Partnerships | National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Skip Navigation Partnerships Close the left navigation Add Superfund Research Program Overview The NIEHS Superfund Research Program's sister agencies - the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), and state and regional hazardous waste agencies - are tasked to develop and implement policies that protect health and they depend upon the best science. SRP program staff and grant recipients actively engages with colleagues at federal and state agencies to improve the Program's ability to address societal needs, transfer the most recent research results, and identify potential future research needs. ATSDR: Seminar Series SRP grantees periodically present seminars at the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in Atlanta. Held since 2008, these seminars provide a rich opportunity for academic-governmental collaboration. The seminars facilitate transfer of the most recent SRP research results relevant to ATSDR and help SRP scientists identify future research needs. Federal Remediation Technologies Roundtable (FRTR) The Federal Remediation Technologies Roundtable (FRTR) was established in 1990 to provide a forum for interaction among federal, state, and private industry to share information about technology-related efforts of mutual interest; discusses directions of the national site remediation programs and their impact on the technology market; and form partnerships to pursue subjects of mutual interest. SRP staff participate in Roundtable conference calls, serve on serves on organizing committees and lead panel discussions for scientific sessions at FRTR conferences. Other FRTR member agencies include the Department of Defense, Department of Energy, Department of the Interior, Environmental Protection Agency, National Aeronautics and Space Administration and Nuclear Regulatory Commission. EPA Office of Land and Emergency Management (OLEM): Risk e-Learning Webinars SRP staff work closely with the EPA Office of Land and Emergency Management ( OLEM ), which has responsibility for all EPA hazardous waste-related programs, including Superfund. The SRP collaborates with OLEM to conduct interactive, Web-based "Risk e-Learning" seminars . These live, two-hour events are hosted on the Contaminated Site Clean-Up Information ( CLU-IN ) website. They provide information about innovative treatment and site characterization technologies to the hazardous waste remediation community: EPA risk assessors and regional project managers, state and local regulatory agencies, environmental engineering/consulting firms, and academia. EPA Office of Research and Development and Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation: Ongoing Collaborations The EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD) has both an intramural and a university grant-based research program that support several environmental laws under the EPA's purview, including Superfund. The SRP has established an ongoing collaboration with the ORD's Superfund-related research program, interacting regularly with the Superfund and Technology Liaisons to promote: Mutual understanding of the research programs Sharing of research results Indentification of effective science communication tools Back to Top Last Reviewed: June 12, 2019