Laboratory Information:
National Center for Environmental Research
Ariel Rios Building
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20460
Website: http://epa.gov/ncer/
Agency/Department: Environmental Protection Agency
Region: Mid-Atlantic
FLC Laboratory Representative:
Mr. Chris Zarba
Phone: 703-347-8033
Fax: ( ) -
Email: zarba.christopher@epa.gov
Background/History of the Laboratory:
The National Center for Environmental Research
(NCER) is one of five research organizations that comprise
EPA's Office of Research and Development (ORD). NCER's mission is to support high-quality research by
the
nation's leading scientists that will improve the scientific basis for decisions on national environmental
issues and
help EPA achieve its goals. NCER is one of three national laboratories and two national centers that
mirror the
National Academy of Sciences' risk assessment paradigm by focusing on exposure (National Exposure Research
Lab), effects (National Health and Environmental Effects Research Lab), risk assessment (National Center
for
Environmental Assessment) and risk management (National Risk Management Research Lab). NCER supports
leading-edge, extramural research in each of these areas of national environmental concern.
Mission of the Laboratory:
NCER's mission is to support high-quality
research by the nation's leading scientists that will improve the
scientific basis for decisions on national environmental issues and help EPA achieve its goals. NCER,
as a
part of EPA's Office of Research and Development, supports leading edge extramural research in exposure,
effects, risk assessment, and risk management.
Technology Transfer Mechanisms:
- Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR)
- Fellowships
- Resident Research Associateship Program
- Facility Sharing
- Grants
- Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR)
Technology Areas of Expertise:
- Global Change
- Human Health Risk Assessment
- Children's Environmental Health
- Remediation
- Watersheds
- Particulate Matter
- Technology for a Sustainable Environment
- Endocrine Disruptors
