problems, five major remediation and waste management areas have been identified to date within the DOE complex: (1) Transuranic and mixed waste; (2) radioactive tank waste; (3) subsurface contaminants; (4) deactivation and decommissioning; and (5) nuclear materials.

ELIGIBLE FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES:
1. ENERGY;
- Research and Development;
- Education and Training;

WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM:
- State;
- Local;
- U.S. Territories;
- American Indian;

WHO CAN APPLY:
- State (includes District of Columbia, public institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Local (includes State-designated Indian Tribes, excludes institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Public non-profit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Other public institution/organization;
- Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Governments;
- U.S. Territories and possessions (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Private non-profit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals);