Environmental Research & Education Foundation: Sustainable Waste Management Grants

The Environmental Research & Education Foundation is the only private, grant making institution with a national and international scope whose sole mission is to support solid waste research and education initiatives. EREF research grant program is guided by a long range strategic plan with the goal to achieve greater sustainability, good environmental stewardship, higher process efficiency and increased knowledge. The foundation is currently accepting applications that support solid waste research and education initiatives.

Previously awarded grants have ranged from $15,000 to over $500,000 with the average grant amount in recent years being $160,000. Typical project durations are about 2 years.

Principal investigators (PI) must be qualified to do the work proposed and should be experts in the subject matter referenced in the pre-proposal/proposal. Typically this would include full-time faculty at academic institutions, post-doctoral employees, and principals or senior personnel at non-academic institutions.