Engineering Environmental Resiliency (EER)

The Engineering Environmental Resiliency (EER) program supports fundamental research to advance resource and energy conservation and recovery, and to safeguard the natural environment and human health. The program welcomes ideas that grow fundamental and quantitative understanding of how nanomaterials and nano systems interact with biological and environmental media. • The EER program supports research that transforms biotechnology and manufacturing to create domestic sources of energy. • The program supports the development of innovative technologies that minimize or re-use waste discharges to soil, water, and air by closing resource loops. • EER also supports research on sustainable recycling and management of waste materials and critical minerals. • The program supports studies on life cycle assessment, materials flow analysis, and AI modeling to advance the circular economy.